234. How to build a career as a PMO in 2024 part 1

Eileen is an accomplished PMO professional, consultant, co-founder of the House of PMO and Consulting Director at PMO Learning. She brings her experience as a practitioner and trainer to everything she does.

Eileen is a Fellow of Association for Project Management, Member of Institute of Directors, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and Project Management Institute, and regularly speaks at conferences throughout the UK and Europe.

Her proudest professional achievement is launching the House of PMO as a new home for all PMO Professionals.

Josyph is a portfolio, programme and project management professional with 20 years ICT experience across the public and private sector, working with Australian federal government agencies and leading global organisations. As a programme and PMO manager he has delivered transition and transformation projects and programmes, set up P3O offices (Project, Program and Portfolio Offices), developed business cases, implemented best practice frameworks for ICT investment, managed high performing contractor teams, outlined strategy and governance arrangements. He brings a balanced approach to project management using logical and pragmatic approaches to engage people and deliver business outcomes for clients.

Robert’s thirty-year career has included roles as a developer, database administrator, project manager, change manager, and sales enablement. He has earned PMP and Agile certifications. He is currently a solopreneur, formulating and proposing what should combat VUCA and succeed software-centric hybrid methodologies. Robert has published in Q4 2023 version of BA Digest. 

Robert's proudest achievements include executing a people-centric methodology with his teams, embedding simple tools for improved teamwork discipline, and imitating the performing arts to guide empathy in teamwork. In addition, he is eagerly anticipating his upcoming proudest achievement late this year, which will be the publication of his new book.

With over 35 years of experience in P3M, consultancy, Business Analysis, Change management, and Agile methodologies, Wijnand has held diverse managerial roles in software development, large PMOs, healthcare, and government sectors.

In the last decade, specializing in certifications like Prince2, P3O, MSP, IPMA, Business Analysis, AgileBA, AgilePM, Agile Transformation, and work floor professionalisation. Wijnand's recent accomplishments include professionalising P3M practices within Rabobank's IT department, which boasts a team of 1500 employees.

Wijnand also spearheaded the creation of an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) at Ahold, enabling seamless message translation from stock control systems to the new, fully automated warehouse.

Lela Machaidze is an esteemed International Consultant, certified in PMP, PMI-ACP, and BRMP. Co-founder of the PMI's Tbilisi Chapter, her education in AI through MIT and Oxford executive programs, combined with deep expertise in program management, AI, and adaptability, enables her to spearhead diverse projects to success. A transformative speaker and coach, she engages with mid to executive-level audiences, providing groundbreaking insights. Lela is a strategic ally in AI consulting, digital transformation, and value creation, making her an invaluable asset in the evolving business landscape. 

Lela's professional achievements:

• Author of scientific article: “ Role of AI chatbots in education: systematic literature review

Lela's proudest achievements include being a founder of a project management community exceeding 300 members in Georgia. She also takes pride in having completed the Executive AI Program at Oxford's Saïd Business School and the AI in Healthcare program at MIT Sloan. 

Mark Rozner has over four decades of leadership experience in highly visible and complex health care, financial services, and corporate support organizations. He founded Sunrise Path LLC in 2018, a continuation of his passion for transforming how healthcare is delivered and shaping the craft of project management. Recently semi-retired, he dedicates much of his time and energy into transferring his knowledge to future generations through mentoring and regularly contributing to online communities. An active member of the Project Management Institute since 2003, receiving his PMP Certification. He also has certifications in change acceleration and quality management.

Mark is most proud of his time working in the healthcare industry, with a focus on quality, safety, and satisfaction of patient care.  He led projects at multiple regional health systems, including work to implement standardized physician order-sets, create clinician consortiums across the system, and leading a portfolio of projects addressing preventable harm in the hospital.