Staying Afloat From One Shore To Another, Navigating International Projects

Presented by Camper Bull, PMP

Abstract:

With decreasing budgets, increasing global focus and off-shoring, and the need to cut costs, more and more corporations find themselves looking toward project management to manage the international programs to fill the void. Although similar tools and techniques from domestic project management can be applied in the process, the scope and scale of international program management requires additional ways of thinking about the project process.

The process that worked on a national scale with only two or three time zone differences may not work as effectively when spread across the world with eight and twelve time zone differentials. This Webinar will use examples of international projects from around the world to examine the differences from a national project and help the participants understand the areas within the project process that must be changed to deal in an international arena. Further, we will examine the auxiliary issues that exist in managing international programs that may not be as obvious, but must be taken into account, to be successful across borders and cultures.

Bio:

Camper a co-founder of Armiger International has held leadership and management positions in both commercial and volunteer environments. He has led a division of an international software company; served as lead Account Executive for Fortune 500 companies at both Genigraphics and ACI.

Camper led development of the ACI multi-media marketing product team and developed the corporate image as an industry leader and innovator in the market; managed the development of new products including the launch of wireless paging at Bell Atlantic.

His background in developing the strategic planning and growth initiatives for VISTA Computer Services, including restructuring the company to better address the market with a global offer has significantly helped the company gain a global footing in the software industry. He has developed and delivered several leadership training programs business and industry as well as for high school seniors and foreign exchange students.

Camper is the author of a significant PMP Prep program for the purpose of helping project management professionals prepare for the PMI certification examination. Proficient with computerized business applications Camper has been able to transfer these practical skills into useful training tools helping attendees gain a fast yet comprehensive understanding of these tools in their business environment.

His extensive travels throughout Europe, Africa and Asia have provided an additional strength to the many abilities of communication and project management training Camper brings to the platform. As an active member of the Project Management Institute and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) Camper has also been recognized by Rotary International with the Paul Harris Fellow award for furthering human relations among peoples of the world, and by Bell Atlantic Paging for leading the project teams which developed and implemented the largest amount of successful product in Bell Atlantics history.

Educated at Drew University, Madison, New Jersey in economics with minors in Complex Organizations, Business Ethics, Managerial Economics and Finance. He completed additonal studies in the european community in Brussels with intensive french language studies in Paris.