Writers
Hello team! Our contributing writers are very important to our content and your education. Don’t get me wrong, I love the sound of my own voice. 🙂 However, management is about a team and different viewpoints and I know this as well as anyone else. As such, we have contributing writers on this blog and you can find their bios below so that you can get to know them better. Additionally, if you click on their individual names you can see all their posts. Enjoy!
William H. Volpe III, PMP, CET, GWCPM, GWCBA
President/CEO/Founder
William H. Volpé III is the founder of The Volpé Consortium, Inc., the author of the best-selling business book Guide to Project Management Life Cycles, the creator of The Volpé Consortium’s proprietary project management process, the publisher of Project Victories, and the developer of a three-day project auditing seminar. Mr. Volpé has more than 30 years of experience in project management and was a Master Business Analyst and Worldwide Manufacturing Program Manager at Hewlett Packard as well as PMO Manager for the Ministry of Interior Saudi Arabia. His experience includes several multi-million dollar international projects and he holds an Associate Degree in Computer Engineering Technology, a Bachelor Degree in Electronic Engineering, a Bachelor Degree in Management, and a PMP (Project Management Professional) certification.
Additionally, he holds a Master Certificate in Project Management, an Advanced Master Certificate in Project Management, and a Professional Business Analyst Certificate all from The Goerge Washington University School of Business. Other certifications include an ISCET Journeyman in Computers, an ISCET Journeyman in Industrial Controls, an ISCET Journeyman in Communications, and an ISCET Radiotelephone License. He currently teaches classes and consults in project management internationally. Classes include Project Auditing, Project Risk Management, Managing Projects, and Project Scheduling and Cost Control. He has taught for such companies as Verizon Wireless, Dow Chemical, Shell Oil, Halliburton, the Internal Revenue Service / the United States Department of the Treasury, and the National Geospacial Intelligence Agency.
Mr. Volpé began his project management career as a U.S. Government contractor under SECRET Clearance supporting Operation Just Cause, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Restore Hope. He worked at Hewlett Packard in the NonStop Enterprise division and the Business Critical Servers Business Management group for more than five years; was a pre-merger Compaq employee; and completed several new product introduction projects for fault-tolerant, mission-critical customers such as the Pentagon and the world stock markets. Mr. Volpé has extensive international project experience and his teams have included members from Germany, England, Mexico, Australia, Scotland, Taiwan, and several other countries.
Mr. Volpé is still available for consulting and often performs project audits to make sure that companies are successful and don’t lose money while maintaining scope and schedule. He can be contacted for writing engagements, consulting, training, or speaking via his email address that is wvolpe3@thevolpeconsortium.com.
Darrel A. Raynor, PMP, MBA
President/CEO, Data Analysis & Results, Inc.
Darrel Raynor serves as Fractional CxO to increase your organization’s efficiency, and decrease friction using clear communications internally, with customers, vendors, and partners. Darrel is a senior technology executive, speaker, consultant, trainer, and turnaround specialist with 30+ years of leadership experience streamlining operations, optimizing systems, leading projects, and coaching people. He has recovered projects and organizations and managed major new technology, enterprise, financial and other software development and integration efforts. Mr. Raynor and his associates serve as Fractional CxOs to drive revenue & alignment for owners, founders, Board, VC investors, or executives with a problem or in a period of high change. Tech, projects, SaaS, Merger Integrations, high growth, or Change Management. COO/CIO/CTO Start-ups to close-downs. DARaynor@DataAnalysis.com +1-512-850-4402 www.DataAnalysis.com
Rob Burkett is a 19-year veteran of IT. He plied his trade in desktop applications and moved on to web development before becoming a technical & project manager. He earned his PMP certification in 2005 and has held it since. He is a Certified SCRUM Master as well.
Rob started his coaching & consulting practice, FitPMCoach, to help technical project managers ensure they are “directionally correct” in their professional and personal lives.
Matt Schaffer
Digital Marketing Consultant and Real Estate Entrepreneur
Matt is a Digital Marketing Consultant and Real Estate Entrepreneur. While working for one of the top digital marketing agencies in the country he managed client ad spend upwards of $1.5 million/month, exceeding clients KPIs and acting as a consultant for his clients.
Matt is an entrepreneur that loves marketing, real estate & even has his own utility patent for an all-in-one electronic scanner pen. He is currently working on getting his real estate license, purchasing investment property, and finding a licensing partner for his product.
He is married to his wife Jaimee and they live in Tampa, FL. He loves to spend time with family, help people, inspire business owners to keep pushing, and enjoy a hockey game.
Matt is available for contact and willing to discuss how he can help push your business/life forward. You may reach him at the email: mgaullc@gmail.com
Philippe R. Hebert, PCMM, CSM, CLA, Six Sigma, Lean & Demand Flow
Managing Partner, Senex Associates Consulting
Phil R. Hebert is the Managing Partner at Senex Associates Consulting and a Professor at a New Jersey College where he has been invited to initiate courses and certifications in Supply Chain Management. A multi-lingual (English, Spanish, and French) industry leader in the conceptualization, development and implementation of world-class business and operational performance, Professor Hebert is a seasoned operations turnaround specialist with a 40 year proven track record in operational performance and market optimization in manufacturing production environments specializing in Supply Chain, Inventory Management, Purchasing, Supplier and Vendor Management/Selection/Qualification, Warehousing, and Distribution. Professor Hebert has served in executive capacities such as COO, CRO, President, Plant Manager and Director of Operations for companies both large and small (Fortune 50 Companies & Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies). Professor Hebert is certified as a PCMM, CSM, CLA, Six Sigma Green Belt, and Lean & Demand Flow practitioner with over 30 technical publications.
You may reach him at the email: philrhebert@senexassociates.com
Rick Wakeland C.P.M.
President, Wakeland Management Consulting, Inc.
Rick Wakeland is a proven executive leader with over 30 years in senior management experience in industry and consulting. In Industry he has managed complex supply chain operations, at a senior level, and as a senior consultant and project leader directed and trained large groups of people in a collaborative team environment, solving critical business issues and implementing changes for areas requiring significant improvement. His work has included maintenance reliability and production improvements to achieve targeted profit improvement objectives using a structured approach and schedule to ensure the best solutions are implemented in the shortest possible time.
He’s held a myriad of roles, for example: A general manager, a director of purchasing, and a director of material services and materials manager. He has also, consulted with firms in various businesses, that included: ExxonMobil – Worldwide, Potash Corporation, Bristol Myers Squibb, Novartis International, Cleaver Brooks Boiler manufacturers, EI DuPont, and others.
You can reach him at: rwakeland@ureach.com. +1-207-468-8388