Your Conference Committee
Linda Jones
Linda Jones is a volunteer program specialist with PMI. She joined PMI in 2014 following a 34-year career in medical professional development working on peer-reviewed journals, trade publications, event management and continuing education. As a volunteer program specialist with PMI Linda contributes to the training and development of volunteers across the enterprise. She is the coordinator for the Leadership Institute Master Class program, which includes supporting the 500+ graduates of the 20 LIMC classes, including the best one – you know who you are!
John Watson
John Watson PMP, PMI-ACP enjoyed his professional career at BellSouth and AT&T, with leadership roles in sales, operations, and project/program management He is currently enjoying his encore career as a freelance trainer and consultant helping organizations and individuals reach their maximum potential.
John was a former President of the Northeast Florida Chapter, a PMI Region Mentor and is currently serving on the PMI Ethics Member Advisory Group/ Insight Team and alumnus of the 2010 LIMC.
Mike Frenette
Mike Frenette, SMC, ITCP, PMP, a LIMC 2015 graduate, is an employee and consultant in the IT and project management industries. He heads the Information Systems Project Management Office at Halifax Water in Nova Scotia, Canada and presents at conferences and conducts project management and change management training through his company, Corvo Project Management.
A self-confessed project management evangelist, Mike specializes in helping organizations meet their strategic goals through planning and execution of portfolios of programs and projects.
Mike blogs on both LinkedIn and ProjectManagement.com, where he has been a headliner for several years. Mike is a serial volunteer, having filled many roles in PMI and other not-for-profits for over twenty years.
Agata Czopek
Agata Czopek, PhD, PMP is a Capability Development Manager designing learning programs for teams in 40 markets. She holds a Master of Science in Business Administration, a PhD in economics and she graduated from the PMI Leadership Institute Master Class in 2018.
She has 16 years of experience in building learning solutions (platforms, digital content, learning ecosystems) across industries, from media to pharma, from the US to the Middle East. She won one of the first Design Thinking Accelerator Programs organized by the leading European media group Sanoma in Amsterdam, building her own mobile learning platform. Later, she has worked as a management consultant at the Human Capital practice at Deloitte in Switzerland. Agata is the current President of PMI Switzerland Chapter.
Olivier Lazar
Olivier Lazar is an organizational architecture consultant, coach, and trainer, as well as a graduate with a master’s degree and an executive MBA in strategy, project, and program management from the Lille Graduate School of Management and from the PMI Leadership Institute Master Class 2013. Committed to the advancement of the profession, he’s managing partner and COO at the Valense Palatine Group, acting Project Management Director at Altran AG in Switzerland, a former president at the PMI Switzerland Chapter, and has hold various local and global volunteering leadership roles at PMI for the past 15+ years and is a contributor to several PMI Global Standards. Olivier currently sits on the Board of Directors of the PMI Educational Foundation (PMIEF).
Fabio Rigamonti
Fabio Rigamonti has +15 years of experience in project management, leading multi-cultural teams across Europe; he lives in Milan, Italy and works in Switzerland. He is an engineer, but one main area of interest and expertise has always been Ethics in Project Management: from volunteering for the ProjEthics program at Northern Italy Chapter to leading the "Ethics in Project Management – Community of Practice" and now enjoying the collaboration with the PMI Ethics Members Advisory Group (EMAG).
Fabio is a 2013 PMI Leadership Master Class Alumnus, and a LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® certified facilitator which he uses in organizations to leverage their potential and to help them solve complex issues.
