IEEE Young Professionals, IEEE Women in Engineering, and the PMI Canadian West Coast Chapter are proud to present the Project Management Workshop Series! Join us for the first workshop of the series: Project Management Basics. You will even earn PMI and APEGBC Professional Development Units (PDUs)!
- Description: The topic of this presentation is financing and budgeting. The event will provide information about setting and controlling a budget, as well as addressing budget overruns.
- Key questions addressed:
- How to set a budget
- How to control a budget
- How to ask client for more money
- How to manage an overrun project
- How to plan a contingency
Michael Wrinch: Michael Wrinch is the CEO and founder of Hedgehog Technologies and a pioneer in contemporary project management and electrical engineering practices, a Certified Professional Project Manager and Professional Electrical Engineer. With more than 15 years of project management consulting and electrical engineering experience, Michael integrates traditional strategies of risk management with modern technologies. His current focus is on developing safety critical systems. Michael's professional accomplishments include being the first to design, install and operate a smart micro-grid in British Columbia; and most recently, he designed and commissioned a multi compressor CNG Filling and decanting station for use in Australia, including a full safety integrity level assessment to IEC 61508/61511 standards.
Tomas Reyes: Tomas has over 25 years' experience in business, consulting and program/project management. He is the Program Manager for Community Partnerships and Integration at Doctors of BC. Tomas' background is in Business Administration, and holds a Bachelor's degree from Tecnológico de Monterrey. Tomas is a Certified PROSCI Change Management Consultant, and specializes in Management and implementation of large complex initiatives, strategy development and implementation; and Operations, financial and sales/service management. His volunteer experience includes being President of the Board for the Langley's International Festival Society, organization he has supported since 2009 and Elected Community Representative and Advisor of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad between 2009 and 2011.
To purchase tickets or read about the other workshops, visit our Eventbrite Page!
$20 IEEE members/ Students
$30 General Admission