Christoph Hirnle, PhD

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.

Roberto Cervantes is currently acting Director of PMO and Sustainability Leader for Core Molding Technologies. Mr. Cervantes started his career at General Motors, focusing on Manufacturing/Process Engineering and Project Management. He further expanded his expertise in Engineering and Product Management within the Aerospace and heavy-duty truck industries. Roberto holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, an MBA from Webster University, and is a certified Project Management Professional since 2017.

Edita Kemzuraite, PMP, PMO-CP - CEO of Project Management United (pmunited.eu) and co-founder of the PM & PMO Conference BRIDGE (pmconference.org). She has 15%2B years of experience working on the high complexity projects at Bentley Systems - the Infrastructure Engineering Software Company. Business sustainability, PMO impact and strategic project management are Edita’s areas of interests/research. At Bentley she is also a Sustainability Ambassador focusing on the importance of ecosystem collaboration for solving Environmental, Social and Government issues and accelerating Sustainable Development Goals. Edita is certified professional of Business Sustainability Management (Cambridge University) and Green Project Management (GPM).