Roger Kent is a seasoned project management professional and educator with over 30 years of experience facilitating learning and workshops. He has extensive experience developing and delivering project management, quality management, and regulatory training programs across a wide range of industries. He is proficient in project management methodologies like PMBOK and Agile and has managed projects in areas like information technology, software development, and infrastructure implementation.

1. Ro g e r K e n t , P M P , P M I ­ AC P
Nevada City, CA | 530h-632-20h62 RKent(at)theprojectgroup.biz
Leadership Facilitator Creative WBT & ILT Producer Project Manager
Seasoned multilingual adult educator with proven record of facilitating learning in a dizzying
variety of information work, blue collar and management cultures. Special expertise in designing
and managing stakeholder communication, developing visual and kinetic learning, creating goofy
instructional games and promoting intercultural sensitivity in the virtual space.
Steeped in Project Management, Quality and Procurement best practices as well as
ADDIE and Training Evaluation methodologies (Kirkpatrick).
Profes si o n al Develop m e n t Worksho p Facilitator &
MARPOL Training Institute, Middletown, CA
VP of Learning
2006 to Present
• Developed five CBT/WBT training programs for maritime officers and crew teaching international and
US pollution regulations in engaging avatar format, currently on 1000+ ships worldwide. See demo at
www.marpoltraining.com.
Independent Management & Communications Workshop Facilitator 1997 to Present
• Facilitated 250+ one-, two, - and three-day public and on-site Project Management Nuts and Bolts and
PMP Exam Prep workshops on three continents. Clients include HP, IBM, Sun Microsystems, VISA, Owens
Corning, Intel, Bell South, Levi-Strauss, Kaiser-Permanente, Xerox, Pacific Bell, Amoco, PacifiCorps, Oracle,
American President Lines (Shanghai), AT&T, Avery-Dennison, Allstate, Eli Lilly, U.S. Coast Guard, Mobil
Oil (Kazakhstan), Canadian Army, U.S. Forest Service and State of California. Consistent 9.2/10 evaluations.
www.theprojectgroup.biz
• Created and facilitated one-day Movies Teach Project Management Leadership and Communications
classes to offer required continuing education credits to Professional Project Managers (PMP).
(“Have fun getting your PDU’s!”) ww.moviesteachprojectmanagement.com
• Authored four 4-hour, nationally recognized, PMBOK-compliant courses, forming core of California
Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Project Management Improvement Initiative.
• Developed Project Management Nuts & Bolts two- and three-day courseware, licensed nationally and
internationally. Frequent evaluation comments: “…clear and simple explanations of complex material”
• Created and delivered 15 iterations of one-day Project Management Software Overview for University of
California/Berkeley Extension.
• Facilitated corporate-wide roll-out of partially developed Sales and Marketing Information System
(salesforce.com precursor) for Fair-Isaac Corporation (FICO) including submission of daily bug reports and
testing scripts.
• Designed two-day Project Management Tracking class for Saber Systems (American Airlines).
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2. Independent Project Management Consultant 1997 to Present
• Lead data-conversion project from legacy PC-based member donation system to SAAS web-based
application for 1500 member non-profit organization.
• Lead redevelopment and CMS-deployment of non-profit organization’s marketing website.
• Managed three process improvement projects for Capital One Bank's regulatory-driven
Enterprise Risk Management program
• Developed MS-Project schedules, program planning documents, issue & risk management and
tracking methodologies for $15 million worldwide Hewlett-Packard IT software implementation.
• Facilitated project plan development for United Airlines (On flight Services) proposed
acquisition of US Airways.
• Created project management methodology and facilitated implementation for Alameda County
Transit IT Group.
• Developing and trained staff on an MS-Project template to “projectize” procurement processes
for Pacific Bell.
• Performed Master Scheduler function for worldwide $30 million PC/LAN/WAN rollout-out for
Levi Strauss.
Independent Technical Training Consultant 1982 to 1986
MARPOL Training Institute, Middletown, CA
VP of Learning
2006 to Present
• Developed five CBT/WBT training programs for maritime officers and crew teaching international and
US pollution regulations in engaging avatar format, currently on 1000+ ships worldwide.
www.marpoltraining.com.
• Designed and managed training delivery team for MS-Office rollout for 200+ users of California
Continuing Education of the Bar (A University of California Division).
• Designed and delivered MS-Office rollouts for 400 + users of Bank for International Settlements
- Basel, Switzerland.
• Delivered duty-hours and weekend academic MS-DOS & Windows applications workshops to
2000+ NATO active-duty soldiers, civilians and German local-nationals during seven years with
Maryland/European Division. Was teaching word-processing in German on the U.S. Holiday the day the Wall
went down.
• Created standards, developed curriculum and trained 400+ San Francisco Certified Residential
Energy Conservation Inspectors.
Education
M.A., Communication & Learning Theory Norwich University, Norwich, VT
B.A., English (Summa cum laude) Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Association s
Project Management Institute (Certified PMP, 1997, Agile Certified Practitioner 2013)
Awards
“Encore” Speaker at PMI North American Congress (8 selected out of 80), 10/2005 & 10/2006
Keynote Speaker: Silicon Valley Project Management Institute Yearly Education Event
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3. Langua g e s
Almost Fluent: French & German Working: Spanish
Molto bene: Italian. Elementary: Russian
Industries and Companies Served (Training, Consulting, Staff)
Industry Companies
Pharmaceuticals • Eli Lilly
• Novartis (formerly Hoffman-Laroche, Basel Switzerland)
• Genentech
• Abbot Labs
Medical Care • Kaiser Permanente
Medical Equipment • Boston Scientific
• Abbot Labs
Education • California Continuing Education of the Bar (A UC Division)
• University of California, Berkeley Extension
• Sacramento State U.
• Chabot Las Positas Junior College
• University of Maryland (European Division)
• New Technologies Institute
Gas & Oil • Upstream
Amoco
Geophysical Research
Technical Field Services
Natural Gas Exploration
Shell
Deep Ozone Recovery
Land Management
BP
Underwater Seismic Survey (Kazakhstan)
• Downstream
Conoco Phillips
Tanker vessel environmental compliance
Financial • Fair, Isaac, Co (Credit Scores)
• Union Banque Swiss
• Visa
• Wells Fargo
• Capitol One
• Washington Mutual
• Bank for International Settlements (Basel, Switzerland) [The
Central Bank of Central Banks]
• Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco
• Jackson Hewitt (Tax Preparers)
Transportation • American President Lines (U.S. & China)
• DHL
• United Airlines
• California Department of Transportation
• Highways Canada
• Puget Sound Transit
• Norwegian Cruise Lines
IT/Electronics • HP (U.S. & Singapore)
• Sun Microsystems
• Intel
• IBM
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4. • Wallgreens
• Brocade
Communications • MCI
• ATT (including former Pacific Bell)
• Bell South
• Ericsson
Consulting • KPMG
• McGladrey
Manufacturing • Hyundai (Korea) – Electronics
• Toro – Gardening/Farm Equipment
• McNeilus (Garbage Trucks)
• Owens Corning (Roofing), Belgium
• Avery Dennison (labels)
• Georgia Pacific (Brawny paper towels)
R&D • Owens Corning (Fiberglass Products)
• Owens Illinois (Glass Bottles)
Military • U.S. Army (including German local nationals in German)
• U.S. Navy
• U.S. Airforce
• U.S. Coast Guard
• Canadian Army
Software
Development
• Microsoft
• Visa
• Oracle
• MARPOL Training Institute
• CALTRANS (California Department of Transportation)
Government • IRS
• State of California
- Department of General Services,
- Department of Fish & Game
• US Forest Service
• US Department of Public Health
• U.S. Office of Personnel Management
• California Department of Energy
• Bureau of Indian Affairs
Food/Wine • General Mills
• Sebastiani Vineyards
• Vinestake
• Renaissance Vineyard & Winery
Recreation • Upper Deck (Sports Trading Cards)
• Apollo Arts (Performing Arts)
• Synthetic Unlimited (Theater)
Construction • Interstates Electric
Retail • Wallgreens
• I. Magnin
• Macy’s.com
Utilities • Pacificorps
• PG&E
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