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George Pitagorsky (born 1942) is an author, technology executive, meditation teacher, coach and facilitator. He is Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the NYC Department of Education's Office of School Support Services (OSSS) responsible for the information echnology that supports school food, pupil transportation and sports programming. George has written three books on the application of mindfulness and systems thinking to promote optimal performance in organizations. For over thirty years he has been thought leader in program and project management, public speaker and educator. He wrote and directed the development of one of the first self-paced computer based project management training programs, Project Management Fundamentals. Pitagorsky has practiced and studied yoga, mindfulness meditation and Buddhist psychology since the early 1970's. He is a senior teacher at the NY Insight Meditation Center.

Biography

Pitagorsky graduated Queens College of the City University of New York with a BA in Economics and studied for a MBA in Computer Methodologies at Baruch College. He became a computer programmer in 1964, working at Equitable Life and Sperry Systems Management on both application and system software projects. He was a lead programmer on the development of project management software for the Polaris/Poseidon program. He was a founder of Software design Associates

Master facilitator, coach and consultant with more than 40 years experience in managing change and performance improvement with a special focus on project, engagement and service management.

Applies mindfulness meditation and open minded thinking to day to day realities.

Change agent, adviser and facilitator, at ease with all levels of management and staff. Strong applied IT experience in large scale environments with perspective on both development and infrastructure.

Author of "The Zen Approach to Project Management: Working from Your Center to Manage Expectations and Performance", "Managing Conflict in Projects: Applying Mindfulness and Analysis", "Managing Expectations: A Mindful Approach top Achieving Success"and many courses, articles and papers.

Seeking to serve coaching and consulting clients with the need for a clear and candid view of their current state and desire to work towards a future vision.

Specialties: Project management, performance improvement in various industries (IT, finance, professional services, government and manufacturing), conflict management, methodology development and implementation, competency development, knowledge management, problem solving, trouble shooting and planning facilitation.

Presentations, workshops and courses on applying open minded mindfulness and a systems view and process oriented approach to performance improvement.