Atul Perer-da-Silva, PMP
Atul Peres-da-Silva is a certified Senior Project Management Professional (PMP®) with over
25 years of experience in leading technical and IT-oriented project teams. Atul has extensive training
and facilitation experience to complement his hands-on project leadership endeavors. In addition to
being a learning facilitator for many commercial and educational institution clients, Atul is also a Senior
Instructor for the North Carolina Project Management Institute (NCPMI) chapter’s PMP® Certification
Exam Prep course. He is also the President of Advanced Project Design; a consulting company providing
training to Fortune 50 companies all over the United States.
Atul has a Master of Science in Business Management from North Carolina State University and is an
active member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) where he has served on the Executive Board
in many roles including Chapter President. In his spare time, Atul speaks at PMI chapters on various
Project Management topics both in Europe and in the United States.
Jim Adamonis, PMP
Jim is a project management professional with over 20 years of experience comprised of over 15 years
in project management roles. He has been a member of PMI since 2005 and received his PMP
credentials in 2008, and being a local chapter member since 2007. In the role of Executive Vice President
/ President, along with his work experience he brings his experience within the chapter as well to
promote the chapter within our community and to the PMI regional and national level. Through his
involvement with the chapter he has been an instructor for the chapter PMP Preparation course for
three years. In past roles he has been the Vice President for multiple positions (Education, Programs &
Finance). In his current role as Program Manager of the Corporate PMO at Laboratory Corporation of
America, he has used his experiences to help promote PMI and the project management profession. He
is able to draw on his experiences from LabCorp and previous positions at American Express to share,
education, coach, and mentor.
Bruce W. Bunce, PMP®
Since June of 2011 Bruce W. Bunce has been a Sr. Consultant/Project Manager for Lincoln
Financials Enterprise PMO where he leads projects primarily for Corporate Human
Resources and Payroll. Prior to Lincoln, Bruce worked for Ceridian as an Implementation
Project Manager servicing clients and leading teams in the process of outsourcing
HR/Payroll. Prior to joining Ceridian in 2007, Bruce worked for the Center for Creative
Leadership as Director of Facilities and Operations from 1990 – 2001. Bruce served as
Director of Professional Development in the PMI Piedmont Triad Chapter for 2 years. He has
lived in the Triad area for 25 years and enjoys volunteering for various non-profits, reading,
cycling and running.
Phil May, PMP
Phil holds an MBA and a BS in Mathematics, both from Wake Forest University. In recent years Phil has
earned his Project Management Professional Certification, Certified Project Manager Certification and
ITIL Foundations Certification. Over the past 21 years he has held several IT related positions including
working in IT project management for Wake Forest University since 2007.
Phil has a deep interest in teaching and helping others develop professionally. His passion in this area is
exemplified through participating in several teaching and professional development engagements. In
addition to being an instructor for the PMP prep classes offered through the Project Management
Institute, Phil has developed and taught several project management classes offered to both WFU faculty
and staff through the WFU Professional Development Center. As well, Phil has been an adjunct
instructor at Winston-Salem State University where he taught business related courses.