Breakfast & Networking: 9am-9:30am Meeting:  9:30am-10:30am

Presentation:
Many things have changed over the past 10 to 20 years.  Economies have changed.  The way companies do business has changed, Careers have changed.  Even within the Project Management job family, careers have changed and even being able to keep a job is not guaranteed. 

In this presentation, the career choices within the Project Management job family will be put under the microscope.  Because of the ever changing business environment, finding a job and keeping a job within the Project Management job family is not all that easy.  Project Managers need to be flexible in the way they plan out their careers. They have to be more strategic in the choices they make within their career which will hopefully enable them to make it to the finish line and retirement.

About the Speaker:

John T. Cole has over 25 years experience in the IT Industry with most of that time being within Project/Program/PMO management.  His work within the project management profession has spanned from being Project Manager in charge of over 100 small projects, to being a Senior Program Manager over international projects, to also being a PMO manager, establishing PMOs within several of the organizations he has been associated. He has worked in many different industries; from Oil and Gas, to Hospitality, Financial Services, Retail, Manufacturing and IT Consulting.  John is currently working as a manager within Application Development Services at a Fortune 100 company.  He is also a Continuing Education Instructor at one the local Dallas area Colleges.  John is active outside of work also, volunteering for many years with the PMI Dallas Chapter, where he has served as a Registered Company Coordinator, as the Vice President of Membership and from 2010 to 2011 he served as the President of the chapter.  He is currently still on the Board of Directors for the chapter serving as the standing Past President.  Within PMI, John is also a member of many different COPs, including the IS COP and the PMO COP.  He is a certified Project Management Professional and also holds an ITIL Foundation certification.  John graduated from Texas A&M in 1985, with a BBA in Business Analysis.  He was also active outside the classroom, while at TAMU; as a member of the A&M Track Team for two years, where he lettered and earned Aggie Top Ten distinction his Freshman year.  He was also a member of DPMA and a member and on the Freshman and Executive Councils for the Baptist Student Union. 

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Tickets

$20.00 PMI Dallas Chapter Member
$15.00 Earlybird rate before November 8

$23.00 PMI Member (Non-Dallas Chapter)
$18.00 Earlybird rate before November 8

$25.00 Non-Members and Guests
$20.00 Earlybird rate before November 8