Meet our Project Management Training Instructors

Aditya Chinni has more than 18 years of industry experience, and has performed roles in Project Management and IT Development. His wide industry experience gained over many years working for organizations like Sun Microsystems, HCL Info Systems, Expedia, Intacct an IBM company, Southern California Edison, and Computer Sciences Corporation. Aditya honed his PM skills at Sun Microsystems and CSC while successfully delivering multi million Ecommerce, ERP, CRM and other IT Projects.

After delivering many successful PMP Prep training sessions for various PMI Chapters and Tech giants like Sun, HP, Oracle, CSC; Aditya founded CertSchool, a project management training consultancy to help aspirants to achieve certifications from various project management organizations. CertSchool is recognized by PMI (Project Management Institute) as Global Registered Educational Provider.

Aditya has a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics and a Masters Degree in Computers. He has also achieved PMP , Prince2 Practitioner Certificate, Agile Scrum Master (CSM), Sun Sigma Greenbelt, and Advance Project Management Certificate from Stanford University . Aditya is an author of PMP® Prep training material "Path to PMP®" and successfully hosting many Project management websites and blogs!!

Jamie Lohrungruang, MBA, PMP®

Jamie Lohrungruang is a business solutions manager with over 15 years of broad-based experience in the utilities, transportation, logistics, entertainment, mortgage and telecommunications sectors. He started his career in Management Consulting with Ernst & Young / Cap Gemini where he was quickly promoted from Staff Consultant to Manager in less than four years. Jamie holds a MBA from the Marshall School of Business at USC with concentration in Strategy and Entrepreneurship. He is also a Certified Project Management Professionall (PMP).

Specific experience:

• Large Program Oversight - Managed a large regulatory program involving the implementation of multiple applications to meet regulatory requirements for a public utility company. The program budget managed was $64 million.
• Strategic Change Management - Implemented strategic and tactical solutions to solve business problems surrounding the Loan Origination System/Process for a mortgage company resulting in faster loan processing decision.
• Innovation - Led an initiative to improve SAP usability for a public utility company by leveraging new technologies resulting in a change in company perception on using SAP.

Peter Kim MBA, CPM, CTP, PMP

Peter Kim is currently a Project Controls Project Manager (PCPM) at the Southern California Edison's (SCE) Transmission and Distribution Major Projects Office (MPO). He also served 4 years as the PMO liason and PCPM in the industry-leading $1.6 Billion Edison SmartConnect's (ESC) Program Management Office (PMO) and is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP ®). After receiving his BA's in International Economics and East Asian Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Peter embarked on a 5-year global supply chain management career and became a Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM ®). He also has 10+ years of combined finance experience, in various finance disciplines, with the University of Southern California (Education), Alcoa Fastening Systems (Aerospace) and Guitar Center, Inc. (Retail) and is a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP ®). Peter also holds a MBA in Marketing from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (USC).

Joe Maiorana (PMP® Certified)

Has over 20 years of experience in Project Management and IT Management, combined with solid knowledge of business management. He has successfully managed and executed projects globally involving cross-functional teams across all phases of the software development life cycles for companies such as Schering-Plough/Merck Johnson & Johnson Bristol Myers and AIG. Proven leader with excellent track record for developing people and project teams.

Anurag Saksena, ACP,
Agile Practice Lead, CertSchool

Anurag Saksena has been Training, Mentoring and Empowering Agile teams for the past several years and comes with a very strong Computer Science Engineering background. In recent years, he has been working in profiles like, Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Lean Agile-PM, Project Manager, Software Engineer / Architect.

Education / Certifications –

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (with distinction)
• PMI -- Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP)
• Oracle (Sun) Certified Java Programmer (SCJP)
• Oracle (Sun) Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD J2EE)
• Oracle (Sun) Certified Business Component Developer (SCBCD J2EE)
• SpringSource Core

Gouri Shankar (Gary) MS, PMP, ITIL, Six Sigma

Gouri Shankar (Gary) is a seasoned Program Manager with hands on experience with Program/Portfolio/Project Management, Project Governance with strong technical consulting background . Has profound expertise in managing complex projects, mentoring and coaching teams in IT and as well as from the business in various domains such as; utilities, health care, finance, insurance, manufacturing, retail, and government organizations. Mentored and coached several Program Managers, Project Managers and Project Teams build competencies, plan and manage Projects, how to handle real time project situations and issues, how to present projects to executive management, how to manage stakeholders, managing organizational behavior/politics impacting projects, people management and conflict resolution techniques. Teaches public speaking skills to make a winning presentation or speech
Below is the brief overview of Gary’s Profile:

Southern California Edison: Working as a PMO Project Manager , managing Portfolio of projects, mentoring and coaching for clients to determine project feasibility, ROI and layout high level requirements for the projects to secure budgets for project . Coach client project managers on how to manage projects all through the project lifecycle (SDLC)

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC): Worked as a Delivery\Senior Manager for several years and have consulted with major clients such as Ford Motor Company, GM, Honda, Kaiser Permanente, UNUM, Comerica Bank etc. Managed and delivered mission critical and complex technology solutions .

Compuware Corporation: Worked as a Project Manager /Business Analyst for several years and have managed several technology projects ranging from client/server to e-commerce web projects. Worked in several roles and diverse projects.

Victor Quiros Mech. Engineering, MBA, PMP, San Jose Costa Rica

Following are Victor's Professional Accomplishments:

Mechanical Design, Inspection and Project cost and schedule control.

• Worked on many projects including industrial plants, commercial restaurants and housing.
  
• Field inspection and coordination in different projects leading to successful project execution and customer satisfaction Cost Estimation / Electro-Mechanical Project Manager.
  
• Successful bid award won on many electromechanical construction projects, such as Hipermas Curridabat and Proquinal Leader processing plant.
  
• Project director for electromechanical discipline in various construction projects, including hotels, apartment building and high end houses.
  
  Facilities Engineer/ Project inspection
  
• Achieve maintenance excellence by implementing corrective, preventive and productive maintenance to facilities.
  
• Project supervisor on many expansion projects, all of them delivered on time and within budget.

Kris, MBA, PMP

Seasoned IT Project Manager, with over 20 years of experience leading Oracle Apps development for fortune 100 companies. Proven history of leading all phases of project / software development lifecycles to ensure achievement of major milestones, on-time release, and quality of deliverables. Strong mentor with a talent to unite teams for project success.

Pallav Saxena, DB Architect, PMP®

Pallav Saxena has over 11 years of experience, including experience in Project Management (Onsite & Offshore), Account Management, Delivery Management & Applications Design & Development across various geographies. He has successfully managed and executed complex huge projects involving cross functional teams and located in geographically separated locations.

He has a unique blend of exceptional technical skills combined with solid business management experience and the vision to marry new technologies with new market opportunities. He successfully handled the delivery and accelerated the business growth & revenue for key accounts such as Merck Pharmaceuticals, Hindustan Lever Ltd, Agilent Inc, Fender Musical Instruments, FreeMarkets Inc etc.