Phil Ventresca is Founder, CEO and President of Advanced Management Services, Inc. (AMS), a full service management consultancy servicing an international client base. Since founding AMS nearly two decades ago Phil has lead the organization to becoming an internationally recognized provider of Consulting, Training and Assessment services.  He has personally assisted many of the firms Fortune 50/100/500 clients with the creation of organizational and performance based solutions. 

John has over 30 years of experience in business development and project management. For the past decade he has focused his time on a mixture of active project management and the development for project management training.

His projects ranged from retail to high tech sectors including the planning and rollout of business strategy for companies such as Digital Equipment Corp and Intel, to the development and rollout of software applications for companies such as DirectTV, Motorola, and American Airlines.

John’s management experience has ranged from large companies such as United Brands and Digital Equipment Corp to small start-ups such as Software International and The Cushing Group. He has published a number of articles as well as one book on business process analysis, “Business Architecture Methodology, an approach to planning and control.”

Rob Cimini, PMP

Rob Cimini has over 30 years of diverse manufacturing experience with companies serving the biopharma, automotive, aerospace, agricultural, OEM, plastics molding, and specialty machinery markets. During that span Rob has held positions from process engineer through plant management with small privately owned operations through large multiple division corporations. 

As a plant manager, Rob directed the operations of a manufacturing profit center in plastics molding and finishing. He has managed and directed resources in production control, materials management, plant maintenance, new technology development and environmental health and safety.

As a principal consultant, Rob uses his years of operations experience and project management expertise to support solutions for clients who are experiencing unpredictable outcomes from company critical initiatives such as new customer programs, operational improvement initiatives, capital programs or asset redeployments. By applying multidisciplinary engineering knowledge Rob has lead stabilization and improvement efforts of existing and implementation of new process technology. 

Jeff is a business professional and consultant with 30 years of experience in transportation, logistics, and supply chain management. He has held senior and executive positions with leading transportation service providers and was most recently the Director of European Logistics for a leading chemical company based in Lausanne, Switzerland. His practical experience includes direct management of large international integrated transportation services, coordination of global supply chain networks, and new business development. One of his last assignments was to lead a project team in the complete analysis of the transportation infrastructure of the Republic of Russia for the US Department of State.

Jeff has over 15 years of direct sales and sales management experience within real estate, insurance, retail, and service sectors.  In addition to being a Vice President of Sales and Marketing for a $25 Million dollar logistic services company, Jeff held a Senior Business Development Director position at CSX Transportation.  Jeff was also responsible for bring a European Start-up to the $10 Million Dollar annual revenue plateau in three years.

Darrel Raynor is a senior technology executive, consultant, and turnaround specialist with over twenty years leadership experience streamlining operations, systems, people, and projects. He increases margin and profit, and decreases organization friction internally and externally with customers, vendors, and partners. Problem solving, process improvement, operations optimization, and helping people do more than they thought they could are his passion.

He has succeeded in operations executive and senior technical leadership roles, organization restructuring, project management, program management, business analysis, software application development, project recapture, and acquisition evaluation and integration. He has recovered projects and organizations and managed major new technology enterprise financial and other software development and integration efforts. He consults, presents keynote speeches, and trains for organizations of all sizes in finance, high tech, manufacturing, retail, data, telecommunications, energy, nonprofit, government and other industries. He is primary author of the popular : Agile & Integrated Project Management^TM  courses, including custom, tailored, onsite or at St. Edward’s University Professional Education Center, Austin. Currently available for Board of Directors, Interim Executive, and key Training assignments.

Debora has over 25 years experience as a manager, human resources consultant, and project manager. She has extensive experience in the design and implementation of human resource management processes. Much of her current organizational consulting takes places at the intersection of diversity and managerial effectiveness. Her diversity work includes helping organizations structure their diversity processes; designing and facilitating diversity training for executives, managers and staff; guiding diversity councils; providing harassment prevention training; and building cross-cultural understanding.  Her U.S.-based and international work has involved organization assessments, team building, management development and consultation, improving employee selection processes, change management, performance management systems, project management and training of trainers.   

Ed holds a Masters Degree in Industrial Engineering form the University of Arkansas, a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration from Benedictine College in Atchison, KS, and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with the Project Management Institute. Ed is also a Certified Military Community Executive (CMCE) with the International Military Community Executives Association, and has been the President of the International Organization and the Washington, D.C. Chapter.

Ed is a retired Army Chief Warrant Officer with 21 years of active duty serving in Viet Nam, Germany, Hawaii, Saudi Arabia and numerous state-side military posts. Ed retired from the US Federal Civil Service as a GS-15 Information Technology Capital Asset Investment Analyst. He has been an Adjunct College Professor for over 20 years teaching for Park University, Aspen University Graduate Program in Project Management, Big Bend Community College, Kansas City Kansas Community College and Johnson & Wales Culinary Institute.

Ernie has over 40 years of experience in the information technology industry with expertise in project management, quality initiatives, training, and education management.  He has improved client communications, solution development techniques and installation practices that have resulted in lower costs, enhanced resource utilization and increased client satisfaction.

He was employed by Unisys Corporation where he managed a number of large scale system integration and Y2K renovation projects for government clients including the State of Massachusetts, the State of Connecticut and the City of Chicago.  He also conducted total quality workshops and organized quality teams which resulted in process changes in solution development and technical resource management procedures that helped assure proposed business solutions exceeded client expectations.

Fred’s 20-year executive career includes Vice President, CQO or CMO at Western Digital, Toshiba and Kodak. He has successfully led international cross-functional teams of every level in Quality, Operations and Service. Among his achievements are developing and directing international teams in Project Management, Purchasing, Materials, Quality and Service and establishing global manufacturing, contract manufacturers and supply chains. He was a pioneer in establishing facilities in the Caribbean, Singapore, Korea, Bulgaria and Malaysia including developing a Taiwan facility from green field to 3500 employees and $800 million in revenue over 4 years. Fred has over a 15 years of experience in the biotech and healthcare industries including negotiating and managing contracts in excess of $100 million with international contract manufacturers and suppliers. 

Consulting for 15 years, Fred excels at re-engineering business, operational and information processes and systems from strategic planning through project management saving over $300 million for both large and small clients including PacBell/ SBC, Kaiser Permanente, Air New Zealand, Compaq/ HP, Sun Microsystems, United Airlines and Inhale Therapeutics. Project implementation is focused on cross-functional teams using Project Management, Six Sigma, Lean, Change Management and empowerment tools at all levels.

Tom specializes in establishing and improving Project Management Offices, assessing and improving organizational program and project performance, independent project/program assessment and rescue and in mentoring, training and coaching project/program personnel. He is also an adjunct instructor for the Brandeis University where he was a driving force in the creation of a Master of Science degree program in Project and Program Management. Tom worked with the Rabb School of Continuing and Professional Studies to design the curriculum, hire instructors and launch the program. He is the chair of the department for this program and teaches several courses in the curriculum.

Formerly, Mr. Carter was Vice President of Project Management Practices at Fidelity Investments where he managed a nine person Project Office and later led an internal consulting group with the charter to help Fidelity business groups understand, adapt, and implement Project and Program Management in a commercial environment. Tom helped organizations setup Project Management Offices, conducted organizational assessments of their project management capability, managed troubled projects, and delivered consulting and training on project and program management topics.

Jim has over 15 years experience in project management having consulted extensively both nationally and internationally in the high-tech and pharmaceutical healthcare industries. In this capacity he has provided advice, mentoring, training and project execution skills.

Jim has worked with numerous firms to facilitate teams in project planning sessions including development of Work Breakdown Structures, schedules and risk management plans. In addition, he has provided training in both project management fundamentals and PMP test preparation. He has also developed best-practice based curricula in alignment with PMI standards.

Ori, a Management Consultant and Project/Program Management expert, is an 18-year veteran in project and program management, training and consulting in the areas of strategy, pandemic planning, change management and project turnarounds. His expertise includes customer relationship management, process improvement, system implementation rollouts and establishing program management offices.

His high energy combined with strong leadership skills has resulted in a strong track record of delivering outstanding results and performance. Ori specializes in all planning elements of projects and programs and in project turnarounds, with focus on communications, relationship and stakeholder management, negotiations and leadership. Special attention is given to the development and application of value-added techniques that improve overall team performance. He is also an instructor with Sheridan Institute in Oakville, Ontario, where he teaches project management courses. In addition, Ori designs, runs and leads workshops in various managerial elements, including tactical business skills for managers, presentation skills, and meeting and facilitation skills.

Ravi is an experienced Executive and Consultant with strong experience in the areas of strategic executive consulting, risk assessments and audits, business analysis, product development and training relating to IT Governance (COBIT, SOX, SAS70, ITIL, MOF,  ISO20000), CRM technologies and IT Service Management.  Ravi has worked on developing strategic partnerships for business development with Fortune 500 companies, small-to-medium businesses and academia.  Additionally, he has five years of consulting experience in CRM applications. 

As EVP of Training and Consulting at GSG IT Consultants, LLC, Ravi is currently responsible for rolling out ITIL and IT-Governance related educational services worldwide, in addition to developing content and delivering training on these topics.  As a specialist in Instructional Technology pursuing his doctoral research interests at The University of Texas at Austin, Ravi brings his unique expertise to design and deliver customized and effective training, knowledge sharing, and alignment solutions for corporate clients. He also has wide-ranging experience in developing eLearning products and providing technology advice in academia.

Rick is an instructor of project management at the University of California Berkeley Extension since 2001. In 2007, he designed and developed the course materials for the institution’s Project Portfolio Management class.

Rick is proficient in project, program and project portfolio management as well as project management office (center of excellence) best practices and process implementations. He has over thirteen years of hands-on project and program management experience in the IT industry that included development of project management methodologies.

Rick has been active in the San Francisco chapter of the Project Management Institute and served as its Director of Professional Development in 2004 and as Vice-President for Professional Development in 2005. He has a degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration.

With over 15 years of global experience, Fabio imparts a unique blend of best-in-class practices to streamlining operations, systems, people and projects.  Problem solving, process improvement, operations optimization are his passion.

Clients include NET Cable TV, AmBev, SPTrans, Bank Bardesco, Camasmie, Grupo Unidos, UBS, etc. Fabio has expertise in developing and delivering programs in Strategic Business Planning and Alignment, Portfolio, Program, Product and Project Management, Productivity and Process Improvements, Change Management, Cost Reduction, methodology based on Prince2, PMI, SDLC, SCRUM and others.  He has also helped clients in the areas of Sales skills, Budgeting and Contract Negotiation, Risk Management, Billing, Databases, ERP and CRM.   

Additionally, Fabio’s demonstrated track record in enhancing business operations, improving business efficiencies, and substantially increasing bottom-line contributions are further evidence of his dynamic, hands-on consulting and facilitation style.