2017 Region 1 Conference Technical Track
This track focuses on the knowledge, skills and behaviors related to specific domains of project, program and portfolio management or the technical aspects of performing one’s job/role.
Bert Martin, MBA, PfMP, PMP, BRMP
Bert has been building and managing project portfolio practices for the past 10 years and is one of only 400 people worldwide to hold PMI’s Portfolio Management (PfMP) certification. He specializes in IT portfolios but has developed portfolios for several other departments across numerous industries. For the past two and a half years he has been the IT Portfolio Manager at Portland General Electric. Bert, his wife, and three kids live in Vancouver, WA and he is a self-confessed home automation geek.
Kevin Williamson, PMP
Kevin has managed projects and taught project management on multiple continents across a variety of industries, including Aerospace, Architecture, Biotechnology, Energy, Engineering, Financial Services, Film Production, Food Processing, IT, Hardware and Software Manufacturing, Product Development, Semiconductors, Utilities, and Wind Energy. For the last five years, he has been a Senior Project Manager in Portland General Electric’s IT PMO. He brings decades of seasoned project management insights, a sense of humor, and a measured enthusiasm for technology. Kevin and his wife and three children love the Pacific Northwest and enjoy the mountains all year long and travelling to sunnier places.
Integrating Risk and Issue Reporting from Project to Portfolio Levels
with Bert Martin and Kevin Williamson
Come learn how PGE’s IT PMO has integrated risk and issue reporting from the project to the enterprise portfolio levels.
Bert Martin, PGE Portfolio Manager, and Kevin Williamson, PGE Senior Project Manager, will share PGE's IT PMO journey from “What happened to our project last summer” to “What happened and will happen on our project”.
Learn how the PMO went from MS Word-based project reports that were providing 1-2-month-old ‘What Happened’ updates to integrated, online, enterprise reporting on risks and issues at the project and portfolio levels. Hear and see how both past performance and future forecast data is being used to help stakeholders more effectively understand and support projects with more consistent and useful risk and issue intelligence.
Participants will learn:
- Disadvantages of static, text file-based project reports vs. online reporting systems
- The differences between risk and issue reporting focused on past performance and reporting that focuses on trends and forward-looking forecasts
- Understand how to standardize reporting across projects to create data that is less subjective and more useful to help stakeholders to understand and support project and portfolio risk and issue management
- How to move to an integrated, online, enterprise risk and issue reporting at the project and portfolio levels
Ben Newbill
Ben is an Account Manager and Sr. Technical Recruiter with 10+ years of experience, specializing in IT and software development recruiting in the Northwest region. Daily, Newbill interacts with CEOs, CTOs and HR experts from 300+ Portland area companies, and brings together a wealth of knowledge and insights into the Portland’s tech industry trends and hiring processes.
Ben’s passion is to help people create the reality they want through their career aspirations by understanding their core values, passions, and provide perspective throughout the process. Ben has a wife and two daughters (9, 2). He has a growing interest to serve non-profits.
Job Search & Career Advancement!
Interactive/collaborative style presentation with 2 speakers (Ben Newbill along with COO or CEO of a small company)
Expect to learn:
- Insights on hiring process from recruiting for 300+companies (IT/Software jobs in Portland area).
- Applicable tips to prepare for successful interviews--questions to ask the hiring manager, what to expect, how to win.
- Tips to create effective resumes based on what employers are looking for.
- How do clients think? I talk daily with CEOs, CTOs, and HR. I am in their head.
Presentation Outcomes:
The learner will become more familiar with how companies think throughout the hiring process (CEO, CTO, HR). The audience will gain perspective on how to tailor their resume based on what the companies want to see. The presentation will provide practical tips for successful interviews to attain one’s dream career.