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Leadership Enhanced – Professional Project Management Instructor and Consultant
George Angel is founder and owner of Eagle Business Services, a project-management education and consulting company established in 1994. He successfully managed projects for more than 30 years at IBM and was an innovative global education program manager for 10 years. Angel achieved his Project Management Professional (PMP)® credential in 1998, IBM's Executive PM Certification in 2001, and served on the IBM PM Profession Review Board for more than six years. He teaches at Project Management Institute (PMI)® conferences and has been teaching project management classes at CSU and other organizations since 2000. He is also a published author and received an advanced project management certificate from Stanford University in 2012.
Lee Varra-Nelson spent more than 35 years with Hewlett-Packard, where her experience crossed many business functional areas. She has successfully coordinated and managed multiple, enterprise-wide projects simultaneously. Nearly all of her projects have required remote management of worldwide teams including sales, marketing, IT, and engineering groups. She has analyzed and implemented global supply chain solutions to improve efficiency, standardize processes, streamline delivery, and reduce costs to lead Hewlett-Packard's transition from physical to electronic delivery. Varra-Nelson is a member of the Project Management Institute and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP)®. In 2004, she obtained her Project Management and Advanced Project Management Certifications from Colorado State University.
Joe Keim, certified Project Management Professional (PMP)® and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of La Verne in Organizational Management. He is co-founder of revive PM, a company focusing on recovering troubled projects by providing consulting and training to revive stakeholder relationships, project teams, and products and services. Keim has worked in the defense industry for more than 30 years with direct project, program, and corporate management experience in aircraft programs, mission planning, decision-support systems, and software development.
Instructor Pat McDonald is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) and IBM Certified Professional Senior Project Manager. She has over six years experience as a project manager and internal consultant. She has held various management and leadership positions in the following business industries; federal government, aerospace, banking, telecommunications, and information technology. Patricia has a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and M.B.A. from Southern Illinois University, and a George Washington University Master's Certificate in project management.
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