Topic: 21st Century Leadership of Global Project Teams

Abstract: Global commerce and technology have rapidly bridged the gaps of distance and time. Which have resulted in the blurring of who the customers and suppliers really are. Automobiles, clothing, electronics, pharmaceuticals, finance, information technology and consumer goods sectors are all examples of having to rely on disparate teams and resources being brought together to design, develop, build, market and support products world wide. As our economies have branched out beyond geographical borders, so have our interdependencies on developing and growing relationships on a global level. Traditionally the management of people, processes, and technology has been applied with a limited 18th century industrial model that was very hierarchical, tops down and localized. These techniques were appropriate at the time as industries and manufacturing were emerging in key business centers around the world that specialized in providing products based on regional materials and resources at hand. Comparisons and contrasts will be made on management philosophies focusing on where we have historically been, are currently at and how to prepare for the future in leading world class project teams with a 21st Century model. The topics to be discussed include distinguishing world class companies, the application of non-violent communications, embracing diversity, collaborative inquiry, widening communities of involvement and, making desired change in gaining mutual purpose through collaborative relationships based on influence.

Presenter: Ray Ju, PMP, CSM, MBA, MAL, GC

Presenter Bio: Ray Ju is currently a Senior IT Project Manager, at California Pacific Medical Center. He is founder and Leadership Architect of Get IT LLC, a project management solutions provider. His passion for project management is taught to students in the Project Management certificate program at the University of California in Berkeley and through a distance learning course in the Master of Science in Regulatory Affairs program at San Diego State University. He is frequently invited to speak at conferences in Asia, Canada, Europe, and throughout the United States to audiences from the life sciences, healthcare, and information technology sectors. His credentials include Certification as a Scrum Master, Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Communications, Masters of Business Administration, Masters of Arts in Leadership, and licensed as a General Contractor. Ray has been an active member of the Project Management Institute since 1987 and is certified as a Project Management Professional #560. He is Vice President of Programs for the Diversity Specific Interest Group and member of the IT&T, Pharmaceutical, Health Care and PMO SIG’s, as well as the San Francisco Bay Area and Honolulu Chapters. He has gained, applied and shared his twenty plus years of project management experience in organizations such as Perot Systems, Chiron, Cisco Systems, the City of Oakland, Sun Microsystems, Wells Fargo Bank and AT&T.

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