Jack FERRARO

Jack Ferraro has over 20 years of business management consulting experience with a focus on executing strategic projects and increasing organizational project management effectiveness. He has extensive knowledge of the current Project Management Institute (PMI)® standards for project, program and portfolio management.

Jack’s strives to become a trusted-advisor to organization seeking to optimize limited resources to effectively manage the growing list of organizational strategic priorities. He has experience in pharmaceutical, manufacturing, higher education, nonprofit, and financial industries. He is a seasoned project management practitioner experienced in team development while leading complex enterprise technology, vendor management, change management and business process improvement projects. 

Jack is the author of two project management books, The Strategic Project Leader: Mastering Service-based Project Leadership, available on Amazon.

“... a truly uplifting book with a self-directed plan to build leadership competencies and recommended tools for establishing compatibility and trust that allows project leaders to truly change the world by connecting their values with their work.” —Dr. Tony Alessandra, author of The Platinum Rule and Charisma

Jack’s second book, Project Management for Non Project Managers was published in 2012 by AMACOM.

“a great book that will enable managers to understand the value of project management and how they must contribute to a successful project…” John M. Muraski, MS University of Wisconsin College of Business

Jack is passionate about using project management to effect positive organizational change.  He enjoys consulting, training and mentoring project stakeholders and teams seeking to spearhead organizational change. He has designed a project leadership program based on The Strategic Project Leader to help project managers build their leadership and communication skills. 

Jack is a popular international speaker on project management leadership. He has recently spoken to:

• PMI Global Congress North America 2014 – “Five Competencies to Drive Strategic Projects”
• PMI Global Congress North America 2013 – “What’s Really Wrong with Your Portfolio – Multi-tasking”
• PMI Northern Italy Chapter (Milan) – May 2013 – The Strategic Project Leader
• PMI Norway (Oslo) - February 2013 – The Strategic Project Leader
• PMI BeLux Day (Belgium) – October 2012 – The Strategic Project Leader
• PMI Milano – May 2013 – The Strategic Project Leader