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Chris Wright, MPM, PMP^®
President & Managing Principal
Senior Instructor - Project Management and Leadership

Chris is a certified Program/Project Management Professional (PMP) with over fourteen (14) years of Project Management and Organizational Leadership experience in a wide-array of industries. He is also the architect and lead facilitator for Elon University's Executive Education - Project Management program. His primary focus is on the education and integration of best practices in project management discipline for organizations that want to plan and execute their priority initiatives more successfully. His strengths and proven expertise are in the following areas:

Project Management Office (PMO)
Strategic Plan - Project Portfolio Alignment
Project Management and Leadership Training
Project Team Development, Coaching, and Mentoring
Process Improvement and Refinement
Team Meeting / Workshop Facilitation

He has a Masters degree in Project Management (MPM) from Western Carolina University and a degree in Economics and Spanish from Georgia Southern University. As VP Education of the NC Chapter of PMI, he helped develop the PMP training program and curriculum that is still in use today by that chapter. He is also author of the Launch into PM course and many other project management courses and workshops.

James (Jim) Swanson, PMP^®
Senior Instructor - Project Management

James (Jim) R. Swanson is a certified Senior Project Management Professional (PMP) with over 25 years experience in leading technical and IT-oriented project teams. Jim spent over two decades with HP in various project leadership positions including: IT Infrastructure, Outsourcing, Methodology Trainer and Coach, and Tool/Methodology development. Recently, Jim facilitated Project Leadership Series^SM Executive Seminar Session for a global biotechnology firm.

Jim has earned a B.S. in Geology (William & Mary) and a M.S. in Computer Science (Santa Clara) and is an active member of the Project Management Institute (PMI). Jim's favorite hobbies are traveling and playing one of his many guitars.

Dr. Gary Evans, PMP^®
Senior Instructor - Project Management

Dr. Gary Evans is a certified Senior Project Management Professional (PMP) with nearly 25 years of information technology management and project leadership experience. Dr. Evans' primary expertise is in the areas of: project/program management, project management training and mentoring, project management assessment (OPM3), PMO strategy/start-up, organizational change management, and business process analysis and redesign.

Dr. Evans has extensive training, facilitation, and course/seminar development experience to complement his hands-on project leadership endeavors. In addition to being a certified facilitator for Tanden's Project Leadership Series^SM, Gary is a Senior Instructor for the North Carolina Project Management Institute chapter's PMP Certification Exam Prep course.

Dr. Evans has a Ph.D., in Pharmacology, a M.A., in Psychology, and a B.S., in Biology and has served as the Vice President of Programs and Strategy for the North Carolina chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Atul Peres-da-Silva, PMP^®
Senior Instructor - Project Management

Atul Peres-da-Silva is a certified Senior Project Management Professional (PMP) with over 18 years experience in leading technical and IT-oriented project teams.

Atul is adept at bringing focus, energy, and enthusiasm to the management of projects, personnel, and budgets. Further, Atul has been consistently recognized as "Top Talent" while initiating process improvements and fostering relationships that improve operational efficiency, enhance customer value, and reduce costs. Peres-da-Silva is accomplished in the analysis of complex business and software solutions with expertise and training in Project Management, Work Flow Analysis, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), RUP and SDLC Methodology, Resource Management and Negotiation, and Mentoring, Training, and Recruiting.

Atul has extensive training and facilitation experience to complement his hands-on project leadership endeavors. In addition to being a certified facilitator for Tanden's Project Leadership Series^SM, Atul is a Senior Instructor for the North Carolina Project Management Institute chapter's PMP Certification Exam Prep course.

Atul has a Master of Science in Business Management from North Carolina State University and is an active member of the Project Management Institute (PMI).