July 2011 Meeting

Written by Brad on 23 June 2011

Our next meeting is scheduled for July 19, 2011 at 6:30 pm, at the Library Center in Springfield, Mo. The address for is:

The Library Center
4653 South Campbell Avenue
Springfield, MO 65810-1723
(417) 883-5366

The meeting will start at 6:30 pm, but the doors will be open at 6:00 pm to give everyone a chance to network with the SW MO project management community.

This month’s speaker will be Darrell Blackburn, PMP, CSM, who will be presenting a session on the Motorola Iridium Satellite Program. Darrell managed the Program Management Office that was responsible for the design, development, and management of the Iridium satellite system development and deployment. This was a $3.2B, 5 year multi-national and multi company program!

Remember, this will be a PDU event. Attendees will earn 1 PDU. Individuals involved in project management in all industries are welcome and encouraged to attend. You DO NOT have to be PMI certified or a PMI member to attend. Project Managers of all industries are welcome and encouraged to attend.

A little more about this month’s speaker:
Darrell is a highly skilled project manager with 30+ years of project and program management experience. Darrell is currently the manager of the Corporate Center of Excellence at Jack Henry & Associates. During his extensive career, Darrell has worked for some of the preeminent names in the defense and project management industries, including: Honeywell, McDonnell-Douglas, Motorola, and IP Solutions. Darrell earned his PMP certification 1997 and CSM in 2010.
In addition to an extensive PM background, Darrell is a nationally respected instructor, educator and speaker. Darrell has been an instructor for the Effective Project Office Course, the Managing Integrated Programs Course and the Mastering The Project Portfolio Course at the Stanford University Advanced Project Management school.

Darrell is a frequent speaker at the Project Management Institute, Project World Conference, and International Cost/Schedule Management Conference. He has lectured at the Motorola University, Air Force Institute of Technology, and Defense Science Board and Defense Manufacturing Council at the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense. Darrell is active in many industry associations, notably Project Management Institute, Performance Management Association, National Security Industrial Association, and American Project Management Forum.