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Event Type: PMO Branch Event

Speaker: Tushar More

Topic: Career Insights from a Senior Project Practitioner

Overview:
The PMO Branch is pleased to host an evening with a senior project practitioner, Tushar More, who will speak about his career path and will provide insights on how he made the transition to his current role. 

It is a great opportunity for anyone who is looking to move into a Senior Project Practitioner role to find out the answers to such questions as: 

• How is the role of a PM evolving in a disruptive market environment? 
• What are some of the challenges for PM’s in transforming organizations? 
• What capabilities does the PM role need to acquire to be successful? 
• What are some of the approaches on communicating with executives at the C level? How do you influence? 
• What are the different senior project leadership roles out in the marketplace?  And are these predominantly PMO/EPMO leadership roles? 
• Does a senior project leader need to be an expert in traditional project management methodologies and agile? 
• Are there any transferrable senior project leadership skills that cross over different sectors & industries? 
• How does someone establish a progressive career path in project management? 

This will be a fairly informal event that will allow participants time to ask questions of Tushar as well as other attendees. 

Learning Objectives: 

• Find out how to prepare yourself / identify if you are ready to move into a senior project leadership role. 
• Demystify how Senior Leaders got to where they are. 
• Get career insights from a Senior Leader in Project Management. 
• Network with peers as well as other Senior Leaders and share your experiences with them. 
• Gain confidence from learning that others have the questions that you have. 

Speaker Bio:
Tushar has 20+ years of progressive IT experience directing & delivering large technology initiatives. He specializes in agile and digital transformation expertise enabling organizations to drive towards goals, higher profits and customer satisfaction and frequently speaks at conferences on 'Agile and Digital Transformation'. 

His expertise in digital technology comes from B2B and B2C digital technology solution implementations for renowned brands such as Canadian Tire, BlackBerry, Target, Microsoft, Weyerhaeuser, Pacific Life Insurance etc.  He also has a deep technical understanding of enterprise systems - electronic and mobile commerce, digital marketing, social media, customer analytics & loyalty, mobile payments, supply chain, accounting, taxation & finance, merchandizing, cross channel digital asset management etc. 

Tushar has a Master's degree in Technology & Management, Bachelors in Engineering in addition to being a Certified PMP, Six Sigma Black Belt and Governance & Methodology expert in Waterfall, Iterative & Agile Software Delivery.

Fees: (subject to HST)
PMI-SOC Members (login prior to registering) = $15
Non-Members and Guests = $20
 
Agenda
6:00 - 6:30pm - Event Registration, Networking and Light Meal 
6:30 - 8:00pm - Presentation with Q&A
8:00 - 8:30pm - Wrap up and Networking
 
PDUs: 1.5 (1.0 Leadership/ 0.5 Strategic)

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