Breakout Speaker

Bio:

Eddie Monroe is the CEO of CCE Business Solutions. A consulting services company created in 2022 focusing exclusively on Technical Project Leadership. After spending 10+ years working for major consulting firms, leading projects and teams for small to fortune 500 companies, Eddie decided to start CCE to fill a gap in the industry. That gap is true customer focused project management, that resource project managers who think like entrepreneurs.

To handle simple or complex technical engagements, Eddie believes in remaining calm, staying adaptive, understanding the business impact and focusing on the customer experience.

Eddie has a bachelor’s degree and attained certifications from PMI, Microsoft, AWS and Cisco. Since earning his PMP in 2011, Eddie has held roles from Project Manager to Executive Leadership that embodies leading Project Management Offices (PMO) and technical delivery teams. These roles prepared Eddie to become a CEO, an author (Your Career Will…) and mentor numerous project managers.

Project Managers Thinking Like Entrepreneurs

Gone are the days of Project Managers only needing to keep a project within time, scope and budget. Clients, stakeholders and project team members need more. Good project managers have taken their responsibility to another level, which embraces the mindset of an entrepreneur.

Project Managers typically work on projects that have a scope of work. In most cases, that scope of work is agreed upon by multiple individuals. Basically, this will be seen as a contract. Therefore, the project manager has a contract, a team to lead, budgets to oversee amongst other responsibilities. This means you essentially have a business.

The other Project Manager responsibilities include resolving conflict, decision making, the escalation point, main point of contact and providing guidance. Responsibilities are amplified, so should your mindset. Treat stakeholders like it’s for your business. Watch those financials like it’s for your business. Define a project culture like it’s your business. Show passion for the project… like it’s your business. All signs point to us needing that entrepreneurial mindset!