Hacking Program Management Series: Why Back-to-Basics and its Impact for PM Certifications

Host/Moderator 

Dr. Steven Moore, Professor of Program Management, DAU

Steve leads the curation and presentation of various topics of interest to members of the Program Management community with a specific emphasis on “hacks” the PMs can use to make their life easier and lower stress.  Each session will provide at least one “hack” that will be highlighted during the webcast and documented in the minutes. 

In his “day job,” Steve teaches ACQ 2030, ACQ 315, and PMT 3600 – all three of the Instructor-Led Training (ILT) required courses for the new BtB Practitioner and Advanced certifications.  Steve is also the Course Manager for the BtB required PMT 3500, “Business Aspects” on-line course and the Mid-Atlantic Regional lead for ACQ 315, “Understanding Industry.” 

Who should attend:

Program Managers, Contracting and Acquisition Professionals

Speakers: 

Mr. Otis Lincoln, Fourth Estate (all non-Service-related DoD personnel) Defense Acquisition Career Manager (DACM) DAU

Mr. Lincoln serves as the Director, Acquisition Career Management for the 4th Estate (32 defense agencies/field activities) with oversight of statutory training, professional credentialing, continuous learning, and career development for more than 31,000+ acquisition workforce members.

Randy Pilling, Center Director, Program Management, DAU

Mr. T. R. “Randy” Pilling is the Center Director for Acquisition and Program Management at the Defense Acquisition University, Fort Belvoir, VA where he leads development, maintenance and revision of learning assets for the Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition workforce.  He frequently communicates with senior DoD and defense industry stakeholders, Defense Acquisition Workforce Career Field Functional Leaders and OSD Acquisition offices involved in the formulation of policy, guidance, and procedures for the Acquisition Management, Program Management, Services Acquisition, Earned Value Management, Facilities Engineering, International and Acquisition-Intelligence. 

Mr. Tom Ruthenberg, Professor of Acquisition, DAU Mid-Atlantic Region 

Tom is a Professor of Program Management at Defense Acquisition University.   He joined the DAU faculty in 2010, teaching all of the Program Management and Systems Engineering resident and on-line courses.  In addition to teaching, he provides consulting to the acquisition workforce to improve acquisition outcomes and program office organizations.