Instructor Profiles

FLMCI course instructors are senior program/project managers, each with more than 20 years of “in-the-trenches” project management experience. Our instructors differ from many other project management trainers in that they currently work as real-world program/project managers at international, Fortune 500 companies and are able to bring their practical experience to the classroom.

Principal/Instructor: Francis (Dub) McNamara, PMP

• Over 25 years of project management experience
  • 22+ years of IT project management
  • 3 years of heavy construction project management
• Established 5 and managed 4 Project Management Offices (PMOs)
  • 1 Fortune 100
  • 1 Fortune 500 Corporation
  • 2 IT Consulting Firms
  • 1 $150B Asset Management Firm
• Certified PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Certified Gartner/Comptia IT Project +
• SEI Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Level 3 Certification
• IT Program Manager at Fortune 500 International Petrochemical Company
• Over 10,000 hours of software application development
• BS Civil Engineering (Project Management) Texas A&M University
• MBA (Finance) University of Texas at Austin
  • Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Gamma Sigma

Instructor: Dow Presley, PMP

• Over 20 years project experience in hardware and software development as:
  • Programmer/Programmer Lead
  • Business Analyst
  • Project Manager
  • Senior Systems Architect
• Certified PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Requirements Development Expert
• BS Electrical Engineering - Texas A&M
  • Summa Cum Laude
• Mensa Society
• Training Experience
  • NASA Space Shuttle Systems Instructor

Instructor: John Ehlers, PMP

• 20 years of project management and outsource experience
  • 5 years Outsource Account and Transition Management
  • 5 years Outsource Bid Management
  • ITO
  • BPO
  •  10 years Project Management IT projects
• Multiple Fortune 500 Corporations
• 4 Outsource/Consulting Firms
• Over 10,000 hours of IT Project Management
• Commercial Product Development
• Consultant Development
• In-house Development
• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)

Instructor: Tom Love, PMP

• 30+ years experience as a project manager, facilitator, auditor, consultant, and trainer
• Past President (2005) of the Austin, Texas chapter of PMI
• Experience in aerospace, banking, construction, computer, electronics, health care, manufacturing, and oil, gas industries, federal, state, and municipal governments
• Implemented total quality management into three Texas state agencies
• Conducted management training for senior executives in the United States and Europe
• Who’s Who in Business and Finance and The National Registry of Who’s Who
• Served at the local, regional and national levels: American Society for Training and Development
• M. Ed. Human Resources Development, Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin
• M. A. Human Resources Management, Pepperdine University
• B. A. English, Baylor University
• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)

Instructor: Laurie Haberthier, PMP

• 25+ years of Project Management Experience

  • Professional Services implementations
  • IT PMO creation / implementation / management
  • New product development / introductions
  • Software Engineering product development
  • Marketing Events
    
• Currently: Program Manager at Sun Microsystems
  • New product development / launch
    
• PMI Certification Prep Instructor
  
  
  

Instructor: Nancy Olmos

• 16 years Project Management Experience
• All aspects of driving sales and managing sales team
  • Master Planned Communities
  • Single Family Residential
  • Condominiums
• Currently: Project Sales Manager, Windermere Real Estate
• Past 5 Years: Project Sales and Marketing Manager
  • 224 Single Family Attached and Condominium
  • 110 Unit Mid Rise Luxury Condominium
• 16 Projects totaling 1375 homes with gross revenue over $175M

• BA – Harvard University- International Studies

Instructor: Mary Elston

• 25+ years management experience
• 15+ years management in transportation industry
• 10 years in telecommunications, consulting, technology industries
• Currently at Sun Microsystems, Inc.: Senior Services Portfolio Product Manager
  • Marketing, sales training, product and pricing group management
• First Place Gold Key Award, 2004, Business Marketing Association for Welcome Kit program
• Distinguished Toastmaster, 1st Place 2002 District Award, 2nd Place 2004,
• Member Board of Directors, CU Denver Alumni Foundation, 2004, 2005, 2006
• Certifications: CCNA, Cisco Certified Network Associate
  
• BS Business Administration – University of Colorado
  • Regent’s Scholarship
  • Magna Cum Laude
  • Beta Gamma Sigma
• Author of the book: “Master Your Middle Management Universe, How to Succeed with Moga Moga Management Using 3 Easy Steps!” 2006

Instructor: Jim Rather

• Over 20 years of project management experience
  • IT development
  • Management of project managers
  • Data Center consolidation
  • Multi-location, and multi-country development
• Established 2 and managed 1 Project Management Offices (PMOs)
• Fourth largest US Bank
• Large Gas Pipeline company
• Multiple SEI Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Level 3 Certifications
• International IT management
• CIO for a financial institution
• Broad industry involvement:
  • Petro-Chemical
  • Financial
  • Marine Construction
  • IT Consulting
  • Computer manufacturing
• BS Chemistry and Physics Western Kentucky University
• MS Physics Tulane University
• MBA (Operations Research) Tulane University

Instructor: John Gaughan

• John Brings a vast background of experience and business knowledge gained over the last 40 years. John started his career in New York with the New York Telephone Company and in 1972 came to Houston with General Dynamics Corporation.
  
  John started his own business in 1973 with Telecommunications Specialists Inc. and has always had interests in the telecommunications and data field. His ownership and experience spanned many businesses from a clothing store chain to a trucking company to the Houston Dynamo’s professional soccer team and more.
  
  John left the corporate world in 2005 to form a business with his wife Rhonda. Together they created NSIGHT a partnership created to teach corporation’s better methods of communications and leadership development tools as well as future strategy and succession management concepts. John and Rhonda host many workshops together and both are certified leaders and facilitators.

  John served as the Chairman for the Mankind Project and serves on other boards in the Houston community. Service and outreach is an important part of John’s life.

Instructor: Rhonda W. Gaughan

• Rhonda is an international workshop leader, facilitator and executive coach. She is a certified Shadow Work® coach as well as a trainer, mentor and Certified Shadow Work® facilitator. Rhonda is also a graduate of the Masters program in Psychology at the University of Santa Monica in California.

  Rhonda moved to Houston from Louisiana where she was Executive Assistant to the Governor throughout his term in office. Prior to joining the Governor’s office Rhonda worked for the State of Louisiana from the Louisiana State Police to Louisiana State University. Once in Houston, Rhonda branched out into management consulting, working for such firms as King, Chapman, Broussard and Gallagher, Wright Management Company, and the Daugherty Group Consultants.

  Rhonda is a certified Weekend Leader and Facilitator with Woman Within International and has participated in the training of thousands of women throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. She and John have created many workshops benefiting executives, individuals and couples.

  Rhonda brings fun and enjoyment to everything she does. She has a creative mind balanced with her logical good sense. She has been an asset to many great organizations.

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