Join the PMI Vancouver Island Chapter and it's new Board of Directors in the first networking event of 2009.  We are pleased to present Guest Speaker Rich Brodowski, PMP, Director, Olympic PMO for Bell Canada.

This evening's presentation will give a brief overview of the scope and scale of the Vancouver 2010 Winter and Paralympic Games, and how Bell Canada, a premier national sponsor, is providing the key communication technology and infrastructure that will broadcast every picture and story from Vancouver to the rest of the world. The presentation will also outline how Bell has configured its overall Program Portfolio to ensure that timelines, budgets and deliverables are within targeted baselines.
 
Rich combines project management skills with a business focus to ensure that projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the project stakeholder’s satisfaction. He has extensive experience in; project management, system development, testing and implementation, business process redesign, and utilities restructuring. He has 16 Years experience in system integration, system testing, customer service, operations management and leveraging information technology. His 14 years of IT experience includes 10 years in the natural gas and electricity utility industry where for several years of his assignment he managed the development and support of operational systems. Rich’s strength is in creating performance driven project management offices and by delivering projects on time and on budget by bringing people, processes and technology together.

Networking for the evening will begin at 5:30pm and dinner will be served at 6:00pm sharp.