159. How to become a Business Relationship Manager

Phoenix, United States

Educating and coaching leaders, professionals and teams are Mart’s passion and is what he has been doing for nearly three decades. Mart works for INTERPROM, a coaching, consulting, training and education firm. Examples of areas he has specialized in are business relationship management, service management, information security management, and project and change management. He is looking forward to sharing his experience with you and to answering your questions.

Mart's proudest achievement: An achievement I’m looking back it is organizing, along with 20 passionate volunteers, a decade long, the annual Arizona ITSM Summit. A one-day event visited by 250+ local ITSM enthusiasts. And sponsored, year-after-year, by 20+ loyal vendors, including Forrester Research and Gartner.

After 20+ spent in many roles in the Information Technology industry Luca decided to start his own company, named E-quality Italia, whose purpose is to have a positive impact on Italian organisations by training and coaching their leaders. Luca works as a trainer and coach himself; he is the only Italian coach for the Getting Things Done® methodology, and is one of the few accredited trainers in Italy for BRMP® and CBRM® qualifications. Luca's proudest achievement is the reputation of his small company, both in Italy and abroad.

Ahmad is a digital transformation executive with diversified experience covering the full spectrum of the technology space. He has been in service leadership, managerial, technology pre-sales, and consulting. He has extensive experience in delivering large projects and a proven success of solving complex problems within time and budget. Ahmad has the ability to fuse business and technology interests into cohesive, value-driven, and delivery-focused operations. He is a highly respected builder of critical partnerships and strategic alliances and has proven to unite fractionalized groups for a shared sense of purpose. 

His specialties include cyber security, business resilience, strategic leadership, data privacy, information assurance and project management. 
 

Darrel Popowich is a seasoned executive with over 30 years of experience in the technology industry. He has recently joined the BRM Institute as the Chief Visionary Officer & COO.  He has held numerous other leadership roles, including CIO of H&R Block Canada where he led a team of IT professionals responsible for supporting the company's tax and financial services businesses. Coaching executives across the world, Darrel is a respected thought leader in his field, with a passion for leadership and business relationship management (BRM). He has been involved with BRM training and implementation for many organizations and has spoken at a number of CIO conferences on the topic. His extensive experience in technology and business make him a valuable asset to any organization.

As an IT Business Relationship Manager at SCI, Jyoti maintains strong partnerships with stakeholders and business partners, and makes sure that high-quality IT services and products are delivered in an efficient manner throughout the Retail and Call Centre domains. She firmly advocates the significance of human (interpersonal) skills in advancing organizational relationships. 

Awards - 

Top Global BRM Award for 2023 by BRM Institute

Change Agents Award by Enterprise IT World

Publications - 

Connecting the dots of Digital Transformation in SMEs, White Paper published in VARINDIA India’s Frontline IT White Book

International Journal of Appreciative Inquiry, UK White Paper on Practicing appreciative inquiry

DigCitKids: Lessons learning side-by-side, to empower others around the world, Co-Author (Book Published by Edumatch, Available on Amazon)

Jyoti's proudest achievement is witnessing the growth and accomplishments of her children and celebrating their milestones.