Jim De Piante

After 5 years as a Navy flight crewman, Jim De Piante attended and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florida. He joined IBM in 1984 and has been a Project Manager since 1990. He holds IBM's highest PM certification, that of Executive Level Manager. He has managed development projects for the Brands, IGS, IBM Research and ibm.com. Jim specializes in managing virtual teams and is one of IBM's most experienced virtual team project managers. Jim is an exciting, entertaining speaker. He has given numerous talks on leadership and other PM topics for IBM, PMI, and others.