Biographical notes for

MICHELLE THOMAS

 

Michelle Thomas is the Enterprise Project Management Practice Director for

Xcelligent, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, providing synergistic process and

project management solutions to customers in the private and public sector.

 

She has designed and managed more than 100 EPM engagements, including

Microsoft Project Server 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2010. Prior to joining Xcelligent,

she held director-level positions with several Fortune 500 companies, focusing on

Sarbanes Oxley compliance, Six Sigma, Statistical Process Control, Business

Scorecard and Process Improvement initiatives.

 

A proud native of Pittsburgh, Pa, Michelle holds a bachelor’s degree from the

University of Pennsylvania, performed her graduate work in statistics and the

SEI-CMM at Carnegie Mellon University and wrote her Master’s thesis at the

University of Ga. She is currently pursuing doctoral coursework.

 

In her free time, Michelle is an avid supporter of animal rescue and adoption

organizations, including the Humane Society and the ASPCA. She works to help

rehabilitate, foster and re-train homeless and abused dogs and cats. She has also

volunteered at the American Red Cross, where as an undergraduate journalism

student she covered the crash of USAir Flight 427 near Pittsburgh, for which she

wrote and published an article in The Pittsburgh Press.