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August 2010
Kersti is interviewed on the topic of Project Management and Mergers & Acquisitions in the August 2010 edition of the Project Management Institute's  "PM Network" magazine ("Force Fit", pages 26-31). Read the article (PDF)

February 2010
Kersti has another peer reviewed article published – Understanding Mergers and Acquisitions from a Program Management Perspective – in the International Journal of Managing Projects in Business – Vol 3 Issue 1, 2010. The journal editor’s description of Kersti’s article.

May 2009
Kersti a European Union (EU) Erasmus Mundus Scholar !  Kersti has been awarded a scholarship which will allow her to contribute as a visiting scholar to the education of postgraduate students enrolled in the Master of Strategic Project Management course offered by universities in Sweden, Scotland and Italy.

October 2008
Kersti has another peer reviewed journal article published ! The paper titled, Dual Cycle Action Research: a Professional Doctorate Case Study, has been published in the International Journal of Managing Projects in Business (Vol 1 issue 4).

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About the principal

Dr Kersti Nogeste

Dr. Kersti Nogeste is a senior program manager with twenty years’ experience managing successful projects and programs of work in Australia and North America.  In addition, Kersti has attained Doctor of Project Management and Master of Business degrees and is an Adjunct Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. 
Kersti’s key point of difference is her keen ability to combine relevance with rigour – the relevance of her accumulated work experience and the rigour developed by her postgraduate studies.  As a result, Kersti brings a uniquely balanced perspective to program and project management, which is well suited to clients who wish to ensure consistent, complete and quality service delivery, by

• Aligning programs and projects with strategic objectives;
• Defining program and project success in terms of stakeholder outcomes and benefits along with the more traditional project management measures of success;
• Applying process frameworks which balance compliance with performance.

Kersti is a world class program manager as demonstrated by her

• Consulting experience, academic appointment and post graduate qualifications;
• Being a speaker at national and international conferences;
• Peer-reviewed articles and book chapter;
• Certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP);
• Being a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors Course (GAICD);
• Membership of a Standards Australia Working Group contributing to the development of the International Standards Organisation (ISO) 21500 Guide to Project Management;
• Being awarded an European Union (EU) scholarship as a visiting faculty member of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; to contribute to the European Masters of Strategic Project Management program.

Kersti’s most recent consultancy assignments have included leading the development of a  “nine figure” business case in the telecommunications sector, a number of roles involved with the management of merger and acquisition programs of work in the utilities and telecommunications sectors and being responsible for the management of telecommunications infrastructure and product development programs of work.  

Kersti’s roles in such strategic programs of work rely on her proven ability to communicate with a wide variety of business and technical, external and internal stakeholders, including senior management representatives such as Program Sponsors, Steering Committees and Governance Boards. 

Kersti’s accumulated work experience and qualifications clearly demonstrate her commitment to helping stakeholders realise the maximum potential of each program and project.