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Topic: Understanding the Role of Project Management and Change Management during the Execution of Change Initiatives

Presentation Objectives: Understanding the differences between project management and change management, and how they practically work together to drive projects to a successful outcome in organizations.

Location:  NAIT PIC Conference Hall
10210 Princess Elizabeth Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T5G 2R1

Speaker bio:  Nkem Onyegbula

Nkem Onyegbula is an independent consultant and principal with CYNKON Inc.

He is responsible for providing change management, project management and business strategy services on change initiatives to his clients to generate positive return on investment. He has strong experience in organizational development, strategic change, business analysis and strategy, change and communication strategies, training strategies and competency frameworks. Prior to becoming an independent consultant, Nkem worked in Edmonton, Canada for Deloitte as a Manager in the Human Capital Practice.
He also worked for the City of Edmonton as a Project Manager, Change Initiatives. Prior to moving to Canada, he worked in Tampa, Florida for Vista Hill Management as a Project Manager, HR and for Sykes Enterprises as an Organizational Development research analyst.

Nkem is currently studying for his Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) at Royal Roads University in Victoria, BC. Onyegbulas’ doctoral research focuses on ways to enhance Kotter’s change management model to drive the adoption of IT applications by understanding the bounded rationality concept within behavioural economics. He believes the outcome of his research will be relevant for change practitioners during IT system implementations.

Nkem wrote an article about effective leadership competencies during the COVID-19 pandemic, that was published on CERIC.CA. In 2020, Nkem was appointed for a three-year term to serve as a public member on the Real Estate Council of Alberta’s (RECA) Mortgage Broker Industrial Council by the Alberta Minister of Service. He was also recently appointed as a Board Director with the Institute of Certified Management Consultants of Alberta (ICMCA). Nkem holds an MBA from the University of Tampa (2004) and a Bachelor of Science (Geophysics) from the University of Lagos (1998). He is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) with the Canadian Association of Management Consultants, a Change Management Specialist (CMS) with the Management and Strategy Institute and is Prosci certified in Change Management. He enjoys playing soccer and cherishes spending quality time with his wife and three children.

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