Juergen is a founding partner of Valense pty (Australia) and the principal of ACT Knowledge, a Sydney-based consultancy and education firm. He has lived and worked in South-Africa, the UK and Australia and is currently working in all of Asia Pacific.
He now focuses on "engagement", as well as the development of communications plans and strategies for organisations, projects and individuals. His primary business is delivering training seminars and workshops (with associated consulting and coaching services) in the area of organizational change, project and communications management
During her career, she has worked on a number of large marketing programs for products as diverse as credit cards, archive retrieval systems and helicopters. She has also managed cross-functional teams to act as a catalyst to marketing messages and communications, brand building, identifying audience segments and targeting media effectively on a number of high-profile and successful launches.
Most recently she has helped a web-based start-up increase their value to the point of being bought up by a major player and has developed a web-based environment for a long-standing media organisation, creating a synergy between traditional and e-based businesses and effectively building online brands.
She is currently acting as senior program manager for an international publishing company.
Kim completed has more than 10 years experience in accounting/auditing and is currently doing her Masters in Taxation with the University of New South Wales. She has gained this experience with major corporations in South Africa, the UK and Australia. In 1997 Kim was instrumental in establishing and running Iscor's School of Finance for the continuing professional education of chartered accountants within what was then South Africa's leading steel manufacturer. She is currently a Director of Valense pty and looks after the various financial projects for the company.
Swati has a 20 year experience in IT and has led projects and programs in various capacities from developer through head of a development unit for multinational companies. She has handled key global accounts in terms of software/ service delivery and customer relationship management in large-scale software development projects and programs for those same companies. She has worked as internal auditor for ISO certified company and was member of the Process Change Board for a CMM level 5 company. She worked in offshore development mode for various clients across the globe including U.K., USA, Dubai, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Singapore, Uruguay, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, The Philippines and others. She is a recognized trainer and consultant in project and program management, project leadership, software sizing, software development, function point analysis, both internally and as an external consultant.
Olivier is a Partner of Valense. He is a Project Management consultant, coach and trainer based in Geneva, Switzerland. With more than 15 years of Project and Program Management experience, as both practitioner and consultant, Oliver has developed various skills and competences in a wide scope of industries, from Corporate Finance to Aerospace, from e-business to pharmaceutical. He has acted as consultant, coach and trainer and mainly been involved in the implementation of Project-Based Organizations and PMOs.
He has both an MSc in Strategy, Project and Program Management and MBA from the ESC Lille Graduate School of Management. He is a visiting professor of Project Management at the West Switzerland Geneva Business School (HES-SO Genève Haute école de gestion). He is a regular writer and presenter in international forums and is International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today. Olivier is currently sitting on the Board of the PMI Switzerland Chapter.
Azad has over 14 years’ professional experience working in different cross-cultural environments in domains that include Information Technology, Government, Procurement management and PMO. He has provided his expertise as a Management Consultant and trainer to many public and private sector organizations that include Ministry of Interior, Qatar; Central Informatics Organization, Bahrain; PMI Arabian Gulf Chapter; Salbhavana Word School; India etc. He has conducted numerous training programs in strategy, program and project management and taught management courses in Bahrain University and Strathclyde University MBA Program.
Azad has obtained his PhD in Strategy, Program & Project Management, at SKEMA Business School. In addition to his MBA, he also has PMP® and PgMP® certifications from Project Management Institute. He is also a graduate of PMI’s Leadership Institutes Masters Class.
A Change Project Manager and International consultant, Mehran has 16 years experience in Management System Implementation. He conducts Turn-Key Higher Education Management Projects, Customized International Training Workshops, and Research Projects in Europe and Asia. He is also Quality Consultant Researcher (adjunct Prof.) at SKEMA business School. Prior to this, he was Director of programmes and Quality, Project Engineer/ Manager and Management Consultant in diverse industries such as Education, Petroleum, Automobile, and Food Industry. He has had a strong foundation of Quality Project Management Concepts and Business Processes Design and has used different management tools and methodologies such as Programme Management (PMI, MSP, PRINCE2, P2M), Value Management, System Engineering to effectively manage change in organisations with tight schedules. He displays good interpersonal and communication skills (French, English and Farsi) which involved liaising with senior management and external professional bodies. His Doctorate focused on "Programme Management as a framework in whole Quality Management Life Cycle".
