PMI Gainesville Monthly Meeting

The Road to Abilene: Understanding Organizational Behavior in Project Management with Pete Rivera.

Pete’s presentation will address the following topics:
• Understanding what drives decisions: Group Think, Personality traits, team dynamics.
• Managing your team meetings.
• Dealing with difficult situations.
• Tools and tips to use during projects.

Pete is a senior healthcare professional with a substantial background in IT healthcare leadership, operations and clinical experience for over 25 years:
• Recognized industry expert and serves as a blogger for Healthcare Informatics Magazine.
• Experience ranges from Chief Information Officer and Senior Director Positions, in the private and government sectors.
• Served as Chief Information Officer, VP IT systems, Director Physician Information Systems for Academic Medical Center, Executive Project Manager for hospital enterprise-wide system implementations, has lead senior leadership teams during strategic planning initiatives and system selections, has conducted assessments of IT and revenue cycle systems and has implemented Electronic Medical Records.
• Served as a Medical Service Corps Officer in the United States Navy and Chief Hospital Corpsman.
• Worked as a Naval Hospital Chief Information Officer, national medical wide area network coordinated for Navy and Marine Corps reserve units and tele-medicine demonstration projects coordinator.
• Served as medical planner for overseas Military Medical Humanitarian missions.
• Master’s of Science degree in computer information systems (MSCIS),
• Certified Project Manager (PMP)
• Fellow, Health Information Management Systems Society.

Agenda:
• 6:30pm - 7:00pm - Networking & Food. Please RSVP so we order enough!
• 7:00pm - 7:45pm - Presentation. 0.75 PDUs (Leadership)

Project Management Institute Gainesville site (PMI GNV) is an official site under the PMI Tampa Bay chapter (PMITB). All members of PMI GNV are strongly encouraged to join PMITB and take advantage of their many programs and professional development opportunities.

Suggested donation: $5