Door 05 · Company & Procurement

Credentials & Experience

Practising project managers, PMO leaders, coaches and architects.

Each programme ends with a verified digital badge issued through Credly and backed by the Pearson VUE certification ecosystem. Graduates of the instructor track are certified as PMO Coach and can certify peers inside their own organisation.

Our people

Ashraf Aladin Hashem

Founder, Lead Instructor and PMO Consultant

Over 20 years in project and programme management. Former Delivery Project Executive and PMO Lead at IBM, directing SAP and multi-vendor programmes across Europe, the Gulf and Africa. ICAgile Certified Trainer and PMI Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master.

Chris Walker

Instructor and Change Consultant

Three decades leading change and workforce transformation for EMR, ERP and digital programmes. Former Organisational Change Management Practice Lead, IBM Middle East and Africa. Prosci Certified.

Ahmed Ibrahim

Executive IT Architect, AI Platform Leader and Instructor

Over 30 years in enterprise architecture. IBM Thought Leader (Level 3) Certified Architect and Open Group Distinguished Engineer, focused on LLM and agentic platforms with governance built in.

Elizabeth Congdon

Instructor and PMO Consultant

Agile transformation and leadership coach with over 20 years in New Zealand, South Africa and Europe, including T-Systems, Siemens, IBM, ASB Bank and New Zealand Post.

Viktorija Klepsiene

Testing and Quality Assurance Expert

Over 20 years shaping test strategy and quality governance for large programmes in banking, insurance and other regulated sectors.

Silvia Glavcheva

Project Manager and Quality/Test Manager

Leads project delivery and end-to-end quality and test management on digital transformation and migration programmes: master test strategies, SIT and UAT, defect triage, release readiness, cutover and go-live sign-off. Works in Wrike, Jira, Confluence, Azure, Power BI and Power Automate.

Raphael Pimentel

Project Manager, IT Product Owner and Quality Assurance Manager

Over 15 years in project and product management, leading digital transformation across industries. Led digital platforms reaching 5M+ users, headed the CX Product Owner team at Azul Airlines, and led product discovery at Natura for 1.7M consultants across Latin America. Computer Science (USP) and MBA in Project Management (FGV).

Thomas Burian

Solution Architect and Technical Lead

Senior engineer covering backend, cloud and integration architecture, with experience as R&D manager, QA manager and offshore branch manager.