The Ozovek Family is Heading to Virginia!
As a bit of exciting news, I have been selected by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to be their Chief Operating Officer (COO)! This will entail working with the Commonwealth of Virginia to innovate and optimize their new model of delivering technology services to 63 state agencies and 55,000 state employees. To my colleagues and […]
The Goal, Breaking Free, and Achieving Freedom
I was born from humble beginnings. Very humble beginnings where my parents struggled extensively to make ends meet. When you grow up from that or a middle class background, the assumption is “if I can only get that big job, become a VP, then I will be set!” This may have been true at one point in […]
Timeless Leadership Principles from Antiquity
I have a strong passion for history and am a voracious reader of classical works. I strongly believe the secret to understanding the present and future is to study the past. The human condition necessitates that we will repeat the mistakes of the past unless we understand and learn from them. In the corporate world, […]
PMO Success or Failure: Key Factors
A PMO (which can stand for a project management organization, a program management organization, or a portfolio management organization) can be a valuable department within an organization. However, the establishment and sustainability of PMOs are marred by stories of success and failure, depending on which organization you analyze. The history of the PMO spans back decades, so […]
In Tribute of International Women’s Day – Thinking About My Daughter
In August of last year, my life once again took a dramatic turn. In addition to my two sons, my daughter, Violet Rose, was born. Not uncommon to most parents, I had an immediate sense of pride and love for my daughter. I also sensed a limitless potential in her and felt she could accomplish […]
Personal Leadership: Lessons from George Washington
History is fascinating. Though underappreciated by many, history can teach us lessons we can apply prospectively by looking at correlations between past and current events. For me, history has always been a way of understanding the events of the past to interpret events in the present day. The human condition necessitates that we will repeat the mistakes […]