Top 98 Project Management Influencers To Keep Up With In 2025

Galen is a client services professional and an agile project management delivery specialist with over 13 years of experience in digital project management, shaping and delivering human-centered digital transformation in the government, healthcare, transit, and retail sectors. He is the co-founder of The Digital Project Manager and hosts the DPM Podcast. You can catch Galen and his thoughts on everything from digital strategy to project management to project coaching elsewhere on The Digital Project Manager and in our membership program.

Ben brings over 15 years of experience in both strategic thinking and tactical implementation from a career at top digital agencies including FCV, Dare, Wunderman, DLKW Lowe, and DDB. Ben is a certified scrum master, PRINCE2 practitioner, and a co-founder of The Digital Project Manager. Ben has worked across verticals including transit, utilities, FMCG, consumer electronics, ecommerce, automotive, financial services, public sector, and retail brands. Find Ben’s writings on project management on The Digital Project Manager.

Sarah is a project and program manager and former strategy consultant with 15 years of experience, specializing in executing high-risk, high budget projects as well as product operations, operations management, strategic planning, and more. Her current role is the Senior Director in the project management office at Aura, a digital security company. You can find Sarah’s writing on The Digital Project Manager, and on her website, sarahmhoban.com.

Sonaya brings over a decade of experience leading digital organizations, along with a background in financial systems analysis. She is the founder of The CEO Partner, a boutique agency that focuses on helping businesses discover new sources of growth and revenue through online products. Her specialties are systems & frameworks, productivity, digital tools, online business management, and seeing the big picture of a business. Sonaya is a DPM Expert, and you can find her in our membership community.

Jean is a trailblazing career coach and seven-time career pivoter paving the path for future program managers. She’s worked in Project/Program Management and Operations at leading companies such as Meta, Pinterest, Intuit, LinkedIn, and now Figma. She is the founder and CEO of Path to PM, a coaching service helping career pivoters and aspiring PM professionals land dream jobs without PMP certifications. On LinkedIn, Jean shares daily valuable project/program management and career tips Her content-packed weekly newsletter and guide provide actionable advice for driving impactful programs and supercharging your PM career.

With over 15 years of corporate experience as a project manager, Christina is an experienced project leader and educator. She has provided project leadership experience at some of Canada’s largest technology companies, and is a subject matter expert in both waterfall and agile project delivery and product management functions with a focus on Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe® agile methodologies. Christina is the founder of CNS Project Consulting Inc. and an instructor at Wilfrid Laurier University and OCAD University. Read her writing here.

Annie is a project management coach and mentor with over 30 years of experience in managing projects and ensuring client success. She began her career in the tech sector in the 80s and started her own consulting firm almost 25 years ago. More recently she has become a Miro expert and is an evangelist for harnessing the power of collaboration in project teams. She is a co-founder of the Project Management GameBoard, a tool for improving project performance and project management confidence. Read her writing on The Digital Project Manager.

Pam is a serial PMO builder who has spent her entire career in the agency and consulting world. She is a DPM Expert and is currently the Vice President of Delivery Management for Hero Digital and has previously built and led teams for organizations such as Wunderman Thompson, Nerdery, and AIM Consulting. She is also a self-professed process junkie and specializes in team leadership, agile methods, and process improvement. Find Pam in The DPM’s membership community.

Mashhood Ahmed is a project manager and researcher with over 20 years of experience. He started his research into AI and project management in 2017. Since 2023, he has spoken at over 40 events and shared his research, knowledge and expertise with over 40,000 project managers around the globe. In April 2024, he was named to PMI’s list of Influencers for Artificial Intelligence. You can read Mashhood’s contributions to The Digital Project Manager here.

With 20+ years of PMBOK-based project management experience, Barbara Kephart has led projects across industries such as medical software, clinical trials, and cybersecurity. With faculty-level experience teaching technical project management and stakeholder engagement, Barbara is dedicated to helping companies pivot, prioritize, and complete projects with Chief Project Officer-level expertise, practical training, and hands-on management. Read her writing on The Digital Project Manager.

Bill is a seasoned client-facing delivery champion with over 22 years of experience helping large organizations in the banking, financial services, and telecommunications sectors. He specializes in promoting, developing, delivering, migrating, and sometimes recovering complex enterprise-wide programs and projects. A DPM Expert, Bill has a solid track record of positive on time and on budget results, but his true passion is bringing out the fun in digital delivery through strong team building, data-driven storytelling, and celebrating wins with teams and stakeholders. Find Bill in The Digital Project Manager membership community.

Jeff has been a project manager for over 25 years in various industries such as telecom, healthcare, IT, government services, and even outdoor adventure. His speciality is, as he puts it, “in making things easier,” be it reporting, scheduling, monitoring, and automation. He is currently a Senior Project Manager for Edwards Performance Solutions which provides consulting and management for operations, cybersecurity, and IT. He is PMP certified, and also has a lean certification, a Six Sigma Yellow Belt, and a Scrum Master Certification. You can read Jeff’s writing here.

Kelly is a freelance project management leader with 15+ years of successfully developing people, teams, and processes in digital agencies, small start-ups, and larger corporations. She specializes in developing and implementing process efficiencies and automations, strategic action plans, and mentoring both teams and individuals. Kelly is also a regular contributor to The Digital Project Manager, and you can read her writing here.

Bruno has over 20 years of experience leading PMOs in large multinational conglomerates and helping them consistently deliver results, improve processes, cultivate successful teams, and manage large portfolios. Bruno is a coach, mentor, speaker, and until recently, a PMO leader at a Fortune 500 company. Bruno supports organizations in solving project delivery challenges, achieving strategic objectives, and transforming teams and processes into value-creating engines. Bruno is a sought-after speaker—his latest engagements include the Project, Agile & Leadership Conference in Prague (2023 & 2024), the Global Project Management Forum in Riyadh (2024), and several PMI events.

Courtney has been in the field for 20+ years. She’s spent time in both the account management and project management worlds for top agencies including Critical Mass, FCV Interactive, Wunderman, and Y&R Interactive and in verticals such as financial services, automotive, communications, and the nonprofit world.

Mackenzie is a PMP and CSM certified project manager with over 9 years of experience. As a project manager who specifically chose the profession, Mackenzie has worked in both senior roles and a PMO, and is currently a product manager with global technology company Thoughtworks. Her focus has been on digital projects such as website builds & redesigns, apps, social campaigns, branding, email campaigns, and more. She is also an accessibility advocate and a DPM Expert. Find Mackenzie in The Digital Project Manager membership community, and read her writing here.

Sally has been a project manager since the early 2000s with both global ad agencies and smaller startups. She is a Director of Production for New York-based marketing agency Code and Theory. She is both PMP and CSM certified, and in her current role, she works at the intersection of change management, agency leadership, and leading the PMO. Her focus areas include hybrid project management, agile and waterfall methodologies, workflow process analysis, risk assessment and mitigation, and more. Sally is also a DPM Expert, and you can find her in The Digital Project Manager’s slack community. Read her writing here.

Kelly is a Program Director at Wunderman Thompson, a global creative agency. Kelly has a passion for DPM and specializes in evolving process, delivery, and documentation, with experience in projects ranging from full custom e-commerce builds to digital strategy and custom applications. Kelly is a certified scrum master as well as a DPM Expert, where she has contributed to the publication and the membership community since 2015. You can find Kelly in The Digital Project Manager membership community, and read her writing here.

Emily has worked in project management for over 10 years. In this time, she has specialized in a variety of project management methodologies and has been a strategic project manager, facilitator, and scrum master. She is also an avid coach and trainer, working to ensure the development of the next generation of project managers and project professionals through training, knowledge sharing and team building. She is currently a Project and Programme Manager Team Lead at Siemens Digital Industries Software, as well as a DPM Expert. Find Emily in The Digital Project Manager membership community, and read her writing here.

Suze is a freelance senior digital project manager in London. She has over 10 years experience working in agencies, moving through the ranks from her early days in account management before seeing the light, and realizing her true calling for project management. She now leads teams on all sorts of digital and web builds, ranging from social campaigns and digital media to large and complex websites. Her current role is a Research Program Manager at Meta, and you can read her writing on The Digital Project Manager here.

Robyn is a digital project manager based in Portland OR. Her current role is a Senior Technical Producer at BASIC/DEPT. She has over 7 years’ experience in the industry producing a wide swath of digital efforts including websites, product UX/UI, digital experiences, social, and even a national broadcast spot. Her professional project management experience has led her to develop expertise in the athletic, tech, quick service restaurant, and entertainment industries. She is also a member of the DPM Expert Team at The Digital Project Manager. Read her writing here.

Patrice is a freelance digital project manager and certified scrum master. With 17 years in the field, she has worked for agencies, corporations, and everything in between. Her client roster includes ExxonMobil, Merck, Granite Construction, Edwards Lifesciences, GS1 Global, and many more. She has worked on large scale websites, mobile apps, CRM and CMS systems, and even print. As well as this, Patrice is passionate about project management philosophy and is a member of the DPM Expert Team at The Digital Project Manager. Read her writing here.

Moira has over 25 years of experience in business (information systems & technology) and project management for small businesses in the US and Canada. She is the founder and Editor in Chief of PMWorld 360 Magazine, a digital project management and leadership magazine that provides business key decision makers with a 360-degree view of the management world. She is also the founder of Your Brand of Beauty and Lead-Her-Ship Group. As well as running various businesses, Moira is a serial author of various books including Lead or Lag: Linking Strategic Project Management & Thought Leadership.

Mercedes D. Sullivan is VP, Storefront Architect, for the People Team at TIAA, where she leads AI-enabled employee experiences. Previously, she was VP, Head of People Team PMO, which included overseeing HR productization and agile transformation. Before TIAA, she led program delivery at Symphonic Strategies and was Head of Financial Services Custom Research at CEB (now Gartner), advising global financial institutions. A former national tennis champion from Mexico, Mercedes attended Boston College on a tennis scholarship and holds degrees in International Studies from Boston College and the University of Sydney.

With over four decades of expertise in IT and project management, Dr. Tony Prensa has established a remarkable legacy. As a professor for more than 35 years, he has educated thousands of project management professionals. Additionally, Dr. Prensa is a sought-after consultant, providing professional development training, webinars, and conferences. Known as a prominent influencer in PMO and digital project management, his contributions have left an indelible mark on the industry. He has published more than 30 articles on LinkedIn and has been an international speaker for IEOM Society International.

Frank Tassone is the founder and managing director of ALVISSION EDUCATION GmbH. With a solid qualification and an extensive professional background, Frank is a multi-certified project management trainer & coach, international speaker, university lecturer, transformation consultant, and passionate PM activist. He helps shape the future development of education and professionalization in project management. His training programs have won several national and international awards. He has also spoken at many conferences and events, including the 2023 PMI Global Summit in Atlanta and the 2023 Agile Summit in Türkiye, and was the keynote speaker at PMI’s Bulgaria Summit in 2023.

Robert is a Professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford, where he co-founded the Stanford Technology Ventures Program and the Institute of Design. He has published over 200 articles in academic and popular outlets, along with seven books. He won the Eugene L. Grant Award for Excellence in Teaching, and awards for the best paper of the year in the Academy of Management Journal and in the Academy of Management Review. He is regarded as one of the top influencers in business.

Marcus Glowasz is a trusted advisor and specialist in leveraging data and analytics in project management. With nearly 30 years of international experience in technology and data-driven projects, Marcus uses his expertise to guide project leaders and teams in enhancing their data literacy skills and fully unlocking the capabilities of data, analytics, and AI in their project management practices. He is the author of Leading Projects with Data, a book focused on overcoming cultural and behavioral barriers to successfully implement data-informed practices in projects. Marcus is also a frequent speaker at project management conferences.

Elizabeth is Director of Otobos Consultants Ltd, a project communications consultancy specializing in copywriting for project management firms. She has over fifteen years’ experience in projects, and is currently a senior project manager with Nuffield Health. Elizabeth is the author of Communicating Change, Shortcuts to Success: Project Management in the Real World, Collaboration Tools for Project Managers, and Customer-Centric Project Management. She also writes the award-winning blog, A Rebel’s Guide to Project Management.

Guy has over 25 years experience in leading projects and PMOs both in the public and private sector, including the finance, banking, insurance, and law enforcement sectors. He is currently a project management coach and consultant, as well as a regular speaker at PMI chapter events.

Rony Rozen is a senior technical program manager at Google. She has almost a decade of experience with Google, and joined the company after years of technical hands-on and leadership experience. Rony channels her passion for problem-solving into complex technical initiatives, and she thrives on taking ideas from concept to reality, navigating ambiguity, and inspiring teams to achieve extraordinary results.

Yonelly Gutierrez is an experienced IT project manager with a background in various industries. Specializing in IT infrastructure projects, she excels in creating project schedules, allocating and utilizing resources, and coaching teams to higher performance. Yonelly offers valuable insights through her posts on project management tools and shares her career transition journey to inspire others.

Capucine has over 15 years of experience in healthcare and technology, specializing in operations, strategy, and project management. They have led cross-functional teams and managed high-impact initiatives, such as developing a $100M+ digital technology roadmap and expanding the Medi-Cal program to 10,000 new rural members. As President of PMI-SVC, Capucine has driven chapter growth and strategic partnerships. They are also a dedicated mentor and coach focused on shaping future leaders in project management. Capucine is also passionate about operational excellence, diversity, and team development, and has led workshops and webinars on project management best practices and leadership development with the St. Louis Metro PMI chapter.

Ben is a project management leadership success coach who helps transform overwhelmed, stressed-out project managers into confident, strategic project leaders. With over 20 years of project management and consulting experience, he provides an objective safe space to ideate, innovate, and improve in order to deliver better results. He also speaks at various PMI chapters on leadership and improving project management power skills, and is a project leadership instructor at the University of Minnesota.

Peter is a PMO expert who has built and led five global PMOs across several industries, and he is also the author of the number 1 bestselling project management book The Lazy Project Manager. In the last 5 years, he has delivered over 330 lectures around the world in over 25 countries and has been described as ‘perhaps the most entertaining and inspiring speaker in the project management world today’.

Lauren Selley is a digital program management leader with over 15 years of experience creating award-winning solutions for Fortune 500 clients. She leads cross-functional project teams, with a focus on mobile and web design and development. In addition, Lauren is a passionate content creator and infopreneur in the project management, tech, and productivity space, dedicated to sharing tips, tricks, and resources to help others excel in their career journeys.

Julia Ode is a freelance project manager and career clarity coach with 13+ years of experience. She transitioned from teaching to project management and earned her PMP and CSM certifications in 2023. Co-founder of a consulting firm, she helps aspiring project managers gain real-world experience and supports small businesses with their project management needs. Julia shares tools and advice, has published a PMP study guide and several other tools and templates, and has hosted LinkedIn Live events to support career pivoters. She also serves as a chapter leader for PMI-SVC.

Logan Langin discovered a love for project management in 2016 while managing a preclinical research lab. After obtaining his PMP in 2018, Logan became the first research project manager in the preclinical lab space within his organization, after which he moved to a senior project manager role with the EPMO in 2021. Logan started posting regularly on LinkedIn in the spring of 2022 and has since been a consistent force assisting aspiring project managers with career pivots to the field. He has published multiple ebooks, spoken at many LinkedIn and in-person events, and is a member of the PMI Sioux Empire.

Lori has two decades of expertise in IT leadership, building and leading project management offices, managing complex global enterprise programs across cross-functional teams, spearheading change management initiatives, and providing coaching to program and project managers. She founded Athena Project Consulting to fulfill a long-standing desire to establish her own consulting business and address the unmet needs of many leaders and colleagues she has spoken with over the years. She has a deep passion for supporting people within their IT careers, and paying it forward. She is also an Advisory Council Member for Harvard Business Review.

Susanne has been building a successful career for the past 17 years leading large change programmes of up to $30 million for organizations such as Standard Bank, Citigroup, and JP Morgan Chase. She is a fully qualified corporate and executive coach, an NLP practitioner, and a regular contributor to the Association for Project Management (APM). Susanne is the author of two books, The Project Management Coaching Workbook and The Power of Project Leadership. In addition to coaching and training, Susanne regularly speaks on the topic of project leadership and stress in project management for organizations and at conferences.

Lindsay is the Director of PMO Learning, a training organization within the PMO field. She is also a PMO Mob Collector for House of PMO, which is a learning and social meetup organization for PMO professionals. She is also a conference organizer for The PMO Conference (UK’s largest conference for PMO’s). On top of this, Lindsay is the project management careers columnist for PMI’s Network magazine, and co-editor of the Gower Handbook of People in Project Management.

Hala is the Vice President of Product at GigaStar. With over 15 years in the technology industry, she is a successful project manager and business strategist. Using her past experiences and love for delivering value and people-driven products, she has the ability to solve challenging problems. She combines her love for technology and start-ups through her coaching, training, and workshops; 27Sprints.

Violeta is an experienced project manager, a Top Project Management Voice on LinkedIn, and a coach for aspiring project managers that want to break into the field. She has more than 5 years of experience as a project manager in the marketing, sales, and education industries. Violeta has been featured in a variety of podcasts and interviews, including with Institute Project Management. Once a week, she sends her Nobody But You newsletter with the goal of empowering professionals to succeed at work and beyond.

Falk is the CEO of FS/CS GmbH, an organization which guides businesses through the strategic and organizational change process in digitization. He is also a lecturer in data protection at Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen. With more than 20 years of experience in strategic innovation consulting and operational project management, he is an expert in business process optimization and user-centric systems.

Since starting his career in 1990, Cornelius has worked as a project manager in Switzerland, Germany and the USA. He is the President of OSP International LLC, a PMI Registered Education Provider, and the host of PM Podcasts. He also works with project managers who need to maintain their PMI credentials by providing webinars and online learning tools that allow them to earn professional development units (PDUs) for their recertification.

Brad is a Business Solution Designer & IT/PM consultant & author working with development, management, & project management experience leading initiatives in a variety of industries such as healthcare, higher education, gaming, and hospitality. With over 25 years of experience in the field, he has published over 6,000 project management articles, eBooks, and white papers.

Bill has been working in IT for more than 25 years, with 23 years focusing on project management. He has built 6 project management offices from the ground up using the best practices and core principles of PMI. He is the co-author of the Project Management Communications Bible. He also wrote another two books called The Tactical Guide for Building a PMO and Project Management Communication Tools. He is also a part-time Adjunct Professor at Bellevue College where he teaches several project management classes, and the Director of Enterprise PMO at UW Medicine.

Kiron has over 20 years of experience helping more than 150 companies spanning multiple industries to achieve their strategic goals. He has done this as a trainer, a coach, a trusted advisor and a speaker. As a specialist in portfolio management, training, risk management and agile, he is an active coach and project management coach executing the right projects in the right way.

Margaret has more than 18 years’ experience in corporate America which included roles in Fortune 500 management. She is the President of Meloni Coaching Solutions Inc and an instructor in Project Management Certificate Program in UCLA Extension and UC Irvine Extension. Margaret’s students and clients often find that what she really brings them is freedom—freedom to bring their authentic selves to the workplace.

Mike is an agile consultant, author, and trainer in Alberta. He helped create DSDM in 1994 and since then, he has adapted agile approaches. He helped design the PMI-ACP credential and authored two best-selling books on how to study and pass the exam. He teaches courses in agile leadership, agile for executives, and preparing for the PMI-ACP. He is also the founder of LeadingAnswers.com.

Mike is an author, speaker, a facilitator, and a trusted advisor with a background of integrating complex change in major national and multinational organizations. He has authored 13 project management books and offers keynotes and seminars for conferences, events, and in-house workshops. He is the founder of OnlinePMCourses.com, which offers high-quality video-based project management training.

Bart is one of the co-founders of Box of Birds, an Antwerp based strategic digital design studio. He authored “The Agile Agency” where he shares his insight into project management in creative agencies. He is an agile coach and is passionate about lean, design thinking, and innovation games.

Steve is the CEO of Construx Software, a software consulting firm based in Washington. He is the author of several books, including More Effective Agile: A Roadmap for Leaders, Code Complete, Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art, Rapid Development, Software Project Survival Guide, and Professional Software Development. He is the former Editor in Chief of IEEE Software and former chair of the IEEE Professional Activities Board. He also hosts the Software Executive Summit annually.

With over 30 years’ experience in the industry, Johanna is an expert in managing high technology product development. In 1994, she founded the Rothman Consulting Group, a consultancy that helps people manage projects and project development. She is the author of 14 project management related books. She also offers project management workshops for agile approaches, pragmatic project management, and geographically distributed agile projects.

James has more than 25 years experience in the IT industry and currently works as an executive consultant at ThoughtWorks. As an agile expert, he authored various books in the field of software development methodology. He was one of the 17 original signatories of the Agile Manifesto, the founding document for agile software development.

Anne is an agile coach at essensei. She supports teams in sustainable adoption of agile practices and the improvement of their work processes. She is also a tech activist for Code4Change and a member of the FlowCon France.

Bert is as much a project manager as he is a digital architect. He is a project manager and a business analyst with a strong background in software development. He is a PRINCE2 certified project manager and a certified scrum product owner with 2 Lean Kanban University certifications. He has led a variety of projects such as web production projects, digital marketing, and social media projects.

Donnie is an expert programme and organizational consultant who has married his 30 years of delivery experience with a passion for personal development, change, and strategy to offer consultancy services. He is the author of The Delivery Manifesto and co-author of Project Leadership 3rd Edition, as well as a contributor to multiple other books.

Deanne is a senior consultant and seasoned practitioner with extensive practical global experience in project, program, and portfolio management. She has worked with and for major software and professional service providers around the globe structuring, planning, and delivering projects.

Lew is a lead project manager at 3Cloud, and has experience in IT Software implementations, business-process design and the alignment of IT with corporate strategy. He has diverse consulting experience across major technologies in a wide range of industries such as retail, publishing and manufacturing. He is the author of 3 books; Consulting 101: 101 Tips For Success in Consulting, Project Management 101: 101 Tips for Success in Project Management, and The Reluctant Mentor.

Dawn is a PMP certified project manager with experience in applying project management theories and principles across functional and technical domains to deliver results. She is a servant-leader and student of certified scrum master (CSM). She’s proven successful in coaching geographically dispersed teams and motivating them to fulfill their highest potential.

Oliver is a project management professional and certified scrum master. With his extensive experience as a project management practitioner, he is now a project management trainer at OliverLehmann.com. He is also a speaker, writer, and reviewer for PMBOK Guide (4th to 6th Editions).

Gerald is a Washington D.C.-based consultant on corporate culture. He is the CEO of Principles of Execution, a consulting practice with more than 20 years of experience working with federal and state governments and multinational corporations. He is also the author of Culture is the Bass: 7 Principles for Developing a Culture that Works.

Tania is experienced in guiding organizational leaders, entrepreneurs and career-minded individuals towards the initial fundamental changes required for effective project management. She is a director at ProjectManagement.co.za, a company that provides training, mentoring, and coaching in project management. She has led training in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania, working with one-man businesses, small charities, and medium-sized companies as well as governments and multinational organizations.

Dan is a hands-on product manager helping the world’s most innovative teams build the world’s most disruptive software. In the past two decades, Dan has led the designing and building of the world’s most ubiquitous and disruptive products with his software in the hands of more than 250 million users. He currently works as a group product manager at Google. In his spare time, he often speaks at conferences on product innovation, data science, and software delivery.

Bob is an experienced software development leader who has earned his chops in development, testing, and project management across a wide variety of business and process domains. For 20 years, he has focused on leveraging agile methods as the best way to deliver software value. He is a certified enterprise coach providing agile team coaching and training with a focus on scrum, XPM, and lean and Kanban practices.

Elizabeth was the co-principal and CEO of Watermark Learning up until her retirement in October 2021. She has over 30 years of experience in project management and business analysis. She has presented workshops, seminars, and training classes since 1996 to thousands of participants on 5 different continents. She has co-authored three books: The Influencing Formula, The CBAP Certification Study Guide, and The Practitioners’ Guide to Requirements Management. She was also the lead author on the PMBOK® Guide Fourth and Fifth Editions, as well as the BABOK® Guide 2.0.

George is a master facilitator, change agent, coach, meditation teacher, and consultant with more than 40 years’ experience working with individuals interested in applying wisdom teachings in daily life and in organizations, managing change and performance improvement with a special focus on project, engagement, and service management. He has served as CIO for a multi-billion dollar organization, director of product development for an international training organization, and principal in two technology start-ups.

Jesse is a writer, coach, and trainer in innovation and agile methods. In addition to speaking at agile, scrum, and PMI conferences, he has helped teams across the world deliver products faster with higher quality. A leader in the advancement of management practices, he founded the PMI Agile Community of Practice, co-created the PMI-ACP® agile certification, and co-authored the Software Extension to the PMBOK Guide®. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University, he is the world’s only certified Project Management Professional® (PMP) to also hold the expert-level agile designations of Certified Scrum Trainer® (CST), and Innovation Games® Qualified Instructor (IGQI).

With a degree in business studies and applied project management, Eileen has pursued a successful career in project management and so decided to use her experience in the field to provide training for PMO professionals as part of PMO Learning. Passionate about the practical application of project management within organizations, she’s an active member of PMI, as well as a conference speaker.

Jeff is the inventor and co-creator of scrum. He has been VP of Engineering and CTO or CEO of eleven software companies. In the first four companies, he prototyped scrum and in the fifth company created scrum as we now see it used in 74% of agile software companies in over 100 countries. In 2006, Sutherland established his own company, Scrum, Inc. now recognized as the premier source of scrum training in the world.

For over 10 years, Cliff has spent the vast majority of his career working with companies who were focused on solving complex problems through the application of technology to traditionally human-based objectives. Cliff shares his knowledge and experience on his blog “The Clever PM” (currently on hiatus) to help others become better and more clever product managers. He currently works for Gartner as a senior research director and as a vice president research analyst in product management.

Harry served as the director of enterprise risk management for the Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company for five years. He has more than 15 years of experience in managing projects and implementing PMOs. He is the author of The Project Risk Coach blog, where, as a principal trainer and consultant, he supports project managers from around the world in leading projects in an effective and successful way.

Adrian has over 15 years experience as a project manager with many years of experience in manufacturing businesses, managing several projects through the product lifecycle. He is a PRINCE 2 practitioner and holds the APMP qualification—now PMQ. He has been involved in 3 ERP system implementations of SAP R/3, Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision), and EFACS E/8, all in manufacturing environments.

Bernardo is a seasoned management executive with extensive experience in developing strategic enterprise-wide business and technology solutions, building global PMOs, and transforming organizations through process improvement. He is a certified Project Management Professional, Six Sigma Blackbelt, and industrial psychologist with faculty experience and book publications related to project management, leadership, and human behavior in the workplace.

Sam Silverstein is a former executive and owner of manufacturing and distribution companies which sold over $100 million in products and services. Sam sold one of these companies to a Fortune 500 company. He is now the president of Sam Silverstein Enterprises where he is writer, certified professional speaker, and consultant working around the globe. He is also the CEO and Founder of The Accountability Institute, and the author of 7 books including No More Excuses, No Matter What, and Non-Negotiable.

Kevin is a certified professional coach, keynote speaker, and trainer as well as a design and business management expert. Kevin is the President of Human Factor Formula where he delivers targeted, engaging, and inspiring programs. He has spoken at PMI conferences around the world including two PMO Global Congresses. Kevin also shares real, raw content on his blog about leadership, success, and productivity.

Andy is the founder and president of Roffensian Consulting where he is focused on strategic and business transformation initiatives, PMOs, and portfolio selection and management. Andy is a seasoned business professional with experience in many industries on two continents. Andy runs a Portfolio Management Foundations course on Lynda.com and is the author of Risk Management for Project-Driven Organizations.

For over 20 years, Mike has been building high-performing software development teams and organizations through the use of scrum and agile. He is the founder of Mountain Goat Software. Mike is also an in-person trainer and coach, and he offers an online video course. He has also been blogging since 2005 and now has one of the most active and popular project management blogs about agile and scrum.

Esther is the founder and president of Esther Derby Associates Inc. and works with a broad array of clients from Fortune 500 companies to startups. Esther is a programmer, tester, team leader, dev manager, and internal consultant. She is the author of two books, Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great and Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management.

Adriana is the president and chief efficiency officer at Cornerstone Dynamics, a business productivity consulting firm. She is a productivity specialist, entrepreneur, professional speaker, facilitator, and author. She is the author of several books such as, The Visual Vision Statement Workbook: Personal Edition and Efficiency Matters. She is a TedX speaker and contributor to Huff Post and Thrive Global. She also writes for the CornerStone Dynamics blog, which is ranked as one of the top 200 blogs online.

Roman is a product management expert who specializes in lean and agile practices. He has more than 15 years experience training product managers and product owners. Roman is the author of Strategize: Product Strategy and Product Roadmap Practices for the Digital Age and Agile Product Management with Scrum.

Luis is a management consultant and the founder of Evolution4All. Much of his career was spent as a software developer and agile coach. He is the co-author of Getting Value Out of Agile Retrospective which currently has 25,000 copies in distribution.

Jeff makes use of over 20 years of product design and development experience to help companies create great products. Today Jeff teaches and coaches a contemporary blend of practice that incorporates lean startup and design thinking. Jeff’s a certified scrum trainer and winner of the Agile Alliance’s 2007 Gordon Pask Award for contributions to agile development. Jeff is the author of the bestselling O’Reilly book User Story Mapping.

Dick has 25 years of experience as a project & program manager and as a portfolio executive. He is the CEO of 4PM.com, a training program for project managers. He is also the author of 14 books and over 300 articles. He has also written & directed 136 “Project Manager in Action” videos for training PMs on how to handle different situations with sponsors, clients, team members, and stakeholders.

Dmitriy is a software development project manager. He is a certified scrum master and a mentor who helps non-project managers and novice project managers to fill in the gaps to grow into professional project managers. He is the author of Project Management Quick Guide, and “How to Manage Stakeholders Engagement in a Strategic Way”.

James is the agile guy. He is a consultant and practitioner, co-author of The Art of Agile Development, host of Let’s Code: Test-Driven JavaScript. James is a thought leader in the agile software development community. He is a recipient of the Agile Alliance’s 2005 Gordon Pask Award for contributions to agile practice and is the co-author of The Art of Agile Development. He co-created the Agile Fluency™ Model with Diana Larsen and has been named one of the “most influential people in Agile” by InfoQ.

Gina has 25+ years’ experience working with organizations of all sizes providing expertise around projects, processes, and people. Gina keynotes and speaks at conferences, forums, and corporate and industry events on a variety of topics. Gina is leading author of Best Practices for Managing BPI Projects: Six Steps to Success, and author of Implementing Positive Organizational Change: A Strategic Project Management Approach.

Gojko is a partner at Neuri Consulting LLP, author of Humans vs Computers, Impact Mapping, and Specification by Example. He is also one of the authors of MindMup and Claudia.js. Gojko won the 2016 European Software Testing Outstanding Achievement Award, and the 2011 Most Influential Agile Testing Professional Award. Gojko’s book Specification by Example won the Jolt Award for the best book of 2012, and his blog won the UK Agile Award for the best online publication in 2010.

Michael is a consultant and trainer in testing and quality for companies, teams, and individuals. He specializes in rapid software testing, a skill-set and mindset focused on high-value testing that is fast, inexpensive, credible and accountable.

Ben is an independent consultant in agile, lean, quality, and continuous improvement. He is the author of Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives, Waardevolle Agile Retrospectives, What Drives Quality, The Agile Self-Assessment Game, and Continuous Improvement. He is an advisor, coach, and trainer who helps organizations with deploying effective software development and management practices.

Kane Mar is the founder of the Agile Federation, and an agile trainer and coach at Scrumology. He has nearly 30 years’ experience as a software developer: 19 years as an agile specialist and 13 years as a professional Scrum coach and trainer. He speaks on scrum and agile all around the world and has trained and coached countless organizations in the use of scrum to deliver high-quality products, predictably, and repeatedly.

Lisa has been a tester on agile teams using extreme programming and scrum since 2000. She is the co-author of More Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team and Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams. In 2012, she was voted by her peers as the Most Influential Agile Testing Professional Person.

Zuzi is a certified Scrum trainer, certified Scrum professional, and certified LeSS practitioner. She is the author of The Great ScrumMaster: #ScrumMasterWay. She is an organizer of the annual Agile Prague Conference, founder of the agile community group Agile Association, and organizes regular events for the Czech agile & Scrum community (Agile Open Cafe).

Henny is a partner at HWP Consulting where he offers practical assistance in the professionalization of project-programme and portfolio management. He is an author, reviewer, international speaker, coach, and trainer of more traditional project management (MoP, MSP, PRINCE2, P3O) as well as agile approaches like AgilePM, PRINCE2 Agile, and SAFe.

Barry is an IT project manager with over 15 years experience in delivering projects in different industries including retail, distribution, pharmaceuticals, housing, telecommunications and defense. Successful projects delivered include new housing management systems (Civica Cx, Capita Open Housing) for Alliance Homes and Knightstone and the distribution of two new cancer drugs for Celesio pharmaceuticals.

James, founder of Wingman Software, trains, coaches, and consults worldwide. He is the author of Test-Driven Development for Embedded C which has been translated into Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. He is one of the original authors of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. He has also written articles for IEEE software, IEEE Test and Measurement, and C++ Report.

Michael is a Program, Project, and PMO Technology Leader who engages and influences employees, stakeholders, and vendors to deliver large-scale programs and projects. He delivered 27 projects over ten months, generating $2.8 million in revenue, and $980,000 in profit while maintaining chargeable utilization of 85%. He also authored SoftPMO PMBOK® Guide-aligned methodology and evolved it into a collaborative solution for delivering projects using SharePoint and Project Server.