New CIO: “Let’s Change Everything, Fast.” First Horizon’s PMO Says, “Can Do!”

November 11, 2012 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

The financial services sector has seen more than its share of disruptive change. Since 2008, many financial services IT divisions have tried to shrink expenses and wait out the storm. But at First Horizon, second runner-up in this year's PMO of the Year Award competition, the arrival of a CIO with a

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The PMO as "Financial Advisor" to the Enterprise: A Glimpse into Verizon Wireless' Award-Winning Marketing PMO

November 1, 2012 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

This blog was updated in May 2025. We had planned to showcase a profile of Verizon Wireless Marketing PMO last Thursday on International Project Management Day, but those plans were ... well, overcome by events. It’s doubtful that anyone on the east coast was reading project management blogs last w

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T-Mobile USA’s EPO Drives Business under Unusual Circumstances

September 19, 2012 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Few of the organizations in the PMO of the Year Award competition had as tumultuous a year in 2011 as T-Mobile. In March of 2011, its parent company, Deutsche Telekom, entered into a proposed agreement with AT&T to sell its T-Mobile USA subsidiary, which celebrated its 10th year in the US market

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A Virtual Celebration of PMO Capability: Registration Open for the Online Award Presentation

September 17, 2012 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

We'll continue our series of profiles of the PMO of the Year Award semifinalists on Wednesday. Meanwhile, here's some news you should use: Registration is open for the September 27 virtual presentation ceremony, and "seats" at the webinar-format event will be limited, so register early. This year

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PMO of the Year Semifinalist Profile: Dignity Health’s P2MO Points to “True North” for this Healthcare Nonprofit

August 27, 2012 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Today and for the next several weeks, we will be profiling each of the PMO of the Year Award semifinalists … and of course, eventually revealing the winner and top three! Today, we look at a relatively young PMO organization that has quickly revolutionized the project and program culture and process

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