Keynote Speakers
The GeCCo competition provides the participants and all interested with outstanding world-class keynote speakers, experts in the field of virtual and global collaboration. Everyone is welcome to join and listen to the keynote speeches on current project management topics with a focus on virtual and/or multicultural teamwork.
Keynote speakers of GeCCo 2022
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KS #1: Winning team GeCCo 2020/21 (Team 25) Topic #1: GeCCo tips & tricks: how we won the competition Saturday, March 5 at 12:15 pm UTC Katarzyna Baumgart She is studying for a masters degree in management at the University of Szczecin, She works at IPMA Poland and also in a family real estate agency ASPECT in Szczecin. She is a Member of a Council at IPMA Young Crew Poland and she is also GeCCo LO in Poland this year. |
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Niloufar Zamani
She is 23 years old Iranian girl. |
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Kristina Vujević Chemical Technician at Pfizer. I worked as a Medical Laboratory Technician at a hospital. I managed to grow my experience through Project Management education, Agile Scrum Master education, she participated in a Gecco competition and I am certified Project Management Associate by IPMA. In her free time she likes going to nature, exercising and hanging out with friends. |
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Anastasia Kotoudi is 30 years old and chair of Young Crew Netherlands. Originally from Greece, She has a background in civil and hydraulic engineering which was complemented by studies in project management. She is currently working for Shell where she gets to combine her two passions: energy transition, renewables and energy solutions coupled with project management! She is also very active in the Young Crew community for the last 4 years having experienced many events both from an organization’s as well as a participant’s perspective. She is always eager to connect with people from all over the world and share our experiences! |
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Anika Mikušková | |
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KS #2: Bill Parris (USA) Topic #2: Focus on people is the key! Saturday, March 5 at 6:00 pm UTC Bill Parris is the Principal Technology Program Manager for the San Diego Association of Government(SANDAG). SANDAG is a joint powers authority setting and implementing regional policy across such diverse areas as transportation, housing, criminal justice information systems and economic research, In his current role, Bill is responsible for managing the enterprise technology PMO and a portfolio of initiatives that include an enterprise resource planning system implementation and the replacement of the regional roadway tolling system. In addition to the TPMO, Bill also leads information technology governance at SANDAG. Over the last 7 years, Bill has volunteered with several PMI chapters in a variety of roles, most recently as President of the California Inland Empire Chapter. |
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KS #3: Peter Keith (Australia) Topic #3: Effective communication during a competitionSunday, March 6 at 6:00 am UTC
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KS #4: Elvi Caperonis (USA) Topic #4: Embracing failure as part of growth. Sunday, March 6 at 13:00 pm UTC Elvi Caperonis is a Certified Scrum & Agile Career Coach Professional with over 10 years of experience in Program Management across over five industries. She graduated from APEC University with a Bachelors’ Degree in Computer Science. After graduation, she moved to Madrid. After working in Madrid for over five years and completing a Master’s Degree in Software Engineering, she moved to USA. Elvi is currently a Technical Program Manager at Amazon where she trains teams on the agile methodology and oversee the development of agile to ensure effective outcomes for the organization. Before joining Amazon, Elvi worked at Harvard University as Techno-Functional Reporting Analyst. Elvi holds an Executive Masters of Business Administration from Quantic School of Business and Technology. Follow her http://linkedin.com/in/elvi-caperonis-19a09b23 |
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KS #5: TBA (TBA) Topic #5: TBA Saturday, April 9 at 12:10 pm UTC .TBA . |