Did you achieve your PMP certification or planning to? Is certification important to your career path? Do you want to learn more about earning and tracking PDUs? Is your renewal date creeping up? This session will overview the PMP certification renewal process. Vern Valero will explore sources for earning PDUs and provide a framework for planning, tracking, and executing “Your PDU Project”. Join your fellow chapter members for a refreshing new perspective of one of your most important projects.

A veteran software developer and analyst, Vern had written software in the telecommunications industry for twenty-one years before transitioning into project Management. He developed software products at 3Com, Bay Networks, Bytex, Prime Computer, GTE, and Raytheon.

Vern has earned the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute. He holds a Bachelor of Science of Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University, a Graduate Certificate of Information Systems Project Management from Boston University, and Certificates of Software Engineering and Data Communications from Northeastern University. He is currently completing the Masters of Project and Program Management at Brandeis University.

Vern is an active member of the Project Management Institute’s Central Mass, Mass Bay and Ocean State chapters.