Episode 0004: Matt Whalen

Our goal is to offer on-the-ground insights into this challenging and exciting role through the lens of those who’re experiencing it first-hand.

Your host, Hussain Bandukwala, is the CEO of Parwaaz Consulting, where we help organizations become better at managing their projects, set up PMOs and make them run like well-oiled machines. Check us out at www.parwaazcc.com.

Our guest for this episode is Matt Whalen (www.linkedin.com/in/matt-whalen-m…mi-acp-a6a8a165/).

Matt Whalen, PMP, PMI-ACP, MBA is the Director of Project Management for CAP COM Federal Credit Union and the Adjunct Instructor for the University at Albany’s Project Management MBA class. He has over a decade of combined experience in Project Management, Business Analysis, Product Management, and Operation, focused primarily in the financial services domain. Matt is passionate about applying the Project Management discipline in an intuitive manner which enables organizations to better realize outcomes and value of work performed in a practical way. Outside of work, Matt enjoys spending time with Wife Devin, son Liam, and watching Baseball and playing Golf (poorly).

And here’s what we talked about:
– How would you compare months 1-6 vs. months 18-24 of being a PMO Leader?
– What do you think is different about PMOs at financial institutions?
– What have been your most valuable resources through your PMO journeys?
– When being a PMO Leader, you usually come across many who have opposite views from you. How do you respond to them?
– What’s a common PMO myth that you’d like to debunk?
– If you had an extra budget of $50,000, how would you spend it and why?
– What advice would you give to your peers and aspiring PMO leaders?
– [Signature Question]