Becky Schmieding is a PMI certified Project Management Professional. She started her professional career at IBM in 1978 as an operating systems programmer.  Throughout her career at IBM She has held a variety of jobs including management, providing technical and marketing support for IBM Asia Pacific Marketing,  coordinating early product delivery programs in Europe, and serving as project manager for a product development team (PDT) for cell-based products.  She achieved the status of Executive Project Manager before retiring in 2009 after almost 31 years.   In 2009, she joined the Mayo Clinic as a Project Manager in the Advanced Genomics Research Technical Center.   She is now working as a project manager for the Mayo Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) helping with the ICD-10 mega project.

 Do you really understand the opposite sex? Do you ever wonder why men do things differently than women and visa versa? Have you ever looked at your organization and wondered why there are more women in certain types of jobs or more men in another?  Have you ever said “I really don’t understand the opposite sex”? We all recognize that men and women are different, but do you really know what makes women different from men? Knowledge of how women differ from men can be helpful in managing your projects as well as personal life. This presentation will empower you to be more productive in dealing with the opposite sex.