PMI Principle-Based Standards & Demonstration

Speaker: Michael Frenette

• Mike has volunteering in his blood. His volunteer roles with CIPS, CMC, PMI Nova Scotia and PMI Global account for more years than can be counted on human fingers and toes. His PMIvolunteering started in 2000 with eight years on the PMI Nova Scotia board and, since 2008, eleven years on six PMI Global teams, most recently on the 2018 team authoring the Benefits Realization Management Guide and in 2019, the Standards Member Advisory Group.  He supplemented his IT diploma from the Nova Scotia Community College with many years of continuous training and several certifications, including I.S.P./ITCP, ITIL, MCITP, SMC, SDC and, of course, PMP.
• Mike is currently the Senior Project Manager in the Halifax Regional Water Commission’s IT section. He is responsible for Halifax Water’s IT PMO, comprising Project Managers, Business Analysts and associated teams delivering programs and project in a Five-year IT Strategic Roadmap. He has technical expertise from early in his Information Technology career and has been managing projects since the mid-eighties. Mike also owns Corvo Project Management, a PM training firm.
• Mike lives with his wife, Sue in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and occasionally visits his grown children, Marie, Mike and Liam in Seoul, Vancouver, and downtown Halifax.