Category Archives: Speaking Engagements

Chris Vandersluis to speak at UT Dallas symposium

Our president, Chris Vandersluis, will be speaking at the University of Texas at Dallas Project Management Symposium on May 23rd.  This is the 15th annual PM Symposium put on by the UT Dallas Naveen School of Management.  Mr. Vandersluis has presented there a number of times.  His topic this year is “Is the era of the Project Management Office at an end?”  For those interested in attending the Symposium, see jindal.utdallas.edu/events/project-management-symposium.  Mr. Vandersluis’s remarks on the subject will be available in the Project Management World Journal at some point after the conference.  For other articles and talks by Mr. Vandersluis, see his blog at www.epmguidance.com.

HMS President Chris Vandersluis to Speak at Hard Dollar Customer Roundup

Our president, Chris Vandersluis, will be speaking in Scottsdale, Arizona at the Hard Dollar Project Cost Management Roundup. This annual event, taking place October 15-18, brings together contractors, owners and EPCMs from the construction, mining, oil and gas, STO and power and process industries. Hard Dollar, the publishers of the project cost control software of the same name will provide four days of thought leadership, industry trends and case studies from industry experts and customers.

Chris will be sharing his knowledge and expertise on Field Data Collection and Project Cost Management. He will also use this opportunity to demonstrate the new link between HMS Software’s TimeControl Industrial and the Hard Dollar project cost control system which is the result of a Technical Alliance partnership with Hard Dollar announced earlier this year.

Don’t miss this opportunity. Join Chris on Wednesday, October 17th at 1PM at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort.

Watch our quick YouTube video where Chris give you more details on this Hard Dollar event: 

For more information on Chris and other speakers who will be present, visit the Hard Dollar Roundup Speakers page
If you would like to organize meeting Chris while he is in Scottsdale to talk about the link between TimeControl Industrial and Hard Dollar, please contact 
Kelly Motafferi at kelly.motafferi@hms.ca

Our president will be speaking at the PMI Buffalo Professional Development Day

Chris Vandersluis, the president of HMS, will be speaking in Buffalo Thursday, September 20th as part of PMI’s Professional Development Day. This will be an insightful and valuable opportunity to “Become a Person of Success”. You will have two opportunities to see his talk on the subject of “Improving Resource Capacity” in the afternoon portion of the day. Chris will be discussing how to generate project resource capacity without having to hire by using best timesheet business practice. Join Chris on September 20that the Buffalo Convention Center, at the Convention Center Plaza, in Buffalo, New York.
For more information, visit PMI Buffalo’s website at www.pmibuffalo.org.

Watch Chris’ quick YouTube video where he gives you more details about the PMI Buffalo event.

Our president is speaking at ProjectWorld Toronto on Monday

IMG00071-20110215-1257Chris Vandersluis, the president of HMS will be speaking at ProjectWorld Toronto on Monday, May 14th.  The subject is “getting more resource capacity without spending more money” and focuses on how timesheet practices can help find resource capacity you didn’t even know you had.  ProjectWorld runs on May 14th and 15th at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (South Building) and Mr. Vandersluis’s talk will be at 3:45 on May 14th. 

For more information, visit ProjectWorld’s website at www.projectworldcanada.com.

Our president is speaking in Ann Arbor on Monday

IMG00071-20110215-1257Chris Vandersluis, the president of HMS will be speaking at the PMI Huron Valley Chapter in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Monday, April 16th.  The subject is: “Increasing your project resource capacity without increasing your project resource costs” and focuses on how timesheet practices can help find resource capacity you didn’t even know you had.  The event starts at 5:30 and is located at the Holiday Inn Ann Arbor located at: 3600 Plymouth Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105.
For more information, visit the Huron Valley PMI chapter site at: www.pmi-hvc.org.