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Please join us for the second of our Hot Seat Series! Our first session in July was a hit, so we’re bringing it back for another round for our Fall opener.

Here are several topics we will be exploring with our guest, Jeff Oltmann, in his recent work in these areas:

1. Organizational change – an ongoing topic of keen interest!
2. Facilitation techniques and leading teams in the New Normal
3. Building consistent PM processes across recently acquired organizations
4. Mentoring a Senior PM

Facilitator, Kim Cude, will lead the interview and encourage audience participation to engage in spirited discussion about the interviewee’s real-world experiences, challenges, and how to keep it together in an ever-changing world.

We look forward to utilizing this new format, and hope you enjoy the opportunity to gain knowledge through sharing out of another colleague’s experience.

Please email any questions you have for the interviewee ahead of time to Kim Cude, VP Programs at vpprograms@pmiwv.org. 

Second Hot Seat Interviewee: Jeff Oltmann, M Eng., PMP

Meet our second interviewee, Jeff Oltmann

Jeff Oltmann is a seasoned leader with over 30 years of experience advising clients, managing successful programs, and developing new products.  His specialties include strategy deployment, operational and project excellence, and project portfolio management.  As principal consultant at Synergy Professional Services (www.spspro.com), Jeff advises leaders and teams in diverse sectors including healthcare, research, bioscience, and technology product development.  He is also on the graduate faculty of the Division of Management at Oregon Health and Science University and was previously on executive staff at IBM. 

Jeff’s background enables him to move easily from the boardroom to the front lines, bridging gaps in perspective while remaining firmly focused on practical business results.  His hands-on program management experience ranges from start-ups to programs with budgets over $100M and worldwide cross-functional teams of over 100 members. Jeff teaches project and portfolio management topics in business settings and in OHSU’s graduate programs. He holds a M.Eng. degree and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®).

We look forward to this new format for our summer series, and hope you enjoy the opportunity to gain knowledge through sharing out of another colleague’s experience. Please email any questions you have for the interviewee ahead of time to Kim Cude, VP Programs at vpprograms@pmiwv.org. If you have suggestions for future Hot Seat interviewees, please email their name and contact info to this same address.

We will be utilizing a virtual platform for this event. After you register for the event on pmiwv.org, you will be redirected to register for the event on the Zoom platform using only your name and email address. If you experience any issues, please email vptechnology@pmiwv.org.