PMI – Southern Nevada Chapter
Is proud to announce our speaker for our
July 16th meeting.
Anna Barantez, PMP
Presenting
“Measuring the Business Value of Projects“
Presentation Highlights:
· How the Economic Downturn Impacted Projects
· Importance of Measuring Value
· How to Measure Value
· Benefits of Measuring Value
· Open Forum
Bio - Anna Barantez, PMP
Astute management professional with roughly 15 years of combined experience in Project Management, Service Design, Delivery and Operations with a reputation of executing on decisions and delivering results. Key experience includes building and managing PMO, developing professional services organization, and utilizing quality frameworks and best practices to improve operational performance.
Specializing in: Building PMO… Project/Program Management… Service Operations… Employee Development… Department Set-Up… Data Analysis for Decision-Making… Concepts, Quality Frameworks, and Best Practices…
Anna is the Founder of Las Vegas Professional Development Group helping professionals (employed, unemployed, in-transition, and business owners) connect with others from various industries and share information, knowledge and experience. The group provides help and support to anyone interested in preparing themselves for the economic upturn through knowledge sharing and actual case studies. Topics covered include but not limited to business and management core competencies and online tools.
As the Director of Professional Services Americas/Project Management at Progressive Gaming, she managed direct reports and implementation teams to achieve business and technical solutions from inception to post-go live support. She developed service strategies, service offerings, and implemented continuous process improvement. These efforts led to margin improvement and drove profits up to 60%, increased productivity and efficiency ratings by 30%.
Anna holds a degree in Operations Management and graduated with an academic distinction of Magna Cum Laude at DeVry University. She also went to UC Irvine, a PMI registered education provider where she completed UCI's certification program in Project Management. She's been a certified PMP since 2005 and she's currently working on her MBA in Tools and Techniques at Ferris State University in Michigan.
