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Our expert staff of professionals have assisted organizations
around the world. We pride ourselves on our reputation and
results reflecting our commitment to excellence.
For over two decades we have serviced clients with a high degree
of satisfaction. Please contact a
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Business
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Training Programs |
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"The AMS PMBOK Skills Assessment is the most robust
assessment I could find at such a high value point. It is
a true benefit to the learning and improvement process, aligns
with the PMBOK (but also goes further) and legitimately helped
us to see a path forward. Our organization saw immediate
value from the process and I would estimate we saved thousands
of dollars in training costs by focusing on areas we needed to
improve on the most. Students were also more involved in the
learning process as they were not just going through the rehash
of when they already knew. Whether you are an individual
trying to identify a personal development track, a project
manager trying to baseline a project team or a training manager
trying to target a curriculum I would highly recommend starting
with this tool."
Director of Training and Development |
"Our entire organization benefited from the use of the
Project Management Readiness Assessment from AMS, not just my
department. The results were detailed enough and the
recommendations strategic enough to draw conclusions for the
entire company. It was obvious that the team at AMS
leverages their internal expertise to create the content that
makes up the reports. I had used similar tools in
the past and found they were boilerplate forms. This
product is comprehensive and, most importantly, driven by a truly
experienced firm. We plan on using this assessment again
once our PMO development effort is complete."
Director of Strategy |
"The Leadership Skill Survey Tool helped me to align my
employee development plans with our internal training
curriculum. The simplicity of the tool was surprising, yet
the output was quite robust. I will continue to use this
tool within our employee development activities."
Training Manager |
"The employees attending Mr. Ventresca and Mr. Flynn's class
showed a post-assessment group average increase of 15 standard
score points which would reflect an average 22% change. We
are very pleased with the results of the seminar and expect
continued growth as time goes on. The presentation you
gave was not canned, but fluid, vibrant and effective."
Chief, Education Branch |
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"The AMS approach to BA solutions is refreshing. The
organization understands from a strategic perspective that in
order to accomplish enterprise-wide projects both your team
members and the organization need to be in alignment with open
communication channels. I had an opportunity to work with
other firms who rely on technology as the core aspect of BA
functions. The AMS approach embraces people, process and
technology allowing for a complete solution. I would
recommend AMS for any BA related solution development as we were
very satisfied with their competence, creativity and
flexibility."
Sr. Project Manager |
"The AMS approach to requirements gathering and
integration of those requirements into a real
project scope was enlightening. I was
pleasantly surprised at how experienced the AMS team
was at translating Business Analysis best practice
into real-world application."
Director of Training and Development |
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"The team at AMS was impressive from the first time we met
them. I have personally interviewed many large training
companies, but the folks at AMS were heads and tails above the
rest because of their flexibility, desire to be true partners
and level of subject matter expertise. I would recommend
AMS to any organization seeking a results driven team of
professionals."
V.P. Training and Development |
"The experience was a positive one; from the initial
meetings, through the needs assessment and contracting process,
through the final day of the engagement. Bob Wysocki, your
senior consultant who worked directly with us, is a top-notch
management consultant. He led our team through the CMMI
planning and initiation phases with great success. We are
delighted with the results and are well on our way to full
implementation."
QA Manager |
"AT&T would like to thank the team at AMS for their
dedicated service and commitment to excellence. AMS
consultants have been working with two divisions in our Global
Services division and since they became involved we have reduced
turnover, increased productivity and improved overall morale of the staff.
The objective of this engagement was to produce "quality" based
tools and methods for decision making and risk analysis, the
outcome has resulted in better management practices in general
and our ability to apply the new skill sets to multiple
activities in the business unit. I would highly recommend
AMS as they have proven to be one of our best professional
services providers."
Global Services Training Manager |
"Phil Ventresca, Dick Kropp and Tom Flynn have played an
integral role in helping us achieve our organizational
development goals. I am confident that the long term results
will prove to be beneficial and critical for this company's
continued success. I would be happy to recommend Advanced
Management Services, Inc. to anyone wishing to partner with a
conscientious, results-driven team of professionals."
President & CEO |
"The tireless effort that you and your organization provided
was invaluable to our team. You proposed clear deliverables and
you accomplished each one in a timely, complete and
customer-focused manner. Your organization met and exceeded our
expectations. After working with AMS, we have learned that
'synergy' is more than a buzzword. It's achievable! We are now
more capable to select vendors and manage their contracts as
well as reducing cost over-run on projects. Additionally, we
have improved the relationships with suppliers and have been
able to more effectively negotiate long term engagements,
ultimately reducing the costs associated with bidding and RFP
development."
GBU Project Management Team Leader |
"I feel your group needs assessment, discussion of priority
issues and the use of the Pareto Analysis really made the staff
feel bought into the training process. We have implemented
several of the steps you recommended, and are pleased we were
able to work together to develop such a concrete action plan."
Customer Service Manager |
"Our associates have shown great enthusiasm toward the new
systems and procedures. Corporately, we have experienced
measurable sales growth which I feel is directly related to the
systems, procedures and training that your company is
providing."
President |
"The "Transaction Factory" platform, technology and process
design project that AMS assisted with was a great success.
Because of the external team's expertise we were able to create
a proprietary platform that interacted with our publisher's
document management programs. This allowed us to share the
access archived rights information timely and accurately while
maintaining both financial and regulatory compliance. The
implementation was SOX aligned and proved to be a best in class
application for two predominant publishers who ended up
embracing our technology. We could not have done this well
without the AMS team."
IT Project Manager |
"The AMS team was able to effectively coordinate our
offshore efforts while producing a comprehensive measurement
system for our vendors' performance. The AMS consultant was
diverse in his understanding of the offshore marketplace and
was quite able to offer experience from both sides of the
relationship equation."
Business Development Officer |
"The AMS team was instrumental in assisting us to manage and
improve the off shore development projects required of our
group. We were able to work more effectively with our partners
and ultimately provide our customers with a better quality
product."
Manager of AARCO |
"Your staff came on board to provide a project intervention
and risk analysis associated with critical path deliverables.
Each initiative your team was assigned to represented mission
critical items and were necessary to complete merger activity.
All of the AMS staff were competent in specific areas and worked
seamlessly with our transition teams. Your organization's ability
to identify risk, calculate impact and provide us with
mitigation strategies made it possible to execute a much more
effective revised implementation plan. I believe that we could
not have effectively accomplished our goals without the AMS
efforts."
Manager Performance/Risk Management |
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"First of all, I want to
start out by commending you on a surprisingly enjoyable class.
Which happens to be pretty amazing to me, since, based in part
on the pre-work, I was not particularly looking forward to the
investment of a day and a half to the activity… Much of my
unanticipated newfound positivity about the class I attribute to
you - as I thoroughly appreciated not only your frank, engaging
and improvisational style, but also your infectious passion
about the topic and very much atypical openness to arguments
counter to your own. It's not often I come across that kind of
combination. And for that I again commend you."
Global Manager
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"The team at AMS helped our organization to build solid
sales processes and service best practices. Our regional teams
became more aligned with corporate goals and, surprisingly, I felt
we had started to function as one company. I would recommend AMS
to assist any organization feeling the impact of silos and
seeking to develop a more cross functional way of doing business
and promoting sales growth."
V.P. of Sales Development |
"On behalf of the Women in AAviation Board and Planning
Committee, I would like to thank you for helping to make our
2008 Women in AAViation Conference a success on Monday, March 3rd.
We are delighted to report feedback from the talented women who
attended has been overwhelmingly positive. With your
contribution, the conference is truly helping women at the AMR
companies "Rise Up" to develop the leader within. After its
thrilling success, we hope Monday's conference will be the first
in a long line of inspiring annual events. We truly appreciate
the time, care and effort you put into your presentation. Thank
you for supporting our women employees."
President |
"The University and learning organization model that the
team from AMS built has proven to be very effective and well
received within our organization. We have attempted to initiate a
more structured approach to the learning process many times, with
limited results. The structure that AMS provided, and the
flexibility within the overall curriculum has allowed us to
realize an increase in productivity, reduce turnover and
acquire a more positive feel about the training environment in
our company. Additionally, the facilitators that AMS assigns are
true senior level practitioners who can assist in customization,
and then provide accurate delivery against our exact corporate
needs."
Vice President of Training |
"The AMS team helped us focus our corporate service effort,
enhance our overall service strategy and, most importantly, drive
the service team to accomplish new goals within the CRM effort."
Corporate HR Director |
"The efforts that AMS and their team set forth were most
valuable to the university. Without the professional project
planning and assistance with process development I am quite
certain we would have failed with our efforts to create a true
customer facing event. All of our vendors, exhibitors and
presenters were quite satisfied and have agreed to return next
year. I would highly recommend the AMS staff to anyone seeking
advice on conference or event management."
Director of Corporate Education |
"The team at AMS was very professional to work with. Their
subject matter expertise, ability to quickly ramp up in our
environment and obvious depth in the Information Technology
space were core contributors to the success of our Dashboard
Development project. I would highly recommend AMS to support any
strategic technology project."
VP National Sales Systems |
"The Team at AMS was flexible and very adaptive to the
dynamic needs of our company and to helping us overcome
logistical challenges while providing superb technical
solutions. Our need to provide performance and regulatory
compliance data was easily met via the business process and
stage-gated methodology AMS designed for us."
Performance Management Team Leader |
"The technology infrastructure project that AMS helped us
manage against an Indus implementation initiative would not have
been completed without the team's expertise. The AMS team was able to
respond to cross-functional issues related to document
management and archived data retrieval with a high level of
understanding. Each consultant on the team was vertically
aligned and an expert in specific areas of the implementation. I
would highly recommend the AMS team for any strategic technology
project."
CIO |
"I would highly recommend your firm to anyone seeking a
customer focused management consultancy. I have had the
opportunity to work with many consulting firms in my position
and have never seen one so truly focused on customer
satisfaction. Your company's willingness to be flexible and
creative is overshadowed only by the firm's ability to deliver
quality."
Director, Financial Reporting |
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"I would like to thank the AMS team for the high caliber
performance in support of implementing our new Program
Management Office. The quality of deliverables and knowledge
provided by AMS while assisting with the PMO implementation was
top notch, and consistently demonstrated that AMS has deep roots
in complex, real-world program management."
Director of Program Controls and Information Systems |
"As you know AMS is nearing completion of the contracted
work with Mercury. I wanted to take this opportunity to share
with you what an absolutely wonderful experience if has been
working with your entire team, particularly Tom Flynn. All
aspects of the project, from assessment through deployment, have
been handled in a highly professional manner. It is clear that
Tom wholeheartedly believes in the philosophies, practices and
tools he teaches and utilizes them in his own dealings with your
clients. After working extensively with Tom, Mercury now has a
flexible Life Cycle Process with ISO documentation to back up
the Project Management best practices recommended by AMS. In
addition we have implemented a Project Support Office to
champion these new practices. I would also like to thank Tom for
all the support he provided to us in preparation for our ISO
audit. When the scope of our original engagement with AMS
increased Tom did everything he could to make sure we were
prepared even though the timeline was very tight. Along with
developing a best practice process that would work at Mercury
and creating the documentation to support it, Tom provided
several key training classes for our associates. Tom's dynamic
teaching style and his obvious practical experience created
truly value added classes. Training attendance and feedback
has never been better! I would not hesitate to recommend AMS to
any potential client. It has been a pleasure working with your
entire team."
Manager, Project Support Office |
"AMS has been instrumental in helping to create our business
strategy, corporate succession plan and customer delivery
process. I operate the largest dealer in the network for
Brunswick Marine and feel that our organization's performance and
ability to serve our customer base has been significantly
improved by the Business and Project Management processes
designed and implemented by the AMS team."
Founder/CEO |
"I couldn't believe my eyes! One of our busiest project
managers actually turned in a useful Initial Risk Assessment
document for his project...voluntarily. Within five minutes
of my meeting to review his thinking it became apparent that the
PMOS training you provided was paying off. Utilizing the AMS
Project Management Quick Start Suite of tools added a great deal
of value to the process resulting in substantial cost savings
over the life cycle of the project."
Chief Operating Officer |
"Pharmacia Corporation would like to thank the team at AMS,
in particular Mr. Tom Flynn, for assisting us with the world wide
implementation of project management best practices within our
capital project management function. AMS and Tom have been
responsible for helping us shift to a project based entity,
creating a global PMO and writing all of the supporting
processes. Additionally they trained over 1000 employees world
wide. I believe that the capital project management process was
one of the core value points that led to multi million dollar
savings on multiple capital projects within our portfolio. The
advice we received from AMS was truly world class."
Engineering Manager,
Global Engineering PMO |
"Since we are in our infancy stage of the Project Management
Office, your team's guidance and philosophies contributed to how
we moved forward. Tom Flynn was instrumental in helping the
Project Managers pass the PMP exam the first time. Through Tom's
training classes, Hannaford has started creating methodologies
within IT that are being used on most projects. We would highly
recommend Advanced Management Services for any project
management consulting, methodology build out or training
project. You were a pleasure to deal with and very experienced
in helping guide us through this process."
PMO Leadership Team Lead |
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"As a direct result of the training provided by AMS we have
seen significant improvements in the sales team and manager. The
most impressive outcome was the way our sales managers have
risen to the task of better communication and follow through.
One regional manager stated that initially the added
attention to coaching and weekly follow through sessions seemed
cumbersome, but after about two months of practicing the
increased attention to development of the team results were
clearly obvious."
Sr. Vice President of Sales |
"The strategic management session the AMS team facilitated
was a great success in helping our management team define their
objectives to work against our newly launched international
initiatives. Our division was tasked to prepare the organization
for outsourcing and the AMS team was very capable and
experienced; thus helping us to better prepare and understand
the complexities associated with this strategy. I credit the
interaction with AMS as a key success factor in accomplishing
the international roll out."
Vice President IT Services |
"The program we completed with the AMS team,
Maximizing Time and Energy, went far beyond meeting my
expectations. The effectiveness of the delivery model was a
complete surprise to me having taken several on-line programs in
the past. The instructor was a senior member of the AMS team and
the platform allowed us to participate and interact almost as
though we were in the same room. I would highly recommend anyone
seeking a cost effective way to train off site associates try
the AMS Interactive programs."
Director, Financial Reporting |
"I'm sure that the rest of the class will agree with me when
I say that Tom Flynn is an excellent teacher. Out of all the
Project Management Boot Camps that are available, this was
the one to take."
Project Manager |
"The AMS team is interested in more than developing courses.
They are highly committed to results. Our facilitator Drew
developed tools to assist us in transferring the learning
content to our everyday activities and making a difference. We
conducted preliminary external customer surveys prior to
developing the training program and received mixed results. We
are now tabulating the results for Q1 2004 and are seeing a
marked improvement. Our internal processes are improving as
well, as our internal customers become introduced to CRM. AMS is
responsive to our needs. We are confident that any member of
their team is available when we need them. With AMS we don't
just get a trainer, we get a professional resource."
Corporate HR Director |
"Drew conducted the Team Building seminar which was
outstanding...In fact, most team members felt it was long
overdue, and thought Drew "made" the class fun and exciting. For
me, Drew has been a thrill to work with. He is fair, honest and
a "stand up" person."
Western Region Director of Operations |
"The team at AMS provided some of the best corporate
training we ever received. The consultant's ability to fully
understand our industry and how the PM space was impacted and
complimented by the Business Analyst function was outstanding. I
would recommend the AMS team to anyone seeking a knowledgeable
and insightful relationship with a consulting firm."
Manager of Training |
"My group thoroughly enjoyed the training, as did I. I think
the introspection that resulted from our discussions will be as
valuable as any scheduling tool will ever be because if people
can have a clear perspective of the situations that project
management presents, they can be far better in human interaction.
Human interaction is what creates results in what we do."
Operations Manager |
"My expectations for the course were that we would leave
with a plan to study for the test as well as an understanding of
what would be on it. As I am sure you know, Tom did an excellent
job on both those areas. As a bonus, Tom was able to shed some
"real project management skills" not just test knowledge. What
impressed me were his presence, clarity of subject matter,
ability to keep students engaged, and overall professionalism.
It was an unexpected gift. I hope we are able to engage Tom again
for more practical learnings for our particular business."
Senior Project Manager |
"The training has been delivered effectively,
comprehensively and with interest to one of the toughest
audiences, hard nosed project managers. A measure of this
success is reflected in the fact that all students (over 50) who
have taken the PMP certifying exam have passed with flying
colors."
Chairman, PM Steering Committee |
"I want to thank you for the last 4 days. I have had several
comments from Associates saying they were impressed with your
training and how you used real world examples. You made a great
impression on the team here and have made a positive impact on
the careers of those that you taught. We would be more than
happy to have you come back again in the future!! Personally, I
want to thank you for your help and advice - it will definitely
help me out as the PMO in Canada!!"
Manager of Special Projects - Information Systems Division |
"Their presentation is sophisticated, thought provoking and
humorous. They have the ability to entertain while providing key
messages...the combination of Tom and Phil offers a vast and
unique set of real-life experiences, a key to effective
teaching."
Director, Project Management |
"As you know, I was anxious that we would be addressing more
theoretical issues in our workshop and not incorporating them
into daily practical issues. You clearly bridged the gap and
opened up the thought process on many of the ideas presented."
Vice President of Marketing |
"Mr. Ventresca and Mr. Flynn were dynamic and powerful
facilitators, capable of presenting material and new
philosophies to our management team."
Human Resources Manager |
"AMS exceeded the expectation of our employees, keeping the
audience interested and providing useful information for
implementation in their everyday work."
President |
"The training we received from the AMS team was insightful,
current and tailored to our environment/industry. Because of the
training we have been able to improve and sustain performance
within the IT PM department."
Director of Training |
"Thank you for your outstanding presentation. I am confident
that with your ability to service your clients as well as you
did with NHD, your business will continue to move forward."
Director of Human Resources |
"Based on feedback from the attendees, your course was the
favorite of the certificate program. It was well run, the
concepts/techniques were applicable to real life, and
administratively well organized."
Learning & Development |
"Everyone that took the class had nothing but praise and awe
for Tom's teaching and his knowledge of Project Management. I
would (and in fact have) recommend Tom to any person or
organization that is looking for an energetic, fun, professional
and extremely knowledgeable Project Management instructor."
Project Director |
"The team at AMS not only helped us to design and roll out a
training curriculum to 15 plants in 5 countries, they stood
behind the programs and made sure we could mobilize the global
learning department. Their instructors are experienced, and most
importantly, practitioners who know the real-world issues
associated with globalization (no pun intended)."
Corporate HR Director |
"Your company's ability to draw upon industry knowledge and
transfer it to the Government sector is impressive. The Army 5th
Signal Corp will realize long term benefit from the skills
training, assessments and mentoring that AMS provided in
Germany."
Training Manager |
"The ability that Victor has to fully understand the
dynamics of Human Capital Management from both an organizational
and behavioral perspective is impressive. The depth of the AMS
team is vast and the firm's ability to grasp and understand
sensitive issues was the key to our project success."
VP Human Resources |
"The AMS Virtual Classroom program I attended was very
refreshing. The instructor was very engaging and very much "real
world" focused. None of the attendees entered into a chat so
there weren't any group ideas presented. Marking up the slides
with clarifying information and connection points was really
helpful. I thought it was outstanding and very much on target to
what the BA tasks are. I also liked very much that it supported
my opinion that a BA should be a Business person primarily and a
system familiar person. Most organizations look the the
opposite."
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