Thousand Oaks January Dinner Meeting (2 PDUs) - Michael Haupt/Richard O'Shaughnessy

Join us Thursday January 26th for a Dinner Meeting in Thousand Oaks Presentation: Risk Management Speakers: Michael Haupt & Richard O'Shaughnessy Date: Thursday January 26th, 2017 Meeting Time: 5:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. (dinner 6pm) Location: Sheraton Agoura Hills Hotel 30100 Agoura Rd, Agoura Hills, CA 91301 http://www.sheratonagourahills.com/ About the Presentation: Risk management is recognized as an essential tool to tackle the inevitable uncertainty associated with business and projects at all levels. This presentation builds on the PMI principles and uses the space shuttle Challenger disaster as a case study to gain an appreciation of the impact of qualitative and quantitative analysis on decision making. About the Speaker: Michael Haupt CEO of the Project Management Knowledge Academy in Thousand Oaks, California Michael Haupt is currently the CEO of the Project Management Knowledge Academy in Thousand Oaks, California. PMK Academy is a leading provider of instructor-led Project Management Workshops and Training offered in flexible training formats suitable for virtually any learning situation. Michael is also a Professor teaching Project Management Courses for DeVry University in Sherman Oaks, California and the Keller Graduate School of Management in Sherman Oaks, California. Michael was the Director of Sales in North America for Tiba LLC, a Project Management training and consulting company located in Southfield, Michigan with headquarters in Munich, Germany. Michael also recently worked as an Engagement Manager and was involved with the largest Aerospace & Defense SAP ERP/EVMS system implementation in the United States for the F-35 Program at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas. Mr. Haupt has served as the VP of Sales for Waer System's International Aerospace and Defense Practice and the Director of Sales for Epic Data's Aerospace and Defense Vertical. He was the Industry Director for Oracle Corporation’s Aerospace and Defense Practice, and the Industry Manager for Aerospace and Defense for SAP America and the Baan Company. He has worked in implementation consulting for Accenture and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. He also served as the President of Frontier Solutions, a management consulting and education firm in Calabasas, California. Mr. Haupt has over 25 years of experience in Program/Project management, Earned Value Management, ERP System Design and Implementation, and Sales and Marketing of complex ERP/Supply Chain Management, EVMS/Program and Project Management Systems for the Aerospace and Defense Industry. He holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification and is APICS certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) and is a frequent speaker at APICS International conferences and APICS dinner meetings, PMI dinner Meetings, as well as other Aerospace & Defense related organizations. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Central Coast PMI Chapter as the Vice President of Strategy and Operations. Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters of Business Administration from Texas Christian University and a Masters of International Management from Baylor University. Richard O'Shaughnessy, PMP Project Manager/Senior Program Analyst at United States Department of Defense Richard leads efforts to simplify work environments and introduce project management best practices for the Naval Facilities and Expeditionary Warfare Center, Naval Base Ventura County. In response to increasing organization and system complexity he works with senior leaders in guiding business decisions in the complex defense logistics environment. His previous experience includes work as a partner in an international consulting firm specializing in work with the Department of Defense, improving effectiveness and efficiency by applying the principles of project management, knowledge management and organizational change management.

Board of Director's Meeting

Thousand Oaks February Dinner Meeting (2 PDUs) - (23-Feb-17) - Tim Higgins

Topic: Business as Unusual: Shift From Big Problems to Great Opportunities Compare and contrast two ways to doing business. See how business as UNusual enables a shift from managing the status quo to initiating a cycle of continuously moving an organization from where it is to where it could be. Conducting business as usual provides the results we’ve always gotten. Become familiar with some unusual practices that produce better results. Discover the letter grade for the quality of supplied items a business as usual operation imposes. Examine why a business as UNusual enterprise would expend resources (time, money, personnel) on parts that are good and arrive on time. See a distinction between the businesses in what “teamwork” means. W. Edwards Deming provided a map to understand the organizations in which we work. Aware of the challenges that organizations face in their business as usual operation, he shared simple explanations to enable a transformation to a better alternative. “Sure, we have to solve problems. Certainly stamp out the fire. Stamp out the fire and get nowhere. Stamp out the fires puts us back to where we were in the first place.” Business as UNusual offers opportunities to both prevent problems and seek opportunities for investment. About Tim Higgins Since retiring from Rocketdyne, Tim has worked as a NASA Safety and Mission Assurance specialist, and is now a Managing Partner of InVista Associates, Inc., a group practicing Lean Accelerated TM and assisting organizations to develop practices that provide business as unusual. He is President of the In2:InThinking Network, a non-profit, conducting its 16th Annual Conference 7-11 June 2017. He has 27 years of experience at Rocketdyne in the engineering, manufacturing, and quality departments. He plays o jogo bonito (the beautiful game) 4 days a week and enjoys time in Brazil and the US with wife and his multi-lingual son. Date: Thursday Feb 23rd, 2017 Meeting Time: 5:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. (dinner 6pm) Location: Sheraton Agoura Hills Hotel 30100 Agoura Rd, Agoura Hills, CA 91301 http://www.sheratonagourahills.com/ Event Pricing: Member, No Dinner = $15.00 Non Member, No Dinner = $20.00 Member with Dinner = $35.00 Non Member with Dinner = $40.00 Agenda: 5:15 pm - 5:45 pm New Member Orientation 5:45 pm - 6:00 pm Networking 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm Dinner 6:45 pm - 7:00 pm Announcements 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm Speaker Presentation 7:45 pm - 8:00 pm Break 8:00 pm - 8:45 pm Speaker Presentation 8:45 pm - 9:00 pm Raffle/Meeting adjourned This meeting provides attendees with 2 PDUs.