Speakers at the Project and Portfolio Management Conference

John F. Filicetti, PMP
John Filicetti is a Sr. Business Process Consultant and Sales Engineer at Instantis, a leading provider of on-demand Enterprise Project Portfolio (EPPM) solutions for industry and government. Previously, he was PMO Director for Seattle Children's Hospital, WaMu Bank and T-Mobile USA. As a PMI member, John has served as vice president and on the Board of Directors for a local chapter. He has been an instructor for the PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification course since 1998 

Dave Hansen
Dave Hansen is the Director of Technology Implementations for Accretive Health in Chicago. He is responsible for IT Implementations and Training/Development Teams. In these roles, Hansen has established and improved project and portfolio processes, increased speed to value of implementations, and moved training/development from IT to enterprise wide focus. Drawing from over fifteen years of project management, portfolio management, and PMO experience, Hansen received his PMP certification in 2005. His senior level experience in project management office (PMO), portfolio management, and management positions has sharpened vision on best practices and project management methodologies. Hansen has successfully fostered buy in of the value of project management infrastructure from executive management and staff.

    

Jay Hoskins

Jay Hoskins is a Senior Portfolio Management Solutions Architect at PowerSteering Software.  He helps companies improve the value and return of their portfolios, programs, and other business investments through efficient and effective business processes, change management, and system automation.  Jay has helped many business leaders successfully implement enterprise-wide Portfolio Management processes, Business PMO’s, IT Governance, Six Sigma, Merger and Acquisition, and New Product Development programs.  With over 25 years of experience, Jay has been a portfolio management professional for 9 years with an extensive background in aerospace, manufacturing, supply chain, financial services, IT, and enterprise applications. Jay also has experience in managing enterprise deployments of ERP systems, project management, and software development methodologies.

Sean Keighron
Sean Keighron has more than 18 years of experience managing programs and projects in a variety of industries both in corporate and consulting settings. He is currently in the Business Management Office for CNA, a leading commercial and property insurance company in Chicago, IL. In this capacity and previously in the Program Management Office, he has helped establish PM and SDLC methodology and portfolio management in addition to delivery management (programs and projects! ). Previously, he was in consulting providing business solutions for Fortune 100 and Mid-Market companies. He has his Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification.

 

Rebecca Porterfield
Rebecca Porterfield is currently Director of Project Management at Performance Trust Capital Partners, where she is responsible for establishing and streamlining Project Management and Project Portfolio Management methodologies, as well as overseeing the Enterprise Project Portfolio.  Both a Certified Scrum Master Certified (CSM) and Project Management Professional (PMP), Rebecca is a proven Project Management Leader with over a decade of experience in software application development and IT Project Management. She has broad expertise in diverse project management and software development techniques including Waterfall, Iterative Development, and recently has become an Agile specialist.  Previously, as a consultant, Rebecca had a penchant for aligning technology with business goals, providing Project Management expertise to a variety of clients including fast-paced, academic, start-up and F500 companies. And, as Director of Project Management of a fast-paced internet marketing company, she conducted project evaluation, program planning, capacity planning and overall company portfolio management. There she also successfully rolled out Agile across the enterprise portfolio.