In 2003 Dana Brownlee, PMP founded Professionalism Matters, Inc., a boutique professional development training and consulting firm. Her company provides interactive training workshops on a variety of topics including project management, meeting facilitation, and team building. In 2009 Professionalism Matters launched MeetingGenie.com an online resource for the latest tips, techniques, instructional videos, and other resources pertaining to meeting facilitation. Her company has produced two meeting facilitation training DVDs: “Are You Running a Meeting… or Drowning in Chaos?” and “5 Secrets to Virtually Cut Your Meeting Time in Half!” (Both are available at www.meetinggenie.com). Dana has spoken to many Project Management Institute audiences including a presentation (“The Secrets to Running Project Status Meetings that Work!) at the PMI Global Congress 2008 North America in Denver. She has been selected to speak at the 2010 International Association of Facilitators North America 2010 Conference in Chicago. A much sought after speaker and trainer, Dana has presented courses in three countries and authored a course currently being taught in five countries. Dana’s client list includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency, Emory Professional Learning Program, Georgia Power Company, Mississippi Power Company, Southface Energy Institute, Learning Tree International, OCI Chemical Corporation and many others. Dana received a BS from Spelman College, a BIE from Georgia Tech and an MBA from Emory University.

Michael began his career training as an accountant, and then moved into the IT sector where he carried out various roles including systems analysis & project management, working in all three areas of customer, manufacturer & third party supplier. Since 1999 he has been providing Project Management & Team Development workshops to various market sectors.

I came into the software field from telecommunications; worked with RT-11, RSX, different flavors of Unix, Pascal, Modula-II, C, C++, relational databases, networking. As a system architect and project leader, I led and managed numerous projects gradually migrating from architect's / lead developer's role into project management. This move was formally completed in 2005, when I got my professional certification as PMP from the Project Management Institute. I have been very fortunate in my PM career - I always had interesting projects and worked with great teams. Of course, to deliver on my duties, I had to ensure absolute support - support of my customers, of my management, of my peers and coworkers, of my reports, and of my subcontractors and vendors. To make my story short - I think that project management is about how to help others, and how to deliver what is needed with what you have, while keeping everybody happy. This is also what Project Management Office and Business Quality Assurance are concerned with - two adjacent areas I also worked in for years providing education, help, and guidance to other PMs and their teams. Looking forward to work with you and to help you in your work and studies.

Rob Llewellyn is founder of C-Level consultancy The Llewellyn Group, and since the 1990s has been providing project and programme management services to organisations across Europe and the Middle East. - Held Director, Management & Consulting roles since the 1980’s - Provided business consulting services internationally since the 1990’s - Assisted Governments in three continents - Provided on-site consulting services to executives in 15 countries - International Coach Federation Member - British Computer Society Member - PRINCE2 Practitioner - Published by the British Programme Management Special Interest Group - Regular author for CIO.co.uk - Interviewed byPMI Magazine - Former British water ski team member - Traveled in over 70 countries

Rosemary trains IT project teams on delivering project success by improving business analysis and project management practices. She also coaches project management contractors and consultants on thriving in a falling economy. She is founder of Project Management Perspectives LLC consulting and training in both the commercial and government sectors. She led many global software and hardware projects; created PMO's, and conducted project assessments. Rosemary speaks at conferences on the topics on Planning for Project Success and is a co-author of Unearthing Business Requirements, Elicitation Tools and Techniques. Rosemary received her B.S. from Oregon State University and M.B.A. from Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. She is a Project Management Professional (PMP) and implemented the Tools and Techniques initiative of the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI).

A highly experienced trainer and facilitator, specialising in Project and Programme Management based upon the practical application of best practice methods (OGC) and recognised bodies of knowledge (APM and PMI), with over 30 years of varied leadership and senior management experience.

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.

Frank Parth, MS, MSSM, MBA, PMP brings 30 years experience in project/program management and technology development to his teaching and consulting work. He has consulted to clients in multiple industry sectors, including high tech, food processing, construction, chemical processing, utilities, government, aerospace, healthcare, the consulting industry, and financial services. He is active within the Project Management Institute, most recently serving as the project management for PMI’s Standard for Program Management, 2nd edition. Mr. Parth has been an adjunct professor of project management and systems engineering at the University of California at Irvine (UCI) Extensions program since 1994. He is a guest lecturer at USC’s Marshall School of Business and at the American University of Sharjah in the UAE and has developed and taught courses for the American Management Association. He is an accomplished international trainer having taught over 3000 students in the U.S., U.K., Canada, the Middle East, and Asia. He is the co-author of Introduction to IT Project Management, published by Management Concepts (2006) and is currently under contract to write a book on Enterprise Portfolio Management for them. He has published multiple articles in professional journals around the world.

Wouter Baars has a masters degree in industrial engineering and management science at the Eindhoven University of Technology and is an experiences project leader. He has been leading projects for KPN, The Waag Society, The European Commission, several smaller businesses and non profit organizations. Since 2003 he has been teaching project management and helping companies to get their project management on a better level. Wouter Baars is the author of the open source book on project management that is currently in use by the KNAW (The Royal Dutch Academy of Science) and several other organizations.

An experienced professional in program / project management coming up through the ranks of software development and business analysis, working in small, medium and large size organizations and first line consulting companies. Has extensive knowledge of program / project management and methodologies as well as its tools, and is always up-to-date in management trends. Mr. Dominguez assists organizations of all sizes in seting up PMOs and governance, provides training in program / project management methodologies and tools, and delivers major solutions to multiple industries of all sizes. Fluent in English and Spanish, he authors white papers, "how to" documents, and presentations to assist program / project managers and the management profession in general. Writes monthly posts for Expiriance.com and received Expert Author status from Ezine Articles where his articles have been featured a number of times. His articles are published in many top websites around the world in both languages. Additionally, he volunteers work for several organizations such as the Pembroke Pines Charter Schools where he actively participated in the design and development of their first website. He was a contributor and reviewer of PMI\'s Project Manager Competency Development Framework (PMCDF), served in the Board of Directors of the South Florida PMI Chapter as a Director of Certification Programs assisting fellow members to prepare and obtain their certification, and is currently serving as a Director of Portfolio Management.

Shawn D. Belling,M.S., PMP. 15 years in project management, 20 yrs in general business. Current project management practitioner and adjunct instructor in private industry and public universities. I have a master\'s degree in project management and plan to pursue a doctorate. I am currently a project manager with a biotechnology company and an adjunct instructor for the University of Wisconsin as well as Lakeland College and University of California - Irvine. I also speak and teach periodically for PMI at a local and national level.

Michelle M. Campbell is a seasoned project manager with more than 8 years in program and portfolio management. Her primary focus has been the management and recovery of projects in the financial services industry. She has delivered on projects varying in cost from $ 200, 000 to $4 million and length from 3 months to 2 years. Michelle has leveraged her experience by providing coaching and training on project success strategies to individuals and organizations. She also consults on the establishment of program management offices and ensuring projects are aligned with strategic business objectives. Michelle holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, MBA in International Business and the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. She is a member of Project Management Institute (PMI), American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) and Toastmasters.

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.

With a degree in computer science I started in the software industry as software developer. After several years of software development and IT project management, I got an MBA degree and changed my focus to management consultancy. Now I am consulting companies mainly in strategic areas. With my background in IT and the strong influence of technology in todays businesses, I am developing IT strategies as well as optimized processes and project management methodologies to help companies to become more efficient.

A PMP, Mr. Hernandez got his master degree in the University of Miami, in Industrial Engineering. He has a Bachelor degree in Physics from Washington College. He has over 10 years of experience in managing multimillion US$ projects in USA, Latin America, Europe and Asia. His vast experience in international projects, have given him a clear understanding of the challenges of managing multi-language and multi-cultural virtual teams. He uses this experience to relate the concepts to the participants in a way that it can be clearly understood by them. In the last few years he has put his experience into service by conducting trainings and seminars in Asia. Having conducted project management consulting engagements in different industries, from Banking to IT, he makes sure that the tools and techniques explained during the trainings come along with some practical explanation. Mr. Hernandez is an asset to the company. With excellent presentation and training skills, and an above average ability to interact at different levels of seniority, he is held in high regard by both peers and management. The team- and self leadership qualities he has acquired over the years makes him a mentor, a coach, a friend, and above all, an example.

Anand Sanwal has developed and led the corporate portfolio management effort at a Fortune 50 diversified financial services company for the last several years. Corporate portfolio management encapsulates project and IT portfolio management and indicates the application of portfolio management to the entire organization and all discretionary project & investment areas, e.g, IT, marketing, R&D/innovation, sales, etc. The portfolio management effort he has developed has been recognized by many third parties as the most progressive portfolio management practice amongst large organizations. Those citing it include Baseline Magazine who estimated it had a 2700% ROI, the Executive Board, Gartner, CFO Magazine and many others. Most recently, Anand published a book entitled "Optimizing Corporate Portfolio Management" which features a foreword by Citigroup CFO Gary Crittenden. He also recently directed this Fortune 50 organization's Innovation Fund which aimed to identify and fund emerging and disruptive business opportunities.