Pmi Central Illinois Chapter Presents

PMI CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAPTER PRESENTS

ITS BI-ANNUAL CONFERENCE

MAY 4th and 5th, 2016

Distinguished Keynote speakers:

• Mack Dryden, Author of Fluffing the Concrete–How to Make the Most of Foreign Prison, has been delighting audiences for years with his relaxed stage presence, hilarious material, and uniquely engaging delivery.
• Jeff Tobefounded Coloring Outside the Lines in 1994 and since then has worked with hundreds of clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to ones with less than 20 employees including Microsoft, PepsiCo, Bank of America, ReMax International and many more!

Readers of Convention & Meetings Magazine chose him as one of their favorite speakers for 2015 with other celebrities including Bill Clinton, Anderson Cooper, Condoleezza Rice and Daniel Pink. He is a creativity and customer experience expert, professional speaker and bestselling author who works with companies and organizations who want to increase their bottom line by changing their customer experience and retaining great talent.

His articles have been read in hundreds of publications and he is the author of the hugely popular book, Project Management Professionals are Coloring Outside The Lines! He is the co-author of three other books and his newest book, ANTICIPATE: Knowing What Customers Need Before They Do is quickly becoming one of the hottest business books on the market.

• Matt Tenneyis a social entrepreneur and the author of Serve to Be Great: Leadership Lessons from a Prison, a Monastery, and a Boardroom. He is also an international keynote speaker, a trainer, and a consultant with the prestigious Perth Leadership Institute, whose clients include numerous Fortune 500 companies. He works with companies, associations, universities, and non-profits to develop highly effective leaders who achieve lasting success by focusing on serving and inspiring greatness in the people around them. Matt envisions a world where the vast majority of people realize that effectively serving others is the key to true greatness. When he’s not traveling for speaking engagements, he can often be found in Nashville, TN.
• Derek Daly, Irish Driving Legend Derek Daly is the epitome of the complete champion. From the Victory podium to the Announcer’s Desk, Hall of Fame Race Car Driver and Network Television Color Analyst Derek Daly has spent nearly three decades as the face of the motorsport world. Derek is CEO and founder of MotorVation – an experiential learning company, and author of Race To Win: How to Become a Complete Champion.

Break-out SessionsSpeakers:

Thinking Big to Work Smaller

Dr. Rosie Hauck -Rosie Hauck is an Associate Professor in Business Information Systems at Illinois State University. Her teaching focuses on building the tie between understanding business needs/problems and discovering how technological solutions can enable businesses to evolve and overcome these needs/problems.As a Certified ScrumMaster and Certified Scrum Product Owner, she incorporates Agile and Scrum into her classes, particularly in the BIS Capstone course. Since being at ISU, she has worked with over 40 organizations and departments both off- and on-campus on various projects.She has received numerous awards in teaching, including:

• 2006 Wilma Jean Alexander Innovation Award for the College of Business
• 2007-2008 University Teaching Initiative Award
• 2009 Manahan Family Award for Teaching Excellence in Business
• 2010 ISU Outstanding University Teaching Award - Level I
• 2011 Illinois State University nominee for U.S Professor of the Year

She has done a number of workshops and presentations, including ones on Teaching Large Classes (and Not Losing Your Mind), Using Improv in the Classroom, and How to ‘Flip’ a Class. She has participated in numerous conferences, including the International Conference on Information Systems, Americas Conference on Information Systems, and the Hawaii International Conference in Business. She will be presenting in Washington, D.C. this June at the Teaching Professor Conference on how to use Scrum Principles and Tools in the Classroom. In addition to a couple of book chapters, she has also published articles in Decision Support Systems, The Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology, International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector, Journal of International Management Studies, IEEE Computer,Journal of Information Science, New Accountant, and the Journal of Information Systems Education.

Paul Momola-After running his first agile project in 2006, Paul has been a vocal proponent of agile ever since. With 10 years of experience, Paul has worked with numerous teams assisting with the planning, implementation and understanding of agile. He has authored several classes related to agile and has overseen the initial implementation of agile at his employer. Today, Paul is a project manager and sought out for his experience with application of agile techniques to a variety of applications.

Trudy Ingalls - Trudy Ingalls is the Medical and Child Support procurement manager at Healthcare and Family Services and a consultant with the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act implementation at the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget. Trudy began her career almost thirty years ago as an English teacher. Three degrees and two certifications later(PMP and CPPO),she has held multiple roles including trainer, director, school principal, consultant, labor relations administrator, bureau chief, project manager, and procurement officer. The fields of education and government have been good to Trudy and she enjoys giving back through volunteer work and teaching. She has one son, two cats and a new husband. Trudy enjoys weekends in St .Louis salsa dancing with her husband!

Michael Harshbarger - Michael Harshbarger has been a Project Manager at State Farm Insurance for 11 years. As well as serving as project manager, he has been in the program manager role on three different programs. Michael earned his Project Manager Professional designation in November 2014. He also holds designations in Fellows, Life Management Institute and an Associates in Insurance. Michael currently is working on his Masters in Project Management from University of Wisconsin – Platteville. He is active in the PMI-CIC chapter serving as an instructor for the PMP workshop classes. This is his first time speaking at the PMI-CIC conference.

Working Big

Stuart Perron - Stu Perron leads the Systems Agile/Scald Agile Center of Excellence at State Farm Insurance. He has been in Information Technology for 32 years. His roots in Project Management go back many years, having been in Project Management for over 18 years, and being one of the founding members of the Central Illinois Chapter of PMI. He enjoys teaching, having taught PMP preparation as well as Risk Management courses. He holds his Project Management Professional (PMP) designation and PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) designations. He also has extensive experience and education in ITIL and holds his ITIL Expert designation. Since 2000, he has been managing remote teams, running projects of all sizes and types. For the last eight years, he has been actively learning and applying Agile Project Management techniques.

Keith Sutherland–Keith D. Sutherland is a co-founder/partner and fully accredited instructor and consultant, with Service Management Dynamix, LLC, a South Carolina based company. Since January of 2004, Keith has facilitated a number of sessions for organizations interested in the value of a true IT Service Management (ITSM) framework. Keith’s varied background allows him to share real and practical experiences with clients, while his dynamic presentation skills aid in helping customers absorb the concept of ITSM, including ITIL®, Project Management and other complementary frameworks and methodologies. Keith has been invited to be a speaker at various user groups and conferences, including itSMF USA chapters, HDI chapters, PMI Chapters, the Indiana CPA Society, AITP and more.

Lisa Hodges - Lisa Hodges is an entrepreneur; owner and principal consultant of Cincinnati-based Cornerstone Service Management. Cornerstone delivers consulting, accredited certification training, and workshops to organizations seeking to achieve competitive advantage through superior service delivery. Lisa is a PRINCE2® Practitioner, PMP®, ITIL Expert™, and CPDE® - Certified Process Design Engineer. Lisa is uniquely qualified with 20+ years practical experience in project and service management; applying principles of ITIL, Agile, Scrum, DevOps, PMI’s PMBOK, and PRINCE2.

Mark Swiderski -CEO- President Praxilient Neenah, WI – Project Management and Operations Performance

Mark is the founder of Praxilient. His company assists organizations from $10m to $77B improve their speed to market, streamline operations, gain measured improvements, reduce risk, and gain clear aligned organizational performance by improving operations and project performance.

Mark has 35+ years business experience, with 25+ years of helping companies achieve their goals through the skills of people, improved methods, and helps individuals grow their capabilities at all levels. He is a global expert, author, and lecturer in the deployment of improved project management and operations performance. Mark is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He received his M.B.A. from DePaul University.

Mark has worked for a wide variety of industries and functional areas from banking, manufacturing, and healthcare to professional sports. He has participated or led teams that delivered more than $2B in project scope. His diverse client base and his organization has trained, coached, or developed more than 10,000 people from performers to Chief Executive Officers.

Big Changes

Dan O’Nan –Dan-O is currently a Program Manager and Business Analyst for the State of Illinois- Central Management Services. He has recently completed the successful delivery of the Illinois Medical Cannabis Program. He is 1 of 2 people who designed and now maintains the Illinois Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Framework.His past experience includes:

• Rehab Project Management and Applicationdevelopmentmethodologies- Business Analystfor IllinoisCommerceCommission
• Writing Policy and Equipping for Compliance - writing and implementing Design Control Program for Clinton Power Station
• PM for Local Area Network Design and Install - Clinton Power Station
• Internal project consulting services - Stone and Webster Engineering Corp.
• Operator, technical troubleshooting, Curriculum Instructional Standards Office - Chief Petty Officer US Navy Nuclear Submarines

Dan received his PMP in 2002, is a licensed Nuclear Operator, and a board certified Master Training Specialist.

Dodie Gomer - Dodie Gomer brings twenty-five years of experience leading, speaking, and inspiring groups. She is known for her no nonsense approach- engaging audiences with her humour and epic leadership solutions.Prior to forming Dodie Gomer Enterprises, Dodie served as a Human Resources leader with Caterpillar Inc. where she led teams, and developed an extensive talent pipeline in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Dodie's audience spans all geographical boundaries with a scope that reaches individuals at all stages in their careers. Her "no size fits all" approach inspires individuals and teams to tap into their unique talent to go beyond their technical expertise and develop as leaders – even if they never plan to be a manager. Dodie's accomplishments include: Key Note Speeches for the National Association of Environmental Managers Forum and other National Conferences and Professional Organizations. She earned a BA in Management from the University of Illinois/Springfield and is an active member of the National Speakers Association.

Dodie arms individuals with the right tools to lead others-to lead change-and to lead through partnerships that create success. Dodie opens up possibilities and drives leaders to lead even without stripes.

Faye Freeman-Smith – Freeman-Smith is a college administrator, Clinical Licensed Professional Counselor, Mental Health Trainer and active civic leader. She has a Master’s degree in Community Mental Health Counseling and Administration and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. She is the Director of Student Counseling Services at Heartland Community College (HCC). She has a private practice Counseling Resource Institute in Bloomington Illinois which includes face-to-face and online therapy, mental health training, and clinical supervision. She has presented the Real Colors (in Mandarin format with an interpreter) to the HCC visiting Chinese faculty delegation for the past 6 years and was a key developer of the Mandarin Instrument for the National Curriculum Training Institute. She has trained Illinois State University Student Affairs leadership and has presented at both national and local events, including those held by The Association for Women in Communication Bloomington-Normal Chapter (AWC), Black Business Alliance (BBA), Association of University and College Counseling Center Directors (AUCCCD), and the National Association for Developmental Education (NADE).

Rick Gillis-Employment expert Rick Gillis has spent thousands of hours working with individuals across the nation. One of the commonplace factors that he came to recognize among his clients was how very few of them were capable of expressing their commercial value, that WOW! Factor to decision makers regardless of their professional rank. PROMOTE! is based on insight Rick gained from coaching as well as personal experience. The concept is simple: Rick will show you how to professionally promote yourself and all that you do for your organization and especially to those to whom you are professionally at the mercy of: Management.

At the core of this life-changing presentation is the lesson that you must be knowledgeable about how and comfortable with expressing your professional wins to supervisors as well as to clients and customers.