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This topic concerns going from a fair to a superior project manager and what it takes to become one.

Learning Objectives:

1. Dealing With People and Going from Fair to Superior
2. What Makes a Superior Project Manager Succeed
3. What Distinguishes a Superior Project Manager From a Fair One
4. Leadership - What You Need to Consider.

For this Flagship Meeting, PMI-LA will be doing a soft launch of our Social Impact Projects. Participants will have the opportunity to build snack packs for the women who are experiencing homelessness in support of Downtown Women's Center's mission.

Speaker: David Shostak

David Shostak is a world-class senior program manager with versatile and dynamic leadership team building, interpersonal, and team motivation skills. He has led every aspect of high technology programs, engineering, marketing management, business development, and system engineering programs. He has over 40 years of experience in many diversified technical fields. A developer of program plans, market strategy, analysis, marketing roadmap development, and documentation for product plans. He has presented to senior business executives, government officials, and three-star generals. Mr. Shostak has focused on worldwide product launches, including interaction with European, Mideast, and Asian counterparts.

Mr. Shostak is one of the fathers of GPS for vehicle navigation. He led a team of people, drove handheld consumer products to market, and made Oprah Winfrey's Favorite Things List. Mr. Shostak also led the team for the first one-meter dish antenna for Hughes Aircraft, which later became the Dish TV antenna.

He is a highly accomplished professional and has authority in public speaking. Mr. Shostak wrote a book called "Project Management in the Real World…Explaining all the nonsense about Project Management in Plain English." His book is about real-world Project Management, People Skills, and Leadership.

David holds a bachelor's in electrical engineering from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y., and an MBA from Pepperdine University. He has been a Project Management Professional (PMP) since 2006 and an Accredited Training Partner (ATP) from PMI. He is an instructor for Caltech for Project Management, Advanced Communication, and System Engineering courses.

Agenda

• 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM - Registration; Networking; Dinner
• 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM - Chapter Highlight: PMI-LA Social Impact Project Kickoff
• 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM -  Downtown Women's Center Social Impact Activity: Building a Snack Packs for Women Who Are Homeless
• 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM - Speaker Presentation and Q&A

Meal

• Meal Choice: Beef, Chicken, Vegetarian
• Dessert
• Soft Drinks

A total of 2 PDUs will be awarded to the attendees, with the following breakdown:

• 1.0 PDU - Power Skills 
• 1.0 PDU - Business Acumen 

No further action is required.

Price

EARLY BIRD Pricing for Registrations BEFORE May 31, 2023, 11:59 PM (Deadline)

• $35 for PMI-LA Members
• $40 for Non-Members
• $25 for Students and Military

Registrations AFTER the Early Bird Deadline

• $45 for PMI-LA Members
• $50 for Non-Members
• $25 for Students and Military

Students & Military:

• Contact vpprograms@pmi-la.org with your school or military ID number to receive a code for special pricing ($25) 

Location

Raffi's Catering and Banquet

3887 E Sierra Madre Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91107

Face masks are optional. The Chapter will have some available should you feel more comfortable wearing one.

Parking

Free parking is available.

Questions, Suggestions, Volunteer Inquiries

Contact the Flagship Team at vpprograms@pmi-la.org