Resource Management Mistakes Not to Repeat in 2024

Martha Arias-Webster

Advisory Board Member, Resource Management Institute

Martha Arias-Webster is a distinguished leader in Resource & Capacity Planning (RMCP) and Project/Portfolio Management, specializing in Forecasting, Strategic Planning, and Operations. Under her guidance, teams have consistently reduced costs by $2 million annually through resource efficiencies and decreased outsourcing while increasing utilization rates. As an Advisory Board member for the Resource Management Institute, Martha actively contributes to establishing best practices in Resource and Workforce Management. Certified in PMP, RMCP, ITIL Foundations, BRMP, and Six Sigma Greenbelt, she has also earned MIT's Executive Education certificate in Applied Business Analytics, showcasing her commitment to excellence and continuous learning. Martha Arias-Webster is a trailblazer in her field, combining strategic vision with hands-on expertise to drive organizational success.

Gary Ward

Director, Resource Management Office, Guidewire Software

Gary Ward is the founding member and Director of a centralized Resource Management Office at Guidewire Software, Inc. leading a global team of RMs who support the Professional Services Business across AMER, EMEA & APAC. With over 20 years of experience across multiple domains in business operations, process efficiency, engagement lifecycle support, continuity planning & resource management, Gary is a regular content contributor and speaker on the theme of workforce and resource management. He holds an MSc in Clinical Psychotherapy from University College Dublin, a Master's in Psychoanalytic Philosophy from Trinity College Dublin & a post-master Specific Modality Training from TSOP at St. Vincent`s University Hospital. He is a Resource Management Certified Professional (RMCP®) and an advisory board member of the Resource Management Institute (RMI).

Nora Fleischhut

Transformation Consultant

Nora Fleischhut is an experienced transformation consultant, passionate speaker, and future of work enthusiast. After working in consulting at one of the Big Four for seven years, she’s now partnering with Runn on a mission to unleash the potential of organizations and people by creating more adaptable, human, and joyful ways of working and enabling a change of perspective. With her optimistic, collaborative, and innovative mindset, she creatively draws on methods and expertise from the fields of neurobiology, behavioral sciences, agile ways of working, and psychology. How her friends would describe her to a stranger: Unfalteringly positive.