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Kimberly Casperson

Asad E. Haque, PMP, PMI-ACP, PRINCE2 (Practitioner), earned his PMP certification in March 2010. Soon afterward, he began advising PMP candidates and teaching the PMP syllabus. By teaching PMP classes, he has helped thousands of students achieve high first-time pass rates, and consistently receives excellent ratings from students. In addition, Asad has developed training materials and teaches several PDU classes on leadership, technical project management, and strategic and business management. Asad has taught for universities, the military, corporations, and PMI Authorized Training Providers (ATP).

Asad began his career in accounting and finance before switching careers to information technology. For 20+ years he has managed and led functional IT projects including Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS), Business Intelligence (BI), and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP - JD Edwards and SAP). Asad has led both technical and business teams to solution and implement 401k, health and welfare, and other company benefit requirements for several Fortune 500 clients, managing cross-functional teams in many different countries. He has always been recognized for his excellent communication skills among team members, clients, and vendors, and this is truly reflected in the quality of his teaching. Companies that Asad has worked for include Hewitt Associates, IBM, HSBC, First Industrial Realty Trust, and the Northern Trust Bank.

Asad is the co-founder and instructor for 1st Choice Project Management Training based in Chicago, Illinois, and has travelled extensively both nationally and internationally to teach classes. He has developed materials for and taught many classes, including PMP exam preparation, PMI-ACP exam preparation, leadership, and strategic business management. He has partnered in developing a PMP exam simulator that is currently being used by many clients. In addition, he teaches regularly for other leading training institutes.

Asad's qualifications include

* PMI Authorized Training Partner (ATP) instructor
* PMI-ACP, Project Management Institute (2019)
* PRINCE2 Practitioner (2017)
* Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification, Project Management Institute (2010)
* BS (Hons), double major: Computer Science & Economics (1991)

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Kimberly J. Casperson, PMP, is a passionate and accomplished PMP exam preparation course adjunct instructor, trainer, advisor, tutor, and mentor. Kimberly has been teaching PMP exam preparation courses since November 2012, nationally and internationally, starting just two weeks after attaining her PMP.

Kimberly is an entrepreneur and owner of KJC Consulting and PM Training, LLC, a Veteran and Woman-Owned Small Business. Over the past 20 years she has provided project management and consulting expertise. Her primary focus has been providing small and emerging business services such as website and marketing content development; start-up business, marketing, and accounting services; advertising sales and content development; mortgage and financial services; biopharmaceutical research; as well as healthcare and construction services. Ms. Casperson has more than 10 years of corporate training experience, including developing training material, user guides, and administrator manuals.
She began her career as a Far East (Korean) Crypto Linguist Specialist, TS/SCI, within the Electronic Security Command/Group in the U.S. Air Force. She has worked for the Department of Defense and the state of Ohio's Department of Development.

Kimberly's qualifications include

* PMI Authorized Training Partner (ATP) instructor
* Modern Classroom Certified Trainer (MCCT), Logical Operations (2020)
* CompTIA Project+ Certified (2016), CompTIA
* Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification, Project Management Institute (2012)
* BS in Marketing-Management, International Business concentration (1993)

Follow Kimberly at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-j-casperson-pmp?-a669807/