Susanne Madsen is an internationally recognised project leadership coach, trainer, consultant and author. Susanne is the founder and director of Susanne Madsen International Ltd, where she provides executive coaching, leadership development and project management training. Prior to setting up her own business, Susanne worked in the corporate sector leading high-profile programmes for organisations such as Standard Bank, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase. In 2017, she also co-founded The Project...

Naomi Caietti is a professional project manager (PMP®) with over 25 years of experience in the project management industry. She is recognized as one of the most influential women in PM. She specializes in project, program and portfolio management, PMO, enterprise data center IT management and management consulting. She is the founder and CEO of a Naomi Caietti.com, an online boutique consultancy. She has authored 5 books so far, some of which are Finding Your Voice: The Assertive &...

Jaime Alonso Candau currently works as a Junior Project Manager at PH Mallorca. Aside from his day job as a junior project manager, he also dedicates some of his time to helping others get into PM and pass the PMP exam. His experiences during his preparation for the CAPM exam have led him to create OpenPM, an open platform that offers free PMP resources, exam simulators, exam questions and also PMP Progress Tracking.In this interview he talks about his beginnings in the profession, the...

Dr. Paul D. Giammalvo has an experience of over 25 years as a consultant and trainer in the fields of applied asset, portfolio, program and project management. As a Project Controls Manager at VECO, he served on a series of oil projects for Alyeska Pipeline, ARCO Alaska and Unocal, as well as projects for the US Air Force Distance Early Warning Sites. Afterwards, he focused his career on providing business consulting and training for companies that operate in the fields of general...

Elaine Jackson is a highly proficient and dedicated Project Manager who enjoys teaching project managers and senior executives proven techniques that lead to successful and confident project delivery! Her 15+ years of experience in training, consulting, and coaching involves driving full understanding of project management. She is currently coaching youth to look at successful approaches to daily school and work activities using project management. Her certification in Sustainability allows...

Sam Barnes is a speaker, author and consultant on digital project management and team leadership, with experience of over 14 years in the digital industry. He started as a front-end developer at TBS. During that time, he was appointed Nokia’s key user for UK and Ireland, which led him to move into digital project management. Sam currently works as a Senior Development Manager at Marks and Spencer. He is responsible for line managing a team of engineers that work on a wide array of...

Mike Clayton is a project management expert, facilitator and advisor, with a background in integrating complex change in major national and multi-national organizations. He has worked as a Senior Manager at Deloitte for 8 years, where he was involved in the delivery of complex change for clients like British Gas, General Motors, Scottish Electricity Settlements and Railtrack. He is also the CEO and founder of OnlinePMCourses, a program that offers high quality video-based Project Management...

In this interview we ask expert Antony della Porta how to best apply critical systems thinking (CST) in the recovery of projects, and if focusing on sustainability can help troubled projects. We also focus on what the impacts of delaying the declaration of project trouble are, whether that increases the risk of the project being canceled, if there is a way to determine that the project is not worth saving, and when is it time to gracefully execute the termination process. In the end we ask...

Ali Shahsavari began his career as a Scheduling and Controls Manager in 2005 at MAPNA Group. In 2013, he became a Project Controls Manager at Kiewit – one of the largest construction and engineering organizations in North America. He is a certified PMP® (Project Management Professional) and a PSP (Planner Scheduler Professional). During his career, Ali had the chance to work on a number of large projects in the oil and gas industry. In this interview, he speaks about his experience...