ABOUT THE WORKSHOP FACILITATORS

Mark Price Perry - In 1999, Perry founded BOT International, a boutique firm that specializes in PMO Content Assets. In the last decade, Mr. Perry has directly worked with over 200 PMOs around the world. Prior to BOT International, Perry had a 17-year career with IBM, including positions as the AS/400 Division Industry Manager based in New York, Asia Pacific Channels Manager based in Tokyo, and the General Manager for Southeast and South Asia based in Singapore. As a servant-leader in the PMO domain, Perry hosts the "The PMO Podcast," having produced 200 episodes, authors the blog "PMO Setup T3," and is a distinguished contributor at gantthead.com, the leading online community for IT project managers. Mr. Perry is also the author of the books Business Driven PMO Setup - Practical Insights, Techniques, and Case Examples for Ensuring Success (2009) and Business Driven Project Portfolio Management – Conquering the Top 10 Risks that Threaten Success (2011), both published by J. Ross Publishing.

Seminar Speakers:

Bassam AlKharashi is the CEO of ES Consulting and an Associate of Leonardo Consulting in the Arab States. A resident of Riyadh, Bassam has 14 years of experience in Business Process Management, Strategic Management, Information & Communication Technology, Health Informatics, Project Management, Coaching, and Change Management working in leading public and private organizations in Saudi Arabia. Bassam is the President of the Association of Business Process Management Professionals (Saudi Chapter). He is an experienced consultant and an accredited instructor in the global BPTrends Associates network.

Bassam Samman PMP, PSP, EVP. Mr. Samman is a Senior Project Management Consultant with a 28-year service record providing project management and controls services to over 100 projects with a total value of US $5000 million. Those projects included Engineering and Construction, Oil and Gas Plants and Refineries, Telecommunication and Information Technology projects. He is thoroughly experienced in complete project management including project management control systems, computerized project control software, claims analysis/prevention, risk analysis/management (contingency planning), design, supervision, training and business development. Mr. Samman is a frequent speaker in topics relating to Project Management, Strategic Project Management and Project Management Personal Skills. Over the past 27 years he has lectured at more than 350 events at different locations in the Middle East. He has written more than 60 articles on project management that were featured in international and regional magazines and newspapers. He is a co-founder of the Project Management Institute- Arabian Gulf Chapter (PMI-AGC) and has served on its board of directors for more than 6 years. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute (PMI), a certified Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP) and Earned Value Professional (EVP) from the American Association of Cost Engineers (AACE).