Thomas Walenta has over 50 years of experience working on projects, with 36 years in project leadership and 21 years in program management. He initiated and managed PMOs, programs, and projects for IBM customers in system integration, software, outsourcing, and strategy. He delivered turnkey projects, rolled out SAP across European country organizations, engaged in and delivered large outsourcing contracts, and integrated the full portfolio of IBM solutions into a key account role. He recently supported a German manufacturer in establishing organization-wide portfolio management and setting up a hybrid PMO that catered to agile and traditional projects. His cultural experience spans government, insurance, banking, electronics, and automotive industries and geographically includes most European countries, Russia, Japan, India, and the US. He has visited approximately 100 countries.

In parallel, Thomas Walenta built a career as a volunteer at the Project Management Institute (www.pmi.org) starting in 1998. He led the PMI Frankfurt Chapter for nearly eight years and served two terms on the global Board of Directors (2006-2008 and 2017-2019). His volunteer career reached a milestone with the PMI Fellow Award in 2012, which has been granted to only 80 individuals in more than 30 years. From 2011 to 2016, he served on PMI's Ethics Review Committee, addressing ethics complaints and violations. He has been a member of PMI since 1992 and of GPM (IPMA) since 1995.

In addition to working for IBM and volunteering for PMI, he has managed his own business since 2001, taught project management at two universities from 2002 to 2022, and accepted engagements for strategic project management consulting. He is a professional speaker who has been invited to more than 100 conferences and webinars globally and has published articles and book chapters on project management topics.

He is one of the few global and industry advisors for the independent PM World Journal (http://pmworldjournal.net/team/global-advisors-pm-profession/). Mr. Walenta proudly mentors about 15 individuals around the world.

• Program Manager
• Researching PgMP and PgM 
• Mentoring
• Building Wisdom 
• Striving for Humility  
• NED IoD 
• 1st project 1974  
• PMI volunteer since 1998
• PMI Fellow
• PgMP
• PMP
• 31 years working for IBM customers. 

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