Candice Benson is CEO and Executive Project Manager with Benson Consulting, Inc. Candice is a certified Change Manager, Project Management Professional and Process Improvement Specialist. Her 20+ years of experience in project management and people change management has spanned multiple fields including Academia, Technology, Utilities, Finance, Life Sciences, Manufacturing and Non-Profits. ​

Candice has been instrumental in successfully leading companies at all levels to greater project success and increased employee adaption of change. She has led highly complex workflow, process, and back-end optimization projects, including several major M&A transactions along with customer facing implementations. Her clients have taken her across the United States and to London, Malaysia, Sydney and Hong Kong to oversee proper implementation of their transformations. ​

Candice, a true Change Agent, is certified in Change Intelligence (CQ®) and as a Prosci Change Practitioner and trainer. She is an experienced PMO Director, Portfolio Manager, Program Manager, and Project Manager. She has been certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP®) from the Project Management Institute and is a Six Sigma/Lean certified leader, mentor, Project Management coach.

Key topics for Candice are anything related to Project Management, Change Management, Building your PMO, PMO Value, Building your Project Management Consulting Business.

Connect via LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/candicecbenson/.

The reality is that projects rarely fail on paper. The failures are at the intersection between paper and people, showing up as unclear business objectives, out of sync stakeholders, and burnt out team members as a result of excessive re-work. I have a passion for change management, process optimization and project implementation. My expertise and experience allows me to have a unique lens into getting troubled projects back on track and setting up your projects to avoid future issues.

I’m also driven by the desire to expand opportunities for women in STEM so we can contribute our talents without unnatural limitations. I light up when anything related to this topic comes up.