Description:
A Historic 50 Year Look at PMI. We will view a previously recorded presentation by Jim Snyder a founder of the PMI Institute and then John Baley will conduct a Q&A after the presentation.
Introduction by:
John C. Baley has been in Information Technology for the past 40 years but has currently retired as Data Center Manager for AlaskaUSA, in Glendale. Most of his experience is in the IT Systems Development and Data Center Operations area. He has worked on Projects or Programs for many of the largest Petroleum and Retail companies in the world, such as Shell Oil, Conoco/Phillips, JCPenney, 7-Eleven, CITGO, and Union 76.
John also is a top strategic volunteer for PMI, having been a volunteer for the past fifteen years. He started his volunteer work with the Dallas Chapter of PMI. He was the President from 2004 -2006 as the chapter continued in growth, and lead changes in the Chapter board structure adding positions to meet that growth. He left the Presidency to take on the Region 6 Mentor role for PMI, Region 6 is the South Central North America region containing 20 chapters. He then worked on the PMI Chapter Member Advisory Group for three years followed by the OPMAG for three years. After that, he worked on a special Chapter Awards project while sitting on the Alaska BOD as a Director at Large. He joined the Phoenix Chapter in 2015, was President for 2017-2018, and is currently Past President of the chapter. He also fills a new role as Chapter Mediator for PMI.
John earned his PMP Certification in 2002 and graduated with a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Dallas in December of 2007
Presentation by:
Mr. Snyder is a founder of the Project Management Institute, Fellow of the Institute, volunteer executive director for 13 years, first president, and past chair of the Board. He continues to be an active participant in the activities of the Institute. He was been awarded the PMI Person of the Year Award and is an Honorary Life Member of the Institute. He received the 2010 James J. O’Brien Lifetime Achievement Award from the PMI College of Scheduling. Mr. Snyder is a founding member of the PMI Delaware Valley Chapter(DVC), the former PMI Pharmaceuticals Specific Interest Group, and the former PMI College of Scheduling. As a member of the PMI Global Project Action Team (1999 – 2000), he worked to help structure the Institute to meet the challenges of 2000 and beyond. He served as a member of the Publications Board of the Institute. The James R. Snyder Knowledge and Wisdom Center at PMI Global Operations Center is named in his honor. He has served as a member of the PMI Educational Foundation Board of Directors and in January of 2006, he was recognized as Chairman Emeritus of the Educational Foundation. The PMIEF Student Paper Award is named in his honor. Mr. Snyder served as PMI’s project manager for the construction of the first PMI World Headquarters in Newtown Square, PA. The building was completed and occupied on schedule and on budget. He was also the project manager for the second office building constructed in mid-2000 and occupied in January 2001. He headed the PMI-DVC project to teach project management to selected Philadelphia and other area high school students. He has developed and is leading, programs to implement project management programs in K-12 using project learning techniques to teach 21st-century skills and project management. Mr. Snyder is now serving as advisor and administrator to the PMI Delaware Valley Chapter
PDU: 1 Technical
Presentation: There is no presentation to accompany this webinar.