TenStep Worldwide Management Team

Tom Mochal, PMP®, TSPM, ITBMC
TenStep, Inc. USA

President of TenStep, Inc., a company focused on methodology development, training and consulting.

President of The TenStep Group, the network of TenStep offices in the United States and around the world.

  • Awarded 2005 Distinguished Contribution Award from the Project Management Institute (PMI),

  • Author, Lessons in People Management, BookSurge, 2005

  • Author Lessons in Project Management, Apress, Inc., 2003

  • Author of all TenStep, Inc. products

  • Published over 800 columns published on project management, people management, organizational process management and the development life-cycle.

  • Member of the Atlanta, Georgia (USA) chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI)

  • Member of the American Management Association (AMA)

  • Member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ)

  • Member of the American Society for the Advancement of Project Management (asapm®)

  • Member of the Association for Strategic Planning (ASP)

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute

  • Program Management Professional (PgMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute

  • TenStep Project Manager (TSPM™) certification from the TenStep Academy

  • B.S. in Computer Science from Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA

Mochal is an expert instructor and consultant on project management, project management offices, development lifecycle, portfolio management, application support, people management and other related areas. He has spoken extensively around the US and around the world. Work experience at Geac Computers, The Coca-Cola Company, Capgemini, and Eastman Kodak.

Tim Peek, PMP®, TSPM

TenStep, Inc. USA

Director, TenStep Academy

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute.

  • Member of the Atlanta, Georgia (USA) chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI)

  • Six Sigma – Green Belt

  • TenStep Project Manager (TSPM™) certification from the TenStep Academy

  • Toastmasters – Advanced Toastmasters – Gold

  • Bachelor of Science, Computer Science from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

Peek is a seasoned project manager and director with over 20 years experience on a variety of projects in many industries. Although his experience is predominantly in finance, he has successfully managed projects of all sizes in insurance, human resources, legal and telecommunications. Work experience includes The Coca-Cola Company, Automobile Club of Southern California, CheckFree Corporation, A.T. & T. Information Systems and Emory University. An award winning public speaker, he is able to integrate his project management experience into the training venue with terrific results. As Director of TenStep Academy, his focus is to continue to bring innovative training products to the TenStep global community for skills development and improvement.

Andrea Krasnoff, PMP®, TSPM

TenStep, Inc. USA

Director, TenStep Consulting Services

  • Published columns on the subject of Green Project Management (GreenPMTM) for Tech Republic, www.techrepublic.com, The International Community for Project Managers, www.theicpm.com, allPM.com, and PM World Today, www.pmworldtoday.com

  • Member of the Atlanta, Georgia (USA) chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI)

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute

  • TenStep Project Manager (TSPM™) certification from the TenStep Academy

  • Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA

Krasnoff has more than 20 years in project management, program management, and PMOs. She has managed and delivered projects of various sizes, including rescuing and successfully delivering troubled projects for several clients. She has been responsible for project managers and development groups, and consistently delivered business-related systems to meet strategic business needs. Her primary focus has been in advertising/media, sales order management, trade promotion, and distribution business systems primarily in the consumer products and publishing industries. Krasnoff has leveraged her experience into training and consulting in her areas of expertise. While at TenStep, Krasnoff has spoken on the subjects of project management, GreenPM, project management offices, and portfolio management. Work experience includes Andersen Consulting, CAP Gemini, The Coca-Cola Company, and Network Communications Inc.

Julio Fuster,
TenStep
International Public Sector and TenStep Spain

Managing Director, TenStep International Public Sector

  • B.Sc. in Ind. Chemistry, Madrid

  • M.Sc. in Management Science, EOI Business School, Madrid

  • M.B.A. in Finance, Wharton Business School, USA

  • Certified as Project Management Professional (PMP®) by the Project Management Institute (PMI)

  • Diploma in Finance for Financial Institutions Managers, Wharton and EOI business schools, USA and Spain

  • Certified aPRO Recognized Assessor (company assessor), International Project Management Association, USA

  • Certified Trainer, European Business Competence License- EBC*L, Germany /Austria

  • Professor International Projects, EENI Business School, Spain

  • Financial Engineering summer school, Afi and Spanish stock exchange

Fuster focuses on strategy and innovation, and the project management of small and medium enterprise development (SME) international projects. He is also an expert in project evaluation, financing and management for international development institutions. He is a senior instructor in project cycle management, development and project finance. Fuster is is a Director of the Spanish Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI), and European membership Director of its International Development Special Interest Group. Bilingual English-Spanish, he speaks fluent French and Italian plus has a working knowledge of German, Portuguese, Russian and other central European languages.

Fuster was formerly a consultant with Booz-Allen & Hamilton, manager with Price Waterhouse and principal with AT Kearney.

TenStep Worldwide

 

Laiche Bourouh, TenStep Algeria

Managing Director, TenStep Algeria

  •  Master of Business Administration, ISGP Business School

  • State Certified Consultant in strategic diagnostics

  • Mechanical energy engineer

In his corporate career Laiche has worked as director of logistics in the construction industry. He was the project manager in charge of moving the company from a pure functional to a matrix organization to facilitate project management.

An entrepreneur since 2005, he focuses on consulting and training in organizational development, strategic diagnostics and the adoption of project management, including software tools.

Marcelo Bellotto, TenStep Argentina

Managing Director, TenStep Argentina

  • MBA in Management Information Systems from Universidad de Salvador, Argentina

  • MBA from IAE Business School at Universidad Austral, Argentina

  • Information System Engineer from Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Argentina

Bellotto has over 15 years of management experience in the IT and software industry, leading large and complex software application developments. Some of the positions he has held in the past are IT Manager, Project Manager, Business Unit  Manager , General Manager. He has also  participated in numerous projects within Argentina, cooperating with companies such as Siemens, Glaxo SmithKline, Ericsson, Telecom Argentina, etc. Bellotto was previously co-founder and Project  Manager of Vanguardia Business Solutions, a company which delivers IT and outsourcing  services.

Alan Griffiths, TenStep Australia

Managing Director, TenStep Australia

Griffiths started his career with Australia’s major sugar refiner – Colonial Sugar Refining Co. – training as a mechanical engineer (in heavy sugar crushing and refining).  Equipped with the logic of that profession, he soon moved out into sales and marketing, with subsequent progression into senior management roles in the corporate world, working for internationally recognized leaders in their field, such as Dynapac, Coates Hire Service and the Tractor & Equipment Division of Ford Motor Co.  His management style has always been one of support for all staff members, training and mentoring them in their delegated areas of responsibility.

He later moved into management consultancy, specializing in resurrecting fallen companies, ranging from a psychiatrist’s practice to a brick manufacturer, from several major equipment hire companies to a nationally accredited training college to mining companies and more.  At the same time, he took over the distribution of management training material (in multi-media form) from the BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation - and Harvard Business School.

John Grass,
TenStep Brasil

Managing Director, TenStep Brazil

  • B.Sc in Electronics - Telecommunications, UNB, Canada

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute

  • Member of the Porto Alegre, RS (Brazil) chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI)

  • TenStep Project Manager (TSPM™) certification from the TenStep Academy

  • Member of the special interest group in IT Telecommunications

  • Awarded 1996 Service Excellence Award - Process Improvement Project - Fibre Optics

  • Awarded 1993 Service Excellence Award - Risk Reduction Project - Fire and Insurance

  • Awarded 1990 Service Excellence Award - Network Upgrade Project - Customer Dialing Changeover

Grass is an experienced international project manager and instructor. He has been involved in a variety of telecommunications projects from network operations implementations to cellular company start-ups. He has worked in cooperation with many of the larges international telecommunications systems suppliers, IBM, Amdocs, Nortel e CGI to implement both IT and Network systems. He has formerly worked for Bell Canada, Telesystems International, Bell Canada International and Expertech Network Installations.

Alexander Apostolov,
TenStep Bulgaria

Managing Director, TenStep Bulgari

  • M.Sc. in Economics

  • Author of two books and six training courses in project management

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI)

  • TenStep Project Manager (TSPM™) certification from the TenStep Academy

  • Project Management for Information Systems certification from the British Computer Society

  • Founder and President of the Bulgarian Project Management Association

  • Member of the Council of the International Project Management Association (IPMA)

  • First IPMA Assessor

Apostolov has 14 years of experience in project management. He has been responsible for a large number of projects financed by the European Union and other international organizations. He previously founded Projecta Ltd. - a project management consultancy and training company, based in Sofia, Bulgaria. He speaks Bulgarian and English, and is conversant in Russian.

Beat Dietziker, TenStep Schweiz GmbH, TenStep Deutschland GmbH

Managing Director, TenStep Schweiz GmbH and TenStep Deutschland GmbH

  • Dipl. Betriebsoekonom KSZ, Zurich, Switzerland

  • Member of "PM Switzerland Association"

  • TenStep Project Manager (TSPM™) certification from the TenStep Academy

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute

Dietziker has over 25 years experience in managing IT projects. Before he established TenStep Schweiz GmbH and TenStep Deutschland GmbH, he spent 15 years as a co-partner and CEO of the Swiss branch of a big German software company, SoftM. He has worked for both international and local companies, especially in ERP Software integration. He speaks German, English and basic French.   

Javier González Fulle, TenStep Chile and TenStep Peru

Managing Director, TenStep Chile and TenStep Peru

  • Civil Industrial Electrical Engineer, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

  • Post-Title in Business Administration, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute

González has more than 25 years of experience in IT Management as well as in management positions in leading corporations. He was in charge of PMO Definition and Implementation in Ripley, one of the leading corporations in retail industry in South America. As the result of this project, he has been awarded as CA CLARITY VIP AWARD 2007.  

González has been in charge of big projects in bank, retail, marketing, and agro industry corporations and has served as the CIO at Comercial Maipo, Osorno y La Unión Bank, and COMICROM. 

Since 1998, González has specialized in project management, software engineering, methodology design and implementation. He has been enrolled in formal education around the PMBOK® Guide, RUP, CMMI and ITIL frameworks, and has led projects related to these frameworks in several corporations such as: Falabella, Nexus, Molymet, SINACOFI, Security Group, Banco Falabella, CODELCO, Banco de Chile, and Banco BICE, among others.

Francis Hung, TenStep China

Managing Director, TenStep China

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute

  • Certified trainer for the following programs:

    • PRINCE2® project management (UK, Office of Government Commerce)

    • Project, Program and Portfolio Management (P3O®, UK OGC)

    • Managing Successful Programs (MSP®, UK, OGC)

    • Agile Project Management (Atern®, APMG)

    • IT Service Information Library (ITIL® v3 program, UK OGC)

  • Purchasing management lecturer for the European Institute of Purchasing Management (France, EIPM)

  • Ph. D candidate, Swiss Management Center

Hung has more than 30 years experience as a project and program manager and business development consultant.  He has been the V.P. of Systek IT Limited (A Hong Kong listed company), senior program manager at Nortel China, manager at Bell-Northern Research, and project manager at Murata Eric (North America) Aerospace.  His experience ranges from IT, telecom, aerospace, finance, manufacturing and call center design-build-transfer operation.  For the past 5 years, he has developed and taught over 20 different project management & related training courses.  His vast experience and training methodology has received excellent feedback from his students and many domestic and international clients. 

Dino Schmitz,
TenStep East Caribbean

Managing Director, TenStep East Caribbean

  • M.Sc. in Business Administration, Rotterdam School of Management - Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  • Certified as Project Management Professional (PMP®) by the Project Management Institute (PMI)

  • Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CIPM®) by the Association for Operations Management (APICS)

  • Certified in PRINCE2 Foundation

  • Member of the South Caribbean Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI)

  • Project Manager for the start-up of a branch of the South Caribbean Chapter of the PMI in Barbados

Schmitz has more than 10 years of experience in Project Management and Program Management. He has worked on a variety of projects in different roles as project manager, program manager and project sponsor. Though his experience is mainly in aerospace industry, he has successfully managed projects in food industry and trade.

His professional experience in (senior) management positions has always been in an international context (the Caribbean, China and Europe), which called for sensitivity and adaptation to different cultural environments. The international experience is backed by broad language skills (English, French, Dutch, German and Spanish).

With success Schmitz has been heading multi-disciplinary teams, being able to deploy his interpersonal skills and leadership style to motivate groups of people with genuine respect for each individual. As Managing Director of TenStep East Caribbean his focus is to help organizations in getting projects executed.

Enrique Ledesma, TenStep Ecuador

Managing Director, TenStep Ecuador

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute

  • Active PMI member and Community Formation Liaison with PMI for the formation of PMI Capítulo Ecuador

  • M.Sc. in Construction Project Management at University of Reading, United Kingdom

  • Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering at Louisiana State University

  • South American Champion 100 meter butterfly, 1978 - 1980 - 1982

Ledesma has over 20 years of project management experience in the construction industry, leading complex projects for private sector clients by providing project management services as client representative.   In 1995 he started and has managed Ledific S.A., his own project management consulting company with clients building: schools, universities, hotels, multiplex, shopping centers, apartment buildings, museums, an aquarium, a concert hall, a land development and country club projects. 

He has experience as instructor in project management since 2000 for the M.Sc. in Construction management at Universidad San Francisco de Quito, trainer in PM for companies like General Motors Omnibus B.B., Siemens Ecuador, and speaker at local project management conferences.

Néjib Sfayhi, TenStep EPM Tunisia

Managing Director, TenStep EPM Tunisia

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute

  • TenStep Project Manager (TSPM™) certification from the TenStep Academy

  • Certified public accountants Diploma, IHEC Carthage University – Tunisia – 1986

  • Certificate Business  Management –Aix-Marseille Academy – France 1976

  • Certificate of Legal Studies – INTEC Academy - PARIS – FRANCE 1974

Sfayhi has more than 30 years of experience in Project Management and Financial Audit.  In the field of general project management he specializes in project audits. He is the author of two French versions of the "Guide to Using International Standards on Auditing in the Audit of Small- and Medium-Sized Entities" published by the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) - First edition 2007 and third Edition 2011. He was lecturer of project management and financial audit at the universities of IHEC CARTHAGE, UVT TUNIS and UMLT TUNIS -TUNISIA. He speaks French, Arabic and English.

Mohamed Ghodbane, TenStep EPM Tunisia

Vice President, TenStep EPM Tunisia

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute

  • TenStep Project Manager (TSPM™) certification from the TenStep Academy

  • Microsoft Certified Trainer since 2006

  • Major Computer Engineering Degree, National School of Computer Sciences, Tunisia

  • Certifications in MCSD.NET, MCDP.net, SQLSERVER MCDBA 2000, MCTS SQLSERVER 2005-2008, Oracle 9i OCA

  • Architect Certification solutions EPM 2007, MCITP: Enterprise Project Management

  • SharePoint 2007 Certification

Ghodbane has over 12 years consulting experience in information systems design and retro design assistance (in SQLSERVER and ORACLE), enterprise assistance in the implementation of a Sharepoint Portal (ETAP OneTech, TTE, COMAR), and the implementation of 2003/2007 EPM solutions in different fields: IT and telecom sector, communication, oil industry, banking, insurances and different services (ETAP OneTech, Attijari Bank, Orange Telecom, etc.). He speaks Arabic, French, and English.

Orlando Casabonne, TenStep France

Managing Director, TenStep France

  • Certified aPRO Recognized Assessor (company assessor), International Project Management Association, USA

  • Certified Prince2 Practitioner, Office of Government Commerce, United-Kingdom

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute

  • TenStep Project Manager (TSPM™) certification from the TenStep Academy

  • Master of Business Administration, Reutlingen University, Germany

  • Master of Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

  • Member of the PMI; active member of the PMI Chapters Paris and Frankfurt

  • Member of AFITEP, Paris, French section of the International Project Management Association

During his former corporate career in the automotive industry, Casabonne held managerial positions in sales, retail network development, asset management, controlling and general management with Daimler. He worked in Japan, England, Germany, Spain and Portugal, where he ran the financial branch of the group.

Casabonne currently works worldwide as management consultant, coach and trainer, focused on project management, project management office - PMO - and portfolio management. In his spare time, he lectures on project management at the post graduate and Executive MBA programs of the Reutlingen University and the Furtwangen University (Germany).

TenStep France covers Algeria, Andorra, Benin, Burkina Faso, French-speaking Belgium (region of Wallonia and the city of Bruxels), Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, France, French Guyana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Luxemburg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Martinique, Mayotte, Monaco, Morocco, New Caledonia, Niger, Québec, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Rwanda, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, Senegal, Seychelles, Togo, Tunisia, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna.

Hector Perez,
TenStep
Guatemala

Director and Partner, TenStep Guatemala

  • Master in Business Economics, Instituto de Administración de Empresas INCAE, Costa Rica

  • Electrical Engineer, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala USAC, Guatemala

  • Food Program, Cornell University, NY

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute

Perez has over 20 years in Business, IT and Project Management experience. He has developed a career in a local retail operation in Central America, and contributed for 15 years to its growth to become the biggest retail operation in this region. Perez occupied positions as Information Systems VP at La Fragua, and as Regional IT Director at Wal Mart Central America. Perez has experience as IT and PM consultant in Guatemala helping companies to improve IT value realization and PM results, in projects such as ERP installations. His clients include CODISA, AgroAmerica, Banco de Guatemala, Superintendencia de Bancos de Guatemala, Banco HSBC de El Salvador, Corporación Multi Inversiones-CMI, GNC, Motorola and DTSolutions. Perez is founder president and active member of the potential PMI Guatemala Chapter.

Guisela Villatoro,
TenStep
Guatemala

Director and Partner, TenStep Guatemala

  • Electrical Engineer, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, USAC, Guatemala

  • Professional Translator Enlish-Spanish, Instituto Guatemalteco Americano IGA, Guatemala

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute

Villatoro has over 15 years of business, telecommunications and project management experience as a manager in several positions in telecommunications services operators and as an independent consultant to a variety of customers. Villatoro has worked in renowned companies like AT&T, Comcel Millicom, Telefónica de España, as International Traffic Manager, Operator Relationships Manager, and Interconnection and Roaming Manager. She served as well as Administrative Manager and General Manager at Networking Consultants and ICTSA, a telecommunications consulting firm in Guatemala. As a consultant, Villatoro provided guidance in several projects to BellSouth, Skytel and Sersat. Villatoro is also an experienced English-Spanish translator, specializing in ITC subjects. Villatoro is an active member of the potential PMI Guatemala Chapter and volunteers in several chapter activities.

Alejandro Paredes Trapero, TenStep Honduras

Managing Director, TenStep Honduras

  • PhD in Economics and Business Administration (Cum Laude), Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) , from the Project Management Institute

  • Master in Project Management, UCI University, Costa Rica

  • Major in Management Development, George Washington University, USA

  • PMI Liaison for PMI Honduras Chapter formation

  • Member of the Association for Strategic Planning (ASP)

  • Board Member of the Great Commission Foundation

  • Member of the Avalon Expert Network

  • Awarded 3th Place National Contest 2012 – Strategic Plan for Honduras Government

Paredes has more than 20 years of experience and research in leadership and management, with more than 10 years in project management and over 5 years experience in organizational development. He has worked as: Planning and Monitor Director for a government institution with a US $70 million annual execution portfolio; Implementation Director for Millennium Challenge Account/Corporation – Honduras (MCC – considered as one of the best performance projects in the world); Executive Director of P&A Consultants-Honduras; University professor in Honduras and Costa Rica; and Keynote Speaker in congresses and conferences in México, Honduras, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Perú and Ecuador.

Janos Barocsi,
TenStep Hungary

General Manager, TenStep Hungary

  • Electrical Engineering, Kando Kalman College, Budapest, Hungary

  • MBA, College of Foreign Trade

  • Quality management, Zrínyi Miklós Defense University, Budapest

  • Microsoft Certified Professional Tokyo

Barocsi has seven years experience in managing multi-language translation projects. He has started and managed his own translation and trading company since 1998. He has nine years experience as product engineer and trainer in a multicultural environment in Tokyo, Japan where he worked for Nikkiso-Sundstrand Co., Ltd. an American-Japanese joint venture company. Before this Barocsi worked 6 years as designer at a train manufacturer and 2 years as sales manager. He speaks English, Hungarian and basic Japanese.

Hari Pisati,
TenStep India

Managing Director, TenStep India

  • Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from University of Cincinnati, USA

  • Masters Certificate in Project Management, George Washington University, USA

  • Masters in Mechanical Engineering (MS), University of South Florida, USA

  • Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering (BS), Osmania University, India

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute

  • Certified as Master Black Belt in Six Sigma, Harrington Institute, USA

  • Member of the Southwest Ohio (USA) chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI)

  • Member of Institute of Management Consultants, USA

  • Member of PMI’s Portfolio Management review committee

Pisati has over 15 years of Project Management consulting experience across a wide variety of industries such as e-business, system integration, manufacturing, health care, financial and insurance) and solutions.  He is a seasoned program / project manager with extensive knowledge of project lifecycle implementation, PM methodology development, and PMO setup/implementation.

Jim Maher,
TenStep Ireland

Managing Director, TenStep Ireland

  • Computer Science graduate of Trinity College, Dublin

Maher has extensive experience of the Irish ICT industry, gained over a period of more than 20 years. During that time, he has held several Senior Management positions with a number of industry-leading IT services companies, working extensively in Irish industry and commerce as well as establishing lasting business relationships at executive level with many blue-chip private and public-service organizations.

Vito Madaio, TenStep Italy

 

Managing Director, TenStep Italy

  • Diplomas in Accounting Management, Salerno

  • IBM System Engineer for Large Systems Architectures

  • Certified as Security Auditor BS7799 by the British Standard Institute (BSI)

  • Certified as Project Management Professional (PMP®) by the Project Management Institute (PMI)

  • Member of PMI Rome Chapter

Madaio spent about twenty years as an IBM System Engineer and Project Manager, then was the Information System Director (ISM) of Skandia Insurance Group in Italy and a Senior Consultant and Service Manager for Cap Gemini Ernst & Young.

Madaio, as an IBM System Engineer, led big consultancies on projects dealing with renewing, updating, transferring and merging of data centers in the Italian finance area.

Madaio's native language is Italian, and he speaks fluent English and solid French. 

Rubén López Checa, TenStep Jalisco

Managing Director, TenStep Jalisco

  • Bachelor in Business Administration

Checa has worked extensively in the trade area, essentially implementing sales systems and decision-making to achieve company goals and objectives. He worked for over 20 years as Regional Sales Manager for Kimberly-Clark de México. He has also worked as Sales Manager in Comercializadora de Occidente S.A. de C.V.,  a leading regional marketing and distribution of company exclusive consumer products. In addition, Checa served as Commercial Director of Product Distribution Company of the West Inc.

Checa has strong interpersonal skills (including oral and written communication), as well as extensive experience and market knowledge in distribution channels. Over the past 5 years he has participated as consultant for companies seeking to improve his market penetration and distribution of their products and services. 

Juan Manuel Islas Espinoza, TenStep Jalisco

TenStep Jalisco

  • Founder Member of Mexican Actuary Association in Guadalajara

  • Marketing VP in PMI Guadalajara Chapter

  • Certified as Project Management Professional (PMP®) by the Project Management Institute (PMI)

  • B. Sc, Actuary from UNAM

Islas has worked in human resources, professional development, and operations management in IBM México.  Islas has more than 25 years experience in several industries such as insurance, transportation, education, manufacturing, government and finance. He has conducted projects using the Software Development Life Cycle for big administrative and decision support systems. He has participated in many software development and implementation projects for a wide range of industries, in several sectors.

Since 2008, Islas has also participated in research and promotional projects as Marketing VP for PMI Guadalajara Chapter.

Kazuo Shimizu, TenStep Japan

Managing Director, TenStep Japan

  • Awarded 2004 Distinguished Contribution Award from the Project Management Institute (PMI)

  • Awarded Masters Certificate in Project Management (1997), George Washington University

  • Fellow of Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE)

  • Member of PMI Japan Chapter, Society of Project Management, and Project Management Association of Japan

  • Auditor of IIBA Japan Chapter

  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering , Waseda University, Japan

  • Translation of PMBOK® Guide for 2000 edition, 3rd edition, and 4th edition, including other many PM related books into Japanese

Shimizu began working in project management in the early 1980s, and delivered several PM related papers in the field of construction on the activities of Construction Management Committee of JSCE. Shimizu was engaged in the development of the Port of Colombo (ODA of Japanese Government) for 14 years as the Consulting Engineer (the Engineer) and gained experience in project/program/portfolio management. Shimizu joined a foundation (Think-tank) for a Ministry and promoted PM in Japan as a secretary general and a director of PMI Japan chapter for 6 years and 4 years respectively. Shimizu is a chair/representative director for Project Management Incubation Association (Assigned Non-profit Organization).

Jorge Valdés Garciatorres, TenStep Latinoamérica

 

Managing Director, TenStep Latinoamérica

  • Bachelor Degree in Business Administration for Universidad del Valle de México, where he graduated with highest honors

  • Certified as Project Management Professional (PMP®) by the Project Management Institute (PMI)

  • Certified ITIL foundations

  • Active member of PMI and member of the board of Chapter México as Vice-President of Certification and Professional Development

  • Active Member of Toast Master International where he is the VP of Public Relations at BIAM Club

Valdés has more than 24 years of experience in Project Management, working mainly in the fields of IT Operations, Infrastructure & Communication Services, He also has solid experience in performance measurement, strategic planning, PMO design, deployment and operation, project portfolio management, process design and deployment, and business process modeling and reengineering.

He has been invited as a guest professor at UNAM, ITAM, UNITEC and Jones International University (JIU), where he has taught several advanced Project Management Classes. He has conducted projects in México, Colombia, and Chile, and has been invited as a guest speaker at UNAM, Costa Rican PMI’s Chapter, Software Guru, and other important forums.

He joined the TenStep business network in 2001. Since then, he has been the Managing Director of TenStep Latinoamérica, which covers all Spanish speaking countries and regions of America.

Alejandro Martinez Villamil, TenStep Estado de México

Managing Director, TenStep Estado de México

  • Bachelor in Graphical Design; UNAM, México D.F.

Martínez was one of the founding members of the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas’ (ENAP) Data center. His focus is in the Application Development area, where he has been in charge of several areas and conducted a number of projects. From 1995 to 2000, he was an underdirector in charge of IT as part of a team that launched one of the largest pension corporations. From 2000 to 2005, he was in charge of a major insurance application's development for one of the largest insurance companies in the Mexican Market.

Janie Pelletier, TenStep Maritimes, TenStep Québec

Managing Director, TenStep Maritimes and TenStep Québec

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute

  • Member of the Montreal, Québec (Canada) chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI)

  • TenStep Project Manager (TSPM™) certification from the TenStep Academy

  • Bachelor in Computer Science & Mathematics, Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, Canada 

Pelletier has more than 25 years in IT, with 21 years in consulting and 14 years in the project management world. She has executed many mandates as project manager, project director, PMO director or project management advisor. Most recently, her primary focus has been in PMO startup, project management & portfolio management implementation. She has also participated in the startup of the PMO Community of Practice with the PMI Montreal. Her work experience includes many consulting firms, Canadian banks, and insurance companies.

Chris Bragg, TenStep Middle East and TenStep Pakistan

Managing Director, TenStep Middle East and TenStep Pakistan

  • B. Sc. in Zoology, Statistics from University of Cape Town,  South Africa, 1974

  • Diploma in Datametrics (with distinction) in Operations Research, Computer Science, from University of South Africa, 1981

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute

Bragg has 30 years of business and project management experience, covering all aspects of IT as well as insurance, education, development, mining and consulting.  He has extensive experience as an instructor in project management and technical fields, has lectured in Technology Management at the Arabian Gulf University, and has been an invited speaker at several regional conferences.  He has been based in the Middle East for the last 12 years.

He is a past Regional General Manager for one of the biggest international software companies, and has substantial experience in change and performance management, outsourcing services, training, data analysis and design, and consulting services.

Diana Gimba,
TenStep
Nigeria

Managing Director, TenStep Nigeria

  • MPhil in Development studies and a PhD in Social Policy from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) University of Sussex and the University of York, England.

Gimba's background is in International development, and she has worked in this profession for more than 10 years.  She has provided consulting services for a number of donor organizations including the British government Department for International Development (DFID), the World Bank, the European Union (EU), United Nations (UN) Agencies (especially the UNDP and UNESCO), and a number of NGOs. Her specialty in governance (public sector reform, social service delivery and poverty reduction analysis) has afforded her opportunities to support the governments of English speaking West African countries especially the Nigerian governments. She is the lead consultant of Ra-ah Institute of Development (RID), Nigeria.

Tomasz Andreasik,
TenStep Poland

President, TenStep Poland

  • B.Sc in Informatics – Technical University of Wrocław

  • Member of  Project Management Poland Association – member of IPMA

  • TenStep Project Manager (TSPM™) certification from the TenStep Academy

Andreasik has worked for numerous companies in Poland and abroad as an middle or high level manager. Some of the positions he has held in the past are Marketing Manager for Lediberg Ltd, Translation Engineer for Magit/Corel Poland, Sales Manager for Bortslap/Fabory Poland. He has participated in numerous projects within Poland, cooperating with companies such as Dialog Telekom, Siemens, Inter Cars, etc. He speaks fluent Polish, English, and Russian.

Piotr Filipiuk, TenStep Western Poland

Managing Director, TenStep Western Poland

  • Masters in Philosophy from University of Wrocław, Poland

  • Post-Diploma Degree in Application of Information Technology from University of Zielona Góra, Poland

  • Post-Diploma Degree in Service Marketing from Academy of Economics in Wrocław, Poland

  • Post-Diploma Degree in Social Communication from University of Warsaw, Poland

Filipiuk is an expert in project management. Through managing large telecommunication and industrial companies, he acquired unique and wide professional experience in conducting projects not only in the business environment, but also in public administration and government. He specializes in high-risk projects and risk management in general. Joining professional interest and passion for philosophy, he particularly appreciates epistemological and ethical aspects of project management.

Jorge Simão, TenStep Portugal

 

Managing Director, TenStep Portugal 

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute.

  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.

  • Systems and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Lisbon.

Simão has over 17 years experience in the IT field. In 1989 he started and managed his own application development consulting company. Since 1994 he has managed several software development and systems integration projects for Public Administration and Finance clients, providingconsulting with companies such as ICL and Microsoft. Some positions he has held are Project Manager for Microsoft Consulting Services and Managing Director and partner for an IT consulting company. He has expertise in project management and software development methodologies. He speaks Portuguese, English and basic French.

Sebastian Cazacu, TenStep Romania

Managing Director, TenStep Romania 

  • B.Sc in Electronics - Telecommunications, “Politehnica” University of Bucharest, specialization in Software Engineering

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute

  • SEI Certified SCAMPI™ Lead Appraiser for Development

  • PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner

  • Agile Project Management Registered Practitioner

  • Microsoft Certified Professional

  • Member of Project Management Institute

Cazacu has worked mostly in the ICT industry, managing software development and system integration projects. His areas of professional expertise include Project Management, business process management and Enterprise Project Management systems. Previous work experience includes Info World, UTI Systems, Genesys Software. Since 2003 he has partnered with TenStep, Inc., running the Romanian and Moldavian Branch Office as Managing Director. Sebastian is also doing Process Improvement consulting based on the CMMI model from SEI. His major professional interest is integration of various Project Management and Process Improvement frameworks and models.

Auberlin Takugang Fogang, TenStep SIGA, Cameroon

 

Managing Director, TenStep SIGA, Cameroon

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute

  • Microsoft Certified Trainer

  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer

  • Electrical Engineering – option Technical computing, University of Aachen, Germany

  • Baccalaureate, majoring in Math and Physics

Fogang has accumulated over 10 years of experience in the architecture of information system as a consultant, IT manager and CEO. His area of expertise covers Information Technology and project management through training activities, consulting and audit based on international frameworks like PMBOK®, ITIL® and CobiT®.

EC Neo, TenStep Singapore

 

 

Managing Director, TenStep Singapore

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute

  • B.Eng (EEE) - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Neo has over 14 years of experience in business process consulting and IT project management across multiple industries (Hospitality, Real Estate, Internet, and Public Sector). He specializes in Internet technologies and collaboration platforms with deep domain knowledge in hospitality procurement processes. He had re-engineered and implemented e-procurement processes for a number of prestigious hotel chains across 15 cities in Asia and Europe and had facilitated business process re-engineering workshops with over 400 managers. He is also the author of a popular Microsoft Excel project management tool, estimated at over 200,000 copies in circulation.

Menno Valkenburg, TenStep Suriname, TenStep The Netherlands

 

Managing Director, TenStep Suriname and TenStep The Netherlands

  • Masters in Computer Science from Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  • Certified aPRO Recognized Assessor (company assessor), International Project Management Association, USA

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute

  • TenStep Project Manager (TSPM™) certification from the TenStep Academy

  • Member of IPMA-NL and PMI Netherlands Chapter

  • Certified instructor for Project Management for Results (PM4R)

Valkenburg has 20 years of Project Management, ICT and Business Consultancy experience across a wide variety of industries (chemicals, energy, medical, public sector), countries (Netherlands, USA, Belgium UK, Germany, France, Suriname, Guatemala, Barbados, Belize) and cultures. He has successfully completed projects for several large companies and organizations in both the private and public sectors. His clients include Rijksoverheid, Dupont, BSN Medical, Atos, NUON, KPMG and ICI/Huntsman in Europe; KPMG LLP, Siemens, Chemtura and Rutgers University in the United States of America; and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) in Suriname, Barbados, Belize and USA. Valkenburg is available as project manager, trainer, consultant and coach (both one-on-one and team).

Katarina Franzén Byttner, TenStep Sweden

Managing Director, TenStep Sweden 

  • M.Sc in Metallurgical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

  • MBA, Warwick University, United Kingdom

  • Diploma in Quality Management, Karlstad University Sweden

  • Project Management training

Byttner has more than 20 years experience from industries including renewable energy, steel, explosives and armaments. Over the years she has worked in both managerial and engineering positions including R&D, quality and project management. She has been in charge of several technical, production and quality related industry projects. She has worked with companies including Bofors, Morphic Impact and Outokumpu Stainless. 

Byttner speaks fluent Swedish and English as well as basic German and French. Like most Swedish speakers she also has a working knowledge of Norwegian and Danish.

Lwitiko Mwalukasa, TenStep Tanzania

 

Managing Director, TenStep Tanzania

  • Mzumbe University – Tanzania (2001) in accounting

  • Postgraduate studies in International Project Management at Rovaniemi University of Applied Science (began 2004)

  • MBA programme with Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI) (present)

Mwalukasa is a founder, consultant and Managing Director of TenStep Tanzania. He has been working in the development field for more than seven years. He has been involved in developing and promoting participatory approaches and processes in management of community projects. He developed and delivered training modules on participatory monitoring & evaluation, project management, financial management, accountability, budget preparation and management, resource mapping and mobilization, the roles of Senior Managers in managing projects, complying with donors’ rules and regulations, and many others. He has experience in the banking industry and in donor funded programs in roles as Project Finance and Compliance Manager.

Yuri Plakhov, TenStep Russia and TenStep Ukraine

Managing Director, TenStep Russia and TenStep Ukraine

  • Kharkov Military University, PhD, specialization: armament and weapon systems

  • Member of Kiev PMI chapter

  • Higher educated staff officer, Naval Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute

  • TenStep Project Manager (TSPM™) certification from the TenStep Academy

Plakhov has more than 30 year experience in people management and project management. He has been responsible for many military R&D projects. Plakhov is experienced in all aspects of organization development, business process engineering, IT and project management. He specializes in management consulting and training, as well as practical project management.