Michael  O'Brochta

Michael O'Brochta


Mike has worked in project management for over thirty years at the CIA where he led the development of highly complex, top-secret projects, programs and systems, and where he led the development of their project management & systems engineering training and certification program to mature practices agency-wide. As founder of Zozer inc, he helped develop & implement the new government-wide Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers; through his consulting, he is helping organizations raise their project management performance. He recently served as Chair of the PMI Ethics Member Advisory Group. He is a sought after speaker and has been featured in PMI Today, PM Network, CIO Magazine, Information Week, Government Executive Magazine, & ProjectManagement.com. Mike writes & speaks extensively about project management, and since his climb of another of the world’s seven summits, he has been exploring the relationship between project management and mountain climbing.