Mr. Carl Sergeant
Carl Sergeant, PMP, brings an entrepreneurial, results-based focus to his consulting and presenting practice based on more than three decades of project, program and portfolio management experience.
An internationally respected thought leader in the field, Carl has been recognized as one of the fifty most powerful and influential project management professionals in the world by the Project Management Institute’s (PMI), PM Network Magazine.
Based on extensive experience in the telecommunications industry, Carl shares learning and development insights that help create leaders at all organizational levels. As a senior project executive, he has managed project portfolios at the $1.5 billion level delivering in excess of $500 million per year. In less than 18 months he has built cross-functional PMOs on this scale while closing capability gaps through methodology development, individual learning and coaching and career path charting – all with an eye toward demonstrating return on investment to executive management.
His success in building individual and team capabilities has led him to focus on an approach that combines the power of people with intuitive project communications. An approachable mentor and an in demand public speaker, he has spoken at many project management events, including Project World/ Business Analyst World, PMI Canada’s Technology Triangle Chapter and the PMI Lakeshore Chapter Symposium. He has also written for PM Network.
Carl is the principal of Carl Sergeant Consulting, Inc., where he coaches both individuals and organizations in targeted project management techniques and best practices. A veteran of Canada’s active telecommunications and technology industries, he has held a number of leadership positions with Bell Canada, Bell Connexim and Ericsson Canada. In addition to his ongoing consulting work, Carl is a Senior Instructor with ESI International. ESI International helps people around the world improve the way they manage projects, contracts, requirements and vendors through innovative learning. See http://www.esi-intl.com/
Carl is an active member of the PMI Southern Ontario and PMI Lakeshore chapters. He holds Leadership Certification from Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
