Cord is a certified mindset and performance coach with a background and further certifications in ACT (acceptance commitment therapy) for the workplace, coaches, and rumination, worry, and obsessing. His main specializations in work with clients are stress & anxiety reduction, performance and effectiveness, motivation, career pathing, and living life through our values. His main clientele consists of corporate managers, small-medium business owners, or professional athletes.
Before Cord started off on his coaching journey 3 years ago, he was a 2-time Junior Olympic medalist in Taekwondo. He was an exchange student at 15 years old to the Czech Republic, loved it, and moved there for about 12 years. He studied international relations and diplomacy at Anglo-American University in Prague. While still at University, Cord started working for eBay in IT & marketing and spent 5 1/2 years there. During that time he had roles in SCRUM teams, as a SCRUM master and product owner, as a project manager, and in the last 2 years set the standard operating procedures for project management for eBay Marketing operations. Cord also owned the global marketing e-learning platform and was responsible for all e-learning including LEAN Six Sigma training, marketing operations training, SCRUM team training, a 12-week project management course, etc. He is a certified agile product owner and SCRUM master, LEAN Six Sigma Green Belt, and ITIL project manager. Cord grew up on the west coast of the United States before making the decision to live in the Czech Republic.
Cord is a certified mindset and performance coach with a background and further certifications in ACT (acceptance commitment therapy) for the workplace, coaches, and rumination, worry, and obsessing. His main specializations in work with clients are stress & anxiety reduction, performance and effectiveness, motivation, career pathing, and living life through our values. His main clientele consists of corporate managers, small-medium business owners, or professional athletes.
Before Cord started off on his coaching journey 3 years ago, he was a 2-time Junior Olympic medalist in Taekwondo. He was an exchange student at 15 years old to the Czech Republic, loved it, and moved there for about 12 years. He studied international relations and diplomacy at Anglo-American University in Prague. While still at University, Cord started working for eBay in IT & marketing and spent 5 1/2 years there. During that time he had roles in SCRUM teams, as a SCRUM master and product owner, as a project manager, and in the last 2 years set the standard operating procedures for project management for eBay Marketing operations. Cord also owned the global marketing e-learning platform and was responsible for all e-learning including LEAN Six Sigma training, marketing operations training, SCRUM team training, a 12-week project management course, etc. He is a certified agile product owner and SCRUM master, LEAN Six Sigma Green Belt, and ITIL project manager. Cord grew up on the west coast of the United States before making the decision to live in the Czech Republic.
Lester Dorman is a 25-year Silicon Valley veteran, currently in his 11th year at eBay in Selling Experience Engineering in a role that spans the areas of Chief of Staff for the VP of Engineering, Technical Program Manager of the core Selling Experience platform, and Product Manager for the Multi-User Account Access feature in Selling accounts. While he primarily identifies as a technical program manager in an engineering organization, his combination of tasks and responsibilities presents an interesting mix of challenges that makes every single day interesting and rewarding.
Lester Dorman is a 25-year Silicon Valley veteran, currently in his 11th year at eBay in Selling Experience Engineering in a role that spans the areas of Chief of Staff for the VP of Engineering, Technical Program Manager of the core Selling Experience platform, and Product Manager for the Multi-User Account Access feature in Selling accounts. While he primarily identifies as a technical program manager in an engineering organization, his combination of tasks and responsibilities presents an interesting mix of challenges that makes every single day interesting and rewarding.
This year, James Bach will celebrate 35 years in the testing industry. He’s the creator of Rapid Software Testing methodology and is the author of Lessons Learned in Software Testing and Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar: Self-Education and the Pursuit of Passion.
This year, James Bach will celebrate 35 years in the testing industry. He’s the creator of Rapid Software Testing methodology and is the author of Lessons Learned in Software Testing and Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar: Self-Education and the Pursuit of Passion.
Nicole has 20+ years of product management experience and 17+ years as an adjunct professor. She is currently the Distinguished Senior Manager of Product Management for Pricing at PayPal and a Senior Adjunct Professor at Golden Gate University teaching eCommerce and Marketing Management.
Nicole started her career as a software engineer for System Software Associates (SSA), an ERP company, and Comergent Technologies, a B2B eCommerce software company. During her years at Comergent, Nicole transitioned to product management. In her product management career, she has managed a variety of software, database, communication, and eCommerce products including Comergent’s partner relationship management (PRM), Experian’s cooperative databases, eBay’s email and communication platforms as well as eBay’s Pricing Platform, and eHealth’s Medicare eCommerce site. Aside from her full-time career, Nicole enjoys teaching a variety of eCommerce and Marketing Management, undergraduate and graduate courses in asynchronous, synchronous, and in-person modes. Nicole has a B.S. in Operations Management and Information Systems from Northern Illinois University, an MBA concentrating in Marketing from Golden Gate University, and a MA in Psychology focusing on Organizational Behavior from Golden Gate University. She is currently working on her Doctorate in Business studying the convergence of Cyberpsychology and Consumer Behavior at Golden Gate University. In her spare time, Nicole loves hanging out with her husband, Ryan, daughter, Jaclyn, and four K9 children. She volunteers for multiple dog rescue organizations and is on the board of directors for the California Miniature Schnauzer Rescue. She is learning carpentry and stained glassing, loves trail running and hiking, and is a 1st-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
Nicole has 20+ years of product management experience and 17+ years as an adjunct professor. She is currently the Distinguished Senior Manager of Product Management for Pricing at PayPal and a Senior Adjunct Professor at Golden Gate University teaching eCommerce and Marketing Management.
Nicole started her career as a software engineer for System Software Associates (SSA), an ERP company, and Comergent Technologies, a B2B eCommerce software company. During her years at Comergent, Nicole transitioned to product management. In her product management career, she has managed a variety of software, database, communication, and eCommerce products including Comergent’s partner relationship management (PRM), Experian’s cooperative databases, eBay’s email and communication platforms as well as eBay’s Pricing Platform, and eHealth’s Medicare eCommerce site. Aside from her full-time career, Nicole enjoys teaching a variety of eCommerce and Marketing Management, undergraduate and graduate courses in asynchronous, synchronous, and in-person modes. Nicole has a B.S. in Operations Management and Information Systems from Northern Illinois University, an MBA concentrating in Marketing from Golden Gate University, and a MA in Psychology focusing on Organizational Behavior from Golden Gate University. She is currently working on her Doctorate in Business studying the convergence of Cyberpsychology and Consumer Behavior at Golden Gate University. In her spare time, Nicole loves hanging out with her husband, Ryan, daughter, Jaclyn, and four K9 children. She volunteers for multiple dog rescue organizations and is on the board of directors for the California Miniature Schnauzer Rescue. She is learning carpentry and stained glassing, loves trail running and hiking, and is a 1st-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
Alicia has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and an MBA in Global Management. She has had her PMP certification for 4 years and has been managing projects for over 6 years.
She is endlessly curious and continues to bring in new concepts to Project Management, including her 3 years of teaching yoga. Her alternative perspective is one-of-a-kind. She currently has 19k LinkedIn followers and has authored multiple articles.
Alicia has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and an MBA in Global Management. She has had her PMP certification for 4 years and has been managing projects for over 6 years.
She is endlessly curious and continues to bring in new concepts to Project Management, including her 3 years of teaching yoga. Her alternative perspective is one-of-a-kind. She currently has 19k LinkedIn followers and has authored multiple articles.
Senior Program Manager of Customer Experience (CX) at NanoString Technologies
Margaret is the Senior Program Manager of Customer Experience (CX) at NanoString Technologies. A diverse background happily brought her to Seattle. This includes completing her EdD in Organizational Leadership, over 20 years in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries in the bay area, and many years teaching and managing programs in the biological sciences at multiple community colleges. Of course, what people find interesting is that she also had the opportunity to train and perform with Pacific Northwest Ballet at the Seattle Opera House while beginning her academics at University of Washington. That is when she fell in love with Seattle. Her most recent accomplishment here is completing the 50-mile bike ride for Obliteride as the NanoString team co-captain.
Margaret’s initial focus at NanoString Technologies was to manage the global launch of their GeoMx Digital Spatial Profiler. The launch was a great success with all the bumps that come with a launch. Now she focuses on the strategic planning and execution of the CX leadership team goals. This includes working on improving cross-functional communication and professional development for the multiple career ladders within the group.
Her talk for PMSIG will focus on using tools such as Appreciative Inquiry to understand the team and provide the change management needed in the industry. Using these tools, Margaret had helped a not-for-profit build an outreach educational program for elementary school students. In an established industry, new challenges included convincing others to push the status quo. Steps of success and her challenges to go will be revealed for this work in progress.
