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February Technology Forum Focuses on the Human Side of Security

Jessie Stanton Announcements March 09, 2015

By Ben Heisler

Despite ice and snow threatening the roadways, the PMI Atlanta Technology Forum had an exciting February meeting with guest speaker John A. Salguero speaking on the topic "Can a Creative Mind Defeat a Criminal Mind in Cyber-warfare?” The meeting also had a special greeting from Nagendra Roy of Aptude, who are hosting a Hadoop Jump Start in Atlanta for PMPs and C-Level executives in March.

Following networking among technology and project management professionals, the main presentation was by John A. Salguero, Chair of PMI Atlanta Athens Committee and who has experience in leadership and on the ground when it comes to technology. He brought his experience to share about how to be more mindful of computer security. After CNBC dubbed 2014 as the “Year of the Hack,” with over 1 billion records compromised worldwide, Salguero pressed the attendees with how important it is to keep information assets safe and how information technology security starts with human security.

"Acronym Master of High Level Content": March Dinner Meeting Summary

Jessie Stanton Announcements March 16, 2015

by Mike Ososki, PMP, Communications Committee

It’s hard to imagine more big-picture content being packed into one Dunwoody Dinner presentation. Yet with a title like “Project Managers as Senior Executives,” Dr. Frank Harper did an admirable job to cover the ground. As a subtitle tie-in to PMI, it’s “A.G.I.L.E. L.E.A.D.E.R.S.H.I.P with a G.R.I.P.,” and to add a bit of zip, Dr. Harper’s sub-subtitle is “A Twenty-first Century Strategic Hustler™ Leadership Behavior Framework.” Whew—even the titling well portends the volume of content ahead.

Frank has achieved an incredible 96% project success rate with an amazingly long list of marquee clients. To begin, he categorizes from the perspectives of strategy, posture, and culture. For example ...

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From there, we embark on a series of high level, big-picture diagrams and flow charts, including ...

PMP Study Group Beginning March 26th

Jessie Stanton Announcements March 03, 2015

PMP exam preparation through study group sessions led by peers and facilitated by a PMP certified mentor

Note: Each participant will be required to participate in a presentation to the group. Details will be given at the first meeting.

Volunteer of the Month - March 2015

Jessie Stanton Announcements March 02, 2015

West Chiquetta PMI Atlanta is pleased to announce our March Volunteer of the Month. Congratulations, Chiquetta West! If you’ve attended a PMI Atlanta dinner meeting or networking event, you’ve probably had the pleasure of interacting with Chiquetta. She’s become known as one of our volunteers who we can depend on to service registration several times throughout the year with a smile. It’s no wonder volunteering with registration has been her favorite experience with the organization. Read on to learn how volunteering has impacted Chiquetta’s professional development and the PMI Atlanta initiatives she’s most excited about.

What has been your favorite or most rewarding volunteer experience with PMI Atlanta?
I have been volunteering with the Atlanta Chapter for two (2) years working the registration tables at various meetings. I enjoy working with registration because it gives me a chance to meet and interact with people that work in different capacities of project management. Through these interactions, I have met a lot of wonderful people that are more advanced in this profession and have provided a lot of information on how to manage my projects and advance in my career.