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2010 Oct Financial Services LIG Presentation |
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Coming in October 2010:
Join us on Thursday, October 14th for the Financial Services Local Interest Group (FS LIG) Meeting. Presentation begins at 5:00 at the Engineer's Society of Western Pennsylvania. Stan Polsky is our guest speaker on the topic of “Managing Big Budget Projects.”
Biography: Stan Polsky, P.E. is founder and president of EPMOD, Inc. (http://www.epmod.com/), a Pittsburgh-based firm specializing in organizational development and business management. Stan rose to a senior position in the United States Steel’s Headquarters Engineering group during his 23 year career there. Stan successfully served as a management consultant and unofficial coordinator on the design and construction of integrated steel plants in Spain and in Taiwan for USS Engineers and Consultants. Stan served as a Past President of the Pittsburgh Chapter of Project Management Institute. With EPMOD, Stan provided consulting and training in the US and abroad to organizations in both the public and private sectors, including assignments in Africa with Catholic Relief Services. For 15 years at the International Management Development Institute at the University of Pittsburgh, Stan served as an instructor, funded by USAID, to Project Leaders of large development projects.
Executive Summary:
Network Centric Management (NCM), a leading edge concept will be presented. NCM, in conjunction with a structured communication network will dramatically improve communication and collaboration on big budget projects, and will significantly reduce project duration and cost. This concept will facilitate horizontal and vertical teamwork among key holders of responsibility involving disparate organizations and teams with dispersed members while making sure that the pursuit of customer commitments remains aligned with strategic business objectives.
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June Financial Services LIG |
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Join us on Thursday, June 10th for the Financial Services Local Interest Group (FS LIG) Meeting. Presentation begins at 5:00 at the Engineer's Society of Western Pennsylvania. Sanjeev Sharma is our guest speaker on the topic of managing projects when your customer is a government entity.
Sanjeev K. Sharma, P.E., PMP
Sanjeev Sharma is a Senior Program Manager at Parsons Corporation (http://www.parsons.com). He has over 20 years experience in developing, implementing and managing technology-based organizational transformation and program management solutions for public finance, engineering, infrastructure, energy/sustainability, operations & maintenance (O&M), capital improvements and national intelligence programs.
Sanjeev has successfully managed contracts with the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of the Energy (DOE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Over the course of his career, he has trained and mentored project managers in the Federal contracting arena. Sanjeev holds a Bachelor of Technology with Honors from the Indian Institute of Technology, a Masters in Civil Engineering from the University of Hawaii and a Masters in Business Administration from Duke University. He is a registered Professional Engineer (PE) in Washington DC and a Project Management Professional (PMP).
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About the FS LIG |
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Welcome to the Financial Services Local Interest Group (LIG)
The Pittsburgh PMI Financial Services Local Interest Group (FS LIG) was formed to serve its members within the Financial Services Industry. Our mission is to establish and promote the use of project management in all financial services institutions in the Greater Pittsburgh Area with a focus on providing the knowledge and expertise to effectively manage change.
Meetings are generally held the second Thursday at 5:00 PM every other month at the Engineering Society Building preceeding the full Chapter Meeting. LIG meetings are included with your Chapter Membership and do not require additional membership dues to participate. Each session earns 1 PDU. All interested members are welcome to join the session.
Please contact T.J. Angelo if you have a topic you would like to hear more about or have a topic you would like to present. Speakers earn 5 PDU's.
Scheduled FS LIG meetings for 2010/2011
October 14, 2010
December 09, 2010
February 10, 2011
April 14, 2011
June 09, 2011
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