Bio: Eshan Chawla is the Project Governance (PG) Practice Director at MDI. In this role he is responsible for leading and growing the PG Practice across the MDI branches nationwide. Eshan started his career as a software engineer before moving into consulting, assuming increasing levels of responsibility before moving into project and program management roles. Eshan received his instructor certification in Primavera PPM. He has trained and mentored scores of program and project managers in a Fortune 50 companies. Eshan was also part of the Project Management Institute s (PMI) Portfolio and Program Management standards team. Eshan s certifications and affiliations include Project Management Professional (PMP) from PMI, ITIL foundations certificate, and Six Sigma Green Belt among others. He holds graduate degrees in three disciplines, an MBA (Entrepreneurship), Masters in Computer Science and a Masters in Physics. During his MBA, Eshan led a four-person team to the semi-finals of the international business plan competition held at San Diego State University in 2000. Eshan holds a Bachelor in Science degree with honors in Physics. Eshan has held management and leadership roles at Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and GE (Management Consultant) over the last eight years in consulting. Eshan has led large transformational engagements at Fortune 500 companies, including engagements across the entire software development life-cycle, enterprise-wide IT Program Management Offices and Centers of Excellence, and an IT PMO for SOX readiness for a Fortune 50 company with nine operating companies. His focus and interest continue to be around the IT Governance and Effectiveness areas.