Chapter Calendar

Night 2 – Tuesday 24^th July, 2018

Doors open for registration and networking: 5.30pm

Event start: 6.30pm 

Venue: Paxus Office, 18/135 King St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

Tips to future proof your career in Project Management

Why?

“In a profession where 80% of your opportunities are contract engagements – how do you stay relevant?”

“What are some of the hot skills at the moment and in the near future?”  

Structure:

A market update presentation about Project Management in the current market and predictions re opportunities.  This will be followed by a series of sights from our selected Project Specialist panel;  senior leaders already in these “hot” industries.

The speakers:

Mike Ducie – Business Intelligence

Michael is an project & program manager and consultant with 20 years’ experience having held a diverse range of general and project management, consulting and specialist roles. These have spanned complex operations planning & management, business, telecommunications & IT, human resources and performance management. His project experience includes the delivery of several Business Intelligence initiatives across Government and the private sector, including the implementation of competency centres, and big data & analytics solutions. He is currently implementing a whole of organisation data and analytics initiative for one of Australia’s most successful technology companies.

Alex Joseph – Agile Transformation

Alexandra Joseph is driven by the desire to bring humanity and customer focus back into the workplace. She helps people rethink the way in which they work and make decisions. From an early career that saw her manually recording general journal entries and balancing the grand, gold lined, General Ledger every Friday, she moved into front line banking before embracing the digital age where she helped shape accounting products and practice management systems for over a decade. She now follows her humanity-first approach to steer business transformation and cultural change, while leading large agile teams in multi-million dollar solutions designed for customers – most recently at CPA Global, NBN Co, Downer EDI, and Westpac.

Damien Roache – Big Data and AI

Damien is a Data & Analytics Leader focused on driving change, innovation, solving business problem & delivering business results. He is a Business Scientist, (the Science of Business using data) and helps people and organisations small and large make decisions through large scale analysis, data science and technology.  With over twenty years’ experience in Information Technology specialising in Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence & Analytics solutions, utilising his accounting and solution architect background, he has successfully delivered technology projects in Public Sectors Transport and Utilities, Telecommunications, Finance and Retail industries in Australia, UK and Hong Kong.

His passions include solving complex business problems utilising his extensive knowledge of people management, data analytics, financial expertise, technology know-how and process orientation, by being an agent of change.

Who should attend?

Anyone interested in in-demand specializations in Project Management & how to position your brand as a specialist project manager.  Experienced project managers interested in current and future trends and  market updates on opportunities.  Current project practitioners looking in future proofing their careers!