Speaking

Ideas that help work actually land.

I speak on transformation, change management and adoption, and the operating systems that help strategic work move, drawn from twenty years of leading complex delivery.

Upcoming

ABWIPPM Conference 2026

Change Management as a Practice: Closing the Gap Between Delivery & Adoption

October 5–6, 2026 · Hotel at Arundel Preserve, Hanover, Maryland

A session for project and program leaders on building change management as a practiced discipline, so the work teams deliver is the work organizations actually adopt.

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DC Startup & Tech Week 2026

“Is Your Business AI-Ready? From Overwhelmed to AI-Empowered”

Panel Session · Thursday, October 22, 2026 · 2:00–2:40pm · International Square, 5th Floor, Expo Hall, Washington, DC

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Recent

Chat with a Chief

“Delivery Gets You to Go-Live. Change Management Gets You to Adoption.”

August 14, 2026 · Zoom

A conversation for Chiefs of Staff, Program Managers, Project Managers, Delivery Managers, Product Managers, Executive Coordinators, and similar roles who turn executive decisions into real organizational results.

Hosted by Anne Marie Otanez

Speaking topics

Change management and adoption

Closing the gap between delivery and adoption: why launched is not the same as landed.

Operating systems for strategic work

Governance, prioritization, and execution structures that let complex organizations move.

Transformation leadership

Leading technology and process change across business, technical, and vendor teams.

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