BPTrends Associates (BPTA ) engagements are delivered by real-world industry experts with decades of professional experience as Senior BPM Managers leading corporate BPM teams, and Senior BPM Consultants leading a wide variety of strategic business process improvement programs for private and public sector companies around the globe.
BPTA consultants have expertise and hands-on experience delivering BPM training and consulting services in strategy, process architecture, process governance, performance measurement, performance management, process design, instructional design and project management. Together we provide:
- Broad based knowledge of the overall BPM market
- Decades of hands-on experience delivering BPM consulting and training to corporate clients and individuals world-wide
- Consistent, integrated and scalable methodology based on over 20 years of hands-on experience
- Extensive knowledge of BPM technologies and standards, including both existing and developing standards
- Recognized thought leaders in BPM
Gina Abudi, MBA – Senior Consultant
Gina Abudi is a Senior Consultant with BPTrends Associates with over 25 years’ of experience in helping global organizations develop and implement strategy around projects, processes and people. She has led a number of projects over the years including process improvement initiatives, change management initiatives, facilitation of process and project team meetings and executive strategy sessions. She has worked with a number of large, global organizations to facilitate review of project management and core business processes, working with clients to find and implement improvements in how work is getting done to support business and customer needs. In addition to consulting, Gina has been developing curriculum and providing training with a focus on process improvement, project management, change management, and general leadership areas. Gina is lead author of Best Practices for Managing BPI Projects: Six Steps to Success (J Ross Publishing, 2015.) Her next book on Implementing Positive Organizational Change: A Strategic Project Management Approach will be published by J Ross Publishing in February 2017. Gina received her MBA from Simmons Graduate School of Management.
Roger T. Burlton – Chief Consultant
Roger is the Chief Consultant with BPTrends Associates. He is a recognized industry leader in innovative approaches for organizational change including Business Process Management, Stakeholder Analysis, Strategic Architecture Alignment, Modeling, Analysis and Design and Prototyping and BPM Project Management Methodologies. He is regarded as a realistic practitioner, who delivers pragmatic solutions. An exceptional speaker, he has chaired several high profile conferences on Advanced Business and Information Management and BPM around the world. Roger has been an active BPM practitioner/consultant for over 20 years, helping global corporations and small companies alike to realize the benefits of BPM. He is a member of the Board of Advisors and a contributor for BPTrends (www.bptrends.com) the Founder of Process Renewal Group, Chairman of Adaptive and the author of Business Process Management: Profiting from Process, a popular practical guide to BPM.
Sandra Foster – Senior Consultant
Sandy is a Senior Consultant with BPTrends Associates and has been a Business Process Management Practitioner for over 15 years. She has led a wide variety of strategic business process improvement programs for private and public sector companies around the globe. Sandy has developed and delivered innovative courses in Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling and Analysis, Project Management, and Customer Relationship Management. She is a recognized thought leader in methods for architecting, designing and delivering business performance improvement and is a frequent speaker at BPM conferences around the world.
Paul Harmon – Senior Consultant
Paul is a well respected thought leader, market analyst, author and consultant concerned with applying new technologies and methodologies to real-world business problems. He is the author of the best selling book,Business Process Change, 2nd edition (2007). Paul has worked on major process redesign projects with Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Security Pacific, Prudential, and Citibank, and Pemex, among others. He is a member of ISPI and a Certified Performance Technologist. Paul is a widely respected keynote speaker and has developed and delivered workshops and seminars on a wide variety of BPM topics to conferences and major corporations through out the world. Paul is a Founder and Executive Editor/Analyst of BPTrends (www.bptrends.com)
Mary Lowe – Senior Consultant
Mary is a Senior Consultant with BPTrends and has led numerous Business Process Management redesign projects during the past 20 years. Prior to joining BPTrends Associates she worked as an independent consultant with numerous clients in such diverse areas as manufacturing, telecommunications, mortgage lending, customer service, and student financial aid. Mary has also developed a quality assurance methodology for implementing change within organizations and step-by-step “facilitation kits” for process redesign workshops. Mary is a seasoned consultant and trainer and has developed and delivered numerous training programs to organizations involved in process change.
Additional Resources
In addition to our core team of Senior BPTA BPM Consultants, BPTA has a wide range of affiliated partners and consultants with proven expertise in related areas including, but not limited to, IT Implementation, Organizational Development, Human Performance and Change Management, as well as Subject Matter Experts in vertical markets.
