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Panel Discussion with Industry Leaders

Join us for a panel discussion with leaders in the various areas of PMO, Strategy. Progam and Project Management.   The discussion will focus on best practites, dealing with project issues,  managing stakeholders and discussion around their specific areas as well as any questions that you have for the panel.   

Panelists

Dima Tawakkol

Dima has over 20 years of experience in Program and Project Management covering multiple industries including retail, healthcare, publishing, with the last 11 years focused on Higher Education.  During her time at the University of Michigan, she held various positions of increasing responsibilities. She led many campus-wide initiatives and contributed to Michigan IT strategy.  Currently, Dima is the Director of the Program and Project Management Office at Information and Technology Services.

Matthew Zaia

Matthew Zaia is the Director of Franchise Development and Recruiting for Domino’s Pizza. Matthew joined the company in 2012 having previously worked for Little Caesar’s Pizza and the private sector in Detroit, MI. He holds an undergraduate and graduate degree (M. Arch) from Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, MI. During Matthew’s tenure at Domino’s, he has led the Franchise Real Estate and Construction strategy, as well as the Market Planning and Franchise Recruiting teams. Recently, Matthew has been leading the Corporate Facilities team which oversee over 350 corporate-owned locations and the construction and facilities maintenance teams for the World Headquarters in Ann Arbor, MI.

Kenneth Wisinski

Early exposure across a variety of functional disciplines allowed Ken to notice the interconnections. Several years in the Toyota engineering team helped him understand the importance of communication and information flow through a global company.  That experience motivated him to pursue Project Management and an environment that demanded stewardship of those critical, cross functional, cross cultural connections. After 20 years of practice, Ken has proven his excellence with millions of dollars in Process improvements, enterprise wide PM Systems development, and Strategic / Tactical Leadership that enabled rapid situational assessment, team building, and problem solving.  He strives to create a foundation of systemized, intuitive, order so that people have the best possible processes and decision-making information for achieving their goals.

 After managing a $30M product development program across 3 countries, Ken was asked by the CEO to restructure the company’s global, cradle-to-grave Program Management process.  In addition to product development projects, Ken has experience in construction and has leveraged his process / information flow insight as a base for SAP and Lifecycle Management software implementations.

Credentialed as a PMP in 2001, Ken is also an Engineer, Six Sigma Black Belt, and Lean practitioner.

www.linkedin.com/in/kennethwisinski 

Join Us

Chapter meeting begins at 6:30PM at Go to Where Meetings Matter   Edit

Doors open at 6:00PM for networking and hors d'oeuvres.

Online registration closes at noon on the day of the meeting.

Walk-ins are welcome!  We accept cash or check at the door.

Earn PDU's

Meeting attendance equals 1.5 PDU's (Category:  .75 Strategy   .75 Leadership)

Pre-registrants get a $5 discount!

PMI-HVC Members get a $5 discount!

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