Natalie Steck, originally from Melbourne, Australia, and currently residing in Seattle, Washington, is the founder and CEO of Viewpath, a SaaS company specializing in project management. She is a natural leader and has navigated challenging roles in large and small firms focusing on sales, marketing, talent management, and leadership. Natalie loves people, public speaking, and problem-solving and is grateful for the opportunity to speak with PMI Portland.
As the COVID-19 crisis spread to a global pandemic, many businesses have shifted to a purely virtual landscape. This unprecedented transformation forced leaders to scramble and find solutions to the challenges in communicating with employees, keeping them engaged, and holding them accountable to ensure the business can continue as usual. In this webinar, she shares her experience, challenges, best practices, and helpful tips on leading virtual teams.
Attendees will leave with the following takeaways;
- Effective communication
- Employee engagement strategy
- Change management practices
In today's agile world, strategic plans should be well planned yet flexible enough to respond to change. Agile is all about having iterative cycles where we devise and execute, then take what we've learned and respond to change. This interactive session focuses on having an adaptable, solution-based approach and the importance of project leaders being cross-functional and well versed in numerous Lean-Agile principles, practices and frameworks. Examples include Scrum, XP, Kanban, and various scaling frameworks. You will learn through real-world case studies from IT and non-IT contexts to help your organization deliver maximum value. For more information watch this short video.
Niel Magsombol is an Agile Transformation Coach who has led Enterprise Agile Transformations in Global Fortune 100 Companies such as Caterpillar, Prudential, Pfizer, Boston Consulting & Fidelity. Known for his infectious energy and engaging humor, Niel has presented to diverse audiences at development conferences, colleges, sporting events and Fortune 500 Companies, on topics ranging from Agile Transformation to Leadership and Unlocking Human Potential. He is a John Maxwell Certified Leadership Trainer, Coach, Speaker & DISC Behavioral Analysis Trainer and will persuade organizations to deliver value in the most innovative and efficient ways possible.
Michel Thiry, PhD co-founder and managing partner of Valense Ltd. has extensive worldwide experience and has worked in many cultural environments. He has been recognized as a worldwide authority in strategic applications of project, program and value at organizational level and supported the development and implementation of numerous strategic programs for major corporations in various fields.
Michel has obtained a PhD from Middlesex University in London on Contextualizing Project Organizations and was awarded the title of Fellow by the Project Management Institute in 2006. In 2007 he became a Fellow of the Association for Project Management in the UK and in 2008, he was awarded the Life Value Achievement Award by the Canadian Society for Value Analysis. In 2014, he was awarded the PMI Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence Award for outstanding contributions to the practice of the profession and leadership in advancing project management concepts, techniques, practices or theories.
During this session he will cover:
Changes in the Certification process:
- Certification Requirements
- Exam Contents
Sitting the Exam
Changes in the Study References:
- PMBOK® Guide 6th Edition
- PMI Agile Practice Guide
PMBOK® Guide 7th Edition
In the engineering field, evaluations are usually done on technical skills, not other skills, such as project or people management. However, as we enter a new decade, engineers who invest in perfecting their project management skills often find they are given more responsibilities within the business.
Join us for a panel discussion brought to you by Columbia River Section (CRS) Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Project Management Institute (PMI) Portland. You will hear about our panelists’ career choices, journeys and also learn about their project management best known methods (BKM’s), tools and individual engineering project management practices. Bring your questions to this interactive session and network with a professional group of women engineers.
Participants will be able to self-report 1 technical PDU for attending.
The Society of Women Engineers is the world’s largest advocate and catalyst for change for women in engineering and technology. We are glad to bring this opportunity to introduce PMI Portland chapter members and CRS SWE members to each other and help build their prospective professional network.
This event will be moderated by Sireesha(Siri) Akula, VP of Professional Development at PMI Portland chapter. Panelists include Lisa Perigault, Technical Program Manager at Intel, Brianna LaBarge, Sr. Process Engineer at Nike, and Kathy Faraci-Roberts, Senior Program Manager at Lam Research. Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn and network with another local non-profit professional organization! Register now for this exciting event!
Your panelists:
Lisa Perigault is a Technical Program Manager at Intel and an Innovation champion and cofounder of Patent101 Workshops. She owns developing and optimizing workflow processes across the IP development cycle and IP pathfinding. Her innovation journey started when as a recent college graduate, she filed a patent for a new high-performance package design, all while working full time in VLSI Technology and studying for her MSEE at Santa Clara University. She completed her graduate studies while working at Rambus and then joined Silicon Graphics (SGI) as a Member of their Technical Staff. Her work has spanned from ASIC qualification and validation of Foundry products, to package and interconnect characterization and development to technical program management in Graphics, USB and Chipset Design. Her 14 year career at Intel has included recruiting at SHPE and SWE conferences as well as presenting in WIN and mentoring aspiring innovators. When she’s not growing the technical pipeline, Lisa enjoys reading, running and spending time with her husband and their three daughters.
Brianna LaBarge is currently a Sr. Process Engineer for Nike Air Manufacturing Innovation. She has worked on many Nike Air products such as Air Max 90, 97, 270, 720, 2017 and Lebron 17. Her work on these products helped her organization win the Global Maxim Award for being on the offense, as well as the Founders Award, Nike’s highest honor. Brianna is currently the President-Elect of the Society of Women Engineers Columbia River Section, has held numerous leadership positions since becoming a member in 2010 and has presented at various conferences for SWE and other organizations. She holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Central Florida and has several certifications including Six Sigma Black Belt, PMP and Athletic and Outdoor Product Management. As a true Oregonian, Brianna enjoys hiking, traveling and working out with the Nike Training Club.
Kathy Faraci-Roberts is a Senior Program Manager at Lam Research in Tualatin Pilot Operations. At Lam, Kathy manages new product introduction programs as they transition through Pilot into high volume manufacturing. Kathy started out as a Design Engineer, then moved into System Engineering before going into Program Management. She has over 20 years’ experience in hardware engineering and previously held positions at Xerox and InFocus.
Kathy is certified with her DfLSS Black Belt and Systems Green Belt. She received her degrees from Oregon State University in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Physics. Kathy has been married for 20 years and has 2 middle schoolers, Andrew age 13 and Elizabeth age 11.
Your moderator:
Sireesha (Siri) Akula is currently an Engineering Manager at Intel Corporation bringing the flagship Ethernet products to market. She is an accomplished leader in validation and customer management with over 15 years of industry experience backed by a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and PMP certification. Her leadership and service spans across many non-profit organizations and are mostly significant with Society of Women Engineers, Project Management Institute, Beaverton School district and Washington County community gardens. In her spare time, Siri loves to cook, garden and spend outdoors with family and friends.
Join Annie Agle for this session on Stepping up with Corporate Social Responsibility. This interactive workshop will give participants steps to consider when it comes to corporate brand strategy and how corporate social responsibility fits into existing company culture and agenda. Annie will explain steps she used when working with small to large corporations and the lessons learned along the way. Participants will engage in virtual breakout room conversations around refining their strategy and will take away steps to implement corporate social responsibility projects that connect with the overarching business strategy. The event is FREE for all members and $5 for non-members. To participate fully, participants are encouraged to have their webcams on for the breakout sessions of the workshop and the networking portion of the chapter meeting. Participants will be able to self-report 1 strategic PDU for attending.
Strong public speaking skills are a key ingredient to success in any profession. But even for the most confident of communicators, it is a nerve-wracking and humbling experience. Nevertheless, an invitation to speak before any audience provides an excellent opportunity to promote organizational initiatives and your career. To maintain the confidence of your audience, you must learn to captivate and motivate through the power of delivering an impactful message while simultaneously leaving your trepidation at the door.
In this presentation, Award-Winning Branding and Business Communication Strategist, Shakira M. Brown will reveal secrets behind creating a lasting impression as a presenter. Attend this presentation to acquire techniques for how to best convey ideas clearly and convincingly; and to win over an audience with a fresh confidence in which audiences listen and are inspired to take action. Participants will be able to self-report 1 leadership PDU for attending.
Attendees will leave with the following takeaways:
- Leverage the fundamentals of public speaking to become more confident and effective
- Overcome fears holding you back from addressing any audience
- Let your personality shine via speech, dress, gesture and body language for a lasting impression
- Deliver your message with a new relaxed confidence and influence
Don’t miss your chance to loosen up.
Join Raj Mukherjee as we build a real-world data science model on forecasting time in transit for overseas vendors; the time it will take to get goods on the factory floor. Discuss some of the fundamentals of regressions, decision trees and neural networks. Show an application that can detect faces on a video and use reinforcement learning that can learn and play a game on its own. Discuss how to deploy some of these models in the cloud and be used as an API. Participants will be able to self-report 1 technical PDU for attending.
Raj Mukherjee is the VP of Information Technology at Hit Promotional Products. He is a data science enthusiast with a master's degree in business analytics and electrical engineering. He has a passion for solving real world business problems. He volunteers as part of the Standards Committee for Promostandards and part of the Promotional Products Association International Tech Committee. Raj is an experienced integration director with a demonstrated history of working in the marketing and advertising industry. Skilled in machine learning, business intelligence, project management and ERP migrations. Come join the discussion to learn from some of the best in data science and click on the photo for a quick Vimeo preview of what’s to come!
Have you ever wondered what skills you should focus on for your professional development? How are you ensuring you are ready for the future of work or to move up in your career? This session with Seth Warren will explain what industries are on the rise, how to use your transferable skills to get into new industries and what project managers need to focus on when it comes to future growth. The virtual October Chapter Meeting is FREE for all PMI Portland Chapter members and $10 for non-members. Participants are encouraged to have their webcams on for the breakout sessions of the chapter meeting to participate fully. Participants will be able to self-report 1 strategic PDU for attending.
Seth Warren is Managing Director of the Regional Experis IT Practice and oversees sales, delivery and operations. Experis, powered by ManpowerGroup, is a global leader in professional resourcing and project-based technology solutions. They deliver the people, processes and technologies that organizations need to effectively align IT with business objectives. Outside of work, Seth is a father to 2 hilarious teenagers, passionate about exploring the outdoors in his native Oregon, playing all sports, music, reading physical books, traveling, improv and all things offline. Register today to see your professional future unfold!
