The Project Leadership Circle: Mark Sarago, CIO

The Value of Project Management to the CIO By Dave Cornelius, MBA, PMP, PMI-ACP PMI-OC Vice President of Communications, Marketing, and Outreach With 15 years of experience as chief information officer (CIO), Mark Sarago serves as a strategist for VMware’s Accelerate Advisory Services team, helping enterprise customers define and communicate their information technology (IT) strategy…

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Lend a Helping PM Hand: Project Management for Social Good & Rock Harbor’s Back-to-School Drive

Dave Cornelius, PMP, PMI-ACP Recently, I met with Justin Fox, Rock Harbor Costa Mesa City Pastor, to gather insights into the church’s “Back-to-School Drive” project.  The economic downturn has impacted schools everywhere.  Teachers are purchasing classroom supplies and students are returning to class without the necessary tools to succeed.  Rock Harbor partnered with schools in…

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PMI-OC 2012 Spark of Love – Presenting the Lend a Helping PM Hand Award to Garth Kemp ABC7

In 2012, Dave created the Project Management Institute Orange County Chapter’s “Lend a Helping PM Hand–Building Community with Project Management” service award.  ABC7 Eyewitness News weather anchor Garth Kemp and the Costa Mesa Fire Department were honored with the “Lend a Helping PM Hand–Building Community with Project Management” service award for their involvementwith the Spark…

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Toastmasters Area C4 2013 Spring Contest

Dave is an active member of the OC Project Masters Toastmasters Club, part of Toastmasters International. He organized the chapter’s 2013 speech contests (a Toastmasters’ tradition), with a focus on helping attendees improve leadership, communication, and listening skills in a supportive setting.

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Agile Open SoCal 2013

Dave participated in the Agile Open SoCal 2013, where he and other agile practitioners and advocates had an opportunity to learn, network, and grow as members of the Southern California Agile community.

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