MEET THE TEAM
Josh Lerner (New York, USA)
Program Owner of Mentoring Program
Josh has over 15 years experience in international technology projects. He lives in New York City and works in the Wall Street area, serving as an Information Technology Project Manager with New York City Transit, the largest transportation system in North America. Josh is the PM for many State and City government technology projects using the Oracle-PeopleSoft Application to interface with a myriad of Biometric and Identification systems and Barcoding Systems. His partnerships include working with U.S. DMV Jurisdictions, U.S. Dept. Homeland Security, FBI & Dept. Criminal Justice Services. Also served as the Chairman for Agency's Technology Division to implement a new Methodology and PMO to be used for all major Technology Projects, responsible for ensuring best practices and processes supporting the IT Project Life Cycle. Formerly, Josh was an Assistant Vice President for Merrill Lynch located in New York's Financial district. Mr. Lerner's responsibility concentrated on managing the Global Operational Reporting for International Stakeholders in Asia, Europe, Japan, North America and Canada. Prior to Merrill Lynch he was an IT Project Manager for American Express focused on System Integration Projects. Josh is a graduate of George Washington University School of Business & Public Management earning his Masters in Information Technology & Project Management. Under the direction of Vasilj Petrovic, VP Professional Development, Josh is heading up the PMI IT & Telecom Mentoring Program, and has formed an experienced Steering Committee from Greece and London mentioned below.
Despina Giannopoulou (Athens, Greece)
Steering Committee Member
Despina works as a Client Executive in Amdocs, delivering value added services to Telecommunications Customers Worldwide. Her extensive knowledge in Account Management and Project Management enables her to understand her customer needs and assist them in achieving their business goals. In addition to working in Amdocs, Despina has been part of the Board of the Information Technology & Telecommunications SIG for over one year, and is dedicated in helping members communicate with each other and find the information they need to further their Project Management Career.
George Siantonas (United Kingdom)
SIA Chairman
George established SIA Group in 1982, following an extremely successful career in senior management with Xerox. Since then George has capitalised on his extensive management and leadership skills, developing a business that has become a trusted partner of many major organisations worldwide.
Liz Bennett (United Kingdom)
SIA Head of Consultancy People Development
Liz is a successful HR and Development professional with a business background in Travel, Manufacturing, Electronics, Banking and Retail. Liz specialises in Executive Coaching, Organisational Development, Talent Management and Employee Relations. She also heads up the SIA Team of Learning and Development Consultants.
Eddie Winton (United Kingdom)
SIA Principal Consultant
Eddie's relaxed and humorous style belies an underlying serious commitment to secure maximum ‘real world' relevance, and he brings a wealth of experience of management, sales and training from the retail, banking and finance sectors.
Eddie delivers high quality management and leadership programmes and his work is highly valued by SIA's clients both in the UK and around the world.
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Program Owner of Mentoring Program
Josh has over 15 years experience in international technology projects. He lives in New York City and works in the Wall Street area, serving as an Information Technology Project Manager with New York City Transit, the largest transportation system in North America. Josh is the PM for many State and City government technology projects using the Oracle-PeopleSoft Application to interface with a myriad of Biometric and Identification systems and Barcoding Systems. His partnerships include working with U.S. DMV Jurisdictions, U.S. Dept. Homeland Security, FBI & Dept. Criminal Justice Services. Also served as the Chairman for Agency's Technology Division to implement a new Methodology and PMO to be used for all major Technology Projects, responsible for ensuring best practices and processes supporting the IT Project Life Cycle. Formerly, Josh was an Assistant Vice President for Merrill Lynch located in New York's Financial district. Mr. Lerner's responsibility concentrated on managing the Global Operational Reporting for International Stakeholders in Asia, Europe, Japan, North America and Canada. Prior to Merrill Lynch he was an IT Project Manager for American Express focused on System Integration Projects. Josh is a graduate of George Washington University School of Business & Public Management earning his Masters in Information Technology & Project Management. Under the direction of Vasilj Petrovic, VP Professional Development, Josh is heading up the PMI IT & Telecom Mentoring Program, and has formed an experienced Steering Committee from Greece and London mentioned below.
Despina Giannopoulou (Athens, Greece)
Steering Committee Member
Despina works as a Client Executive in Amdocs, delivering value added services to Telecommunications Customers Worldwide. Her extensive knowledge in Account Management and Project Management enables her to understand her customer needs and assist them in achieving their business goals. In addition to working in Amdocs, Despina has been part of the Board of the Information Technology & Telecommunications SIG for over one year, and is dedicated in helping members communicate with each other and find the information they need to further their Project Management Career.
Training & Development / Steering Committee Members
George Siantonas (United Kingdom)
SIA Chairman
George established SIA Group in 1982, following an extremely successful career in senior management with Xerox. Since then George has capitalised on his extensive management and leadership skills, developing a business that has become a trusted partner of many major organisations worldwide.
Liz Bennett (United Kingdom)
SIA Head of Consultancy People Development
Liz is a successful HR and Development professional with a business background in Travel, Manufacturing, Electronics, Banking and Retail. Liz specialises in Executive Coaching, Organisational Development, Talent Management and Employee Relations. She also heads up the SIA Team of Learning and Development Consultants.
Eddie Winton (United Kingdom)
SIA Principal Consultant
Eddie's relaxed and humorous style belies an underlying serious commitment to secure maximum ‘real world' relevance, and he brings a wealth of experience of management, sales and training from the retail, banking and finance sectors.
Eddie delivers high quality management and leadership programmes and his work is highly valued by SIA's clients both in the UK and around the world.
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Upcoming Webinar:
Topic:
Leading Virtual Teams
Presentor:
George Siantonas
Date:
Thursday November 13, 2008
Time:
12:00 PM EST
Duration:
1 hour (1 PDU)
Detailed Webinar Information:
Is emailed to members 3-5 days prior to the meeting. Please check your email.
