Instructor / Speaker Profiles
Real World Experience, Professional, Entertaining, Soft Skills Expertise
At Roeder Consulting, we’re proud to introduce our highly respected, dynamic instructors. These accomplished professionals with diverse backgrounds and real world experience present timely, compelling topics in an interactive format. Don’t miss an opportunity to meet them and learn the practical skills that PM’s can use to improve project performance right away!
Trish Bishop
At the age of 13, Trish started doing Political and Market Research Surveys via phone as well as In-Store Product Demonstrations and Trade Shows. However, it wasn’t until the mid-90’s that she stumbled into a corporate career with one of the first Internet Service Providers in Canada. Trish then went on to design, develop and implement global enterprise learning solutions for Fortune 500 organizations – all with no University education or formal Project Management training.
As Trish quickly moved into both formal and informal leadership positions within every organization she joined, she became passionate about understanding why some people were so good at what they did regardless of their level of education or training. These years of observation have led to the development of what Trish refers to as the 10 Essential Rock Star Skills, one of which is "Trusted Intuition". Trish is going to be sharing information with us today about how to make your intuition practical and tactical, essentially helping you make tangible what is essentially intangible.
Trish’s passion is to educate and inspire people to consciously step into the full expression of who and what they are..
| INSTRUCTOR COURSES Synergy of Intuition |
Dale Christenson, DPM, PMP, CMC
Dr. Christenson is a Certified Management Consultant and Project Management Professional specializing in project management consulting and training. He combines an extensive academic background with real-world expertise in the areas of program and portfolio management, organizational development, change management and critical project success factors. He's held project management leadership positions in the public and private sectors.
Dale has a Doctorate in Project Management from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in Australia and holds undergraduate and graduate degrees, diplomas and certificates in Criminology, Counseling Psychology and Project Management. Dale has 10 peer reviewed journal articles to his credit and is a frequent speaker at conferences. He is the winner of the Project Management’s Institute (PMI) Project of the Year and the winner of the Canadian Institute of Public Administration Leadership Award. He also serves as the Past President on his local PMI chapter in Victoria British Columbia.
Amanda Duffey, PMP
Amanda Duffey, PMP is a Project Management Professional, Master Certified Training Facilitator and Master Certified Instructional Designer. She has 15 plus years of project management experience. Amanda spent seven years managing European and North American portfolios, IT programs and a training organization for a Fortune 500 telecommunications company. She has an exceptional record of significantly overachieving expectations with change management, team building initiatives, strategic portfolio management and process improvement analysis. Amanda is a Project Management Consultant and Training Facilitator with experience in the Telecommunications, Event Promotion, Construction, and Finance industries.
Amanda currently serves as Associate Vice President of Events on the PMI® Massachusetts Bay Chapter Board of Directors. She holds a Project Management Certificate from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Amanda has BA in Psychology and is a member of various training organizations.
Steven Hayward, PhD
Dr. Hayward is an Assistant Professor in the English Department of Colorado College. An internationally acclaimed novelist, he holds a doctorate in English studies and has published scholarly essays on Shakespearean drama, the teaching of writing, film and Canadian literature. A frequent contributor to Cleveland's The Plain Dealer and Canada's Globe and Mail, he's also the co-host of the radio show Wordplay.
He teaches introductory, advanced, and multi-genre workshops where he works to show students a "craft-centered approach" and demonstrates that creative writing classes require a different kind of attention than ordinary English courses. His first book, "Buddha Stevens and Other Stories", won the Upper Canada Writer's Craft Award. His most recent novel "The Secret Mitzvah of Lucio Burke" won Italy's Premio Grinzane Cavour prize for best first novel. Additionally, he was selected to be part of Knopf Canada's esteemed New Face of Fiction program.
| INSTRUCTOR COURSES Communicate With Competence and Confidence / Present With Precision & Authority / Managing Virtual Teams / International Project Management |
David Offenkrantz, PMP, MBA
David Offenkrantz, MBA, PMP is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional and Past-President of the Washington, DC chapter of PMI. During David’s tenure as Chair/President, the chapter (already the largest in the world) passed the 10,000 member milestone; he remains active in an advisory role to the Board.
A dynamic and engaging presenter, he has spoken domestically and internationally on project management, leadership, and communication best practices for PMI and other organizations using as a springboard his almost thirty years in Sales, Training & Development, and Program/Project Management. David’s consulting experience spans both the commercial and government sectors for several Fortune 500 companies and US government contractors providing Human Resources, IT/Telecommunications, and Financial Services solutions.
Mr. Offenkrantz earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Marymount University and a Master’s Certificate in Project Management from ESI/George Washington University. He has a BA in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
| INSTRUCTOR COURSES Dynamic Leadership Skills for Better Project Results / Project Management Negotiation |
Tres Roeder, PMP, MBA
Tres Roeder, PMP, is president and founder of Roeder Consulting. Years
ago, Mr. Roeder successfully managed the largest plant retooling project
in the history of a major printing company, enabling the company to
enter a new market and secure $100 million in revenue. In 2001, after
serving as a consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton, he founded Roeder
Consulting, a respected project management consulting and training
firm.
Mr. Roeder is recognized as a global expert on project management. He regularly speaks at global project management events, including, the Project Management Institute’s Global Congresses where he once received a coveted encore presentation. He is quoted in books and articles published by MSN Money, Microsoft Press, the Project Management Institute and the Cleveland Plain Dealer to name a few. In 2011, on the 10 th anniversary of the founding of Roeder Consulting, Mr. Roeder released his best-selling book “A Sixth Sense for Project Management.” In his book, Mr. Roeder details how to achieve project success by deploying a balanced approach with a particular emphasis on people.
Mr. Roeder and his family reside in Cleveland, Ohio where he is a member of the Northeast Ohio Chapter of the Project Management Institute. He holds a BA in Economics from the University of Illinois, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Christine Zust , MA
Ms. Zust works with people who want to enhance their communication effectiveness and professional success, and with companies to develop more productive leaders and teams. She has more than 30 years of experience in strategic communication, positioning, planning and leadership.
Ms. Zust works with executives, emerging leaders and management teams to develop credibility and clout with key clients, customers and constituents. She has held management and leadership positions in the public and private sectors and is a member of numerous training organizations.
In 1993, she was selected as one of a dozen community leaders to represent Cleveland and join the Cleveland Orchestra on a trade mission to Japan. With the able assistance of a Japanese etiquette coach, she and the team were able to prepare themselves for doing business appropriately within the Japanese business culture.
| INSTRUCTOR COURSES Communicate With Competence and Confidence / Present With Precision & Authority / Managing Virtual Teams / International Project Management / Advanced Stakeholder Management |