TPM Group

Jackson (Jack) Cole, PMP, MCTS  

Derrick Lathem is a resourceful technical consultant and developer with a breadth of experience.  Derrick has over 14 years experience in IT and his industry experiences are in consumer goods, insurance, and commercial water infrastructure. 

Derrick's technical strengths are in implementing Microsoft Project Server and development of technical interfaces using Visual Studio to other associated applications or services such as SharePoint, Team Foundation Server, SQL Reporting Services, and Active Directory.  Previously, Derrick worked at The Home Depot in their Atlanta Corporate IT Group as a Chief System Engineer and Project Server Administrator.  While at The Home Depot, Derrick was the development lead for both Project Server 2003 and Project Server 2007 implementations.  He has developed several custom reports in SSRS for clients and his programming background includes Java, C#, and SQL.

Academically, Derrick attended the University of Alabama, Huntsville with studies in Mechanical Engineering.

Lisa A. Grant is a Professional Project Manager; not because she achieved the PMP® designation from the Project Management Institute in 1996, but because she has committed her career to the advancement of the project management discipline through consulting, training, coaching and volunteering. She has influenced and improved project management processes in various industries and functional areas such as Knowledge Management, Healthcare, e-Learning, State and Federal Government, Automotive, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Human Resources, Payroll, Textile, and Beverage verticals.

Her consulting value proposition stems from 20+ years of Information Technology experience including full life-cycle application development (SDLC), software implementations, e-learning product launches, Program Management Office creation, Business Process Mapping, and process improvement business consulting.

Her tactical training experience includes e-learning, instructor-led programs and involvement in communities of practice. She is also a fervent blogger and podcaster of Project Management topics and war stories. Personal improvement is Lisa’s passion and she regularly coaches new project managers, and served as an official mentor for Toastmasters Club 8708.
She has serviced PMI in various volunteer roles such as a participant on PMI Global PMP exam writing committees, as the Program Manager for the Certification and Education Committee of the PMI Atlanta Chapter, the President of the PMI Atlanta Chapter, and is currently the Chair of the PMI Atlanta Chapter. Additionally, she performed the role of Secretary for Toastmasters Club 8708 in 2005, was Program Director for the Atlanta Microsoft Project Association in 2006.

She has an MBA with a concentration in Management from Georgia State University, is a Project Management Professional, Advanced Communicator - Bronze, and Competent Leader. She achieved the MS Office Project Blue Belt certification in 2006, spoke on “Lessons Learned” at the 2005 PMI Southeast Symposium and the 2008 PMI Atlanta Professional Development Day, was awarded a Most Valuable Player award for her exemplary service to the Atlanta Chapter of PMI, and is listed in the Who’s Who Registry.

Robin Tracy is a senior level consultant with experience in both the private and public sector helping establish and manage large scale Program Management Offices as well as Centers of Excellence for Business Analysts.  Ms. Tracy has over 25 year’s business experience and was one of the first Certified Business Analyst Professionals (CBAP) in the world.  She is an experienced public speaker and most recently spoke at the PMI Atlanta professional Growth session on the Struggle between Project Managers and Business Analysts. She has extensive knowledge developing and working in all Software Development Lifecycle methodologies as well as working in Finance, Insurance, Automotive, Government and Healthcare industries.

Most recently Ms. Tracy was a Business Consultant for Computer Associates International, where she managed the development and implementation of a Software Development Lifecycle methodology for a large SAP Portal implementation.

Her education includes a BBA from Georgia State University as well as numerous certifications including Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), Six Sigma Green Belt and MS Project Server Black Belt. Robin is an active member of the PMI Atlanta Chapter and is the current VP of Membership Services for IIBA Greater Atlanta Chapter.