Speakers

Lauren helps business owners and their teams generate, nurture and qualify more leads online. She helps organizations with high-impact marketing efforts, so they don’t waste any time or money, spinning their wheels on tactics that won’t drive real results. Case in point? That time she generated $262,822.58 in sales for a client using only 9 emails. As an online marketing strategist, Lauren’s appeared as a guest expert for platforms like 90 Day Year Live, Thrive Global, Freshbooks, LeadPages & Wordstream & taught as guest faculty at the Laguna College of Art & Design.

Marisa Silva, the Lucky PM, is an experienced PMO and PPM advisor, trainer, author, and speaker, with a track record of establishing, embedding and maturing best-fit practices and building capabilities in complex organizations undergoing transformational business change. Marisa is the co-author of the only PMO training course accredited by the chartered body for the project profession (APM). A believer in the power of project management skills for social good, Marisa also held volunteer positions as a mentor at Project Managers Against Poverty and Programs Director at Project Managers Without Borders (PMWB). In 2019 she became a Fellow member of the APM, in recognition of her contribution to the profession. Marisa is the author of “Bedtime Stories for Project Managers” and a Senior Consultant at Wellingtone, a UK-based leading project management consulting firm dedicated to enable step-change in organizational PPM maturity.

Beth Genly coaches and speaks on burnout prevention and recovery. Beth’s worst episode of burnout ─ yes, sadly, you can cycle through burnout repeatedly – occurred during her two-decade stint as a Yale-educated nurse-midwife. Typically for the profession, her faculty position at Oregon Health & Sciences University included simultaneous roles: patient care, teaching, and administrative duties. This is why she co-authored (with Dr. Marnie Loomis, N.D.) the groundbreaking book: Save Yourself from Burnout: A System to Get Your Life Back.

Crystal is the Principal and Owner of Mosaic Resource Group, a talent development consulting firm with a focus on helping overwhelmed teams improve their project management skills so they can lead projects with clarity, courage, and confidence. She has 20 years of experience in healthcare management and project management working with private- and public-sector clients. Crystal is a dynamic trainer, results-oriented facilitator, and versatile project manager and is dedicated to bringing out the best in people having served with multiple organizations as a trainer and mentor. An Army Brat, Crystal enjoys the simpler things in life like taking her Senior lab for a hike in Maryland's state parks, tending to her vegetable garden, Dunkin’ Donuts® coffee, and mastering her latest obsession: roller skating. Fun Facts The Cheerleader in Action – The CIA 5 Ways I Add Value to the Team: I partner with clients to address their business needs by leveraging their most important asset – their people! I provide client-centered solutions to transform performance into business success. Expert consultative experience from the Big 4 firms to small-sized organizations. It is my goal to bring out the best in your people. I am passionate in what I do. What Movie or Song Best Represents My Approach to Talent Development? “Don’t Stop Believin'” by Journey. Finish this sentence: “The Best Mentor I Ever Had…” …my father. He didn’t think I was listening, but I was. If I were a fictional character, I would be… Elaine Benes from Seinfeld. Three of my core values are: Creativity, Consistency, Relationships

Phil Weinzimer is president of Strategere Consulting and works with clients to develop business and IT strategies that focus on achieving business outcomes. Phil is currently conducting research for his third book, Strategic IT Governance 2.0: A Business Imperative for Competitive Success, to be published in early 2020 His previous book, The Strategic CIO: Changing the Dynamics of the Business Enterprise, focuses on how strategic CIOs leverage information and technology for competitive advantage. His first book, Getting It Right: Creating Customer Value for Market Leadership, focuses on how to transform an organization using a 3P strategy to Prepare personnel to work together as a team, Perceive customer needs, and Provide new products and services that create sustainable and profitable value. Additionally, he writes a column for CIO.com column: Transforming IT for Business Success and AITS.org-The Strategic CIO, and has co-authored a Harvard Case Study. Phil also conducts video interviews of IT Thought Leaders on his series The Strategic CIO. Phil speaks regularly at CIO & IT events on IT Strategy and How Strategic CIOs and IT organizations are changing the dynamics of the business enterprise. Phil is also corporate faculty at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology in the Masters Project Management Program.

As a result of his work with PMOs, experiences leading or being served by a PMO, and research conducted in support of his published works, Mark Price Perry pioneered the concept of the Business Driven PMO. Often characterized as a “boat-rocker” and outspoken critic, Mark challenges the traditional approach to PMO setup and management that has been advocated and practiced within the industry and that has led to PMO failures and loss of executive support. Mark offers an alternative approach to PMO setup and management, an approach driven by specific needs of the business as determined by the leadership team, not industry standards or the latest PMO models, buzzwords and hype. Mark is the author of the Business Driven PMO three-book series, published by J. Ross Publishing.

Jesse Fewell has mentored thousands of technology professionals across 14 countries to improve their teams & companies using Agile methods. He’s founded several startups, contributed to three industry certifications (PMI-ACP, CST, CEC), and authored publications reaching over a half-million readers in eleven languages. His industry contributions have earned him a IEEE Computer Society Golden Core Award. During the IMPACT Summit, he is interviewing some of the best minds on the industry's hottest topics around Agile ways of working and impactful leadership.