 Jesse Fewell
Technology Management Consultant, Excella Consulting and Co-Founder, PMI Agile Community of Practice, Washington, D.C.
Jesse Fewell is a technology management consultant for Excella Consulting, providing project management and IT support to federal and commercial clients in the Washington, DC area. Recently, he founded the PMI Agile Community of Practice, PMI’s component dedicated to Agile Project Management. In addition to speaking for APLN, Scrum, and PMI conferences, he has collected a broad array of experiences in a variety of sectors such as National Security, Aerospace, GIS, Stock Multimedia, Telecom, and Hospitality. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University, he is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) and a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST).
Session: Growing PMI Using Agile Project Managment
 Jack Caranci
Information Security Officer, First Data Corp
Jack Caranci is an Information Security Officer at First Data. He has an MBA from Creighton University and is in the dissertation phase of his Ph.D. in International Business. Jack has been a project manager for over 30 years, is a ISO lead auditor, is retired from the U.S. Army, and is a member of PMI, ASIS and Infragard. In addition, Jack teaches at Bellevue University (management), Nebraska Wesleyan University (project management), and Pensacola Junior College (project management).
Session: Foundational Project Management: How to Ensure a Successful Project Before the Kickoff Meeting
 Sally Elatta
Founder, AgileTransformation.com
Sally Elatta is a dynamic consultant, trainer and coach who is passionate about transforming individuals, teams and organizations into improving their software development practices and delivering valuable working software quickly. Her unique mix of technical architecture, business development and leadership skills help her transform individuals at all levels. She is an Agile and Process Improvement Coach and founder of AgileTransformation.com. She is the leading Agile Coach in Omaha and has taught over 500 individuals and coached over 16 teams on improving their processes.
Session: How to Survive as a Traditional Project Manager in an Agile World
 Kellie Morrell
Project Manager, Mutual of Omaha
Kellie Morrell is a Project Manager with Mutual of Omaha. She has over 20 years experience with technical project management and is a Project Management Professional (PMP). Kellie is also a Certified Scrum Practioner (CSP). In 2007, her project was selected as one of the pilot projects to initiate Agile development methodology at Mutual. Kellie is currently having success using Agile in large financial data warehouse projects.
Session: How to Survive as a Traditional Project Manager in an Agile World
 Dr. Deepak Khazanchi
Professor of Information Systems & Quantitative Analysis, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Information Science and Technology, PKI,University of Nebraska at Omaha
Dr. Deepak Khazanchi is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis in the College of Information Science & Technology at the University of Nebraska in Omaha. Deepak’s current research interests are focused in the areas of virtual project management, the use of 3D immersive environments or metaverses such as Second Life for virtual project management and virtual teams, project management best practices, B2B assurance services and risk analysis in extended enterprise environments and the application of philosophy of science in the Information Systems discipline. More
Session: Project Management Assurance
 Dawn Owens
Assistant Professor, College of Information Technology, Bellevue University
Dawn Owens teaches various IT-related courses as an Assistant Professor at Bellevue University in the College of Information Technology. In addition, Owens is a doctoral candidate at the College of Information Science and Technology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Her research interests are in the area of virtual project management, virtual teams, and software quality assurance. Her research has been published in IEEE IT Professional, Journal of the Association of Information Systems, and she also has a book chapter to her credit. She is currently working on her dissertation studying the impact of virtual world technology capabilities in engendering trust in virtual teams. Owens is an accomplished IT professional with experience in software development, project management, software quality assurance, strategic planning, and leadership. She received a master's and undergraduate degree in Management Information Systems, both from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Session: Project Management Assurance
 Anissa Stein
Assistant Professor/Program Director, Project Management, College of Professional Studies, Bellevue University
Anissa Stein (MBA, MS, PMP) has over 15 years of business coaching, project/program management, and operations management experience. She has led projects ranging from small to very large (a Bank of America acquisition implementation and a Lockheed Martin transition project with project teams of 50 or more). Her roles have included project director, trainer, client relations, coach and operations manager. Anissa is a Program Director and Assistant Professor at Bellevue University. There she implemented an accelerated Bachelor’s of Science degree program in Project Management in September of 2009. She is also a leadership coach specializing in project and team effectiveness through her business, The Coaching Connection LLC. One of her key talents is creating paths to success, innovation, and growth through the recognition of organizational strengths to overcome barriers, constraints, stressors or obstacles.
Session: Project Management: An Industry. A Discipline. An Education
 Marvin Brinkman
PMP
Marvin Brinkman “networks” around the Omaha area as a financial advisor. Prior to his work as a financial advisor, Marvin was a project manager for 8 years, and earned his PMP certification. He holds a BA in English from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, and a Master of Divinity from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN, as well as numerous securities and insurance licenses.
Session: Networking: It's Not Just For Computers Anymore
 Bill Cashell
Founder, Communicate for Success
Bill Cashell runs a training business called Communicate for Success. He works with organizations that want to help their employees communicate more clearly and perform at their best on a daily basis. Bill has over 25 years of IT experience as a trainer, project manager, programmer and data base designer. He also teaches at Metro and Southeast Community College. Bill is an expert in communication and body language, and he is certified in hypnosis and Neuro Linguistic Programming. He is the author of 3 books including, “Power Communication” and “Emotional Leadership”.
Session: Power Communication for Project Managers - How to Get People to Work Together for Results
 Laura Linhart
PMP, Manager Security Consulting, TD Ameritrade
Laura Linhart is a Project Management Institute (PMI) certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with many years of experience in managing full cycle, cross functional projects in both technical and business process implementations. She has worked for major financial institutions in an officer capacity, and with other industries, not-for-profit organizations and government agencies as an independent business, project management consultant and trainer. She is currently employed as the Manager of Security Consulting for a large financial services firm. In addition, Laura has served as the President of the PMI Heartland (NE) Chapter for the past two years, and prior to that was their VP of Education.
Session: Keeping on Track... How to Ensure Your Project Isn't Derailed by Security
 Robert Stroud
Vice President and IT Service Management Evangelist, CA
Robert Stroud is Vice President and IT Service Management and IT Governance Evangelist at CA. In this role, he helps ensure that the company’s solutions adhere to best practices and mentors organizations on driving maximum business value from their ITIL initiatives. A 25 year IT veteran, Robert was recently elected International Vice President of ISACA (previously known as the Information Systems and Control Association) and Vice President of ISACA’s research affiliate, the IT Governance Institute (ITGI). He is a recognized industry speaker and leader, serving on the USA itSMF Advisory Board, its Governance Committee and the COBIT Steering Committee. He worked on the ITIL Version 3 project as part of the ITIL Advisory Group and as a Mentor and Reviewer for some of the newly published ITIL V3 volumes. He has authored several titles on ITIL and COBIT and served as a reviewer of the COBIT 4.0 to ITIL Version 2 mapping document.
Session: Cloudy with a Chance of Governance!
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