PMI Dallas Vendor Conference

January 8, 2004 - Annual Dallas PMI Chapter Vendor’s conference in Addison, Texas. Crosswind for the second year in a row had a booth at the conference where almost 400 project management personnel were in attendance.

This event served as a public debut for the PMP® Success Series of products from Crosswind Project Management Inc. The debut included the PMP Success Series: Placemat, Terms and Definitions audio CD, Understanding the Processes audio CD, 400 Flashcards, and a pre- production copy of our exam simulation CD-ROM with over 1200 questions (6 times the number of questions on the actual PMP® exam).

Two new courses were also premiered including the Project Management Symposium. This is a day long event that will be offered 4 times in 2004 (With different topics at each Symposium). The Project Management Symposium will cover hot topics in project management allowing the PMP® to earn 6 PDU’s toward maintaining their certification, or the person that works in or around project management to come and simply learn more about hot topics in the field.

Already signed up to present at the symposium will be Tony Johnson MBA, PMP (Crosswind) speaking on organizational maturity, Randy Mosty, PMP (Verizon) speaking on mind mapping and how to apply it to project management, and Sergio Espinosa, PMP (Verizon) speaking on how to implement a release schedule to integrate project management and operations.

There will be 2 or 3 additional topics presented that are still being finalized. Lunch will be provided as well as a networking time for the audience.

The price is $190 and can be purchased on the Crosswind web site (www.crosswindpm.com)

Microsoft Project Training was announced as well. This will be a 24 hour course that will cover the basics of MS Project and allow the student an opportunity to setup an WBS, perform activity sequencing, duration estimating, establish and level resources, and set a baseline. Working with actual data and reporting will also be covered.

The price is $299 and can be purchased on the Crosswind web site (www.crosswindpm.com)

Sergio Espinosa, PMP, Crosswind Alumni Wins Award

January 9, 2004 – Sergio Espinosa, PMP is presented 2003 Crosswind Beyond Excellence Award. At the conclusion of the PMI Dallas Vendors Conference Sergio Espinosa, PMP was presented the “Beyond Excellence” award by Crosswind President Tony Johnson. Mr. Johnson had the following to say about Sergio and the award. “The foundation of this award is in parallel to the foundation of Crosswind. We try to create and provide products and services to our customers that are beyond excellent. Naturally this is a very high standard, and requires a lot of focus and attention to every little detail. Sergio’s contribution to Crosswind started with strategic planning and vision of what could be. As we debut our PMP® Success Series of products we see the contributions of Sergio as well, as without his big picture view of what could be, and the attention to detail as the products evolved, as well as being there for idea and product review Crosswind would not be as it is today. As the Macintosh has it’s die hard “Evangelists”, Sergio is a true Crosswind evangelist and dedicated to our growth and beyond excellent standard. Verizon is fortunate to have Sergio as a project manager, and Crosswind is fortunate to have Sergio as a member of the alumni family.”

The Crosswind “Beyond Excellence” award was created in 2002 and is presented as the standard of beyond excellence consistently and repeatedly presents itself in Crosswind alumni and partners. The goal is to present it to the true “cream of the cream of the crop” annually.

The 2002 “Beyond Excellence” Award winner was Anna Laura Weygand.