Managing International Projects – Best Practices and Personal Experience (Breakfast Club North Hills)
Join PMI Pittsburgh chapter member, Lee Guo as he shares his experience "Managing International Projects – Best Practices" at our October Breakfast Club in the North Hills.
Agenda:
- Overview of various international projects I have managed, such as procuring equipment to building a nuclear power plant in China, managing a project to activate an international AAA rating hospital in China.
- Challenge and ways to overcome these challenges: time difference, language difference/barrier, government regulations differences,
- Tools I use that greatly improvement my effectiveness
Lee Guo is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with 20+ years experience in healthcare, nuclear, and automotive industry; leading cross functional groups and has delivered many long term and high value projects with safety, high quality, on-time, and on budget.
Currently, Lee is a project manager at UPMC International, responsible for implementing and integrating common global human resource (HR), electronic medical record (EMR), learning management system (LMS) platforms across many hospital locations in Ireland, Italy and Croatia. Recently, he was the project director to build and activate a brand new hospital in China. He built a PMO with multiple workstreams to deliver strategic program solutions to meet complex and politically sensitive business and strategic requirements.
Lee is actively involved with the Pittsburgh PMI chapter. As the Director of Global Outreach and Membership, his effort is to implement programs and initiatives to increase membership and member engagement. He established several scholarships: academic scholarships for the local university students in project management related degree; professional development scholarships for the chapter members to take courses and learn new skills to further advance their careers. He received the PMI Pittsburgh Chapter Volunteer of the Year award. In his spare time, Lee enjoys running and biking, especially in the scenic North Park. He also enjoys playing tennis with his son.
Lee received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University; and MS degree in Mechanical Engineering and MBA degree from University of Michigan-Dearborn.
