Chapter Partner, Region 8, Northwest and Central Europe
Anca joined PMI in 2013 as a Chapter Partner in the PMI Europe office. In her role, Anca works in partnership with the Region Mentor and chapter leadership to ensure strategic alignment of PMI communities across North West and Central Europe in terms of organisational goals and governance. She is also assisting chapters in utilising the PMI programmes and services while developing their own unique offerings to provide member value to the PMI membership. Anca is also a Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® credential holder.

Anca has a background in communication, with a B.A. in Public Communication, a M.A in Corporate Communication and a M.A in International Associations Management. Anca is originally from Romania and she speaks English and French.

Merete Munch Lange, PMP Bio
Region Mentor for North West Europe
I aspire to make a difference in the lives of other PM professionals by sharing my experience, passion and leadership.

Lysa Morrison Bio

Based in Gateshead, Cintra is a multi-award winning provider of HR and Payroll services with a portfolio of over 800 happy customers nationwide.Established over 35 years ago, Cintra has always be known for its unique culture and its innovative way of doing things.

The workshop will be delivered by Cintra’s Director of Transformation, Lysa Morrison.Lysa completed her Executive MBA at Newcastle University Business School where she is also an Associate Senior Lecturer specialising in managing change, leadership, business strategy and professional development.

Lysa is an Accredited NLP Master Practitioner and Trainer, an ILM and ECCM accredited Professional Coach and an accredited Real World Group 360 Engaging Leadership Facilitator. Lysa has delivered workshops, executive coaching, facilitation, consultancy and key-note talks on a wide range of subjects across the UK and Europe for the last 11 years for clients such as the PMI, APM, BCS and the ICR-Global.Lysa has worked with the Social Leaders Network, sat on a Digital Leaders Panel and she has even delivered an impromptu talk, with 10 minutes notice, when the infamous ‘Beast from the East’ storm prevented several speakers from attending on the day.

Lysan Drabon joined PMI as staff in 2009 and since 2012 leads the PMI Chapter Development team in the PMI Europe Office in Brussels/Belgium. Together with her team she is responsible to develop relationships that will effectively drive key PMI chapter business functions in Europe in partnership with the chapter leaders, as well as delivering programs and services that support the maintenance and growth of existing PMI chapters, the establishment of new chapters and successful delivery of member value.Lysan is a German national and prior to joining PMI worked at the German National Centralbank “Deutsche Bundesbank” as accountant and finance specialist. She is passionate aboutmusic, humans, team work and the power of relationships.

Sarah D’Angelo

Sarah is a language expert who developed a strong international experience in communication, marketing, association management and events in both non-profit and private sector during the last 14years.

Her core skills include project management, community management, translation, proofreading and drafting of different types of documents, press and media relations, business development and customer services.

Sarah joined PMI in April 2016 as Marketing & Communication Specialist, for the EMEA Region supporting marketing and brand activities of PMI chapters in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Italian national and native speaker, she is a polyglot who fluently speaks English, French, Romanian, Spanish and Portuguese; she has an improving level of Dutch and she is learning Tamil.

After several study and work experiences in different European countries, Sarah has been based in Brussels since 2008, where she previously held the position of Press Manager at the International Association of Public Transport (UITP).

She holds a Master in Specialised Translation in IT & Localisation and Environment, and two Bachelor’s degrees - Interpreting and Translation Studies; Political Sciences and International Relations.

In the last 8 years, Sarah has regularly volunteered for the organisation of medium-size music events in Brussels helping with the logistics, the artists’ management and as press officer.

She practices classical dance from South India (Bharatanatyam) and she plays Brazilian percussions in various music formations (choro, samba, maracatu, forró).

Dirk Doppelfeld, PMP Bio
Dirk, PMP, is member of the PMI since 2008. Volunteer since 2010 he started being the Director of Programs of the PMI Paris chapter. After the creation of the PMI France chapter he became member of the board and stayed on that position until 2017. Since 2018 he is member of Chapter Member Advisory Group (CMAG).

Cristina Olaru

PMI

Academic Programs Specialist

As Academic Programs Specialist for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, Cristina Olaru is responsible for leading the academic institutions engagement activities in these regions. In her role, Cristina is working to build sustainable relationships with universities and promote awareness of PMI to project management students and faculty through exposure to PMI products and experiences.

Based in the PMI office in Brussels, Cristina is also supporting chapters in Asia Pacific and EMEA in their strategic planning for academic outreach and engagement of students and emerging professionals.

Cristina is originally from Romania and prior to joining PMI served as the Head of Europe Department at International Study Programs in Prague, Czech Republic, organising short-term academic programmes for business schools throughout the world. Cristina holds a degree in Public Relations and Communication from the National School of Politics and Public Administration, Bucharest Romania, and is fluent in Romanian, English and Spanish.

A results-oriented leader with 18+ years of professional experience in execution of a variety of projects for business & IT, managing PMOs and consulting on projects within Deloitte. Focused on building and implementing new products, business process transformation, mergers & acquisitions, organizational & human-capital development. Worked in financial services, insurance, telecom, gas & oil industries and public administration.  Mentor, trainer, lecturer. Now Senior Manager at PMO of the biggest financial institution in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe.

Past President of PMI Poland Chapter, a long time Board Member, now the European Chapter Collaboration Liaison. A member of PMI’s 2017 Leadership Institute Master Class.

An assessor of business projects competitions in Poland, United States, China and South Africa.

Wilem Van Mulders Bio

My passion is taking ideas and making sure they become reality, I am a project manager.

I started my career writing software for different companies in different industries (wholesales, Banking, Insurance, Telecom, Marketing) having completed my Bachelor degree.

After a few years in the business and a couple of employers I started to see the lack of vision in IT. Software was needed to support business initiatives and not the other way round. Companies were missing the "Why" in projects. This triggered me to go study again to obtain a master degree in applied Economics.

During that time I was running projects and got more interested and passionate about project management. I saw project management as a means to optimize the use of scarce resources to reach the business objectives. It was at that time that I also joined PMI Belgium as a member because I was looking for a good network and skilled professional colleagues

I continued project management during the rest of my career as a consultant as well as an employee in several companies

After being member for some years I also wanted to contribute to the PMI Belgium Chapter and started to volunteer. The last two years I wanted to help and develop some new initiatives for the PMI Belgium Chapter and therefore I joined the PMI Board.

Frank Turley Bio

Frank is on a mission to help aspiring project managers gain practical experience. He does this through his writings, sample projects, tips, and innovative ways of teaching the PM methodologies.

We learn to be better project managers not by attending one short classroom training, but by gradually learning and practicing new skills and constantly keeping on the edge of our comfort zone. Frank would like each organization to provide their project managers with a skill development plan, and this is why communities like PMI and IPMA are so important.

Frank Turley is a PM/PMO author, speaker, and adviser.

Anca Popa, MBA, PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-RMP, is the PMI UK Director of Volunteering, a team coach and Project Manager.

She is responsible for finding, enabling and recognising the volunteers required to deliver special projects and run the monthly events across the United Kingdom.

She has previously volunteered with various charities and universities supporting young entrepreneurs in starting their own business.

Her passions are Virtual Reality, Transactional Analysis, Strategic Change Management and travelling.

Stefania Boni Bio

Stefania Boni is an Engineer, certified PMP® since 2017. She began his professional career at Italferr, working for the construction of the Bologna-Florence high-speed railway line and since 2008 she has been working at Proger, as Project Manager, managing multidsciplinary infrastructure projects.

Since january 2019, she has been Director of the Branch Abruzzo of the PMI® Central Italy Chapter, coordinating a team of 10 volunteers who work for Project Management development in the Abruzzo country. She’s also member on the Construction and Infrastructure Committee and the Training Committee of the PMI® Central Italy Chapter and the Project Management Committee of the Engineering Professional Association in Pescara.

Venera Monaco Bio

Venera Monaco is an Engineer, working as Transformation & Competitiveness Manager at Thales Alenia Space. She has managed several complex programs in the Defense and Space sector and has worked for various divisions of the Thales Group (Radio, Networks and Satellites). Member of PMI® since 2012, she has been elected Director of Volunteers of the PMI® Central Italy Chapter for the years 2019-2020 and has directed the Branch Abruzzo for the years 2016-2018. She is also member of the Training Committee of the PMI® Central Italy Chapter and of the Project Management Committee of the Engineering Professional Association in Pescara. She is PMP®, IPMA Lev B® and UNI 11648 and she has a Master in European Project Management.

Marco Bar Goria Bio

"My first start-up project crashed spectacularly after making a prototype and trying to sell it for way too much money... I was 20 back then and I made all the possible mistakes you can think of. Since then, however, I learned a great deal about design and the practice of creating businesses.

Today I use that knowledge to help fortune 500 companies to solve the right problems in the right way."

Ciaran served as PMI UK Commercial Director for two and a half years. Professionally he has a Civil Engineering background with CIMA and Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt. Alongside serving as Vice President, he delivers Strategic Programme Management for PwC.

Clive Carroll PMP Bio

VP Membership, Ireland Chapter

With a background in IT and Agriculture, Clive now works as an IT Manager for a multinational pharmaceutical company. In 2012, after completing his Masters in Project Management, Clive attained PMP certification and then became the Volunteer Officer within the Ireland Chapter.

In 2017 he transitioned to VP of Membership and is extremely active within the Ireland Chapter. He has run the Ireland National Conference and in 2019 was the prime liaison for the LIM, EMEA Congress and SeminarsWorld events which were held in Dublin.

Loïc Hascher Bio

Loïc Hascher is a Switzerland-based project manager responsible for Quality Systems at Actelion Pharmaceuticals. Loic joined PMI as a volunteer 5 years ago and joined the board of director as VP membership a year later. Loic is a big advocate of knowing your members better, understanding their expectations and providing them a sense of community. Join his presentation on Saturday to know more about it!

Ioannis Chaniotis is a business technology and operations optimization enthusiast. He is a certified SAP consultant and Project Manager (PMP) with strong managerial background at senior level and unique cross-sector and cross-function exposure.

He started his career as an SAP consultant in Germany and then moved back to Greece to join IBM. In 2010 he made the move to an industry position as Head of Operations and IT in a big group of companies in Cyprus and is currently leading the Technology function in PwC Cyprus.

Boyana Zahova Bio

Boyana Zahova is currently Account Engagement Lead in a world’s leading independent, end-to-end IT services company with passion for project management, working in cross-industry and international environment for over 13 years.

Boyana is a passionate volunteer who joined the board of directors after a successful volunteering experience - organizing the PMDay 2018 event which hosted over 600 participants. She has served as a President of the Business Park Toastmasters club where she where she has supported the organization of different Toastmasters meetings and events.

Alexia Yerolemou Bio

Alexia is a Project Management Professional (PMP®) since 2013 and holds a postgraduate MBA (Master in Business Administration) degree and a BA (Hons) in Public Relations. She is a founder member of the Board of Directors of the PMI Cyprus Chapter.

Alexia has been leading PMOs for over 8 years in both international and local organizations in the IT Industry.  Business Consulting and Healthcare Consulting expertise was gained through projects.

The driving force behind her professional and voluntary approach is her belief and practice of grateful leadership and soft skills with emphasis on Emotional Intelligence, Empathy and Ethics.

Jan Cardol Bio

Retired Project Manager with about 40 years of experience in the profession in different types of industry (e.g. automotive, manufacturing, retail, transportation, construction, healthcare, mechanical engineering, food & beverage, pharmaceutics), in different countries (NL, BE, D, CH, USA, …), and multi-cultural environments.

He acted in several leadership roles for the Netherlands Chapter since 2009.

Jan studied physics, mathematics and logistics and is glad and proud that his work always has been his hobby and visa versa.

Jan is married, has 4 daughters, and is the proud granddad of 8 grandchildren

Boryana Georgieva Bio

Boryana Georgieva was part of the organisational team of the annual PM conference in Bulgaria in 2014 and 2015. This inspired her to take an active role in the PMI Bulgaria Chapter. Since 2015 she has served in different board roles. Currently she is VPE Professional Development. Equipped with knowledge obtained in studying for her Master of Science in Telecommunications and Master in Business Administration, Boryana currently works as a Transition and Transformation Project Manager at DXC Technology, a service company offering support with digital transformation. She manages complex implementations by leading cross-functional teams applying a multitude of technologies. Passionate about the lessons learned and the growing maturity of the PMI Bulgaria Chapter in doing conferences, Boryana is eager to share the ingredients to success.

Alenka Gruden, PMP®, PMO-CP® Bio

Alenka Gruden, PMP®, PMO-CP® is a recognized practitioner of project and program management. She has twenty years of experience in the private and public sectors as a project manager, consultant, mentor, and trainer. The success rate of successfully delivered project is almost 100%.  She is trustworthy, dedicated, professional, she likes to help and support people, build good relationships in the team and staying focused on achieving results within agreed deadlines, agreed quality and scope. She also successfully delivered several training programs in project management field and in 2015 delivered a PMP preparation course. For the last four years, she has been working as an independent consultant, project manager, mentor, and trainer. One of her personal goals is to help people to implement servant leadership principles in everyday life (personal and professional). 

She joined PMI® and the PMI® Slovenia Chapter in 2011, the same year when she became PMP® certified. In March 2016 she was elected as a President of PMI ®Slovenia, Ljubljana Chapter until April 2018. Currently, she is the President of PMI® Slovenia Advisory Board.

As a part of the PMI®, she was elected in the PMI® ECC Implementation Team as Central Europe sub-region liaison.  In 2018 she graduated from the PMI® Leadership Institute Master Class. The same year she become PMO certified practitioner.

In august 2019 she became the member of Silicon Valley Alliances.

Goran Mrvos Bio

I'm PMI member from 2008, and last five years a member of Chapter Zagreb executive board. I'm involved in LightUp organisation from the start.

Empowering people and teams, developing products and enterprises is my passion. I enjoy providing help, consulting and mentor so people and organisations can explore itself and reach their full potential. Envisioning positive future and impact, charge my life batteries.

Therese Helander Bio

Therese is the newly elected President for PMI Sweden Chapter. After obtaining her PMP® Certification in May 2014, Therese engaged as a Volunteer in 2015 in the HR group and was also responsible of the Operations group for the Passion for Projects Congress 2016 in Uppsala. In March 2016 Therese was elected to the board of PMI Sweden Chapter as Vice President of Volunteers and IT. She developed the yearly planning cycle for the volunteers and introduced a yearly achievements certificate. She has been one of the key figures in introducing PMI to the construction sector and hosted an event last year focus on that sector and collaboration in construction projects.

In her professional career, Therese work at Wahlros since 2016 as a project manager in collaborative construction projects. Her career took off in 2009 when she started to work at Forsmark nuclear powerplant at their construction project office. The last years she has been involved inbuilding new schools for the Municipals in collaboration with the sponsor and entrepreneurs.

Therese has a desire to influence and to make a difference for the construction sector both professionally and for PMI.

Francesco Alibrandi Bio

Francesco Alibrandi joined PMI and Northern Italy Chapter (PMI-NIC) in 2015, the same year when he gained the PMP credential. He started immediately volunteering and engaging with the local branch team since 2015. May 2018 he has been appointed ECC Liaison. May 2019 he has been appointed Branch Friuli Venezia Giulia Deputy Director. He has been serving since 2018 as PMI-NIC PM of “Light Up!” interchapter event.

He is 14+ international experience telecommunications engineer and project manager since 2011 in the Cellular modem industry. He has been leading the program of the development of LTE High category and LPWA cellular modules.

He is passionate, restless, reliable and value-driven practitioner of hybrid project management, combining the traditional approaches with the demand of adaptive mindset and practices. His current objective is practicing program management to effectively implement the company strategy.

Henrik Stadler Bio

Henrik is responsible for the areas of Professional Development, Standards and Certifications since 2017. He has been a volunteer since 2011 and acted as Director HR for the Sweden East Branch between 2015-2017. He has been one of the key figures in introducing PMI to the construction sector and hosted an event last year with focus on that sector and collaboration in construction projects.

In his professional career, Henrik is a consulting senior project manager in both the construction and IT sector. He is also teaching project management and is a member in the jury that selects “Book of the year award” in project management. Otherwise he loves France and wine and is also a keen sailor.

Project manager with experience from product development, web/business information implementation, change management, public sector projects

https://www.linkedin.com/in/svenssoncecilia/

Speaking at PMI EMEA LIM 2015, 2018 - Marketing example

Past President of PMI SE

Vesna Hitrec, PMP with M.Sc. in Computer Science has 20+ years of experience in Project management. She has been leading IT development projects in different sectors.

Vesna has been involved with PMI for the last 10 years, as a member of the PMI Zagreb Croatia Board of Directors, and as a PMI Zagreb Branch leader. She was involved in annual conference PMI Croatia Forum organization for several years, acted as a Conference director in 2015. She was the organizer of the first PM Relax Retreat event in 2015 and further involved in the organization of other PM Relax &Retreat events organized by PMI ZagrebCroatia.

Stanislav Stresnjak, PMP, PSM I Bio

Stanislav Stresnjakis a Project manager with M.Sc. in Computer Science and a strong ICT background. Has 20+ years of experience in IT, last 5+ years mostly managing international projects. Worked in Siemens for 18 years. Currently working in the ENEA company as a project manager for the international software integration and customization projects.

For more than a 10 year he was an external assistant on the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology in Osijek from the topic Object Oriented Programming, teaching students Java and C++.

Currently serving PMI Zagreb Croatia Chapter as Chapter President.

Daniel Stenholm holds a doctorate in knowledge management based in research together with several international organizations. He has volunteered for PMI for four years and has a strong conviction that a clear strategy that breaks down into daily activities will be needed to continue to grow.

Daniel Stenholm

Vice President Branch Chair West – PMI Sweden Chapter

+46(0)739-07 76 36

Daniel.Stenholm@pmi-se.org

Katarina Strömberg Bio

Katarina Strömberg is the Vice President for Passion for Projects Congress in PMI Sweden Chapter. Since 2010, she has held several volunteer positions in the Chapter. She has been part of the team that organizes the Passion for Projects Congress several times since the first Congress was held in 2011. She is a PMP since 2010.

In her professional career she works as a Project and Program Management Consultant, with experience from the Food Industry, Pharmaceutical and Telecommunication sectors. She holds a MSc in Chemical Engineering and a Licentiate of Engineering in Biotechnology from Chalmers University in Göteborg.

Isabelle Levavasseur Bio

Isabelle Levavasseur is a member of PMI France Chapter Board and was involved in the merging of 3 French Chapters into PMI France. She completed PMI Leadership Institute Master Class in 2012.

PMP since 2000 and a Project Manager with more than 20 years of experience in Information Technology, Isabelle is currently Program Manager at Orange, working with Orange European subsidiaries and an active member of the Core Team of “Orange Project Manager” community.

She has worked for some of the main companies in the IT services sector, such as CGI Informatique, IBM Global Services, BT C&SI and Atos Origin Integration.

First. Anja            Last .Vandenbergh

www.lachacademie.be

A Laughter Yoga is a method for arousing and re-learning laughter, with various physical elements and voice, exercised in groups:

Warming, deep and dynamic breathing (hohohahaha), clapping of hands, generating sounds, movement on the spot and in space, meeting others and working with eye contact

Email: destralendelachertjes@gmail.com

Sorin Banu Bio

Sorin Banu is a senior manager, subject matter expert and capability lead in Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Process Automation. His main focus in the software development lifecycle is on technology/digital transformation strategy, enterprise architecture, and project leading. He is passionate about innovation and metaphysics, and he is a science-fiction novelist.

Wolfgang Wendl Bio

Wolfgang Wendl (PMP, MoP, CSM) is a practitioner, senior consultant, trainer and coach with over 20 years of work experience in international organisations within all industries.  Specialising in project, portfolio management and PMO establishment, including lean agile frameworks, Wolfgang helps organisations deliver their strategy and achieve the desired business value of PPM.

Merete Munch Lange, PMP Bio

Region Mentor for North West Europe

I aspire to make a difference in the lives of other PM professionals by sharing my experience, passion and leadership.

Ken Tomlinson Bio

Ken Tomlinson joined PMI® in 2008. He has held multiple volunteer roles at PMI France, including sub-branch chair, secretary general, treasurer and president. In 2016, he transitioned to a global role as mentor for chapter leaders in southern Europe. In 2010, he earned his PMP® certification and his master’s degree in Management of Information Systems from IAE of Grenoble, where he has since taught project management part time. Since 2009, he has attended over 20 PMI® LIM and Region 8 meetings. He obtained his PMI-ACP certification in March 2019.

An experienced IT and project manager, Ken has held technical project management positions at a software services firm and has managed a multi-cultural team based in several European countries at Sun Microsystems. Currently, he is project director for information systems infrastructure at Capgemini group, where he frequently manages multi-location and multicultural teams located worldwide.

Dr. Gamze Karayaz Bio

Dr. Gamze Karayaz has a Ph.D. in Engineering Management &System Engineering and an alumnus of LIMC 2016. She is one of the founders of PMI Turkey Chapter in 2007, and served on the Chapter Board actively both as VP and President.

With over 20 years of project work experience, Gamze has led and worked with various projects ranging from EU funded higher education projects to systems engineering, modeling, and simulation projects for both private and public companies.  With a profound knowledge and certified project manager, she continues to be an active volunteer at PMI as Region 8 SW Mentor (shadow).

CatalinTeodorDogaru, PMP

Region Mentor, Region 8, Central Europe

Leadership Institute Master Class (LIMC) Graduate

Catalin-TeodorDogaru, MBA, PhD, PMP, is a trainer, consultant and managing partner at TSP (smartprojects.ro). He is an enthusiast of project, process and programme management, promoting Servant Leadership in both professional and personal life. LIMC Alumni, MBA and PMP certified, Catalin managed international projects (in Europe, Middle East and Africa), offering, at the same time, dedicated learning sessions that helped growing the project management community. He was President of PMI Romania Chapter and, currently, he is Region Mentor for Region 8 - Central Europe. His games, sense of humor, engagement and tenacity are just a few of the elements contributing to the delivery of successful trainings, workshops and presentations, to which participants are always willing to return.

Tolga OZEL, PfMP, PMP, ACPBio

Region Mentor - R8

He built his 20+ years long professional career with major Telecoms Technology companies such as Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent and Nortel Networks with both in Turkey and cross-border activity in the South Asia, Central Asia, Southern Europe and CIS regions.

He, currently, provides Consultancy in BSS Transformation Program in MPT Myanmar. Previously, he was Principal Consultant at Pedersen & Partners Executive Search Firm for Technology Practice. Before, he was in charge of Director of Delivery & Services for Turkcell Account within Huawei.

He is also the Co-Founder & former President of PMI Turkey Chapter. Completed PMI Leadership Institute Master Class’2015. He is PMP certified since 2008 and PfMP Certified since 2017, The first PfMP holder in Turkey.

Tolga Özel holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering and a Masters degree with studies on Artificial Intelligence from the Middle East Technical University. He completed corporate leadership program delivered by EMLyon Business School in France.

Mario Coquillat Bio

Mario Coquillat is an experienced professional and trainer in project and risk management, PMP® and PMI-RMP® certified. Director of volunteers and ECC Liaison in PMI Madrid, Spain Chapter. Co-founder of Grupo de Análisis de la ISO 21500, a non-profit organization, in order to promote implementation of ISO 21500 in spanish speaking countries. Earned Value Management (EVM) subject matter expert participating as a team member in ISO 21508. Co-author of the first online training course in spanish for PMI-RMP® certification. He has a degree in civil engineering and has been leading a PMO in different sectors with predictive and hybrid approaches.

Francesco Giacalone Bio

Francesco Giacalone MSc, Mosh, PMP®: Vice director of Branch Liguria within Northern Italy Chapter. Currently he is Digital and Assets/Business Intelligence Leader and HSE manager at Konecranes S.l.c..

He previously worked with Fantuzzi-Reggiane and Terex, he managed, commissioned and implemented projects in different markets (EMEA, MERCOSUL and NAFTA) and in various fields such as tlc, harbors, luxury yacht, oil & gas. In particular expertise in telematic solutions, unmanned stacking crane and BI services.

In July 2015 he received in Terex the award “Crowning Achievement award” as the best worker in Port Solution segment for “best Improvement and Servant leadership”.

Paolo Sasso Bio

Director of Branch Piemonte and Valle d’Aosta within Northern Italy Chapter (PMI). Now IT Project Manager in Leonardo. He began his career in Alenia and worked in the Process Management until 2006 when he started working to develop a Life Cycle and Project Control Model (EVMS Process and Tools). Then he was the Demand Manager for Engeneering, Manufacturing Engineering and Customer Support since 2008. He is a PMP® certified. He graduated from Politecnico University in Turin in 2003 with a Bachelor of Electronic Engineering degree. He completed a Master in General Management.

Marina Venturini Bio

Marina Venturini has been working for more than 15 years as a professional consultant in Project Management and PMO, dealing with a large number of projects in telco and banking fields.

She holds a masters’s degree in Mathematics and a bachelor’s degree in Natural Sciences.

She is PMP®, PMO-CP®, ITIL®V3 Foundation and PRINCE2® Foundation certified.

PMI member since 2007, she is currently Branch Development Director of PMI Northern Italy Chapter.

She was PMI Region 8 speaker in November 2017 in Malmö and PMI LIM speaker in May 2018 in Berlin and in May 2019 in Dublin.

Emrah Özdemir Bio

Emrah Özdemir was born in 1980 in Ankara. In 2003, he graduated from Middle East Technical University (METU), Department of Industrial Engineering. Between 2003 and 2006, he worked as a project leader in the e-learning project in Siemens Business Services. Since 2007, he has been working as Project Leader in ROKETSAN Inc. He has been actively holding workshops for creating high performing teams using gamification techniques for PMI Turkey Chapter. He is also the project manager of PM Summit Ankara 2019. He has published two story books. Short film making and dancing Argentine Tango are his active hobbies.

Cristina Olaru

PMI

Academic Programs Specialist

As Academic Programs Specialist for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, Cristina Olaru is responsible for leading the academic institutions engagement activities in these regions. In her role, Cristina is working to build sustainable relationships with universities and promote awareness of PMI to project management students and faculty through exposure to PMI products and experiences.

Based in the PMI office in Brussels, Cristina is also supporting chapters in Asia Pacific and EMEA in their strategic planning for academic outreach and engagement of students and emerging professionals.

Cristina is originally from Romania and prior to joining PMI served as the Head of Europe Department at International Study Programs in Prague, Czech Republic, organising short-term academic programmes for business schools throughout the world. Cristina holds a degree in Public Relations and Communication from the National School of Politics and Public Administration, Bucharest Romania, and is fluent in Romanian, English and Spanish.

Anna Zhukova Bio

Chapter Partner, Region 8, Southwest and Eastern Europe

Anna has been a Chapter Partner since 2017, responsible for Region 8, Sub-Regions Eastern-Europe and South West Europe and is located in the PMI Europe Office.

Roisin Kelly Bio

Roisin joined PMI in August 2019 as Chapter Administrator and supports all PMI chapters in Europe in close collaboration with the PMI Europe team and the Region Mentor group. In her role, Roisin  focuses on supporting chapters from a reporting/statistics, data analytical and technology perspective as well as general support for all Chapters. Prior to joining PMI, Roisin has experience at the European Foundation Centre (an association for Institutional Philanthropy) to deliver high-quality knowledge and exchange services to membership. Previously Roisin worked in the UK with 2 management consulting firms where she had to work in complex change management projects.

Roisin is Scottish,  graduated from the University of Oxford (Experimental Psychology) and volunteers herself in her free time.

Ken Tomlinson Bio

Ken Tomlinson joined PMI® in 2008. He has held multiple volunteer roles at PMI France, including sub-branch chair, secretary general, treasurer and president. In 2016, he transitioned to a global role as mentor for chapter leaders in southern Europe. In 2010, he earned his PMP® certification and his master’s degree in Management of Information Systems from IAE of Grenoble, where he has since taught project management part time. Since 2009, he has attended over 20 PMI® LIM and Region 8 meetings. He obtained his PMI-ACP certification in March 2019.

An experienced IT and project manager, Ken has held technical project management positions at a software services firm and has managed a multi-cultural team based in several European countries at Sun Microsystems. Currently, he is project director for information systems infrastructure at Capgemini group, where he frequently manages multi-location and multicultural teams located worldwide.