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ISSUE 3 MARCH 2014 VOLUME 4

Only 100 more days until the PMI Houston Conference & Expo!

The annual conference is a little over 3 months away, and we want you to come! The

conference is a great way to get PDUs, network with project management peers, and to

learn from experts. The conference is June 9th thru June 11th at the Reliant Center,

Houston TX.

Conference Features 70 breakout sessions with tracks on:

Agile / Six Sigma Project Management Professional Development – Leadership

Essentials Program Management / PMO – Leadership Essentials Project Management

Change Management Project Management from an Industry / Technology Perspective

Change Management Team Building / Virtual Teams / Communication

3 day Conference & Vendor Expo to include:

2-Day Vendor Expo

Networking/Meet the PMI Houston Board / Speakers / Sponsors Reception Tuesday & Wednesday

70 Breakout Sessions Monday through Tuesday – June 9th – June 10th

1-Day Annual Job Fair Tuesday – June 10th

7 Workshops on Wednesday – June 11th

2014 Pricing One Day Two Days Full Conference

Early Registration January 1 - April 25

Member+ $ 289.00 $ 569.00 $ 829.00

Guest $339.00 $669.00 $979.00

** $50 discount to 5 or more from a company with discount code - must email Logan Beszterda at admin@pmihouston.org for code

+Member = PMI Houston Member

Register Now!

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FRONTLINE: PMI HOUSTON

CONFERENCE & EXPO

COMING IN MARCH: MEETING

SCHEDULE………….….….4.5 MARCH TRAINING ......... ……6 MARCH MEETINGS.........7 - 13

SPONSORS .................. ..….18

MESSAGE CENTER: PMI HOUSTON CELEBRATING 40

YEARS……….……………...14

LET OUR PEOPLE TALK . …...15

CLASSIFIEDS………...….16, 17

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PMI Houston Conference & Expo

Here are 10 reasons to attend the PMI Houston conference and expo:

1.) Earn PDUs which are needed to renew your PMI certifications.

2.) Learn from industry experts in project management.

3.) Listen to dynamic keynote speakers Troy Hazard, Kevin Cullen and Lee Jones.

4.) Network and make friends who are involved in similar industries and groups.

5.) Meet sponsors and vendors who may have solutions to make your life easier.

6.) Attend the job fair that may help you land your next job!

7.) Get of the office or home for a few days.

8.) Enter to win daily prizes.

9.) Learn more about PMI Houston and why it is a great organization.

10.) Help us celebrate our 40th anniversary at Tuesday night's gala!

Interested in volunteering for the conference? We still need volunteers, especially in the facilities group. Please email

pmic.volunteers@pmihouston.org for more details.

Interested in becoming a sponsor or vendor or wanting a job fair booth? Please email pmic.vendorexpo@pmihouston.org for

more details!

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PMI Houston Conference & Expo Keynote Speakers

Troy Hazard - There are few situations in the business world that Troy Hazard has not

experienced and survived. A serial entrepreneurial, who has founded and nurtured eleven businesses over two decades, and has consulted to countless successful companies over the last 25 years. Through his business career he has owned a diverse range of businesses including a recording studio, an advertising agency, a pizza restaurant, real estate brokerage, property development company, leading franchise-consulting business, a technology business, and recently a leading television production company. These business talents earned him international respect, so much so that he was elected by the world’s foremost business leaders for the role of Global President of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. Troy’s lessons from the edge provide businesses with potent and refined tools, a collection of which you will find in his Amazon bestselling business book, ‘Future-Proofing Your Business’ – real life strategies to prepare your business for tomorrow, today! www.troyhazard.info - www.youtube.com/troyhazard

Kevin Cullen, President of Leadera Consulting Group, specializes in the training and

development of business leaders worldwide to continually produce breakthrough business results. With over 25 years of leadership training, his expertise has provided individuals, as well as Fortune 500 companies, with innovative business consulting, training and development programs. He has taught leaders at every level to design, deliver, and implement change initiatives that produce exceptional results. Keynote Title: “Breakthrough Performance: Where the Action Is” Why are some project managers consistently more successful than others in impacting performance? Successful project managers understand the golden rules of performance and how to impact the actions of others. We will inquire into and focus on the source of Breakthrough performance and the qualities a leader must have to deliver outstanding performance through others. Objectives/Focus: (a) Learn the access to obtaining extraordinary performance; (b) Become familiar with the four components of leadership. www.leaderacg.com

Lee Jones, PMP, 2014 President of PMI Houston Chapter, has over thirty years of experience

managing projects in software and web development, network deployment, marketing and branding campaigns, new business start-ups and staff development to meet this goal. He has served PMI-Houston in various roles since 2004, including Director of Finance for the North Venue start-up committee, Vice-President of Public Relations, Vice-President of Marketing, advisor to Professional Development and as Director of Education.

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Coming in March Visit PMI Houston Meetings for ‘latest’ meeting details

PMI® Houston Meetings - Venues and Standard Times

Venue Time Description

North

Strack Farms Restaurant -

Banquet Hall 5707 Louetta, Spring, TX 77379

(Between Kuykendahl & Stuebner-

Airline Rd.)

http://www.stracks.com

Monthly on second

Tuesday Pre-dinner meeting

5:30 to 6:30 PM

Presentation with guest speaker.

Pre-dinner meeting is free to attend.

Monthly on second

Tuesday Dinner meeting

6:30 to 8:00 PM

Dinner Meeting with guest speaker.

Cost: $25 for members and $30 for non-

members. Walk-ins are an additional $10.

Galleria Area

HESS Club 5430 Westheimer Road

Houston, TX 77056

http://www.hessclub.com

Monthly on second

Wednesday Pre-dinner meeting

5:30 to 6:30 PM

Presentation with guest speaker.

Pre-dinner meeting is free to attend.

Monthly on second

Wednesday Dinner meeting 6:30 to

8:00 PM

Dinner Meeting with guest speaker.

Cost: $25 for members and $30 for non-

members. Walk-ins are an additional $10.

Southwest

Schlumberger Sugar Land Campus

210 Schlumberger Drive

Monthly on third

Wednesday Time: 5:30 to 6:30 PM

Presentation with guest speaker.

This meeting is free to attend.

The Woodlands

Sam Houston State University

Center 3380 College Park Drive, 4th Floor

The Woodlands, TX 77384

Monthly on third

Tuesday Time: 6:00 to 7:00 PM

Presentation with guest speaker.

This meeting is free to attend.

*Newest PMI Houston meeting venue.

Downtown

Houston Library Main Houston Public Library

Branch

Concourse Level Meeting Room

500 McKinney Street

Houston, TX 77002

Monthly on last

Thursday Time: 5:30 to 6:30 PM

Presentation with guest speaker.

This meeting is free to attend.

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For additional details and registration information visit PMI Houston Events

PMI® Houston Toastmaster Club Meetings Times and Locations

Toastmaster Club Name Location Time

Houston Galleria Project Management Toastmasters

Houston Baptist University

Atwood 2 Building, Room 215

7502 Fondren Rd.

Houston, TX 77074

First, Third, and Fifth Wednesday

6:30 to 8:00PM

North Houston Project Management Toastmasters

Denny's Restaurant

12697 N Gessner Dr

Houston, Texas, 77064

First, Third, and Fifth Tuesday

6:15 to 8:00PM

West - Agile

SYSCO 1390 Enclave Parkway Building

1390, Houston, TX 77077-20255

Joint meeting with Agile

Leadership Network (ALN)

Houston Chapter, formerly APLN.

Quarterly on third

Thursday Time: 6:00 to 8:00 PM

Presentation with guest speaker

This meeting is free to attend. For latest

schedule and registration please visit ALN

Houston at www.aplnhouston.org

ALN meets monthly. Meetings in March,

June, September, and December are

promoted jointly by PMIH and ALN.

Brazos Valley College Station, TX

Every other month.

Presentation with guest speaker.

This meeting is free to attend.

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Training Schedule of Classes for March

Date Class Location Cost Register March 14, 2014 Strategic Thinking

for Project Managers

Crowne Plaza Hotel Galleria

7611 Katy Frwy Houston, TX 77024

$345 per person $245 for PMI

Houston Members

Register

March 15, 2014 6 Saturday PMP Prep Course

Fluor Enterprises

1 Fluor Daniel Dr Sugar Land, TX 77478

Houston Chapter Member

Earlybird: $ 1400.00 (ends two weeks before the

course) Regular: $ 1500.00

Non-Member

Earlybird: $ 1600.00 (ends two weeks before the

course) Regular: $ 1700.00

Register

March 24, 2014

Managing Projects with

Microsoft Project Server 2013 (28

PDUs)

EPM Architect Training and Solution Center

6300 West Loop South, Suite 570

Bellaire, TX 77401

$1995.50

Register

March 24 – 27, 2014 PMP & CAPM 4- day Prep

Tri Tech Surveying Company

10401 Westoffice Drive Houston, TX 77042

$1400.00 - $1700.00

Register

To see the full list of course offerings please visit the Events tab - http://www.pmihouston.org/meetinginfo.php

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March Dinner Meeting

North -Tuesday March 11th & Galleria - Wednesday March 12th (5:30 to 8:00pm) Meeting Agenda

5:30 pm to 6:30 pm Pre-dinner Speaker Presentation 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm Networking, Dinner Opens, Chapter Announcements 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm Dinner Speaker Presentation

Pre-Dinner Presentation:

Some Simple Verbal and Nonverbal Skills for Creating a Highly Favorable First Impression Citing several real-life stories, most of them humorous, V.J. first establishes why all professionals should care about the kind of impression they create with a new acquaintance. He then shares with participants some simple verbal and nonverbal techniques they can readily employ to create a highly favorable first impression. Using PowerPoint slides, video clips, and anecdotes to make his points and illustrate his ideas and techniques, V.J. will cover a wide range of subtopics, including: "the principle of matching contrasts" for impactful attire; the visceral attraction of dental enamel; the "three-pump" handshake; the unwitting diminution of women's communications; impact of a single word that is out-of-the-ordinary and strong, vivid, and evocative; the most effective way to answer a “why” question; combating verbal tics and other common faux pas; specific tips for foreign-borns.

Pre-dinner Speaker:

V.J. Singal President of "The Articulate Professional," Houston. A communication consultant, coach, and trainer, V.J. is a nationally known speaker, and the author of The Articulate Professional (3rd edition 2008) and Words of the Month-- a free vocabulary expanding feature on the Web. His popular blog Juicy and readily applicable tips on how to communicate with impact can be viewed at http://thearticulateprofessional.blogspot.com/. V.J. has a bachelor's in engineering from IIT Delhi and an MBA with Distinction from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. His opinions have been published in The Wall Street Journal and The Economist, and aired on the BBC, CNN Headline News, KTRK-TV (Houston's ABC affiliate), and KIAH-TV (Houston's Channel 39). In recent years, V. J. has spoken at conventions / conferences in several cities including Anaheim, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Denver, Houston, Indianapolis, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland-OR, Reno, San Antonio, San Francisco, Santa Fe, and Washington D.C. He has also presented seminars and workshops to, among others, the Department of the Interior, USDA, Houston VA's Center of Excellence, MD Anderson Cancer Center, CenterPoint Energy, Reliant, Mustang Engineering, Transocean, ExxonMobil, Shell Oil, Jacobs Women's Collaborative, Alcon Manufacturing, City of Houston, Rice University, and administrative department heads at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. Prior to establishing his own company in 1993, V. J. spent over 20 years with Fortune 100 corporations. Among the many executives who have benefited from V.J.'s one-on-one coaching: the CEOs of ConocoPhillips and Mustang Engineering. For more about him, click here: http://www.verbalenergy.com/vj.html

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Dinner Presentation:

Riding The Waves of Change: How to Manage for Smooth Project Sailing Project initiatives often encounter rough waters because the organization asks employees to do something different. Furthermore initiatives muddy the waters when change management processes and tools aren’t aligned and integrated into the overall project management framework. Organizations can take steps to help employees take to change as a duck takes to water. Only 30% of change efforts fully meet their business goals (John Kotter, Leading Change). Unlike most change management presentations that focus on failure rates of change management efforts, Mark Hordes will present the critical success factors and “must-do” steps to enable your change management interventions to succeed and sustain the test of time. Gain insight from a change management expert, who brings over 25 years of change experience leading and managing change management engagements, to help transform your organization into a world-class change capable company with change management as the key enabler to your success.

Dinner Meeting Speaker:

Mark Hordes Change Management and Organizational Effectiveness Consultant with MHMC,LLC Mark Hordes is currently a Change Management and Organizational Effectiveness Consultant with MHMC,LLC a Change Management, consulting, coaching and training firm based in Houston, Texas USA. A former partner with a “Big Five” management consulting firm, Mark has successfully led global leadership development, behavior change management and cultural alignment engagements for clients such as Chevron, Hoechst Celanese, Shell Oil, Baker Hughes, Blue Star, SADARA, KBR, Saudia Airlines, Tasnee, Marathon Oil, Conoco Phillips, Schlumberger,

Tenneco, Dow, well as clients representing Energy, Manufacturing, Services, Refining, Consumer Goods, Travel & Transportation, and Governmental Bodies in the North America, Europe, Middle East, Far East, China, Scandinavia and Europe. Mark is a “Change Management Thought Leader” founder and former managing editor of the Organizational Excellence Journal (OEJ) an electronic Leadership newsletter with a subscriber base of over 16,000 monthly readers. He is a sought after “key note” speaker, and co-author of the best-selling business book: S-Business: Reinventing the Services Organization published by Select Press, New York, New York. Mark has been profiled in the media and press, “The Houston Business Journal: “Face to Face with Mark Hordes”, Houston Chronicle, “His Job is to Help Companies Ease the Pain of Change” and interviewed on radio and television. Mr. Hordes is a graduate of the American Graduate School of International Management, “Thunderbird.”. He holds an MBA and MS in Organizational Psychology and Human Behavior from Aurora University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Houston. His prior experience includes executive positions with Accenture, Spherion, American Productivity & Quality Center, Alexander Consulting, Dillingham Associates and The Sinclair Group.

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March Lunch & Learns

Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 (11:30 to 12:30pm)

Emerson Lunch & Learn

This Lunch & Learn is for Emerson employees only.

Presentation Title: Risk Management

The financial services industry can teach us a lot about managing risk. Everything they do can be converted into dollars and cents, and the results of their actions can be easily shown to affect the bottom line profit (or loss) for the organization. Therefore, they have developed sophisticated techniques for managing their risks. We may not have access to the same armies of mathematicians or analysts, but we can still learn some lessons from their frameworks and processes to help manage risk in our projects and portfolios.

Speaker: Tony Zink

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March Brazos Meeting

Monday, March 17th, 2014 (6:00 to 7:00pm)

How PM “Best Practices” Can Be Applied to Non-Profit Educational Institutions and to

Community Colleges

Quarterly Meeting of the Brazos Valley Venue

This meeting is free to attend.

For more information about this event please contact:

Don R. Gilman, P.E., PMP

Project Manager

Project Management Office - IT Risk Management

Network & Information Security - TAMU IT

dgilman@tamu.edu

Presentation Title: How PM “Best Practices” Can Be Applied to Non-Profit Educational Institutions and to Community Colleges

Speaker: Bruce Garrett

Abstract:

Project Management is used in many types of industries and organizations. What about the Education community? How can PM “best practices” be applied within the community college operations, besides teaching it in the classroom? Bruce will share about his current project work being done at Lone Star Community College and how one community educational initiative “All Kids Alliance” is starting to use a PM framework and become a full PMO.

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March Woodlands Meeting

Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 (6:00 to 7:00pm)

The Shrinking Project Manager: Insights from Psychology for Project Success

Speaker: Rashid N Kapadia, PMP

He started his career in the merchant navy, where over 17 years he progressed from a shipyard marine engineering apprentice to becoming a licensed & degreed chief engineer in charge of engine rooms of all kinds of ships.

Born & raised in India, Rashid moved to the US in 1995 pursuing a Masters degree in Marine Management and other advanced marine commercial certification in Chartering and Agency.

In the US, Rashid has worked for 3 organizations providing leadership and managerial roles in commercial merchant shipping, chartering & operations, marine and offshore engineering and repair operations, project

management, and business development.

Rashid is an avid (non-fiction) reader and constantly comes across material in these books than can be used to help in the challenging world of

project management.

Rashid N Kapadia, PMP is presently a manager of service projects in Wärtsilä North America. He leads a team of project managers.

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March SW Meeting

Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 (5:30 to 6:30pm)

SW Meeting: Speaking Skills with Toastmasters

Location:

Schlumberger Sugar Land Campus

Forum Cafe

210 Schlumberger Drive

713-234-0550

Topic: Speaking Skills with Toastmasters

All of us as Project Managers can improve on our leadership and speaking skills, especially for presentations. Bruce and some other PMs will

put on a demonstration meeting to show how some Project Managers in the Toastmasters organization are improving their PM leadership and

presentation skills. PM Toastmasters is a Public Speaking and Leadership group that is sponsored by PMI-Houston. There are two local PM

clubs that meet to help each other improve their PM skills by speaking about important PM topics. PDUs are earned for those PM

Toastmasters that have their PMP certification. Come watch this demonstration meeting and hear some great short speeches about project

management topics and the benefits of being in the Toastmasters organization. Depending on the interest level, there will be some time for

discussion about starting another PM Toastmasters club in the Sugarland-Katy area.

Speaker: Bruce Garrett

Bruce Garrett recently finished a career in the technology industry, having worked for three different technology

companies over the last 37 years. His most recent work was at HP in their Enterprise Supply Chain organization. He

supported new server and storage product launches as an Engineering Project Manager, working with teams of

software and hardware engineers. He currently works part time as a Project Management consultant at Lone Star

Community College and enjoys volunteering his time to the Project Management Institute of Houston and to

Toastmasters International, a public speaking and leadership organization. In addition to his job and volunteering, Bruce recently started work

on his MBA in IT Management and is now a full time student at Western Governors University.

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Downtown Meeting

Stories, Group Norms, and Culture

Agenda:

5:00 - 5:30 pm Networking 5:30 - 6:30 pm Program

Stories create culture by default or by design. When you share true stories of shared values you can embed cohesive team culture, positive

habits and group norms that reinforce personal responsibility, collaboration, conflict resolution and meeting deadlines.

Learn to model authenticity with a personal story that illustrates “who you are” and “why you are here.” Consciously providing examples of

expectations through demonstrates and reinforces the values you seek. Choosing stories with intention ensures stories of mission and values

outnumber the naturally high number of entertaining war stories and stress stories we tend to share.

Bullet points, ground rules, and lists of values are superficial without personal experiences (i.e. stories) that demonstrate them in action. Make

work feel meaningful by helping people interpret their “Who I am” and “Why I am Here” stories through the lens of this particular project and

these particular work relationships.

Abby Hodge, PMP, MPM

Abby Hodge is the Director of the Project Management Office for Stage Stores, Inc. As a past presenter Abby

brings over 14 years’ experience in project management and business analysis in the retail information technology

space and 7 years in general retail and procurement. She is a past presenter at PMI Houston Chapter Meetings as

well as at the Project World and World Conference for Business Analysts (2009, 2013 and the upcoming conference

in September of 2014). Her focus is communication and project management and the importance of being real and

intentional.

She holds a Master’s in Project Management from Western Carolina University, PMP, and Six Sigma Green Belt.

When not in the office or researching for future presentations she enjoys spending time with family and friends.

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PMI Houston Celebrating 40 Years

Eric Jenett, PMP

During 2014, we will be profiling some of the people who have served our chapter as president over the last forty years. The man to occupy the office first was Eric Jenett. Mr. Jenett was the holder of PMP Certificate #1 and founded the first local chapter of PMI right here in Houston, Texas. Mr. Jenett, one of PMI’s five original founders, was PMI's first Project Management Professional (PMP®). A PMI Fellow, Mr. Jenett was PMI's President in 1971, Chairman in 1972 and Secretary from 1975 to 1976. A founding member of the PMI Houston Chapter, Mr. Jenett was honored by PMI in 1975 for his Distinguished Contribution to the Institute. He presented at numerous PMI Seminars & Symposiums, served on a number of panels, and published a variety of articles in the Project

Management Quarterly, later to become the Project Management Journal®, and in a number of other technical publications. He wrote and lectured on technical and project management topics and had more than 30 publications and presentations. The PMI Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence Award is named in his honor.

After receiving his master’s degree in chemical engineering from Columbia University, Mr. Jenett spent the majority of his career with Brown and Root Corporation, now Kellog, Brown & Root, in Houston, Texas, USA. He retired in 1989 from his role as corporate vice president. During his career, he worked on a wide variety of project types in several countries. In his later years, he devoted a lot of time and energy to the Houston Chapter by mentoring its leaders and providing visionary ideas to help us keep up with a rapidly developing field of expertise. Stephen Schuster PMP Board Advisor & 2005 President PMI Houston Chapter, Inc.

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‘Let Our People talk…’

Timely Tips… ‘LEAN’

Timely Tips

All or All of?

Is it correct to say, “All of the cars had been stolen”? Or should I write, “All the cars had been stolen”? According to The Chicago Manual of Style, we should delete the ‘of’ whenever possible. (All the cars had been stolen.) There are exceptions, however. (It seems that there are always exceptions when it comes to the English language!) Use ‘all of’ when it precedes: • A nonpossessive pronoun (all of us) • A possessive noun (all of Texas A&M’s players). So . . . All my exes live in Texas. (There is no need for 'of.') Please give all of them my condolences. All of George Strait’s exes live in Texas. Brought to you by our very own Grammar Goddess and Senior Editor, Rhonda Cavender.

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Classifieds

Looking for seasoned PM’s in the oil & gas field.

Sunoco Logistics

Job Posting

Dec. 7, 2013

Advisory - Program Management - Senior Consultant

Ernst & Young LLP

Job Posting

Dec. 7, 2013

Advisory - Program Management - Manager

Ernst & Young LLP

Job Posting

Dec. 7, 2013

Program Manager

3ES Innovation Inc.

Job Posting

Dec. 23, 2013

Senior Project Manager

3ES Innovation Inc.

Job Posting

Dec. 23, 2013

IT Project Manager

Fulcrum Technology Solutions

Job Posting

Jan. 27, 2014

IT Project Manager

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Fulcrum Technology Solutions

Job Posting

Jan. 27, 2014

Project Manager

Genuent

Job Posting

Jan. 29, 2014

Project Manager-Operations

alliantgroup, LP

Job Posting

Feb. 6, 2014

Project Coordinator

Long View

Job Posting

Feb. 17, 2014

Experienced PM based in Houston

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services

Job Posting

Feb. 25, 2014

Project Manager

Long View

Job Posting

Feb. 28, 2014

Visit http://www.pmihouston.org/classifieds.php for all job listings. If you have a job opening that you would like to promote through the PMI Houston Chapter, please email the following information to director.comm@pmihouston.org.

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Detailed Job Description Your ad will be posted on the PMI Houston Chapter website and featured in weekly and monthly newsletter communications.

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