PMOLINK - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Employee
• Vice President - Utilities & Industrial Operations

Angela Nelson is a long-standing employee with over 15 years experience as a senior management consultant, project leader, and military veteran. Angela holds a Bachelor of Business with a concentration in Information Technology from Northwood University and a Masters of Business Administration from University of New Orleans. Her experience includes strategic business planning, project management, development and tracking of key performance indicators, earned value, negotiations, hiring, contract development and managing external customers and vendors. She has successfully managed multi-million-dollar projects within the electric utility industry, government, information technology and academia. Angela's largest client is Entergy where she has provided an array of project management consulting services including project engineering, substation design automation, smart grid, new technologies, and cyber security. She is an active member of the community by serving on numerous boards throughout the years including Plaquemines Association of Business & Industry (PABI), Women in Technology with the Louisiana Technology Council, New Orleans Chapter of the Project Management Institute, Belle Chasse YMCA, and President of the Parent Teachers Organization (PTO). She is also a certified Primavera trainer, Project Management Professional (PMP) and PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP). In 2018 she joined the leadership team to serve as the Vice President of Utilities & Industrial Operations.

Job Titles:

• Executive Vice President
• Founder
• General Counsel
• President

Geoffrey Hingle, Jr. is a seasoned advisor with years over 15-years of experience in both project and process management. He is a graduate of Louisiana State University with a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management with a minor in Business Administration. Geoff Jr. began his career at PMOLink in 2010 as a junior consultant, working with a regional electric utility in the administration of a $10M Department of Energy Smart-Grid Investment Grant. During this time, he also worked with clients on projects ranging from Army Corps of Engineers construction projects to an organizational process improvement initiative for an international defense contractor. In 2015, Geoff Jr. received a Juris Doctrate from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at LSU. While in law school, he focused on corporate and finance law and was a member of the first class of 10 students to receive a Graduate Certificate in Energy Law and Policy from the John P. Laborde Energy Law Center. Geoff Jr. practiced law full-time with the litigation firm McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo, Hardy, McDaniel & Welch, defending businesses and insurers against claims of liability. In May of 2017, Geoff Jr. returned to PMOLink where he served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel until 2021. Beyond overseeing the day-to-day operations of PMOLink, Geoff Jr. maintains an active portfolio of clients in the areas of project/program management, project planning and project controls on projects totaling in excess of $3B across all industries. In addition to consulting, he also assumed the role of lead instructor for PMOLink's Primavera training courses beginning in 2019. He also teaches as an adjunct instructor at Louisiana State University where he teaches Project Management and Estimation courses through the LSU Continuing Education Program. Geoff founded PMOLink in 2000, serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of PMOLink, LLC for 20 years. For over 41 years Geoff supported major projects and endeavors in business systems engineering, project management and process management. This experience included 12 years in Government technology sector projects as well as 29 years in Commercial sector projects. As a senior management consultant, he served in significant leadership roles for several organizational maturity improvement efforts including Six Sigma, SEI CMM, ISO, PMO and Malcolm Baldridge programs. He served in senior management advisory consultant roles for Government agencies and several Fortune 500 companies in the pharmaceutical, utility, medical, advertising, petrochemical, insurance, hospitality and banking industries. Geoff also served on the Board of the New Orleans Chapter of the Project Management Institute and the Louisiana Technology Council. Geoff's formal education includes a BS in Electrical Engineering, an MS in Electrical Engineering with telecommunications emphasis and he was a Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science and Engineering at Southern Methodist University. His work doctoral work in Systems Engineering and Interface Design has been built upon as a basis for several other doctoral awards in the field. Geoff was an unwavering servant of others, patient teacher, loving father and husband.

Job Titles:

• Lead Scheduling Consultant

Nick is an experienced scheduler with a strong foundation in mechanical and electrical engineering principles. Nick joined the PMOLink team in 2020 and supports project scheduling and controls functions across a portfolio of projects worth over $1B. Prior to joining PMOLink, Nick served as a Risk Control Consultant at United Fire Group Insurance where he gained extensive experience in risk control management, in-depth safety analyses, and lead training sessions on safety and software systems. He also has experience in forensic engineering from his time as a Forensic Engineer at Fox Animated Engineering where Nick performed accident reconstructions, identified process inefficiencies, and identified cost-saving opportunities.