When an individual contributor is expected to leverage resources for project task completion, power skills are paramount for success. Understanding stakeholder pressure points and operating environments takes a dedicated effort by the project manager. These actions will improve framing project initiatives and strategies that will facilitate buy-in, build credibility, and share ownership of project deliverables across the team.

Join us as Jaime Hernandez facilitates a discussion about the power of using influence to build collaboration and effective project management by engaging stakeholders to determine resource values that will focus the team, foster task completion, and share project ownership.

Jaime Hernandez is an independent contractor and project manager in the Nashville area. Jaime works with clients seeking to launch new services in manufacturing, transportation, and capital project management. Additionally, Jaime provides process improvement and refined Project Management skills to small and medium sized businesses. Previously, Jaime worked as a Senior Global Program Manager with Amazon Web Services and Amazon Transportation. Jaime is a Vanderbilt MBA, and graduate of the U.S. Naval War College and U.S. Naval Academy. He served as a combat naval aviator for 21 years in multiple assignments culminating in command of the Navy Recruiting District headquartered in Nashville. Previous assignments include a strategic analyst for a 4-star Combatant Commander with a portfolio that included various Middle East and Central Asian militaries. Additionally, he currently volunteers as a mentor for young men on building leadership skills and virtue-based decision making.

Jaime lives in Franklin with his wife, Mary. They have 3 children at home and 2 children studying undergraduate education outside Tennessee.