Episode 0006 – Bill Garcia

Welcome to The PMO Huddle, the podcast for Project Management Office (PMO) Leaders by PMO Leaders.

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 Bill Garcia (www.linkedin.com/in/ggarcian/).

Bill is a Technology, Business Operations, and Project Management executive specialized in setting up Shared Services operations, from IT Service Support organizations to Startup Back office operations to Project Mgt organizations. With a proven record leading Global IT Organizations and Business Transformation programs, skills include Business Process Improvement, Strategy & Operations Alignment, IT Service Management, and IT Security. Strong program and project management background, Systems and Computing Engineer, MBA, and Certified CIO in Federal IT Executive Competencies from Carnegie Mellon University.

And here’s what we talked about:
– Describe how you’re juggling so many moving parts and responsibilities (IT Strategy, Architecture, PMO, and Global Systems)
– How would you define the success of your PMO?
– And why do you think many people give up on PMOs?
– What challenges are you facing that you wished would go away?
– How do your values show up in your work?
– Tell me something that’s true that almost nobody agrees with you on
– What advice would you give to your peers and aspiring PMO leaders?
– [Signature Question]