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strategy advisor and architect with Microsoft. He is the founder of the
Microsoft Personal Empowerment Group, a private group within Microsoft
dedicated to incubating the growth of personal and professional success. In
2005, Harry also incubated a goal-setting and life-architecture program for
inner-city youth.
In addition to enjoying life with his partner Rowan and three wonderful
kids, Harry enjoys fly-fishing and reading, writing, studying, speaking, and
breathing personal empowerment principles.lorin Unger (hoboken, new jersey, U.S.)
Lorin Unger has over 12 years of experience in technology strategy and
management in environments ranging from dot-com to finance.
His specialties include technical strategy, team building and management,
process creation and implementation, offshore development procedure
implementation and management, efficiency analysis, and patience.Angelo valle (Rio de janeiro, Brazil)
Angelo Valle is a specialist in technological innovation and industry orga-
nization civil engineer, master in construction management, at Federal
University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is the immediate past president of the
Rio de Janeiro Project Management Institute (PMI) chapter.
Angelo is a noted author of numerous papers. His latest areas of interest
revolve around project management organizations (PMOs) and earned
value. As academic coordinator of the MBA for Foundation Getulio Var-
gas, he is currently responsible for the education of more than 20,000 post-
graduate students.lelio varella, PMP (Tijuca, Rio de janeiro, Brazil)
Lelio Varella is a business management consultant with over 30 years of
experience and a focus on strategic planning and organizational devel-
opment; portfolio, program, and project management; and project man-
agement offices. He has provided service for some of the most important
Brazilian companies in sectors spreading from IT to oil and gas. A skilled
spokesperson and instructor, he has coauthored or participated in three
project management books. Lelio has been an active volunteer for PMI for
more than 10 years, and his achievements include founding the PMI Rio de
Janeiro chapter, which currently has over 1,000 members.