Presentation 1 of 2: Professionalization of the Federal Project Manager
Abstract: This session will provide a discussion on how federal agencies are addressing the career development of federal PM professionals.
PMI Talent Triangle: Leadership
Presentation 2 of 2: So You Wanna Be a Federal Project Manager?
Abstract: This session will provide real-world scenarios to give an inside view of the role and experiences of a professional federal project manager.
PMI Talent Triangle: Leadership
Biography: LaTanya S. Anderson is the Associate Director, Professional Development Program Management Office (PMO) of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s University (DOIU) and the Program Manager of the Interior Acquisition Institute. She is a results-driven leader of learning solutions that transform and shape the federal workforce to innovating, creative problem-solving, strategic teaming, and responsible stewardship of Americans’ taxpayer dollars. Prior to her appointment at DOIU, she served as a Project Manager managing multi-million dollar enterprise-level projects, acquisition activities, and initiatives related to the planning, engineering, and implementation of IT infrastructure improvements and enhancements in support of the mission of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and was the Program Manager for the development of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s regulatory management system. In addition, she has over 15 years experience providing federal tactical, operational, and strategic direction as well as performing as an authoritative advisor to cabinet-level leaders on policy and governance of program, acquisition, and IT and is a member of federal advisory boards and workgroups for those knowledge and policy areas. She has been the Lead for reports to Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the General Accounting Office (GAO), and to Congress on the status of Departmental projects and has been instrumental in driving Departmental initiatives in the development of technology. LaTanya also a working group co-lead in the FedPM Community of Practice and has been a member of the Project Management Institute since 2009.
Since 2002, she has served under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries at cabinet-level federal agencies and has been the recipient of a number of awards and honors to include: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Patriotic Employer Award (April 2017); U.S. Department of the Interior Procurement Managers Conference Speaker (October 2016); American Council for Technology Industry Advisory Committee’s (ACT-IAC’s) 2013 Future Now Leaders Award Nomination (February 2013); U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs Executive Leadership VA (LVA) Nomination (January 2012); U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of the Secretary’s Award of Excellence (October 2010) and Office of General Counsel’s Damon P. Whitehead Award for Community Service (May 2008).
Before working for the Federal Government, LaTanya performed project administration as a private sector IT consultant for Unisys, General Dynamics, and Manpower Technical as well as a staff member for the U.S. edition of the Stars and Stripes newspaper. Her early leadership accomplishments were graduating as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force Junior Officers’ Reserve Training Corp and a graduate of the District of Columbia’s (D.C.) National Guard Youth Leader’s program. LaTanya holds a certification at the senior level with the Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers (FAC-P/PM) and in Managing IT Projects from The George Washington University School of Business. She has served on OPM’s Subject Matter Expert Panel for the Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act (March 2018), and has been identified as a session speaker for the University of Maryland’s Annual PM Symposium (May 2018). LaTanya possesses a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA), Master’s of Science (MS) in Technology Management with a specialization in Project Management, and a Bachelor’s of Arts (BA) in Media Communications all from the University of Maryland.
She is a native of the District of Columbia and passes on many interesting stories shared with her about historic Washington, D.C., and has her own about growing up as a child of a U.S. Secret Service agent and Vietnam-Era combat veteran. Furthermore, she is featured in “Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City” by Natalie Hopkinson regarding the music and culture of, Go-Go, D.C.’s homegrown music genre.
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