I am a project manager of 25 years with a background in technology. I have worked on electronic commerce, transportation and government systems for most of my career. In addition to my formal project management training and PMP certification, I have much training and experience in information technology. I am a firm believer in SDLC and ITIL for systems development.

Michael Stanleigh, CMC, CSP, is the CEO of Business Improvement Architects (bia™). He founded bia™ in 1989 to help organizations achieve operational success with his Organizational Success System™. Michael is a certified management consultant who works with executives and senior managers around the world to achieve operational success, helping leadership teams to define strategic direction, increase leadership performance, innovate to excel and improve project and quality management. He has been instrumental in helping his clients increase productivity and profits with his clear processes and quality approach. Michael is also an accomplished professional speaker and dynamic presenter. He is among a handful of speakers worldwide who hold the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation. He delivers keynote presentations for conferences and events around the world about his research and experience in his organization’s core practice areas. Michael is a leading expert and keynote presenter on Innovation, Strategy and Leadership Performance, and Project and Quality Management. He shares his real life business expertise and experience with stories that are tailored for each audience and delivers presentations with spark, energy and creativity. Michael has worked in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, England, France, Croatia and the Republic of Czech. His speaker web site is located at www.michaelstanleigh.com Michael holds a number of leadership positions including: Board member of the Institute Canadian of Canadian Management Consultants Ontario, Faculty member of Memorial University, Centre for Management Development and Faculty member of the American Society for Quality. Michael is a certified member of the Canadian Association of Management Consultants (CMC Canada), professional member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS), member of the Global Speakers Federation, senior member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) {on cover of PM Network Magazine, July, 2005; published by the Project Management Institute (PMI)}.

Todd has been applying Lean principles to all areas of business for the past 10 years and is one of the only trainers applying these powerful concepts to project management and product development. Todd is the founder and president of Lean Solutions Limited, a consulting firm specializing in on-site workshops and implementation support. He has applied Lean principles in a wide range of industries including automotive assembly; manufacturing, repair and overhaul; food processing; electronics assembly; pharmaceutical; and the airline industry. Todd is proud to have been able to work with many industry-leading organizations such as Singapore Airlines, Michelin, Parker Hannifin, Bombardier, Timken, and Pfizer.

Robert is a Business and IT consultant with 15 years of industry experience in delivering large IT application development projects. He has delivered projects with in the Energy and Utilities, Financial Services, and Healthcare Industries. In addition, Robert has been a leader in the Program Management discipline, developing and enhancing tools and processes around Agile Methodology and training teams on the use of Agile.

Dave is a principal with three O Project Solutions, the vendors of AceIt©. Dave was also the key architect responsible for the creation of the product. AceIt© has prepared Project Managers from around the world to pass their PMP® exams. You can find endorsements from some of his customers on three O’s web site (http://www.threeo.ca/) Dave has over 20 years of experience managing projects of every size and training IT resources for companies like Nortel Networks and 724 Solutions. He most recently led a $100M project to upgrade a leading bank’s ATM network for Diebold Canada. Through three O Project Solutions, Dave has partnered with Infomaxium (http://www.informaxium.com) to offer classroom project management training. Dave has also helped prepare project managers to pass their PMP® exam through the Lakeshore chapter of the PMI.

Esra Guven, BScEE, PMP, the Founder of Star-PM at www.star-pm.com and serves in the position of Director. She is a professional project management consultant, instructor, and author. She has written two books on project management. She is a qualified trainer who has over 10 years of project management experience in the Information Technology area and 8 years of network qualification experience. She has created several user guides, manuals, test protocols on IT and project management. She can be reached by e-mail at esra.guven@star-pm.com at http://www.star-pm.com

John Bolden, founder of TLIR Consulting Group, is internationally renowned for strong thought leadership that paves the way for leaders to propel and compel significant improvement in corporate transformation, operational alignment and business improvement project performance and results. In addition to direct client engagements, John conducts ongoing research into the prevalent issues that lead to cost overruns, delays, quality issues, organization vs. project conflict, vendor litigation, unacceptable ROI, frustrated stakeholders, tarnished reputations and worse. The baseline for his thinking is now 3,400+ significant projects spanning every common form of business improvement along with some not so common that are truly bleeding edge. They vary from cosmetic through to mission critical and beyond; ranging from $500K to $17Bn+. Several thousand projects of lesser size / cost yet just as important in the minds of those who conceived, planned and executed them augment the core baseline. His identification of the key traits and tendencies that contribute to failure and what can be done about them is recognized as innovative, practical and value laden. John’s articles are widely published and his presentations have engaged business, government and academia leaders at conferences worldwide. John delivers his profound, thought provoking ideas and observations in public and private forums where business leaders, managers and staff gain an appreciation for both organization centric and project centric perspectives of what is typically overlooked, ignored or taken for granted whenever Corporate Transformation / Business Improvement is on the agenda.

I have worked in the online space as a Project Manager for nine years, and I'm currently the Director of Fulfillment at WebFeat Multimedia Inc., in Toronto. I'm passionate about how marketing is affected by technology and trends in social media. I have worked exclusively in the interactive space for my entire project management career. I believe that we are only as good as the information we share with one another. Working together, we will advance project management methodologies in a way that makes sense in this technological era of speed and change.