When:  15 April 2014  7:30am - 9:00am

Where:  Country Inn Restaurant  998 S. De Anza Blvd  San Jose, CA 95129-2706

Description:
 
Monthly the chapter holds seven geographically dispersed (Project Management) PM Breakfast Meetings in San Francisco’s Peninsula, South Bay and East Bay. Each of these is a small gathering (10 to 15) project managers for a discussion of the current PM environment, sharing of information, and brainstorming of current challenges. The meeting's agenda is the topics brought by the attendees. Every meeting is facilitated by a chapter volunteer.
 
This is a facilitated roundtable discussion on agenda topics solicited from the attendees during introductions. The intent of the meeting is to promote an informal gathering of a dozen project managers to discuss current topics in the profession, receive suggestions from the other attendees on current project challenges, or share/receive information on items of interest.
These meetings are open to anyone who is interested.
 
The only cost is what you order form the menu, separate checks.
 
Meeting Leader:  Richard Mazzarella  Contact Event Meeting Leader
 
 RickMazzarella
Rick has extensive PM experience markets ranging from commercial-agile to highly-regulated environments. He has managed product lines with up to $80M/year revenue as Director of R&D, SQA, Product Lifecyle leader and operations-related positions. He has extensive experience turning around challenged programs and product lines via his PM skills, customer engagements, and product/management innovations. He is an earlier developer and practitioner of portfolio management systems to achieve product roadmap and market gain optimums.
 
Rick’s staff management experience includes managing groups of up to 35 staff, managing multinational development teams, and building/rebuilding product development teams. Rick’s technical background began in the aerospace industry. His software development experience lead to senior positions in systems engineering and, ultimately, project management. He holds a BA in Astronomy from the University of California, Berkeley. Rick is now at Asyst Technologies; a robotics company in the semiconductor industry. At Asyst Technologies, Rick holds the title of Director, Product Engineering, Applications and Product Support groups.
 
PM Breakfast Meeting - Cupertino Monthly, the Chapter holds  geographically dispersed Breakfast Meetings in San Francisco's Peninsula, South Bay and East bay. Each of these is a  gathering of 10 to 15 project managers for a discussion of the current PM environment, sharing of information and brainstorming on current challenges. The meeting's agenda is the topics brought by the attendees. Every meeting is facilitated by a Chapter Leader.
 
PMISVC, Inc. holds breakfast & group events around the Bay Area to support its member and the project management community. The chapter encourages professionals to attend and participate by bringing their questions and issues to their colleagues.
 
PDU Info:  1.5 - Category A  Click here for PDU claiming instructions  
 
Program Agenda: 7:30 AM - Program Begins 9:00 AM - Adjourn
 
Registration: The registration is FREE for anyone interested. Walk-in welcome. Please register online in advance to help the Event Host plan and arrange seats.