Influencers for New Practitioners

I run Roffensian Consulting, www.roffensian.com. Focused on strategic and business transformation initiatives, PMOs & portfolio management. I also teach project management and I'm never short of opinions. I have several portfolio management and PMO courses on LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) and I'm the author of Risk Management for Project Driven Organizations, available now on Amazon. Contact me at andy.jordan@roffensian.com.

Let's connect: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kramamurthy/ * P3M, Strategy & SocMedia Best Practices Guru. * Author, Say Yes to Project Success: http://bit.ly/SYTPSUS http://bit.ly/SYTPSIN * Leadership, Strategy & PMO Best Practices expert. * @KarthikPMO is on Evan Carmichael's "Top 100 Leadership Experts to Follow on Twitter" PMI Volunteer Leader since 2005. President, PMI Chennai (2009-13). PMI Ethics MAG (17-19) PMI Ethics Insight Tean (20-22) * 20+ sessions at PMI Global events.

Outcome driven Senior Project Manager and Scrum Master with hands-on experience with the entire Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC), from Business Case development to transition to Operations. I am a pioneer of Agile delivery, using light documentation, incremental and iterative development since 1990 and formal Agile Frameworks (XP, Scrum) since early 2000. A champion of mixing the best practices to achieve results.

Anna Wiewiora is an Associate Professor in Project Management at the QUT Business School. Anna’s research focuses on building learning and innovation capabilities within project-based environments.

Professor Peter O'Connor is a behavioral scientist based at QUT (Brisbane, Australia) who conducts research and teaches in the areas of personality traits, emotions, wellbeing and job performance.

Founder, ProjectManagementHacks.com. A Resource for Growing IT Project Managers. Expertise in banking industry projects and higher education leadership.

Bringing a unique blend of strong business acumen, listening skills, collaborative spirit, and change leadership, my goal is to accomplish the objective while never forgetting the people side of the equation. Intellectual curiosity, passion, and a strong belief in the continued growth and learning for everyone describe me well. I am a skilled cultural change agent, creative problem solver.

Mark is a project management iconoclast -- love him or hate him, he still has an opinion, and he's not afraid to express it. In many ways the quintessential 'accidental project manager', Mark is all about figuring out a better way to get stuff done, and isn't above inventing one when the situation calls for it. Or he gets bored.

Author of the Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook and four other books, Antonio is the creator of concepts such as the Project Economy and the Project Manifesto. His research and global impact on modern management have been recognized by Thinkers50. Former Chairman of the Project Management Institute and Fellow, he is the founder of Projects&Co and Strategy Implementation Institute. Follow his LinkedIn Newsletter, Online courses, and website: www.antonionietorodriguez.com

Trainer, speaker & coach. Dedicated to dispelling the fog surrounding project management & agile. Author of "Easy in Theory, Difficult in Practice: 100 lessons in project leadership" Specialties: Project Management, Agile, Project Portfolio Management, Training, Risk Management, Governance Certifications: PMP, PMI-ACP, PSM II, ICP-ACC, PMI-RMP, DASSM, DAC, DAVSC