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A Brand New Effort at Project Victories

Meet the Co-Hosts

William (Cowboy) H. Volpe III, PMP, CSM

William (Cowboy) H. Volpé III is the founder of Project Victories, the author of the best-selling business book Guide to Project Management Life Cycles, the creator of Project Victories’ proprietary project management process, the developer of several courses including a three-day project auditing seminar, and serves on the board of advisors for Seton Hall University, Stillman School of Business Transformative Leadership in Disruptive Times Program. Mr. Volpé has more than 35 years of experience in project management and was a Master Business Analyst and Worldwide Manufacturing Program Manager at Hewlett Packard as well as PMO Manager for the Ministry of Interior Saudi Arabia. His experience includes several multi-million dollar international projects and he holds an Associate Degree in Computer Engineering Technology, a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Engineering, a Bachelor’s Degree in Management, a CSM (Certified Scrum Master) certification, and a PMP (Project Management Professional) certification.

Additionally, he holds a Master Certificate in Project Management, an Advanced Master Certificate in Project Management, and a Professional Business Analyst Certificate all from The George Washington University School of Business. Other certifications include an ISCET Journeyman in Computers, an ISCET Journeyman in Industrial Controls, an ISCET Journeyman in Communications, and an ISCET Radiotelephone License. He currently teaches classes and consults in project management internationally. Classes include Project Auditing, Project Risk Management, Managing Projects, and Project Scheduling and Cost Control. He has taught for such companies as Verizon Wireless, Dow Chemical, Shell Oil, Halliburton, the Internal Revenue Service / the United States Department of the Treasury, and the National Geospacial Intelligence Agency.

Mr. Volpé began his project management career as a U.S. Government contractor under SECRET Clearance supporting Operation Just Cause, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Restore Hope. He worked at Hewlett Packard in the NonStop Enterprise division and the Business Critical Servers Business Management group for more than five years; was a pre-merger Compaq employee; and completed several new product introduction projects for fault-tolerant, mission-critical customers such as the Pentagon and the world stock markets. Mr. Volpé has extensive international project experience and his teams have included members from Germany, England, Mexico, Australia, Scotland, Taiwan, and several other countries.

Mr. Volpé is still available for consulting and often performs project audits to make sure that companies are successful and don’t lose money while maintaining scope and schedule. He can be contacted for consulting, training, or speaking via his email address which is wvolpe3@projectvictories.com.

Tim McKinnon

Timothy McKinnon is the Managing Director of the Stronghold Group of Companies, where he focuses on growth strategy, capital origination, and building AI-powered “digital employees” that replace roles traditionally handled by human teams across sales, investor relations, and business development.

Over the past decade, Tim has worked alongside founders and controlling shareholders to drive revenue growth, support capital raises, and scale companies, contributing to multiple successful exits.

His career started early. At 12 years old, he began working in the oil and gas industry, where he was exposed to the business through two company exits. He later spent five years in mining and M&A, gaining experience in capital-intensive resource industries.

Tim attended three universities across North America and Europe, competing in the top league of Canadian university basketball (CIS) while building an international perspective that has since taken him to over 45 countries and seven places he has called home.

Through his work reviewing and analyzing hundreds of companies each year, Tim has developed a sharp lens for separating business stories from real execution. On BizUnLearned, he brings that perspective to conversations about entrepreneurship – breaking down the decisions, partnerships, and execution that determine whether a company actually succeeds or quietly fails. You can find out more about Tim here.