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 IT project management
  • 3 years of 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 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
  • Summa Cum Laude
• Mensa Society
• Training Experience
  • NASA Space Shuttle Systems Instructor

Instructor: John Ehlers, PMP

• 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: Tom Love, PMP

• 30+ years experience as a project manager, facilitator, auditor, consultant, and trainer
• Past President (2005) of the Austin, Texas chapter of PMI
• Experience in aerospace, banking, construction, computer, electronics, health care, manufacturing, and oil, gas industries, federal, state, and municipal governments
• Implemented total quality management into three Texas state agencies
• Conducted management training for senior executives in the United States and Europe
• Who’s Who in Business and Finance and The National Registry of Who’s Who
• Served at the local, regional and national levels: American Society for Training and Development
• M. Ed. Human Resources Development, Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin
• M. A. Human Resources Management, Pepperdine University
• B. A. English, Baylor University
• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)

Instructor: Laurie Haberthier, PMP

• 25+ years of Project Management Experience

  • Professional Services implementations
  • IT PMO creation / implementation / management
  • New product development / introductions
  • Software Engineering product development
  • Marketing Events
    
• Currently: Program Manager at Sun Microsystems
  • New product development / launch
    
• PMI Certification Prep Instructor

Instructor: Nancy Olmos

• 16 years Project Management Experience
• All aspects of driving sales and managing sales team
  • Master Planned Communities
  • Single Family Residential
  • Condominiums
• Currently: Project Sales Manager, Windermere Real Estate
• Past 5 Years: Project Sales and Marketing Manager
  • 224 Single Family Attached and Condominium
  • 110 Unit Mid Rise Luxury Condominium
• 16 Projects totaling 1375 homes with gross revenue over $175M

• 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, PMP

• 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

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