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Steve is the author of, and chief examiner for, the APM Group’s Managing Benefits™ and Managing Portfolios™. He is also co-author of the OGC/Axelos, Management of Portfolios and he was Chief Examiner for MoP® from 2011-2015. Steve gained extensive management experience as a member of the UK Senior Civil Service and was described by the UK Government CIO as the, 'rottweiler of benefits management'. Since leaving the UK government Steve has provided independent portfolio and benefits management advice and training to a range of organizations in both the public and private sectors – in the UK, but mostly abroad. He also develops and delivers Masters and Executive-level courses for the Graduate Business School at Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Steve is a regular keynote speaker at international conferences, trainer and writer on the subjects of project portfolio and benefits management. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, holds an MBA, and Masters of Studies degree from Cambridge University.

International Project Portfolio Management Executive ➤ Mining ➤ Smelting ➤ Recycling ➤ Minerals ➤ Metals ➤ Chemicals ➤ Battery Technology ➤ Mechanical Engineer with over 20 years of experience in successfully delivering international portfolios, programs, and projects across the full business life cycle. A wealth of professional experience in international project management including successful brownfield and greenfield project delivery in mining, smelting, chemicals, mineral processing, and recycling operations across Australia, Southeast Asia, South America, and Europe. Passionate about creating and delivering value through effective stakeholder alignment, business case emphasis, and applying a growth learning mindset to focus people on achieving exceptional results. I enjoy the challenge of managing people by appreciating their strengths and intrinsic motivators to enable a disciplined and accountability-driven performance culture.

Sachin Melwani gets problems solved through his ‘disruptive creativity’. Leveraging his strong knowledge of ERP transformation from the Client, Prime Integrator and Tier Supplier perspectives, through DADA he now aims to bring genuine innovation to the traditional consultancy model by offering a unique “Consultancy as a Subscription” service. The advantage over a traditional consultancy is that DADA provides an economical and responsive way to support any project by offering a “Consulting Service at Contractor prices”.

Mike is a leading-edge thinker and renegade who believes that we all must do more to unleash our boundless potential and solve increasingly complex global issues. He envisions a community-centric, expert-guided “power-to-the-edge” solution to most of these issues. For leaders and managers, this means open-platform approaches to innovating and sharing the most effective management practices. For consultants and other experts, this means that we are too often part of the problem, and need to do a much better job channeling our expertise in a way that delivers much greater IMPACT.

Amanda is a client delivery executive in the Global Enterprise Application team, specializing in complex recovery and transformation programs. Amanda enjoys working with clients to identify, realize and maximize value from their investments.

William H. Volpé III is the founder of The Volpé Consortium, Inc., the creator of their proprietary project management process, the publisher of Project Victories, and the developer of a three-day project auditing seminar. He is also the author of the bestselling project management book “Guide to Project Management Life Cycles.” Mr. Volpé has more than 30 years of experience in project management and was a Master Business Analyst and Worldwide Manufacturing Program Manager at Hewlett Packard as well as PMO Manager for the Ministry of Interior Saudi Arabia. His experience includes several multi-million dollar international projects and he holds an Associate’s Degree in Computer Engineering Technology, a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Engineering, a Bachelor’s Degree in Management, and a PMP (Project Management Professional) certification. Additionally, he holds a Master Certificate in Project Management, an Advanced Master Certificate in Project Management, and a Professional Business Analyst Certificate all from The George Washington University School of Business. Other certifications include an ISCET Journeyman in Computers, an ISCET Journeyman in Industrial Controls, an ISCET Journeyman in Communications, and an ISCET Radiotelephone License. He currently teaches classes and consults in project management internationally. Classes include Project Auditing, Project Risk Management, Managing Projects, and Project Scheduling and Cost Control. He has taught for such companies as Verizon Wireless, Dow Chemical, Shell Oil, Halliburton, the Internal Revenue Service, and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Mr. Volpé began his project management career as a U.S. Government contractor under SECRET Clearance supporting Operation Just Cause, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Restore Hope. He worked at Hewlett Packard in the NonStop Enterprise division and the Business Critical Servers Business Management group for more than five years; was a pre-merger Compaq employee; and completed several new product introduction projects for fault-tolerant, mission-critical customers such as the Pentagon and the world stock markets. Mr. Volpé has extensive international project experience and his teams have included members from Germany, England, Mexico, Australia, Scotland, Taiwan, and several other countries. Mr. Volpe is also offering up a key resource: Two and a Half Years in the Making! The Only Book of its Kind! Yours FREE! Get it NOW! Most Projects Start Out Destined for Failure and People Don’t Understand Why. Don’t Be One of Them. You can find a FREE copy of William Volpe’s book: Guide to Project Management Life Cycles here: https://www.projectvictories.com/pmostrategies/ Reviews of Mr. Volpe “Best teacher yet!” – Ryan, FMC Technologies “Very knowledgeable in content and excellent personal interpersonal skills.” – Clayton, Shell Exploration & Production “Great instructor. Looking forward to having him in future classes.” – Robert, U.S. Navy “Mr. Volpe is very affective in teaching style. Used lots of real examples associated with learning materials. Mr. Volpe is very professional and knowledgeable with a hint of Charisma. Would recommend to colleagues.” – Dianna “Bill was an excellent instructor.” – Travis “Instructor was very knowledgeable.” – Alison, Verizon Wireless “Bill Volpe is an excellent instructor with a great arsenal of real world scenarios. He made the course interesting and motivating.” – Virginia,Schlumberger

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.

Making the impossible, possible! 15+ years of experience in delivering outstanding results in a competitive market. Helping corporations navigate through accelerated growth or a period of constant change. Crafting sustainable portfolios that bring long-term success.

PMOGA selected Jennie Fowler as a top three finalist for PMO Leader of the Year for The Americas. Jennie started a new journey in 2021 as the Global Director of Project Management with Percepta in January.

Andy Jordan is President of Roffensian Consulting S.A., a Roatan, Honduras based management consulting firm with a strong emphasis on organizational transformation, portfolio management, and PMOs. Andy is an in-demand speaker and author who delivers thought-provoking content in an engaging and entertaining style and is also an instructor in project management related disciplines including PMO and portfolio management courses on LinkedIn Learning.