2024

If you're prepared to unlock your full potential, embrace change wholeheartedly, and carve out a path aligned with your deepest ambitions, I am here to walk alongside you. Together, we'll celebrate every milestone, navigate every challenge, and sculpt a future where your leadership shines brightly.

Mustafa is a program and project management professional, PMO Leader, knowledge management expert, author, instructor and strategy implementation professional with a 25-years’ experience in aerospace, defense electronics and manufacturing. He is the co-founder and past president of PMI Turkey Chapter and representative of KMI (Knowledge Management Institute) in MEA. He's been teaching Project Management Courses at various universities such as Middle East Technical University and TED university. Mustafa is the core team member for PMI’s Practice Guide: Governance of Projects, Programs, and Portfolios and Core Team member for PMI’s Practice Guide: Benefits Realization Management. Mustafa has been organizing the only PMO Summit in Turkey for 6 years. He is managing partner at Advisors Turkey.

Adrian is a market-leading advisor, globally renowned author, and GAICD accredited board member, boasting an impactful three-decade career marked by consistently delivering breakthrough OUTCOMES. Spanning the domains of infrastructure, technology, transformation and for-purpose, Adrian drives organisational success through: • Design and implementation of tailored project, program, and portfolio governance and management arrangements. • Optimised project, program, and portfolio capabilities (e.g. frameworks and functions) that deliver transformative value. • Enhancing confidence in outcomes through expert assurance. Based in Australia and operating both domestically and internationally, Adrian is particularly recognised as a global expert in project, program and portfolio governance. His indelible impact spans diverse industries, including water and energy, transport (road, rail, aviation, and ports), health, aged care, all levels of government, environment, science, education and training, social and community services, housing and property, sports and recreation, commercial and industrial sectors, primary industries, international development, and telecommunications.

Abbigail Meah-Ali is a professional with over 24 years of expertise in quality and construction project management. In her current full-time role as Manager, Construction Services, she has successfully overseen a broad range of projects, aligning them with corporate strategies while ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and on budget. Abbigail is also Certified Trainer for the Profession Education and Certification Board (PECB), an American Society Quality (ASQ) ConnEx Expert and a Maxwell Leadership member. Abbigail's professional certifications are extensive, including PMP, Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, and Certified Quality Engineer, among others. She is a member of the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI), where she contributes to the Construction Special Interest Group and Sustainability Special Interest Group. Her commitment to quality and project management excellence is demonstrated through her active participation in industry conferences and as a mentor and speaker at various prestigious events.

John is a PMO/Delivery leader with over 20 years’ experience in the project and PMO space. He heads up HotPMO, a PMO Consultancy that helps organizations deliver the right things faster.

Erik K. Rueter, PMP, PMI-ACP, has over 20 years of experience in diverse industries, including tech startups, academia, healthcare, and entertainment. Currently, he is a senior project manager at the American Marketing Association. Erik holds a BA in neuroscience from Wesleyan University, with further education in digital design, Irish studies, and MicroMasters in Design Thinking and Project Management from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is also certified in diversity and inclusion by Cornell University. Erik's contributions to the field include co-authoring papers on health inequity, lecturing at Boston and Emerson Colleges, and advocating for diversity and inclusion with organizations like Medtronic, VSP, and the San Antonio Spurs. He has spoken, in person and virtually, at PMI Greece, PMI Michiana, and PMI Global Summit, among others. He has appeared on podcasts such as "Confessions of a Higher Education CMO" and "I Wanna Work There!" and contributed to the books “Mastering Solutions Delivery” and "The Evolution of the PMO," both key resources for project managers. He founded Human-Centered Success LLC to promote inclusive leadership. Residing outside Pittsburgh with his husband and two dachshunds, Erik enjoys marathons, gaming, and sharing his insights. Contact: erik@humancenteredsuccess.com.

Rachel Hentges is the VP, Global Marketing at KeyedIn, where she has been instrumental in developing engaging industry related content for KeyedIn’s audiences for the last 9 years. From insightful webinars to industry research reports and everything in-between, Rachel is proud to distribute educational resources driving organizations to think differently about how they do business today!

Laura has been a driving force behind the integration of PMOs and Project Management into organizational strategy for 25 years. Starting in 1999 with the creation of her first PMO, she spent 15 years as a PMO and strategy delivery leader, gaining invaluable experience in driving sustainable change within organizations. Over the past decade, her company PMO Strategies has been dedicated to helping organizations maximize their returns on investment by unleashing the full potential of project management and PMOs. Laura has developed a powerful system for helping organizations achieve high-impact outcomes for every project. In 2021, Laura was named the World PMO Influencer of the Year, the only award of its kind, by the PMO Global Alliance, for her many accomplishments in positioning the PMO as the most valuable strategic asset for organizations to deliver their strategy. You can learn more about this on her popular PMO Strategies Podcast and as a part of the longest-running PMO-specific virtual conference, the IMPACT Summit. Laura welcomes you to learn more about how they can help you make a bigger IMPACT at PMOStrategies.com.

In her career, Willetta Love has worked for over 20 years in the not-for-profit industry. She joined the American Psychology Association (APA) in 2016 as a Technology Training and Support Specialist in IT. Willetta previously worked in a similar role at AARP where she supported complex-wide scale human resources, technology, and organizational development and effectiveness initiatives. In 2020, Willetta accepted the invitation to join the Strategy Office where she is currently the Senior Process Optimization Manager, helping to unite those who initiate, lead or take part in projects by engaging in collaborative efforts to provide frameworks for doing work more efficiently and effectively with the aim of realizing successful business outcomes that generate value and advance APA’s strategic priorities. Willetta is one of the many IMPACT Engine System and IMPACT Accelerator Mastermind program participants speaking this year. Don’t miss this stellar session where you’ll see just how much IMPACT these programs have helped our participants make over the years. We are so incredibly proud of Willetta!

Frederic Casagrande is a highly skilled and experienced PMO Expert with over 20 years of professional experience in the field. He is widely recognized as a thought leader in the PMO industry and has worked with some of the world's largest and most complex organizations to optimize their project management processes and drive business success. Throughout his career, Frederic has held a variety of leadership positions in both the public and private sectors across various industries, including defense, telecommunications, and energy, and is a sought-after speaker and trainer, regularly presenting at industry conferences and events around the world.