CJ Walker Waite
Job title: Transformational Managing Consultant (Program, Project, Change, Leadership Development, Training Lead, Strategic Change Initiatives)
Short Biography
CJ Walker Waite, Ph.D, PMP, CCA is the “Transformational Project Leader.” Her method brings a holistic approach integrating strategy, project delivery and organizational transformation to achieve sustainable results while promoting organizational agility and increasing business performance. Learning is an exploration and a journey that is led by facts, proven practice, and diligent attention to the future of the profession. “As for the future, your task is not to foresee it but to enable it.” ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Dr. Walker Waite, Executive Vice President, ThePraxisEdge.com, has over a quarter century of project, program and change management experience, spanning nearly a dozen nations and 13 different industries across North America and Europe. She is a leader in the field of global change initiatives, managing major international projects and guiding government, academia and corporate organizations toward sustainable performance. Among her multibillion-dollar global project clients are The State of Connecticut, BlueShield, Saab, Nortel, Discovery, Bechtel, Pasteur Merieux Connaught, Astra Zeneca, Varian, Owens & Minor, USAID, ABC/Disney, MTVN, IBM, ONCOR and NJDOT.
Dr. Walker Waite has been one of the longest serving PMI volunteer leaders, having held PMI voluntary leadership roles from 1991-2018. She served as a Director in the GAC (Global Accreditation Council) from 2016-2018, and as a Director of the International PMI Board of Directors (2013–2015). Formerly she served on the PMI Board Volunteer Advisory Committee (2009–2012), first as a member and then as Committee Chair (2011–2012). She was the president of the PMI Washington, DC (WDC) Chapter, following her tenures as Executive VP and VP for certification and education (8 years). She was the first regional advocate for PMI Region Five and was recognized multiple times by the PMI WDC Chapter for outstanding service.
In 2018, Dr, CJ Walker Waite and by Alan E. Waite released a book: Dance of the Project Leader. Since 1991, Dr. Walker Waite has been a featured workshop leader/presenter at 8 PMI symposiums and multiple business forums. She authored numerous publications, including, “Sustainability of Performance for Technology Innovator Firms in Business Environments Exhibiting Turbulence,” “The Cross-Applicability of PM: A Vehicle for Org Transition in the Implementation of Multi-Media Business Communications Platforms” and, “Changing the Organizational Culture.”
Dr. Walker Waite earned her MBA in international business at George Washington University, and took her PhD in organizational behavior and development, strategic innovation and entrepreneurship. She holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) ® credential is a Certified Change Agent (CCA) and certified Scrum Master and is a graduate of the 2002 PMI® Leadership Institute Master Class and attained her Strategic Foresight designation. She has lived and worked overseas, began her career as an FM Radio disc jockey and television news anchor and is conversational in German, French and Spanish
Motivation
My unique strengths and experiences are based upon recognizing that our business realm is experiencing significant paradigm shifts. We are in the 4th Industrial Revolution and 3rd wave of the digital age. What has made us successful over the last decade will not be what positions us for success in the future. This means we need to understand and be able to identify and manage change and transformation in a strategic fashion (and avoid chaos), we need to deliver value (not just measure success by on time, within budget and according to specifications), and stakeholder engagement and level setting expectations are critical factors.
With the proliferation of GEN AI, we are effectively positioning a future state of replacement of people by computer generated assistance (or robots). This is a massive transformation that we need to get ahead of the curve to ensure that we are enabling and not replacing the human element in all transactions. I would like to be at the forefront of defining, advising, and managing the people and teams who are determining this future state.
Companies worked for
IBM, EDS, PM Solutions and my own company which I co-founded "Praxis, the Society for Human Integrity"