Speakers

Shannon is an energetic and driven person, who has a deep passion for building successful strategies, brands and businesses from start-ups, to scale-ups, to large corporates. Most recently she has joined Blonde and Giant as their Strategic Director to drive brand development and strategic storytelling for Startups and VC funds.She enjoys challenging projects and is meticulous in her outcomes and results. She has an entrepreneurial spirit and enjoys new business development and networking. She thrives on building strong relationships and believes in a work life balance. She is highly accomplished with over 25 years of experience working across Africa and Europe. Her expertise ranges across a diverse set of industry sectors such as Venture Capital, Retail, Fintech, Insurance, Telecomms, Retail, Financial Services, Information Technology, Luxury, Leisure, Education, FMCG, Medical and E-Commerce.

Having fun with computers for nearly 25 years. Worked on the topics of software development, primarily for Enterprise Applications. Designing, developing, scaling, and operating the customer-facing digital and data solutions of ZEISS as a Team Leader to provide seamless, personalized user journeys across all web applications and portals.

16 years of proven experience in B2B client services and account mamagement, serving clients on Global and EMEA level. Proud team member of Green Fox Academy, a coding school in Budapest, Prague and Bratislava as General Director with focus on B2B products and clients.

HR Director, coach and consultant with 12 years cross-functional, cross-industry (IT, Banking, FMCG) and international experience.
In the last 5 years acting on HR Lead positions covering employer branding, recruitment, on-boarding, retention, employee engagement, performance management, learning & development, succession planning.
Solid background in HR and business strategy development, implementing HR processes from scratch and change management.
Proficient in brand & product management, consumer engagement with 6 years in FMCG Marketing and Sales on 5 markets (UA, GE, AR, MLD, CH) covering full marketing funnel: awareness, consideration, conversion, loyalty and advocacy.

Passionate about people talents as a core and strongly believe that people are the main asset of a company success.

As a product manager of the Experience team, Pavel is responsible for the strategy and development of software that helps private and business customers to manage chargers.

As a fast-growing, successful company in e-mobility, go-e GmbH is transitioning from a start-up to an internationally recognized player. From the headquarters in Carinthia in Austria, the company has already expanded sales to around 20 countries in Europe. It is already establishing future technologies with bold ideas around its passion for innovative e-mobility solutions. As a green tech company, environmentally conscious processes are vital, which is why they place them at the heart of everything they do.
go-e’s R&D department is located in Berlin, where Experience, Systems, and Hardware teams work together to bring the next generation of chargers to the market.

Experience of +25 in multiple sectors and industries, both public and private, mainly in the management and leadership of project and product management offices under traditional (predictive) and agile (adaptive) frameworks.

Founder of the PMOfficers brand which includes:

• PMOXperience: Consultancy specialized in Project and Product Management Offices
• PMOAcademy: Specialized Training Academy to Lead Project & Product Offices
• PMOXSuite Platform (Co-Founder)
• Computer Science Degree, Master e-Business Management, Postgraduate in Management, Postgraduate: Quality Postgraduate
• Certificate: PMO-CC, PMO-SR, PMO-DT, PMO-BR, PMP, PMO-CP, SM-I, Sig Sigma Yellow Belt.
• PMO Global Awards Judge (Since 2018) Active Member: PMOGA and PMI BCN Chapter.
• First Certificate in Spain PMO-CC of the PMOGA
• Lecturer in Project Management Masters (PMO Certification):
• PMO-CP certification at U. La Salle BCN
• PMO-FO certification at the Barcelona Executive Business School (BEBS)
• PMO Module at the European U. Campus Valencia
• Speaker for PMI Chapters Spain and LATAM
• Speaker at Universities, Organizations and Business Centers:
• Peru (APROLOG), Colombia (U.Del Bosque) and Ecuador (ESPAE)
• AACEE (Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International) among others.