(^196) Contributors
Contributors
Matteo Becchi, PMP (Arlington, virginia, U.S.)
Matteo Becchi is a certified project management professional (PMP)® con-
stantly seeking that next challenging career. He is experienced in IT appli-
cation upgrades, enhancements, and implementation projects, as well as
hardware-specific IT projects such as technology refreshes or data center
equipment migration and consolidation projects. Matteo has experience
managing direct reports as well as a diverse mix of project types and related
stakeholder groups. While he has experience with SDLCs (software devel-
opment life cycles) and firmly supports the Project Management Institute’s
(PMI) five project life cycle phases across the nine knowledge areas, he is
constantly pursuing ways to improve and perfect business processes (within
project management and beyond) in order to elevate the work environment
to higher levels of efficiency and effectiveness.
Matteo recently completed his master’s degree in information systems and
technology at the George Washington University and is currently enrolled
in a graduate-level Leadership Development certificate program. He is also
fluent in Italian and proficient in Spanish.
Matteo can be reached at [email protected].Cynthia A. Berg, PhD (ABD), PMP (glendale, Arizona, U.S.)
Cynthia Berg is owner of C.A. Berg and Associates, and does consulting
in leadership development and project management implementation. She
was with Medtronic for 20 years, most recently as principal project man-
agement specialist at Medtronic Arizona Device Manufacturing in Tempe,
Arizona, where she worked with new product development projects and
development of project management training and methodology. During