Chapter Meeting – PM Crossroads: Where Product and Project Management Meet

Chapter Meeting

Topic: PM Crossroads: Where Product and Project Management Meet

Join us for an illuminating panel discussion brought to you by PMI Portland Chapter, where the
intricate worlds of Product and Project Management converge. "PM Crossroads: Where Product and Project Management Meet" aims to demystify the roles, responsibilities, and relationships between Product Managers and Project Managers in today’s fast-paced technology landscape.

Learning Objectives: Understanding the dynamics of the Product Managers’ role and how that can effectively coalesce with the Project Management team to achieve successful product lifecycle management.

Sherry Brown has over 10 years of experience in Product Management and more than 20 years with the Software Development Life Cycle, mostly in Transportation Logistics via a variety of in-house and third party software providers. 
She has led products that supported a 100% increase in Sales and enabled over $100M worth of business to go digital.  Sherry is passionate about driving customer pain points away through software solutions so that delighted customers are ambassadors for revenue growth, customer retention, and cost reduction.
When she’s not speaking with customers or developers, she enjoys being outside, playing board games, and living in New York City.

Yvonne Markgraf is a technology product leader with over 15 years of experience including roles at Microsoft and Windermere, plus several additional years of delivering program management excellence at companies like Cisco, Disney, and startups. Her journey is somewhat unique; an Emmy winner, Yvonne spent her early career in Film and Television production. Her interest in technology led her to innovative early website projects like covering the Cannes
Film Festival, live on MSN. With a deep commitment to coaching and mentoring product managers, Yvonne is a dedicated servant leader.
While happiest when she can shape product strategy and define roadmaps that create excellent solutions for consumers, she is also dedicated to generating company revenue and maintaining an agile productivity balance with her engineering partners.
Outside of work, Yvonne enjoys time with family, traveling with friends, and spending weekends on the lake.

Sean Henry: After more than 4 years working in New Relic technical support (becoming the globally acknowledged subject matter expert on Alerts), I moved to a Product Manager role in the Alerting/AIOps space, primarily focusing on detection (alert) configuration. I took ownership of that role and spent the last 2 years as Product Manager for detection configuration at New Relic. During my time there, I raised year-over-year engagement with the product by 23%
and reduced COGS for alert management by 80%. Before then, I spent 17 years experience in semiconductor fabs, mostly as a defect technician working with histogram tools and scanning electron microscopes. After finishing a 15-week code boot camp at The Tech Academy learning full-stack development in several languages (including Python and C#) I started working as a Tech Support Engineer at New Relic, supporting the Infrastructure, Alerts and
Insights products.

Jhoan Perras is a highly skilled project management expert who strongly believes that a project's success depends on the project manager's leadership and communication skills, along with their methodologies. Jhoan's dedication to personal development is evident in her participation in public speaking contests with a focus on social awareness, as well as her facilitation and speaking engagements at Nike and Intel Community events. Jhoan is also a
Board of Directors member at Care Partners, a leading nonprofit organization, where she is a passionate advocate for community involvement and giving back. With her extensive knowledge, practical experience, and unwavering commitment to excellence, Jhoan Perras serves as an inspiration to both novice and seasoned project managers.

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