98.720 - Biografie Partner TenStep

Biografie Partner TenStep nel Mondo

Tom Mochal PMP®, TSPM, ITBMC TenStep, Inc. USA	Presidente di TenStep, Inc. a company focused on methodology development, training and consulting. President of The TenStep Group the network of TenStep offices in the United States and around the world. Awarded 2005 Distinguished Contribution Award from the Project Management Institute (PMI), Author, Lessons in People Management, BookSurge, 2005 Author Lessons in Project Management, Apress, Inc., 2003 Author of all TenStep, Inc. products Published over 500 columns published on project management, people management, organizational process management and the development life-cycle. Member of the Atlanta, Georgia (USA) chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI). Member of the American Management Association (AMA). Member of the American Society for the Advancement of Project Management (asapm®) Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute. B.S. in Computer Science from Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA Mochal is an expert instructor and consultant on project management, project management offices, development lifecycle, portfolio management, application support, people management and other related areas. Work experience at Geac Computers, The Coca-Cola Company, Cap Gemini Ernst and Young and Eastman Kodak.
Tim Peek PMP®, TSPM TenStep, Inc. USA	Director, TenStep Academy Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute. Member of the Atlanta, Georgia (USA) chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) Six Sigma – Green Belt TenStep Project Manager (TSPM™) certification from the TenStep Academy Toastmasters – Advanced Toastmasters – Gold Bachelor of Science, Computer Science from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA Peek is a seasoned project manager and director with over 20 years experience on a variety of projects in many industries. Although his experience is predominantly in finance, he has successfully managed projects of all sizes in insurance, human resources, legal and telecommunications. Work experience includes The Coca-Cola Company, Automobile Club of Southern California, CheckFree Corporation, A.T. & T. Information Systems and Emory University. An award winning public speaker, he is able to integrate his project management experience into the training venue with terrific results. As Director of TenStep Academy, his focus is to continue to bring innovative training products to the TenStep global community for skills development and improvement.
Andrea Krasnoff PMP®, TSPM TenStep, Inc. USA	Director, TenStep Consulting Services Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute. Member of the Atlanta, Georgia (USA) chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) TenStep Project Manager (TSPM™) certification from the TenStep Academy Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA Krasnoff has more than 15 years in project management, program management, and PMOs. She has managed and delivered projects of various sizes, including rescuing and successfully delivering troubled projects for several clients. She has been responsible for development groups and consistently delivered business-related systems to meet strategic business needs. Her primary focus has been in advertising/media, sales order management, trade promotion, and distribution business systems primarily in the consumer products and publishing industries. Krasnoff has leveraged her experience into training and consulting in her areas of expertise. Work experience includes Andersen Consulting, CAP Gemini, The Coca-Cola Company, and Network Communications Inc.
Michélle Booysen TenStep Strategic Delivery Office	Director, TenStep Strategic Delivery Office (SDO) Ph.D in Commerce Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification from Project Management Institute Based in Cape Town, Michélle heads up a team of business professionals who provide services as a Strategy Delivery Office to corporate and medium to small businesses. Trained in economics and the law, Booysen has applied her ability to make difficult or complex matters easier to understand, distilling information into who, what, when and how. She developed the unique VizPro/ProcessStep process mapping methodology (www.processstep.com) which was launched globally during 2007. Booysen is also an NQF Assessor and Moderator.
Laiche Bourouh, TenStep Algeria	Managing Director, TenStep Algeria Master of Business Administration, ISGP Business School State Certified Consultant in strategic diagnostics Mechanical energy engineer In his corporate career Laiche has worked as director of logistics in the construction industry. He was the project manager in charge of moving the company from a pure functional to a matrix organization to facilitate project management. An entrepreneur since 2005, he focuses on consulting and training in organizational development, strategic diagnostics and the adoption of project management, including software tools.
Alan Griffiths TenStep Australia	Managing Director, TenStep Australia Griffiths started his career with Australia’s major sugar refiner – Colonial Sugar Refining Co. – training as a mechanical engineer (in heavy sugar crushing and refining). Equipped with the logic of that profession, he soon moved out into sales and marketing, with subsequent progression into senior management roles in the corporate world, working for internationally recognized leaders in their field, such as Dynapac, Coates Hire Service and the Tractor & Equipment Division of Ford Motor Co. His management style has always been one of support for all staff members, training and mentoring them in their delegated areas of responsibility. He later moved into management consultancy, specializing in resurrecting fallen companies, ranging from a psychiatrist’s practice to a brick manufacturer, from several major equipment hire companies to a nationally accredited training college to mining companies and more. At the same time, he took over the distribution of management training material (in multi-media form) from the BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation - and Harvard Business School.
Dierik Rotsaert TenStep Benelux	Managing Director, TenStep Benelux Graduate in Business Management, COOVI, Brussels Productivity Specialist, Association of productivity specialist, Florida Business Process Renengineering by M. Hammer, Brussels Enrolled in the Coach Certification Program through Coach University Senior EQA Assessor CAF assessor Rotsaert led International projects as consultant, senior consultant and project leader throughout the world from Canada to South Africa with focus on productivity and quality improvements. D. Rotsaert has gained experience in a broad range of environments (from funeral parlors to Gold Mines). As a project leader he has realized some major breakthrough results in different environments. Nowadays he leads projects within Europe. He speaks fluent Dutch, French, English and has a working knowledge of German.
Chris Bragg TenStep Middle East and TenStep Pakistan	Managing Director, TenStep Middle East and TenStep Pakistan B. Sc. in Zoology, Statistics from University of Cape Town, South Africa, 1974 Diploma in Datametrics (with distinction) in Operations Research, Computer Science, from University of South Africa, 1981 Bragg has 30 years of business and project management experience, covering all aspects of IT as well as insurance, education, development, mining and consulting. He has extensive experience as an instructor in project management and technical fields, has lectured in Technology Management at the Arabian Gulf University, and has been an invited speaker at several regional conferences. He has been based in the Middle East for the last 12 years. He is a past Regional General Manager for one of the biggest international software companies, and has substantial experience in change and performance management, outsourcing services, training, data analysis and design, and consulting services.
John Grass TenStep Brasil	Managing Director, TenStep Brazil B.Sc in Electronics - Telecommunications, UNB, Canada Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute Member of the Porto Alegre, RS (Brazil) chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) Member of the especial interest group in IT e Telecommunications Awarded 1996 Service Excellence Award - Process improvement Project - Fibre Optics Awarded 1993 Service Excellence Award - Risk Reduction Project - Fire and Insurance Awarded 1990 Service Excellence Award - Network Upgrade Project - customer dialing changeover Grass is an experienced international project manager and instructor. He has been involved in a variety of telecommunications projects from network operations implementations to cellular company start-ups. He has worked in cooperation with many of the larges international telecommunications systems suppliers, IBM, Amdocs, Nortel e CGI to implement both IT and Network systems. He has formerly worked for Bell Canada, Telesystems International, Bell Canada International and Expertech Network Installations.
Alexander Apostolov TenStep Bulgaria	Managing Director, TenStep Bulgaria M.Sc. in Economics Author of two books and six training courses in project management Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management for Information Systems certification from the British Computer Society Founder and President of the Bulgarian Project Management Association Member of the Council of the International Project Management Association (IPMA) First IPMA Assessor Apostolov has 14 years of experience in project management. He has been responsible for a large number of projects financed by the European Union and other international organizations. Since 2004 he has been running Projecta Ltd. - a project management consultancy and training company, based in Sofia, Bulgaria. Since 2006 he has partnered with TenStep, Inc., running TenStep Bulgaria as Managing Director. He speaks Bulgarian and English, and is conversant in Russian.
Glen Sabatier TenStep Alberta	Managing Director, TenStep Alberta Project Management Professional (PMP^®) certification from the Project Management Institute. Information Systems Professional (ISP^®) certification from the Canadian Information Processing Society Certified Computing Professional (CCP^®) certification from the Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE^®) Sabatier has over 15 years experience in developing and managing information technology. He formalized his career in project management while working for IBM Canada. Prior to IBM, he worked as a manager in a company that developed software solutions for fortune 500 companies such as Liberty Mutual, Hallmark, Apple, and Boeing. After leaving IBM, Glen established himself as consultant managing projects and developing project teams. Glen has successfully managed software development and information technology projects in a wide variety of industries such as Banking, Insurance, Utilities, Oil and Gas, Travel, Telecommunications, and Publishing.
Ray Fragapane TenStep Toronto	Managing Director, TenStep Toronto Project Management Professional (PMP®) 1999 certification from the Project Management Institute. Awarded 1998 Outstanding Contribution Award from PMI, Southern Ontario Chapter. Member of the Microsoft Project Association (MPA). Part-Time professor at Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Toronto since 2000 in the Project Management Post-Graduate and Continuing Education Programs. Member of the Project Management Advisory Board at Humber Institute. Course developer for Project Planning and Scheduling using computer tools, PMO and PPM, Project Integration, Monitoring and Control, and eLearning. Diploma in Computer Science from Aumoniers Du Travail, Charleroi, Belgium. Ray is an experienced project manager, consultant and instructor on project management, PMO, software development methodologies, portfolio management and people management. His work experience extends over 30 years. He worked for NCR in Europe, USA and Canada and several consulting firms in Toronto, Canada: MGV Consulting, DMR Consulting and Performance Advantage. He was founder and president of a software development company for 6 years. He also has extensive knowledge in Retail and EFT/Payment systems and specializes in transforming businesses through the adoption of Project Management principles, methodologies and technology. Born in Belgium from Italian parents, Ray immigrated to Canada in 1980 and became a Canadian citizen. He is familiar with both French and Italian cultures and speaks fluently English, French and Italian.
Stalbek Konushaliev, TenStep Central Asia	Managing Director, TenStep Central Asia Bc. in Law - Kyrgyz Government National University M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering - Frunze Polytechnic Institute Konushaliev has more than 20 years experience in business and consulting. He has worked for numerous companies in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and abroad as an engineer and high ranking manager. The positions he has held in the past include Consultant of Trade Counselor of the Austrian Embassy in Kyrgyzstan, leader of the law group of Joint TACIC Europe government and Chamber of Commerce Kyrgyzstan project in Kyrgyzstan, and project director, commercial director and executive director for numerous enterprises. He specializes in management consulting, new business development and practical project management.
Beat Dietziker TenStep Central Europe GmbH	Managing Director, TenStep Central Europe GmbH Dipl. Betriebsoekonom KSZ, Zurich, Switzerland Member of "PM Switzerland Association" Dietziker has over 25 years experience in managing IT projects. Before he established TenStep GmbH, he spent 15 years as a co-partner and CEO of the Swiss branch of a big German software company, SoftM. He has worked for both international and local companies, especially in ERP Software integration. He speaks German, English and basic French.
Javier González Fulle TenStep Chile	Managing Director, TenStep Chile Civil Industrial Electrical Engineer, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Post-Title in Business Administration, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute González has more than 25 years of experience in IT Management as well as in management positions in leading corporations. He was in charge of PMO Definition and Implementation in Ripley, one of the leading corporations in retail industry in South America. As the result of this project, he has been awarded as CA CLARITY VIP AWARD 2007. González has been in charge of big projects in bank, retail, marketing, and agro industry corporations and has served as the CIO at Comercial Maipo, Osorno y La Unión Bank, and COMICROM. Since 1998, González has specialized in project management, software engineering, methodology design and implementation. He has been enrolled in formal education around the PMBOK® Guide, RUP, CMMI and ITIL frameworks, and has led projects related to these frameworks in several corporations such as: Falabella, Nexus, Molymet, SINACOFI, Security Group, Banco Falabella, CODELCO, Banco de Chile, and Banco BICE, among others.
Patrick Duan TenStep China	Managing Director, TenStep China Bachelor in Business Administration， Zhengzhi University, Taiwan. Specialization in banking and insurance. Master of Business Administration, University of San Francisco, U.S.A. Specialization in marketing and finance. SEC Serial 7 certified. Member of APICS. Member of The Data Warehousing Institute. Duan is based in Shenzhen, China. He is an experienced business executive and large sized project manager. He is also a famous speaker in the China Annual Finance Summit. Duan is now dedicated in training and consulting services for project management methodology and business management around China. He has a solid background in General Management, Sales, Finance, IT and Negotiation.
Jean Chevrier, TenStep CJ-Conseils	Managing Director, TenStep CJ-Conseils Master in Management and Strategic Management ICG Dijon,France Master of Logistics Management Systems EMS Strasbourg, France Graduate Management Buy Université de Haute Alsace, France Chevrier has over 35 years experience in logistics and more specifically, in the area of procurement and project management. In his corporate career Chevrier has worked as logistics and purchasing manager in large, midsize and small companies. He works as management consultant, transition manager, trainer and coach in the fields of project management, procurement and logistics. As a trainer he works with the Compagnie des Dirigeants et Acheteurs de France (Organisme de formation pour Adultes), Demos and Cesi. He specializes in helping engineers to prepare their mastership in Supply Chain Management.
Petr Palan TenStep Czech Republic	Managing Director, TenStep Czech Republic Bc. In Statistics and Corporate Finance MA in Corporate Finance from the Prague School of Economics Member of First Tuesday Business network ITIL, SOX and SOA deployment specialist Palan has extensive experience on international project and program management assignments. He has worked in a multinational environment covering most of the European countries including Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Romania, Poland, Russia and Spain. Palan previously worked for PwC Management Consulting, LogicaCMG, E.ON IS and Energy Concept CZ. His industry experience fully covers telco, utility and retail sectors. Palan has started numerous companies focused on IT systems implementations, and specific IT tools for project and product cost monitoring. Palan speaks Czech, English, Slovak and basic Spanish and Russian.
Enrique Ledesma TenStep Ecuador	Managing Director, TenStep Ecuador Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute Active PMI member and Community Formation Liaison with PMI for the formation of PMI Capítulo Ecuador M.Sc. in Construction Project Management at University of Reading, United Kingdom Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering at Louisiana State University South American Champion 100 meter butterfly, 1978 - 1980 - 1982 Ledesma has over 20 years of project management experience in the construction industry, leading complex projects for private sector clients by providing project management services as client representative. In 1995 he started and has managed Ledific S.A., his own project management consulting company with clients building: schools, universities, hotels, multiplex, shopping centers, apartment buildings, museums, an aquarium, a concert hall, a land development and country club projects. He has experience as instructor in project management since 2000 for the M.Sc. in Construction management at Universidad San Francisco de Quito, trainer in PM for companies like General Motors Omnibus B.B., Siemens Ecuador, and speaker at local project management conferences.
Ana Maria Pradilla TenStep Ecuador	Customer Relationship Manager, TenStep Ecuador Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute. Active PMI member and Steering team Member with PMI for the formation of PMI Capítulo Ecuador. B.Sc. Commercial Engineering at Universidad de las Américas. Pradilla was the Ledific S.A. PMO implementation leader, responsible for process definition and implementation. She has three years experience as an independent management consultant in the public and private sector. She also has experience in project management in IT projects including e-learning, web solutions and content definition for clients in government, banking, non-profit, education and energy.
Rodolfo Casabonne TenStep France	Managing Director, TenStep France SARL Master of Political Science, Berlin, Germany Master of Business Administration, Reutlingen, Germany Lecturer of Project Management at the MBA Programs of the Universities of Reutlingen and Furtwangen, Germany Casabonne is based at the French-German-Swiss border and focuses on training and consulting services for project management methodology and Project Management Office around the world. He works in English, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese. He has trained project managers, managers and senior executives from around the world. Besides Project Management, he has a solid background in General Management, Sales, Finance and Controlling. TenStep France covers Algeria, Andorra, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, France, French Guyana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Luxemburg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Martinique, Mayotte, Monaco, Morocco, New Caledonia, Niger, Québec, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Rwanda, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, Senegal, Seychelles, Togo, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna
Vassilis Georgopoulos TenStep Greece	Managing Director, TenStep Greece Mechanical Engineer B.Sc., M.Sc. Graduate and post-graduate studies at Leeds University U.K. Georgopoulos has worked for numerous companies in Greece and abroad as an engineer and high ranking manager. Some of the positions he has held in the past are Factory Manager for Unilever Hellas, Project Engineer for Northern Greece Asbestos Plant, and Reliability Engineer for Pirelli Hellas. He has participated in numerous projects within Greece, cooperating with companies such as Kilborn, Heckler und Koch, Harris, Costain etc. Today Vassilis is an active consultant in the fields of reengineering and project management.
Janos Barocsi TenStep Hungary	General Manager, TenStep Hungary Electrical Engineering Kando Kalman College, Budapest, Hungary MBA College of Foreign Trade Quality management Zrínyi Miklós Defense University, Budapest Microsoft Certified Professional Tokyo Barocsi has seven years experience in managing multi-language translation projects. He has started and managed his own translation and trading company since 1998. He has nine years experience as product engineer and trainer in a multicultural environment in Tokyo, Japan where he worked for Nikkiso-Sundstrand Co., Ltd. an American-Japanese joint venture company. Before this Barocsi worked 6 years as designer at a train manufacturer and 2 years as sales manager. He speaks English, Hungarian and basic Japanese.
Hari Pisati TenStep India	Managing Director, TenStep India Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from University of Cincinnati, USA Masters Certificate in Project Management, George Washington University, USA Masters in Mechanical Engineering (MS), University of South Florida, USA Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering (BS), Osmania University, India Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute Certified as Master Black Belt in Six Sigma, Harrington Institute, USA Member of the Southwest Ohio (USA) chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) Member of Institute of Management Consultants, USA Member of PMI’s Portfolio Management review committee Pisati has over 15 years of Project Management consulting experience across a wide variety of industries such as e-business, system integration, manufacturing, health care, financial and insurance) and solutions. He is a seasoned program / project manager with extensive knowledge of project lifecycle implementation, PM methodology development, and PMO setup/implementation.
Syed Aafaq Hussain, TenStep Quahance, Bangalore, India	Managing Director, TenStep Quahance, Bangalore, India Bachelors in Electronics and Communication Engineering (E&CE), Gulbarga University, India Certified SAP R/3– Sales and Distribution Consultant Hussain has over 18 years of training, consulting and implementation experience across a wide variety of industries such as ERP, SFA, CRM, BPO, Banking, Knowledge Management, eLearning, and Performance Support. He has handled clients globally in training desing, development and delivery, onsite implementation and consulting. He has extensive experience in knowledege management and eLearning solutions to global Fortune 500 companies.
Sameer Siddhanti, TenStep Quahance, Bangalore, India	Director, TenStep Quahance, Bangalore, India Master of Science (in Electronics) from Karnataka University, India Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute QAI certified Software Project Manager Six Sigma Green Belt certification from 6sigmastudy Siddhanti has over a decade of IT experience. He has worked as a part of BPM group and is conversant with Six Sigma methodologies. A successful software project development manager with experience in all aspects of iterative product development from cradle to grave, he has provided knowledge management solutions to various companies globally.
Jim Maher, TenStep Ireland	Managing Director, TenStep Ireland Computer Science graduate of Trinity College, Dublin Maher has extensive experience of the Irish ICT industry, gained over a period of more than 20 years. During that time, he has held several Senior Management positions with a number of industry-leading IT services companies, working extensively in Irish industry and commerce as well as establishing lasting business relationships at executive level with many blue-chip private and public-service organizations.
Ruth Goldberg TenStep Israel	Managing Director, TenStep Israel BSC in Mathematics & Statistics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem MBA in Management Information Systems, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Senior Manager Certification Program , Amdocs Business School Trainer - MIS department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Goldberg has over 20 years of management experience in the IT and software industry, leading large and complex software application developments. Her experience includes project management positions at Amdocs in the Telecom Customer Care and Billing department, and Social Security IT Division manager in the Israeli government. Since 2005, Goldberg has been a co-partner and General Manager of Metar, a company which delivers innovative eLearning solutions, project management tools and consulting services. Metar, a TenStep reseller for the past few years, partnered with TenStep, Inc. in 2007, and since then Goldberg has been managing the TenStep Israel office. She speaks fluent English, Hebrew, Dutch and French.
Vito Madaio TenStep Italy	Managing Director, TenStep Italy Diplomas in Accounting Management, Salerno IBM System Engineer for Large Systems Architectures Certified as Security Auditor BS7799 by the British Standard Institute (BSI) Certified as Project Management Professional (PMP®) by the Project Management Institute (PMI) Member of PMI Rome Chapter Madaio spent about twenty years as an IBM System Engineer and Project Manager, then he was Information System Director (ISM) of Skandia Insurance Group in Italy and a Senior Consultant and Service Manager for Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. Since 2003 he has been partnered with TenStep, Inc., managing the TenStep Italian Branch Office. Madaio, as an IBM System Engineer, led big consultancies on projects dealing with renewing, updating, transferring and merging of data centers in the Italian finance area. He worked on: a) marketing support for new technologies as an IBM Large System Architect, with training on emerging architectures in USA and UK; b) managing, negotiating and implementing whole Insurance Information Systems, first as an IBM Project Manager, and then as the ISM of two Skandia Insurance Companies; c) defining Contingency Plans for Y2K; in assessing and conducting Euro Projects on Banking and Insurance Clients, as Cap Gemini Senior Project Manager; D) planning, staffing and managing the IT Operations for Italian Parliament, as the Service Manager responsible for 8 processes and a team of 40 people owned by two companies in partnership. Madaio's native language is Italian, and he speaks fluent English, and French at a good level.
Faruq Hunter, TenStep Kosovo	Managing Director, TenStep Kosovo Executive VP of International Strategies and Operations for Genius Consulting, LLC Member of USA Chapter of Project Management Institute (PMI) Member of USA Chapter of International Institute Business Analysis (IIBA) Member of Institute for Operational Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) Member of Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) Hunter has spent more than 17 years in the international IT industry. His main focus is utilizing technology to help devoted individuals achieve success in their initiatives. He has consulted with companies such as Bellsouth, Coca-Cola and Delta. He has also spent a considerable amount of time working throughout Southeast Asia, The Middle East, Northern Africa, Central and South America and Eastern Europe. He has held positions as Chief Operations Officer, Chief Technical Officer and VP of Operations with various international companies. Hunter currently is an Advisory Board Member for Easy Web Pros and an active member of INFORMS, PMI, IIBA and TAG.
Kushtrim Mehmetaj, TenStep Kosovo	General Manager, TenStep Kosovo Master Degree in Strategic Management, University of Prishtina, Kosove, education institution Bachelor Diploma, General Management & Information Technology, University of Prishtina, Prishtine, education institution Certified, Winter University Certificate Program in European Union Law, College of Europe, Bruges and Business and Strategies – Europe, Kosova Certified, European Economic Integration Co-operator, Kosova Chamber of Commerce, Academic Training Association, Netherland/University of Prishtina, Kosova, Member of National Career Guidance Network, National CG Center, Ministry of Education, Kosove Mehmetaj has more than 12 years of professional experience in international environments, different sectors & at management positions for government, contruction, foreign aid programs, renewable energy, ICT, decorative stones and recycling industries. He has been engaged for several years in private and public sector development, increase in competitiveness, employment generation, poverty reduction and economic growth stimulation. Mehmetaj also has extensive knowledge & experience in enterprise management, evaluation & build of organizational capacity, (restructuring, privatization), application of modern corporate governance concepts & techniques, strategic management approach, change management, project management, financial & investment analysis and monitoring, & HR (HR Management & HR Development).
Alejandro Martinez Villamil TenStep Latinoamérica	Customer Relationship Manager, TenStep Latinoamérica Bachelor in Graphical Design; UNAM, México D.F. Martínez was one of the founding members of the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas’ (ENAP) Data center. His focus is in the Application Development area, where he has been in charge of several areas and conducted a number of projects. From 1995 to 2000, he was an underdirector in charge of IT as part of a team that launched one of the largest pension corporations. From 2000 to 2005, he was in charge of a major insurance application's development for one of the largest insurance companies in the Mexican Market. In 2005, he partnered with Tenstep Latinoamerica, where he is the Director of consulting and training practices.
Jorge Valdés Garciatorres, TenStep Latinoamérica	Managing Director, TenStep Latinoamérica Bachelor Degree in Business Administration for Universidad del Valle de México, where he graduated with highest honors Certified as Project Management Professional (PMP®) by the Project Management Institute (PMI) Certified ITIL foundations Active member of PMI and member of the board of Chapter México as Vice-President of Certification and Professional Development Active Member of Toast Master International where he is the VP of Public Relations at BIAM Club Valdés has more than 24 years of experience in Project Management, working mainly in the fields of IT Operations, Infrastructure & Communication Services, He also has solid experience in performance measurement, strategic planning, PMO design, deployment and operation, project portfolio management, process design and deployment, and business process modeling and reengineering. He has been invited as a guest professor at UNAM, ITAM, UNITEC and Jones International University (JIU), where he has taught several advanced Project Management Classes. He has conducted projects in México, Colombia, and Chile, and has been invited as a guest speaker at UNAM, Costa Rican PMI’s Chapter, Software Guru, and other important forums. He joined the TenStep business network in 2001. Since then, he has been the Managing Director of TenStep Latinoamérica, which covers all Spanish speaking countries and regions of America.
Alejandro Martinez Villamil, TenStep Latinoamérica	Customer Relationship Manager, TenStep Latinoamérica Bachelor in Graphical Design; UNAM, México D.F. Martínez was one of the founding members of the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas’ (ENAP) Data center. His focus is in the Application Development area, where he has been in charge of several areas and conducted a number of projects. From 1995 to 2000, he was an underdirector in charge of IT as part of a team that launched one of the largest pension corporations. From 2000 to 2005, he was in charge of a major insurance application's development for one of the largest insurance companies in the Mexican Market.
Afrodita Kermicieva- Panovska TenStep Macedonia	Managing Director, TenStep Macedonia Master of Political Science and Languages, Regensburg, Germany Member of MCA 2000 (Macedonian Consulting Association) Steering Committee member of MTN (Macedonian Trainers Network) Steering Committee member of HRDF Human Recourses Development Fund Kermicieva- Panovska has more than 9 years experience in working on International Development Projects as a local consultant and trainer for different projects like GTZ, InWEnt, and European Agency for Reconstruction. She was a project manager in a German training & consulting company in Macedonia. In 2004 she started the Training Center CS Global in Skopje, a private language and management center in Macedonia. She is working as an Organizational and Process Consultant and is an Authorized Consultant in the Agency for Entrepreneurial Support in Macedonia's voucher system project. She speaks German, English, Serbian and basic Spanish.
Raja Noor Ainin TenStep Malaysia	Managing Director, TenStep Malaysia Bachelor of Arts (Economics), 2nd Upper Honours, University of Malaya Masters in Business Administration,Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America Raja Noor Ainin's career experiences prior to setting up TenStep Malaysia are largely in IT, starting as a Systems Analyst, going on to Senior Analyst, Head of Database, Systems Development Manager, Senior Manager of IT and General Manager of IT in companies of various industries such as Malaysia Airlines, Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Berhad, Bank Industri, IndahWater Konsortium and MIMOS Berhad. She joined MIMOS Berhad, a Government-funded organization focusing on Research and Development in IT, in May 1997 as the General Manager of Information Systems Management, moving on to the positions of Director of Product Development in 2001 and Vice President of Product Development in 2002. With the restructuring of MIMOS into an R&D organisation in 2003 she was made responsible for the technology focus area of Pervasive Computing. She led the Pervasive Computing team of more than 50 researchers to deliver game-changing national projects such as Titian Digital, AgriBazaar, Open Source, MyGfL and BM Machine Language Translation and Text-to-Speech. She was responsible for research areas such as e-Learning Technology, Language Engineering, Web Services and Open Source Software. She was the Acting Chief Executive Officer of MIMOS Berhad before she retired in July 2006. Currently, she is a Director of RAZA Sendirian Berhad, a Malaysian company which started operations in 1974 and has been involved in Pharmaceuticals and trading activities.
Alina Alekseeva, TenStep Moscow	Managing Director, Ten Step Moscow Far Eastern State Technical University, Vladivostok, Pacific Institute of policy & law, Faculty of public & municipal management. Specialization – Manager of Public & Municipal service Alekseeva has more than 8 years experience in people management and project management. She has seven years experience as the head of a project management office. She has been responsible for many projects of startup project management offices in trade and manufacturing, banking, non-profit, and education. She took part in the historical and cultural project “Restore of Arc of triumph” in Vladivostok. She also has experience in training & development, PMO design, process design and deployment, business process modeling and reengineering.
Hervé Rivalan, TenStep OPM Consulting France SAS	Managing Director, TenStep OPM Consulting France SAS Rivalan, a certified TenStep Project Manager, began his career in 1988 as COGNOS scientist focused on new programming languages. He then turned to the problems of information systems and project management while working for IBSI Cap Gemini, IBM Global Services and most recently with Deloitte & Touche. He practices management by objectives in the frame of large projects sponsored by his customers especially in the field of IT for insurance companies.
Tomasz Andreasik, TenStep Poland	President, TenStep Poland B.Sc in Informatics – Technical University of Wrocław Member of Project Management Poland Association – member of IPMA Andreasik has worked for numerous companies in Poland and abroad as an middle or high level manager. Some of the positions he has held in the past are Marketing Manager for Lediberg Ltd, Translation Engineer for Magit/Corel Poland, Sales Manager for Bortslap/Fabory Poland. He has participated in numerous projects within Poland, cooperating with companies such as Dialog Telekom, Siemens, Inter Cars, etc. He speaks fluent Polish, English, and Russian.
Piotr Filipiuk, TenStep Western Poland	Managing Director, TenStep Western Poland Masters in Philosophy from University of Wrocław, Poland Post-Diploma Degree in Application of Information Technology from University of Zielona Góra, Poland Post-Diploma Degree in Service Marketing from Academy of Economics in Wrocław, Poland Post-Diploma Degree in Social Communication from University of Warsaw, Poland Filipiuk is an expert in project management. Through managing large telecommunication and industrial companies, he acquired unique and wide professional experience in conducting projects not only in the business environment, but also in public administration and government. He specializes in high-risk projects and risk management in general. Joining professional interest and passion for philosophy, he particularly appreciates epistemological and ethical aspects of project management.
Jorge Simão TenStep Portugal	Managing Director, TenStep Portugal Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute. Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. Systems and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Lisbon. Simão has over 17 years experience in the IT field. In 1989 he started and managed his own application development consulting company. Since 1994 he has managed several software development and systems integration projects for Public Administration and Finance clients, providingconsulting with companies such as ICL and Microsoft. Some positions he has held are Project Manager for Microsoft Consulting Services and Managing Director and partner for an IT consulting company. He has expertise in project management and software development methodologies. Since 2006 he has partnered with TenStep, Inc., running TenStep Portugal as Managing Director. He speaks Portuguese, English and basic French.
Janie Pelletier, TenStep Québec	Managing Director, TenStep Québec Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute Member of the Montreal, Québec (Canada) chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) TenStep Project Manager (TSPM™) certification from the TenStep Academy Bachelor in Computer Science & Mathematics, Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, Canada Pelletier has more than 25 years in IT, with 21 years in consulting and 14 years in the project management world. She has executed many mandates as project manager, project director, PMO director or project management advisor. Most recently, her primary focus has been in PMO startup, project management & portfolio management implementation. She has also participated in the startup of the PMO Community of Practice with the PMI Montreal. Her work experience includes many consulting firms, Canadian banks, and insurance companies.
Sebastian Cazacu TenStep Romania	Managing Director, TenStep Romania B.Sc in Electronics - Telecommunications, “Politehnica” University of Bucharest, specialization in Software Engineering Project Management Professional (PMP®) by Project Management Institute (PMI) Member of PMI Romania Chapter Member of “PM Romania” Association Microsoft Certified Professional Cazacu has worked mostly in the ICT industry, managing software development and system integration projects. His areas of professional expertise include Project Management, business process management and Enterprise Project Management systems. Previous work experience includes Info World, UTI Systems, Genesys Software. Since 2003 he has partnered with TenStep, Inc., running the Romanian and Moldavian Branch Office as Managing Director. He speaks Romanian and English, with working knowledge of Italian.
Andre Nortier TenStep Southern Africa	Managing Director, TenStep Southern Africa BA.Ed. (Tech) Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 1984 SABEF Business Excellence Assessor, SA Quality Institute, 1997 Member and Registered Training Provider of PMISA Nortier has more than 20 years experience as a project manager and business development consultant. He successfully consulted for various international companies as a project management specialist with expertise in directing highly complex projects that build and optimize organisational processes and measurement systems as well as IT infrastructure and enterprise business solutions. His hands-on experience in managing complex projects and his exceptional ability to facilitate training classes, made him well known and respected by his students and client companies all over Sub-Sahara Africa. He firmly believes that the future and successful development of Africa will be in the hands of its own project managers, who understand their unique challenges and who demonstrates the ability to manage according to world-class best project management practices and processes as found in the TenStep Methodology. TenStep SA provides services in the English language to its clients in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Zanzibar.
Julio Fuster TenStep Spain	Managing Director, TenStep Spain B.Sc. in Ind. Chemistry, Madrid M.Sc. in Management Science, EOI Business School, Madrid M.B.A. in Finance, Wharton Business School, USA Certified as Project Management Professional (PMP®) by the Project Management Institute (PMI) Fuster focuses on strategy and innovation, and the project management of small and medium enterprise development (SME) international projects. He is also an expert in project evaluation, financing and management for international development institutions. He is a senior instructor in project cycle management, development and project finance. Fuster is is a Director of the Spanish Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI), and European membership Director of its International Development Special Interest Group. Bilingual English-Spanish, he speaks fluent French and Italian plus has a working knowledge of German, Portuguese, Russian and other central European languages.. Formerly consultant with Booz-Allen & Hamilton, manager with Price Waterhouse and principal with AT Kearney.
Menno Valkenburg TenStep Suriname	Managing Director, TenStep Suriname Masters in Computer Science from Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands Member of Suriname Business Association Valkenburg has over 15 years of Project Management, ICT and business consultancy experience across a wide variety of industries (chemicals, energy, medical, public sector), countries (Netherlands, USA, Belgium UK, Germany, France, Suriname) and cultures. He has successfully completed projects for several large companies in both the private and public sectors. His clients include ICI, KPMG Consulting, NUON, Atos Origin and BSN Medical in Europe; KPMG LLP, Siemens, Panasonic and Rutgers University in the United States of America; and the Ministry of Education, Energy company EBS and CKC Surmac in Suriname.
Katarina Franzén Byttner, TenStep Sweden	Managing Director, TenStep Sweden M.Sc in Metallurgical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm MBA, Warwick University, United Kingdom Diploma in Quality Management, Karlstad University Sweden Project Management training Byttner has more than 20 years experience from industries including renewable energy, steel, explosives and armaments. Over the years she has worked in both managerial and engineering positions including R&D, quality and project management. She has been in charge of several technical, production and quality related industry projects. She has worked with companies including Bofors, Morphic Impact and Outokumpu Stainless. Byttner speaks fluent Swedish and English as well as basic German and French. Like most Swedish speakers she also has a working knowledge of Norwegian and Danish.
Yuri Plakhov TenStep Ukraine	Managing Director, TenStep Ukraine Kharkov Military University, PhD, specialization: armament and weapon systems Captain the 1st rank retired Member of Kiev PMI chapter Engineer in Radio electronics, Naval Collage of Radio electronics, St. Petersburg, Russia Higher educated staff officer, Naval Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia Plakhov has more than 30 year experience in people management and project management. He has been responsible for many military R&D projects. He took part in Armament Development Program for Ukrainian Military Forces after Ukraine become independent. Yuri is experienced in all aspects of organization development, business process engineering, IT and project management. He specializes in management consulting and training, as well as practical project management.