2020

Steve Salisbury has helped dozens of executives grow their businesses. Steve’s unique approach is all about understanding and adjusting organizational culture and then executing strategy quickly, effectively, and with the highest return possible. Steve evaluates interpersonal, organizational, and process elements to eliminate cross-functional dysfunction and builds teams to create a leadership culture to drive exponential growth. Steve has worked with some of the world’s most recognizable organizations to drive growth by creating capacity, galvanizing leaders, and driving accountability. Comfortable in culturally diverse settings, Steve has worked in many international companies throughout Asia, Latin America, and Europe, as well as in the United States. In 2020, Steve published his first book, Activate: 15 Steps to Profitable Strategy Execution. The Activate approach demonstrates how to drive greater profitability faster. Steve also serves as a volunteer mentor for SCORE Chicago, an organization that provides small business advice to help companies start, grow, and operate efficiently. When speaking, Steve weaves in lessons from his rich and broad history, including agriculture, winemaking, lay ministry, and leadership – in addition to his varied corporate, public sector, and not-for-profit business and leadership experience. Steve spent most of his adult life in southwestern Michigan and recently returned there after living in Chicago for ten years. He now lives with his wife on the southwestern Michigan family vineyard estate his parents bought in the 1960s.

Stuart Easton is the founder and CEO of TransparentChoice. He is on a mission to help PMOs deliver successful projects. A guest lecturer on project prioritization at the University of Oxford, Stuart also speaks at various PMO conferences and events. His talks usually focus on how PMOs can deliver strategic value, identify waste and eliminate pet projects.

Joe Cudby is a Managing Entrepreneur at NEXT Studios, an Indianapolis-based Venture Studio, by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs, with entrepreneurs. Originally from England, Cudby has spent the past 25+ years working in technology in Pittsburgh, PA, Washington, D.C. and moved to Indianapolis, Indiana in ’16. With a deep technical background, he has worked in and around Managed Hosting, Professional Services, Product Management, and Federal Government Security. During his career, he has worked at bootstrapped startups, Private Equity funded scale-ups, Publicly traded enterprises, and the Public Sector where he spent 15 months as CTO with the Indiana State Office Of Technology. He has been an active angel investor since ’13. Cudby earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the Smith School at the University of Maryland.

Michelle Baker is a Senior Consultant in ISG’s GovernX organization. Her corporate background includes the healthcare, automotive, utility, and advertising industries. She is an experienced PMP credentialed Project Manager, with 20 years of professional experience. She is skilled in both waterfall and Agile project management methodologies.

Uloma Jacob has over 15 years’ experience in consulting and project management to the private and public sectors in information technology and healthcare. She worked on projects in W. Africa and the United States funded by international development agencies (e.g., World Bank), government agencies (e.g., Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, Department of Commerce), and for-profit organizations. She has managed a combined project portfolio of $45 million and led global teams to execute projects that resulted in organizational growth, improved healthcare delivery, and reduced operational inefficiencies. In various capacities, she provided strategic planning and development services; process improvement advisory; management of software development teams; development of performance management systems; and healthcare practice management. She has also facilitated workshops and training on change management, project management, process improvement, strategic planning, and development. She possesses an MBA in Health Administration from the George Washington University and professional certifications in Project Management, Lean Six Sigma, and Scrum/Agile.

Priscilla’s professional motto is to simplify & support others in enabling a people-first approach to project management. She supports individuals and organizations to unleash their maximum potential through enabling a shift to Outward Minded Project Management, based on a proven mindset shift program developed by the Arbinger Institute, and coupled with more than a decade in experience as a project professional in various international settings.

Dawn Mahan, PMP is an international speaker, award-winning consultant, and the sole inventor of the ProjectFlo® Process Learning System used in organizations such as Time Warner Cable, the PMI Southern New England Chapter and The American Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia. She makes learning PMI’s complex process quick, easy, and fun! Dawn led global transformation projects for the C-suite, facilitated, and specializes in recommending right-sized techniques from the Fortune 500 to transform strategy into an executable plan coupled with talent development that empowers internal resources to get the right projects done right. Former Fortune 500 PMO Leader, Founder PMOtraining.com & Chocolate with Sea Salt Enthusiast

Hussain Bandukwala helps PMO leaders (& their teams) succeed. Through consulting, coaching, workshops and other resources, Hussain arms PMO Leaders & PM delivery teams with experiential learning and confidence to achieve PMO triumph systematically and effectively.

Americo Pinto is a distinguished international expert in the field of project management, specializing in PMOs. With over 25 years of global experience in PMOs, Strategy, and Project Management, he has worked as an executive, practitioner, professor, researcher, consultant, author, and speaker. He has significantly contributed to the industry in the last two decades by developing innovative PMO methodologies and best practices widely adopted internationally.

Barbara A. Trautlein, PhD is author of the best-selling book Change Intelligence: Use the Power of CQ to Lead Change that Sticks, principal and founder of Change Catalysts, and originator of the CQ® System for Developing Change Intelligence®.