Ivan Guillén in Mexico

Let’s get to know Iván Guillén:

• City, Country: Gudalarajara, Mexico

• Title:: Six Sigma Master Black Belt Program Manager

• Industry: Services

• Number of years of work experiences: 18

• Languages: English, Spanish

• How do you say project manager in Spanish? Administrador de proyectos o Gerente de Proyectos

• Diploma: Bsc International Relations & MBA

• Certifications: PMP, SSGB, SSBB, SSMBB

• 3 Passions: Family, Soccer, Travel

• Social Media: Linkedin

How would you describe yourself?

A Master Black Belt with 18 years of professional experience in programs, software implementations, operations, change management consultancy, and education, in Technology Public Sector, Software and Education. Skilled in Project Management, Six Sigma, BSC, BPR, SDLC and Agile resulting in more than 700 MUSD in revenue/cost avoidance/efficiencies.

How did you become a project manager?

Through an HP (now HP Inc) program that we created like Motorola University but about Project Management.

What do you think is the essential skill needed by a project manager?

Communication and self-organization

What would like you like to learn in the future?

DASSM, that is my next goal and more about Agile.

Do you have any resources to recommend to a new project manager?

This year I read these ones and I totally recommend them: Find Your Red Thread: Make Your Big Ideas Irresistible, Tamsen Webster No Rules Rules Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention, Reed Hastings.