BRMConnect Virtual Coaches
BRM Institute is priortizing the health and safety for all in-person attendees at the 2021 World BRMConnect Conference. See COVID precautions
Coaching is integral to every BRMs journey.
At BRMConnect, attendees are eligible for a complimentary 30- to 60-minute coaching session from thought leaders within the single, global BRM community.
Meet Your 2021 Coaches!
Arnie Wetherill, IT Group Manager, Progressive Insurance
Favorite Coaching Topics
- Managing and growing strategic BRM organizations
- How to start a BRM Capability
- Managing and maturing BRM Capability
Chameka Amerson, IT Executive, Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
Favorite Coaching Topics
- Managing and growing a BRM Team
- How to start a BRM Team/Capability
- Integrating other concepts; Business Architecture, Agile Delivery, etc with BRM
Darel Popowich, Managing Director and Service Management, Online Business Systems
Favorite Coaching Topics
- Starting a BRM team and practice
- BRM Implementation (Role, Discipline, and Capability)
- BRM role in Agile and Product-centric world
- Organizational Change Management and BRM
Elka Schrijver, Leadership Coach, Lead the Pack Consulting
Favorite Coaching Topics
- Starting a BRM team and practice
- Assessing and improving a BRM team and practice
- Coaching BRMs and a BRM team
- Organizational Behaviour Management
- Performance Management
Gary Hardy, Owner, IT Winners
Favorite Coaching Topics
- BRM Program Development
- BRM Coaching and Talent Development
- BRM Strategy and Operating Models
- Emotional Intelligence and People-Function
- BRM Philosophy
Jeff Warren, President, Barkley Consulting Group
Favorite Coaching Topics
- BRM Program Development and Evolution
- BRM Coaching and Talent Development
- BRM Strategy and Operating Models
- Design Thinking and Innovation
- High-Performing BRMs
Kip Fanta, Principal, Kip Fanta Group
Favorite Coaching Topics
- Starting a BRM Team
- Competencies, Skills, and Behaviors
- Cost vs Value
- BRM Implementations
- BRM within the larger Operating Model/Function
Leanne McGiveron, Director, BRM, Purdue University
Favorite Coaching Topics
- Leading and Implementing a BRM team
- Impact Statements
- Logic Model
- Metrics
- Adapting BRM frameworks, models, etc
Maria Rickli, Principal Consultant/CBRM, Glenfis
Favorite Coaching Topics
- How to position BRM in the organization
- Transitioning from a Service Manager to a BRM
- How to promote your role as BRM
Mart Rovers, BRM Coach, Trainer and President, Interprom
Favorite Coaching Topics
- Developing and Growing a BRM Team
- Becoming a Strategic BRM
- Defining a success roadmap for the BRM Capability
- BRM Development, Implementation, Advancing the capability and role
- Adding value to all of your business partners
Peter Nichol, Chief Technology Officer, Oroca Innovations
Answer these questions to see if Peter can assist in your BRM adventure.
- Have you recently changed jobs?
- Are your leaders asking more about products and less about projects?
- Unclear where BRMs fit in an agile world?
- Is your role as a BRM unclear at your company?
- Are leaders confused about the value of BRMs in our organization?
Svetlana Sidenko, BRM Practice Lead, Trainer and Coach, IT Chapter
Favorite Coaching Topics
- BRM Role Clarity
- BRM Maturity Assessments
- Tactical BRM versus Strategic
- Value Optimization and Measurements
- BRM implementation roadmaps
Suresh GP, Managing Director, TaUB Solutions LLC
Favorite Coaching Topics
- Starting a BRM Team and practice
- BRM Implementation (Role, Discipline and Capability)
- BRM role in Agile and Product-centric world
- Organizational Change Management and BRM
- Coaching BRMs and BRM Teams