BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Anguilla X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anguilla BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:19700101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3783271:Event:48775 DTSTAMP:20260430T140444Z SUMMARY:Agile Philly Downtown Center City - Mike Palladino - Global Te ams & Cultures DESCRIPTION:The Topic for March 25th is\nGlobal Teams - Working Across Cultures\n More and more agile efforts involve development teams and stakeholder groups dispersed throughout the world.\nDistributed projec ts are more difficult to execute for obvious reasons, including time d ifferences and language barriers, but cultural differences, and the la ck of understanding them, create problems that no video conference, wi ki, or international flight can solve.\nYou need to crack the culture code.\nBy cracking the culture code you can establish credibility, ove rcome communication barriers, create an environment of trust and get t hings done.\nCome to this interactive session that has been honed by o ver a decade of delivery and learn how to work with international team s and execute successful projects across geographical and culture divi des. Bio: Michael Palladino is a Project and Program Management consu ltant and professional with broad experience across industries.  He h as held a variety of roles, including program and project manager, por tfolio manager, business relationship manager and operational support.   Mike has more than 20 years of information technology experience in a variety of industries, including health care, pharmaceutical, finan cial, insurance, music distribution and travel.  He is a frequent spe aker at industry conferences and has presented in several countries fo r more than 15 years.   Mike holds a Bachelor of Science in Electric al Engineering from Drexel University, and various certifications such as CSM, PMP, Six Sigma, ITIL and TOGAF.  Mike is also the President- Elect and VP of Membership at PMI-DVC.\nEveryone will remember Mike fr om last year's AgileTour event in October.   Always entertaining, al ways insightful, Mike will make you think about offshore teams and eve n personalities within your small team.\n \n\nThis meeting will be at the CHOP offices in the Wanamaker Building at 13th and Market\nLocati on: Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, in their office space in the W anamakers Building near City Hall and Public Transportation. See the l ink for directions.\n\nAnd remember the start time for downtown meetin gs is 6 PM ! And put on your calendar that the Downtown group meets on the 4th Weds of the month. \n\nFood is sponsored by . . .\nHarbor Pa rtners, an Information Technology staffing firm, and a two time Top 40 Winner of the Philadelphia 100 award in 2013 and 2014, is recognized as one of the fastest growing, privately held companies in the region. We provide critical services and SME-level feedback that insures alig nment between business and IT initiatives.\n \nHarbor Partners can de liver talent on a contract, contract to hire or permanent hire basis, focusing on Project and Program Managers, Business, Systems & Process Analysts, Business, Systems and Application Architects, and Developers . We also staff interim and permanent technology leadership roles.\nHa rbor Partners provides these services within the Greater Philadelphia area.\n \n\nFor more information visit http://www.agilephilly.com/ev ents/agile-philly-downtown-center-city-2015-march DTSTART;TZID=America/Anguilla:20150325T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anguilla:20150325T200000 CATEGORIES:meeting, downtown LOCATION:Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, in their office space in the Wanamakers Building near City Hall WEBSITE:http://agilephilly.com/page/direction-to-chop URL:http://agilephilly.com/page/direction-to-chop CONTACT:610 574-3813 ORGANIZER:Emily H.L., Greg Robinson, John Voris ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/1678280126?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Shilpa N air":http://www.agilephilly.com/profile/ShilpaNair ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Tim Ulme r":http://www.agilephilly.com/profile/TimUlmer ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="T Lee":h ttp://www.agilephilly.com/profile/TLee ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Sarah Jo hnson":http://www.agilephilly.com/profile/SarahJohnson ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Greg Mes ter":http://www.agilephilly.com/profile/GregMester ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Emily Ha ines-LaPenta":http://www.agilephilly.com/profile/EmilyBahnick ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="William Hunt":http://www.agilephilly.com/profile/WilliamHunt ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Stephen Barr":http://www.agilephilly.com/profile/StephenBarr ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Jeff Kir k":http://www.agilephilly.com/profile/JeffKirk ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Gary Sch arf":http://www.agilephilly.com/profile/GaryScharf256 ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Mark Wat son":http://www.agilephilly.com/profile/MarkWatson ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Zhen Wu" :http://www.agilephilly.com/profile/ZhenWu ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Janet Ma ys":http://www.agilephilly.com/profile/JanetMays ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Erik Cos tello":http://www.agilephilly.com/profile/ErikCostello ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Shasha L iu":http://www.agilephilly.com/profile/ShashaLiu ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Shirley Robinson":http://www.agilephilly.com/profile/ShirleyRobinson ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Raymond J. 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