Entrepreneur Food for Thought Series
Project Management for Small Business – A Panel Discussion
Panel Members:
Steven Bell, PMP, Engineering Design Technologies
Shannon James, PMP, Shannon James LLC
Doug Winters, PMP
Thursday, September 16, 2010, 11:30 am-1:00pm
Rm. 126, PARB Building, Georgia Tech Savannah Campus
FREE LUNCH PROVIDED
To attend, please sign up by Tuesday September 14th, 2010
By Email: jane.jordan@gatech.edu or by phone: 912-963-2551
About the Panel discussion:
In a perfect world, everything runs on time and comes in under budget. This discussion is for people who don’t live in that ideal world, but still need to manage costs, scope, resources — and complete projects on schedule. What does project management really entail and how can you use it to improve your business practices? This will be a panel discussion, topics explored could include:
- Understand what project management is and how it can benefit your career and your business.
- What skills are required for effective project management?
- Common pitfalls/mistakes in project management
- How to get started with project management practices – and save costs, save money, reduce headaches.
About the Panel members:
Steven Bell has extensive experience as a Senior Project Manager in design and construction of a wide variety of large, complex military construction projects. Steve currently works as a project manager for Engineering Design Technologies (EDT) a Design-Build-Finance firm headquartered in Marietta, GA, and focuses on their military construction program. Prior to his employment with EDT, Steve had a successful career as a Senior Project Manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Steve was the founding President of the Coastal Empire (Savannah) Chapter of PMI. He used his project management skills to develop a Small Business Enterprise, Miss Sophie’s Marketplace, located in Pooler, GA, which was founded in 2006.
Shannon James is the President of Shannon James LLC, which provides project management and web product development consulting services. Shannon helps businesses and organizations deliver critical projects successfully by developing effective web application strategies, managing complex technology initiatives, implementing IT solutions and through team building. With over 15 years’ experience, she has worked with companies of all sizes including WebMD Corporation, Glaxo Smith-Kline, Mead Johnson and Shop at Home TV.. Shannon currently serves customers in the Savannah area as well as businesses across three continents. She is on the board of the Coastal Empire (Savannah) Chapter of PMI and is an active member of the Savannah Yoga Co-Op.
Doug Winters is a technology development and management professional who has successfully completed projects for a wide variety of governmental, public and private sector clients. He has served in multiple roles for cliental such as Kodak, The Weather Channel, Disney, Coca-Cola, just to name a few. As a published contributor to the project management community, Mr. Winters can be found teaching beginning and advanced scheduling with Microsoft Project. One of his real passions is preparing the managers of tomorrow by teaching Project Management at AASU.
All panelists hold certifications as Project Management Professional (PMP) issued from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
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