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Instructor Profiles
FLMCI course instructors are senior program/project managers, each with more than 20 years of “in-the-trenches” project management experience. Our instructors differ from many other project management trainers in that they currently work as real-world program/project managers at international, Fortune 500 companies and are able to bring their practical experience to the classroom.
 Principal/Instructor: Francis (Dub) McNamara, PMP
- Over 25 years of project management experience
- 22+ years of project/program/PMO/portfolio management
- 3 years of international heavy construction project management
- Established 5 and managed 4 Project Management Offices (PMOs)
- 1 Fortune 100
- 1 Fortune 500 Corporation
- 2 IT Consulting Firms
- 1 $150B Asset Management (Mutual Funds) Firm
- Certified PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Certified Gartner/Comptia IT Project +
- SEI Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Level 3 Certification
- IT Program Manager at Fortune 500 International Petrochemical Company
- Over 10,000 hours of software application development
- BS Civil Engineering (Project Management) Texas A&M University
- MBA (Finance) University of Texas at Austin
- Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Gamma Sigma
 Instructor: Dow Presley, PMP
- Over 20 years project experience in hardware and software development as:
- Programmer/Programmer Lead
- Business Analyst
- Project Manager
- Senior Systems Architect
- Certified PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Requirements Development Expert
- BS Electrical Engineering - Texas A&M
- Mensa Society
- Training Experience
- NASA Space Shuttle Systems Instructor
 Instructor: John Ehlers, PMP
- Over 20 years of project management and outsource experience
- 5 years Outsource Account and Transition Management
- 5 years Outsource Bid Management
- ITO
- BPO
- 10 years Project Management IT projects
- Multiple Fortune 500 Corporations
- 4 Outsource/Consulting Firms
- Over 10,000 hours of IT Project Management
- Commercial Product Development
- Consultant Development
- In-house Development
- PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
Instructor: Nancy Olmos
- BA – Harvard University- International Studies
Instructor: Mary Elston 
- 25+ years management experience
- 15+ years management in transportation industry
- 10 years in telecommunications, consulting, technology industries
- Currently at Sun Microsystems, Inc.: Senior Services Portfolio Product Manager
- Marketing, sales training, product and pricing group management
- First Place Gold Key Award, 2004, Business Marketing Association for Welcome Kit program
- Distinguished Toastmaster, 1st Place 2002 District Award, 2nd Place 2004,
- Member Board of Directors, CU Denver Alumni Foundation, 2004, 2005, 2006
- Certifications: CCNA, Cisco Certified Network Associate
- BS Business Administration – University of Colorado
- Regent’s Scholarship
- Magna Cum Laude
- Beta Gamma Sigma
- Author of the book: “Master Your Middle Management Universe, How to Succeed with Moga Moga Management Using 3 Easy Steps!” 2006
Instructor: Jim Rather 
- Over 20 years of project management experience
- IT development
- Management of project managers
- Data Center consolidation
- Multi-location, and multi-country development
- Established 2 and managed 1 Project Management Offices (PMOs)
- Fourth largest US Bank
- Large Gas Pipeline company
- Multiple SEI Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Level 3 Certifications
- International IT management
- CIO for a financial institution
- Broad industry involvement:
- Petro-Chemical
- Financial
- Marine Construction
- IT Consulting
- Computer manufacturing
- BS Chemistry and Physics Western Kentucky University
- MS Physics Tulane University
- MBA (Operations Research) Tulane University
Instructor: John Gaughan
John Brings a vast background of experience
and business knowledge gained over the last 40 years. John started
his career in New York with the New York Telephone Company and
in 1972 came to Houston with General Dynamics Corporation.
John started his own business in 1973 with Telecommunications
Specialists Inc. and has always had interests in the telecommunications
and data field. His ownership and experience spanned many businesses
from a clothing store chain to a trucking company to the Houston
Dynamo’s professional soccer team and more.
John left the corporate world in 2005 to form a business with
his wife Rhonda. Together they created NSIGHT a partnership created
to teach corporation’s better methods of communications
and leadership development tools as well as future strategy and
succession management concepts. John and Rhonda host many workshops
together and both are certified leaders and facilitators.
John served as the Chairman for the Mankind Project and serves
on other boards in the Houston community. Service and outreach
is an important part of John’s life.
Instructor: Rhonda W. Gaughan
Rhonda is an international workshop leader,
facilitator and executive coach. She is a certified Shadow Work®
coach as well as a trainer, mentor and Certified Shadow Work® facilitator. Rhonda is also a graduate of the Masters program
in Psychology at the University of Santa Monica in California.
Rhonda moved to Houston from Louisiana where she was Executive
Assistant to the Governor throughout his term in office. Prior
to joining the Governor’s office Rhonda worked for the
State of Louisiana from the Louisiana State Police to Louisiana
State University. Once in Houston, Rhonda branched out into
management consulting, working for such firms as King, Chapman,
Broussard and Gallagher, Wright Management Company, and the
Daugherty Group Consultants.
Rhonda is a certified Weekend Leader and Facilitator with Woman
Within International and has participated in the training of
thousands of women throughout the United States, Canada and
Europe. She and John have created many workshops benefiting
executives, individuals and couples.
Rhonda brings fun and enjoyment to everything she does. She
has a creative mind balanced with her logical good sense. She
has been an asset to many great organizations.
Instructor: Paul Spock, Ph.D., PMP 
- Over 25 years of professional and teaching experience
- Trainer and instructional designer for the Texas Association of School Boards and EDS
- Programmer and systems analyst at First National Bank in Dallas and Texas Instruments
- Registered Yoga Trainer with initial training at the Himalayan Institute
- 2008 VP of Professional Development for the Austin chapter of the Project Management Institute (AustinPMI)
- 2009 President of the Austin chapter of the American Society for Training and Development
- Ph.D. in Instructional Design from the University of Texas at Austin
- M.S., Computer Science, Texas A&M University
- B.A., Economics, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
- PMI PMP
Instructor: Veronika Pribusz, PMP 
- Over 18 years of project/program management and IT training experience
- Significant experience in software and hardware development planning, execution and control, methodology development, process improvement and global deployment, and healthcare IT.
- Experienced instructor and trainer of 8 years who has developed, delivered and coached project management courses public and company-customized at
- Dell, Metrowerks, Freescale, TX State University, Convio, St. Edwards University, CyberTrader/Schwab, Hart InterCivic )
- PMI Austin Chapter and ESI International.
- Developed curriculums for PMP Certification Preparation, International Project Management, Risk Management and others.
- instructor for the exam preparation classes for the Project Manager Institute (PMI ®) PMP certification since 2002.
- Held diverse project and program manager positions with e-MDs, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Quintus Corporation.
- B.Sc. in Computer Science/Information Systems.
- Certified Project Manager Professional (PMP)®
- Served on the Board of Directors for the Austin, TX chapter of Project Manager Institute for 8 years as President and Director of Professional Development.
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