Dr. Jimmy Godard, PMP

Morning Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jimmy Godard, PMP

Know Your Leadership Compass – A Roadmap to Lead With Passion and Purpose

• Understand the essential qualities of successful leaders in today's dynamic business environment. 

• Assess and identify your own leadership skills and areas needing improvement. 

• Learn and implement strategies for effective and transformational leadership. 

Dr. Godard, a seasoned executive and consulting expert with a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership, brings a wealth of experience across business and technology to empower organizations to achieve their full potential.

Through his work with top executives, he delivers actionable insights and tools that drive innovation, inspire passionate leadership, and foster motivated teams to navigate today's disruptive business landscape.

With a proven track record spanning startup, non-profit to Fortune 500 companies, and across diverse industries and continents, Dr. Godard is a trusted coach and advisor for entrepreneurs, project managers, PMO stakeholders, and C-suite executives.

Xavier Cano, PMP

Morning Presenter: Xavier Cano, PMP

Mindset Matters:  Fostering Strong Project Teams

• Understand the benefits of managing your thoughts. 

• Identify five mindset traps that lower effectiveness as project managers and negatively affect team dynamics. 

• Apply five techniques for managing these mindset traps

Xavier Cano is a leading mindset and manifestation coach with over two decades of experience in elevating individual and team performance. As a trusted advisor and coach, Xavier specializes in shifting mindsets to drive sales and enhance overall productivity.

His transformative workshop series on mastering The Revenue Growth Mindset™, integrates cutting-edge techniques for optimizing performance and significantly boosting the bottom line.

Certified by the International Coaching Federation, Xavier is also a celebrated author and a sought- after international speaker. In 2023, he captivated an audience of 20,000 people in India with his compelling insights and strategies.

With more than 16 years in Corporate America, Xavier has become a vital resource for Fortune 500 companies and has delivered transformative workshops and keynotes for industry giants like Google, Dell, Chevron, Best Buy, Ford, Toyota, PNC, The Hartford, Merck, the San Francisco 49ers, KPMG, Bank of America, Cigna, New York Life, Coca-Cola, and IBM, among others.

Xavier graduated summa cum laude from the University of Houston with a degree in Industrial Engineering and received his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a certified Project Management Professional, certified Black Belt in Six Sigma, a certified Change Management practitioner, and a certified Professional Life Coach.

Beyond his professional achievements, Xavier is dedicated to personal growth and well-being. He enjoys traveling, exercising, and cherishing moments with his wife and daughter.

Anthony Reed, CPA, PMP

Afternoon Presenter: Anthony Reed, CPA, PMP

Transformative Leadership and The New Type T Manager 

• Life begins outside of your comfort zone. 

• Be able to relax while under stress to help your team focus. 

• Use M&M’s to kill the ANTs in your life. 

Anthony Reed, CPA, PMP is a true “Renaissance man” which makes him the perfect soft skills and leadership expert. He excelled as a Fortune 500 international information technology executive, project manager, accountant, author, speaker, professor, world history making marathoner, and award-winning documentary director. This high achiever has delivered rock solid, practical advice to over 15,000 professionals and executives throughout the USA, Canada, Brazil, and Europe.

He has over 30 years in executive positions where he managed local and internationally disbursed teams. His area of expertise is implementing multi-million-dollar, international business applications. He has appeared in eighty-five publications, including PMI Today, ESPN’s The Undefeated, Runner’s World, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and the Journal of Accountancy.

He earned two undergraduate and two graduate degrees and taught graduate and undergraduate project management, technology, and business courses. He has authored over fifty articles and six books. His articles have appeared in publications ranging from ComputerWorld to Runner’s World. articles.

Anthony has completed over one hundred marathons, including marathons in every fifty States and all seven continents. His running clothes and other artifacts from completing his seventh continent are with the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture. A video recording of his life story is in a special US Library of Congress collection. He was inducted into the 2022 National Distance Running Hall of Fame.

His two feature-length documentaries earned over forty film festival awards in the US, Canada, Sweden, and India. His first film is available on Amazon’s Prime Video.

Ed Tate

Afternoon Keynote Speaker: Ed Tate

Rejection-Proof Your Project-Pitch! How to Sell Your Project, Ideas and Yourself in 5-Minutes!

• Learn how to pitch your ideas, products, services, or yourself in 5 minutes or less! 

• Get your decision makers to say, “I’m in!” rather than “I’m out.” 

• Cause people to choose you over others! 

Ed Tate is an award-winning international keynote speaker and former executive.

Since 2009, he has been a keynote speaker for over 18 PMI Events –including a PMI World Congress, Leadership Institute Meeting (LIM), and multiple Professional Development Days (PPD).

Ed Tate, known as ‘The Speaker Who Energizes, Educates, and Entertains,’ presents uniquely and engaging. To date, he has spoken professionally in 50 states, 25 countries, and on five continents.

His exceptional speaking skills were recognized when he won the ‘American Idol of Public Speaking,’ becoming the 2000 World Champion of Public Speaking – Toastmasters International’s most prestigious speaking award among its 352,000+ Global members.

Ed is a faculty member of Dr. Robert Cialdini Institute of Ethical Influence. Dr. Cialdini is a New York Times Bestselling Author of Influence and Pre-Suasion (over 7 million copies sold.)

Ed’s business success has spanned more than two decades. For 14 years, he was a successful national account executive selling over $500 million in products and services to corporations and entrepreneurs throughout the United States.

Since 1998, Ed Tate has helped corporations, entrepreneurs, and non-sales professionals rejection-proof their pitches and win high-stakes presentations.