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ARLINGTON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/24/12 -- Excella Consulting today announced it has been certified by the Project Management Institute (PMI) as a Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.) starting January 1, 2012. R.E.P.s are organizations that have been approved by PMI to help project managers achieve and maintain the Project Management Professional (PMP)®, Program Management Professional (PgMP)® and other PMI professional credentials. These organizations have met PMI's rigorous quality criteria for course content, instructor qualification, and instructional design. As an approved R.E.P., Excella will offer initial courses in Agile project management and Scrum development to help those in the community develop a practical understanding how those methodologies can be applied to projects and programs. Current offerings include: Agile and Scrum in a Day 2-day Certifie... (more)

Coldwell Banker Commercial Hires Elisha Martin as Asset Services Director

SALT LAKE CITY, UT -- (Marketwire) -- 01/25/12 -- The Utah office of Coldwell Banker Commercial (CBC) today announced the appointment of Elisha Martin as director of the firm's Operations-Asset Services division in Alaska, an expansion of Coldwell Banker Commercial Utah's western regional office based in Salt Lake City. An associate broker for Alaska, Martin brings more than 15 years of experience in commercial real estate and holds the International Council of Shopping Center designation of Certified Shopping Center Manager (CSM). CBC hired Martin to strategically tap into the ... (more)

Fonds Stratégique d’Investissement to Take an Equity Stake in Tinubu Square

To accelerate Tinubu Square’s expansion, the Fonds Stratégique d’Investissement (FSI) will be investing €11.3 million in the company, alongside its founding shareholders. The FSI’s investment will strengthen Tinubu Square’s financial structure, enabling it to draw on its technological advances and finance its expansion plans, as well as to build further on its success with institutional customers (credit insurers and banks) and boost its presence in the corporate sector. Longstanding shareholder Gimv confirms its commitment by maintaining a significant holding in Tinubu Square’... (more)

Bernanke Should Go Back to Teaching

The following blog entry, from March 10, 2009 expressed my opinion on Mr. Bernanke. Eight months later the majority of the congress and a great portion of the financial world seem to agree with my opinions below. Rewind the tape and watch his opinions on the housing disaster and the direction our banking system took. He says everything is cool, and there is nothing to worry about as close as two years ago. He was as wrong as Jim Kramer recommending to buy more Bear Sterns stock 30 days before their collapse! (March 10, 2009) - I am watching yet another Bernanke speech with a Counc... (more)

Rally's Michele Sliger to Deliver Award-Winning Presentation at SD Best Practices Conference

Sliger's 'Agile Survival Guide' Receives Best Paper Honors for Helping Project Managers Adapt and Thrive With Agile Software Development Practices WHO: Michele Sliger, Rally Agile Coach Rally Software Development http://www.rallydev.com/ Sliger recently received "Best Paper" at the Better Software 2005 conference for her presentation that helps project managers successfully transition to Agile practices. She has extensive experience in Agile methodologies, having served as an Agile coach at Qwest Communications. She is a registered Project Management Professional (PMP), a Certified... (more)