Kim Heldman, MBA, PMP^® Kim is the senior manager of IT/CIO for the Regional Transportation District in Denver, Colorado. Kim directs IT resource planning, budgeting, project prioritization, and strategic and tactical planning. She directs and oversees IT design and development, enterprise resource planning systems, IT infrastructure, application development, cybersecurity, the IT program management office, intelligent transportation systems, and data center operations.

Kim oversees the IT portfolio for a range of projects, from projects that are small in scope and budget to multimillion-dollar, multiyear projects. She has over 25 years of experience in information technology project management. Kim has served in a senior leadership role for over 18 years and is regarded as a strategic visionary with an innate ability to collaborate with diverse groups and organizations, instill hope, improve morale, and lead her teams in achieving goals they never thought possible.

Kim is the author of the PMP^®: Project Management Professional Study Guide, Ninth Edition. She is also the author of CompTIA Project+, Second Edition; Project Management JumpStart, Third Edition; and Project Manager’s Spotlight on Risk Management. Kim has also published several articles.

Kim continues to write on project management best practices and leadership topics, and she speaks frequently at conferences and events. You can contact Kim at [email protected]. She personally answers all her email.

Vanina Mangano Over the past decade, Vanina has specialized in working with and leading project, program, and portfolio management offices (PMOs) across various industries and companies, most recently at NBCUniversal and AMN Healthcare. Currently, Vanina leads a PMO at Microsoft Corporation.

As part of her contribution to the community, Vanina devotes time to furthering the project management profession through her volunteer work at the Project Management Institute^®. Vanina recently served as the chair for The Standard for Program Management, Fourth Edition, and participates in activities that seek to harmonize the four foundational standards of the PMI^®. She has also served as a core committee member for A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK^® Guide), Fifth Edition, and has served as a subject matter expert on multiple PMI^® Standards and Practice Guides.

Vanina holds a dual bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Riverside, and holds the following credentials: Project Management Professional (PMP)^®, PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)^®, PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)^®, CompTIA Project+, and ITIL Foundation v3.

You may reach Vanina through LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vaninam/.

Brett Feddersen MPS, PMP^® Brett is a career public servant with 25 years of experience in government, including the United States Marine Corps, the state of Colorado, the city of Boulder (Colorado), and the Regional Transportation District (RTD) in the Denver metro area. Brett has been a certified project manager since 2007 and has contributed to several books as a technical editor and technical proofreader. He is the author of the CompTIA Project+ Practice Tests: Exam PK0-004, and served as a coauthor for the PMP Project Management Professional Exam Review Guide, Third Edition. In addition to his commitment to the project management community, Brett is passionate about leadership and organizational excellence, and he has contributed to several cultural revolutions, helping government agencies become high-performing organizations.

Brett holds a bachelor’s degree from Colorado Mesa University and a master’s degree from the University of Denver. He holds the following credentials: Project Management Professional (PMP)^®, Gamification, CompTIA Project+ , and ITIL Foundation v3.

You can reach Brett through LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettfeddersen.