We work with, and train, individuals and organizations to improve their project management capabilities. With offices in Seattle, WA, and Tucson, AZ, we help local businesses, nonprofits, and government organizations around the country.

We supply project managers on a full-time basis for larger projects, and on a part-time basis for smaller clients and projects. Our project managers are certified as Project Management Professionals by the national Project Management Institute (PMI) and we are an approved PMI Registered Education Provider of project management training.

Website: www.teamproficiency.com

LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/sjchamberlain

Member of the Northern Alberta Project Management Association

Max Brandon, MSc, PMP, is a Project Manager, Management Consultant, Trainer/Instructor and Personal Coach with 20 years of business experience in more than 80 projects and assignments for various organizations. Built several high-performance IT organizations, developed IT strategy and information plans, designed numerous business solutions, and realized countless successful project implementations.

15+ Years Industry Based Skills

Sales/General Management

Successful business development
Effective communication, customer relations; both internal and external
Logistics and transportation training; facilitation, sales and marketing training
Corporate financial statements and bank relations
Research, implementation and utilization of computer software programs
Proven business acumen with strong entrepreneurial spirit
Strategic customer database development

Operational and Logistics Management

Detailed Inventory audits, development and implementation of procedures
Quality Control Protocols
Corporate safety programs with WCB and OHSA COR compliance
Negotiate, monitor, and refine contracts; effective product sourcing
Procurement and system monitoring; ongoing vendor management
Development and implementation of operational and logistics strategies
Scheduling, staging and routing of equipment and personnel
Results driven a Activity Based Costingâ programs
Timely meeting of Provincial, Federal Legislative requirements
Define and deliver facility and fleet preventive maintenance programs
Effective equipment management including heavy and off road

Management and Supervisory

Direct supervision of cross-dock, expediting and forwarding
Overseeing and maintaining employee standards (100 employees)
Developing corporate and departmental policy and procedures
Beneficial carrier and vender negotiations
Continuous reporting with method improvement studies
Accurate cash flow and expenditure reporting
Feasibility studies and business analysis
Recruitment, investigation, hiring and termination of employees
Managed distribution centers
Sustainable project management

Industry Training: Allison, CAT, Cummins, Dupont, Freightliner, GM/Detroit, GMICT, Great Dane Trailers, Grote, Haldex, Hendrickson, Lode King Trailers, Meritor, Raymond, Volvo Trucks
Software Training Microsoft, Oracle, Seibel, Solomon, Syspro, Vertabase

Versatile manager and administrator with 19 year’s experience. Strong business acumen, demonstrated by 12-year ownership of successful engraving business. Approachable, mentoring leadership style builds team competence and maturity. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Detail-oriented and accurate in all aspects of accounting and administrative functions

I am Certified LabVIEW Architect, and Specialize in Automation and Electronic Design, I have over 10 years experience as well in project Management.

Dr. Palza has more than 15 years of experience as a Consultant, Professor and Researcher. He has extensive experience in areas such as Business Management, Operations Management, MIS and Statistical Analysis.

As a consultant Dr. Palza has implemented Business and IT solutions for organisations as Nokia, Ericsson Research Canada, John Hancock (USA), NASA IV&V, World Bank, Bombardier (Canada), Cirque du Soleil (Canada), CGI Inc. (Canada), etc. Dr. Palza has taken in different roles and responsibilities: Director, Manager, Business Architect, and others.

He is Associate Professor at the Department of Software Engineering and Information Technology at « Université du Québec â�� Ã�cole de technologie supérieure ». Since 2009 Dr. Palza is working as Part Time professor at Telfer School of Management â�� University of Ottawa. Dr. Palza was also working as Part Time professor at « Ã�cole des sciences de la gestion â�� UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal) », « Faculté d’Administration – Université de Sherbrooke ». Dr. Palza currently is imparting online courses at «University of New Brunswick (Canada) ».

Dr. Palza current research activities covers Artificial Intelligence applied to Management (Health, Finance, and Marketing), Business Intelligence (Data-Mining/Data-Warehouse), Statistics in Management, Performance Management, Project Management, IT Governance and Business Strategies. He has published several Books, Book Chapters and Articles in Journals and International Conferences. He is Editor Board in the Journal �International Journal of Information, Business and Management� , reviewer and Chair for International Conferences in Business Management and IT (CITSA , CCCT , RMCI , etc).

Actually Dr. Palza is conducting a Multidisciplinary Research Project in Health Informatics/Health Management. It is an International Project composed by Researchers and Students from Canada and Peru. The project interest is to predict diseases in newborns based on Pregnant Woman behaviours patterns applying Artificial Intelligence Models.

Dr. Palza is also a member of the ISO committee Working Group 24 of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7-ISO 29110 � Software Lifecycle Profiles for Very Small Enterprises. He is leading projects relating of IT best practices for Small Enterprises in Canada and South America: Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Puerto Rico.

Dr. Palza completed his PhD Degree with a concentration in IT Operations Management from U. du Québec – Ã�cole de technologie supérieure – Ã�TS (Canada), he earned a Master Degree in Software Engineering with a concentration in Performance Management from UQAM-Ã�TS (Canada), a Bachelor Degree in Computer Information Systems. Dr. Palza has certifications in Finance, Human Resources, Operations Management, as well as studies in Innovation Management, Procurement, Project Management, Marketing and E-Business.