Jesse Fewell

Laura has been a driving force behind the integration of PMOs and Project Management into organizational strategy for 25 years. Starting in 1999 with the creation of her first PMO, she spent 15 years as a PMO and strategy delivery leader, gaining invaluable experience in driving sustainable change within organizations. Over the past decade, her company PMO Strategies has been dedicated to helping organizations maximize their returns on investment by unleashing the full potential of project management and PMOs. Laura has developed a powerful system for helping organizations achieve high-impact outcomes for every project. In 2021, Laura was named the World PMO Influencer of the Year, the only award of its kind, by the PMO Global Alliance, for her many accomplishments in positioning the PMO as the most valuable strategic asset for organizations to deliver their strategy. You can learn more about this on her popular PMO Strategies Podcast and as a part of the longest-running PMO-specific virtual conference, the IMPACT Summit. Laura welcomes you to learn more about how they can help you make a bigger IMPACT at PMOStrategies.com.

She specializes in enabling product teams to focus on customer centricity and arrive at shared understanding towards a common purpose. As an Innovation Catalyst, she coaches teams on how to take an idea from concept to life. She has been a sought-after mentor from various parts of the organisation. In her last role, she enabled collaboration, idea generation, and Innovation in various departments for accelerating Organisation’s growth. Rashmi Fernandes is the first woman Agile Leadership Journey (ALJ)Guide for the Asia-Pacific Region. She is focused on creating psychologically safe spaces, interested in enabling Women for Agile Leadership and her passion for her community brought together a platform for over 1000 underprivileged children to play sports (www.therejuventors.co.in). Some of her key accomplishments are – she received the prestigious Brandon Hall Award for co-designing and executing an Agile Excellence Program for a MNC. She also designed and implemented a four-credit course for part-time MBA students on Business Agility at a prestigious university in India. She has led many enterprise-wide initiatives like Product Conferences, Product & Scrum Master CoPs, Diversity events and initiatives, Toastmaster’s Club, Leadership Development Programs, Hackathons, Career Development programs, Communication & Quest for Quality programs & Served as Editor for a Corporate Newsletter.

Christina Carlson is the Founder + CEO of Unstuck: Leadership Training & Development, and creates a unique pace to guide you to become unstuck through collaboration, creativity, and how to apply inspired agility research. She finds personal success and purpose through creative and collaborative projects that help people achieve their dreams. Her ability to actively connect peoples’ complex ideas to their values in order to broaden their perspectives makes her a sought after commodity for billion dollar companies and independent entrepreneurs. By applying research and scientific practice through a creative mindset, she is able to unstick people from their current perspective and help them move to the next evolution of their leadership growth.