Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez is a professor of strategic change and project management at several business schools (Duke CE, Instituto de Empresa, Solvay, Vlerick). He is also an author of the book The Focused Organization, have been featured in several magazines, including Singapore Management Institute, Business Strategy Review and The Economist.
Antonio loves to speak to large audiences – he is a regular keynote speaker at international events, where he speaks on strategic transformation and focus. In the past months he has been keynote speaker in conferences with thoughleaders Bob Kaplan, Rita McGrath, as well as politicians Didier Reynders and Donald Tusk, President of the European Council.
Antonio specializes in running workshops with senior executives to increase their focus and improve their strategy execution dexterity. He has an MBA from London Business School and his education spanned Germany, Mexico, Italy, USA, Spain and the UK.
He is currently a Director Head of PMO at GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines.
Previously he worked in the banking sector, for BNP Paribas Fortis, where he implemented Project Portfolio Management practices to help the Executive Committee select, prioritize and execute 150+ projects and a budget of +100m euro yearly. Prior to that he was a Head of Post Merger Integration, leading the largest takeover in the financial service history: the acquisition of ABN AMRO.
Dear Antonio,,
I am a business professional from Corporate America who is a member of PMINJ in the US. I totally support your position that business management and project management should be combined, especially at the business schools. Throughout my business career, I led projects all the time so you make a lot of sense.
I just invited you to my LinkedIn and hope you will accept. I was wondering if you might be interested in sharing this slide presentation. My email address is JCMiao@aol.com.
I am currently a volunteer Career Coach for Rutgers University’s John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development’s New Start Career Network to help the Long-Term Unemployed (LTU) in New Jersey return to the workplace. My first member to coach is an engineer. I want to introduce him, as well as other members, to business and project management.
Many thanks in advance. Best wishes for a most successful 2016.
Judy Miao
Somerset, New Jersey, USA
JCMiao@aol.com
Many thanks for the positive feedback Judy, it will be pleasure to connect via LinkedIn, and good luck with your initiative to promote project management at the University !
I am an accountant practicing external auditing for clients. I have carried out many audit assignment for the past six years. I was convinced by your presentation to acquire a project management skill but the requirements stated in the PMI website confuses me anytime I read that. With my Higher diploma in Accounting and a Chartered Accountant, can I write the PMP examination?
Glad to hear that you are interested in becoming a certified project manager. Unfortunately I don’t know all the details about the application process, I suggest you contact PMI staff through their website. Good luck !
Pick an industry first is my suggestion, before you go for PM certification.
There are not that many “generic” PM’s that I have met in my life.
Healthcare, High Tech Manufacturing. Aerospace, Banking are all very different and require some “domain knowledge” to really SELECT projects and execute meaningful solutions that impact the customer and the enterprise.