Synopsis:

Have you always dreamed of becoming a project manager? Did you start your school knowing you want to lead and manage projects, or did the projects just happen to fall into your lap? In her presentation Kinga will touch bases on project management needs in different departments and how bigger corporations use project managers.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Project Manager roles in bigger corporations
• What role does Business PM do
• Paths to becoming PM

PDUs: 1.0 (Strategic and Business Management)

Biography:

Kinga Winiarska, PMP, CSM

Currently President of WMPMI, previously VP of Marketing and has been active in PMI Western Michigan, US Chapter since August 2011. She took the helm as President on January 2020 for the next two years. Kinga's passion for WMPMI has helped to grow the chapter membership in a short time. She increased social media presence, while being able to significantly reduce the cost.

Her current professional role is as a Program Manager for the Affinity Division of Cigna where she provides her expertise in launching new products, partnerships as well as business support. Prior to her nine years at Cigna, she managed loyalty programs for Spartan Stores and Borders Books and provided competitive analysis, acquisition campaigns, and loyalty and CRM marketing. She completed her PMP certification in 2011 and her CSM two years ago. She is working on obtaining her Six Sigma certification.

Originally from Poland, Kinga came to the U.S. in 2001. She attended University in Szczecin and earned her Masters’ in Business and Bachelor degrees. She speaks fluent English and Polish and some conversational Dutch. She really regrets losing Russian and German which she was fluent in as well.

Agenda:

8:00pm - 8:50pm - Greetings and Presentation

8:50pm - 9:00 pm - Questions and Answers

Fees: (subject to HST)

PMI Toronto Members (login prior to registering) – $10.00

Non-Members and Guests – $20.00