Topic: Corporate Strategy and Finance for Project Managers

Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Registration:
Please note that all registrations must be pre-paid on-line and no walk-ins will be accepted the day of the event. The Registration deadline is Sunday evening, January 6th at midnight. Seating is limited. Registration may close earlier if seating capacity is filled. Contact the Director - Registration for further discussion.

Registration

Location:
The Stonegate
2401 W. Higgins Rd.
Hoffman Estates, IL 60195
(847) 884-7000

Speaker:
Kevin Callahan, PMP
Cision US

Agenda:
6:00 Registration and Networking
6:30 Announcements
6:45 Dinner
7:45 Raffle
8:00 Presentation
9:00 Close

Abstract:
Many Project Managers occupy a typical position within their company: they have become content experts in an area that their company specializes in as well as having gained the skills necessary to successfully complete projects. However coming from a technical or content area background, they often do not have a great deal of training in basic business skills. Tonight’s presenter is one of those who had become the tops at his profession as a Project Manager, but did not have any training, formal or informal in the ways of Corporate Strategy and Finance. The lack of business knowledge was a distinct disadvantage in making greater contributions to the company.

The presentation will introduce the audience to the fundamentals of Strategic Financial Analysis. During the presentation, you will learn how a company’s financial results can be studied in order to understand what is the company’s intended strategy and how well the company is performing that strategy. Knowledge of strategy and financial performance can then become the crucial underpinning of project choice, portfolio management and company success. Don’t worry - you will not need a calculator to follow this presentation!

About the Speaker:
Kevin R. Callahan is an experienced Project Management and Operations professional. He currently serves as Director of the Customer Systems Project Management Office at Cision in Chicago. His focus is the transformation of Cision’s Customer Systems group into a Project Management centered organization.

He is a published author and speaker. His most recent work, Project Management Accounting and Finance, was published by John Wiley & Sons in April of this year. His other work, The Essentials of Strategic Project Management was published in 2004 by John Wiley & Sons.

Callahan earned an MBA at the University of Notre Dame, and is a certified PMP. He is a member of the Chicago Chapter of PMI and was the founding Chair of the Chicago Software Association’s suburban Small Company CEO Roundtable. He is also a member of the Union League Club of Chicago, where he has served on the Finance committee.

Registration:
Register using the link above. Please note that all registrations must be pre-paid on-line and no walk-ins will be accepted the day of the event. The Registration deadline is Sunday evening, January 6th at midnight. Seating is limited. Registration may close earlier if the seating capacity is filled. Contact the Director of Registration for further discussion.

Contact the Director of Programs at programs@pmi-chicagoland.org if you have any questions or concerns regarding the content of this event.