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Summary: Over the next few months, a team of six Tuck Consulting Group project management experts will be writing a long-form mini-series on project management, specifically geared towards small businesses. Since so much project management content is geared towards large-scale projects, we wanted to provide practical tools and techniques that will allow small businesses to be empowered instead of intimidated by project management.
“Project manager” has shown up on the top of the best and fastest growing jobs (in the U.S. and globally) nearly every year for the past 15 years. If you’ve been in the industry for a while, you have seen the 2021 PMI report stating we have a 25 million project professional gap that needs to be filled by 2030. While I love this self-serving report 😊 and the numbers may be a bit off (especially with the rapid adoption of AI), it’s still directionally correct.
The problem I’ve seen across the discipline over the past decade is around the type of talent attracted into the profession. A lot of these folks love the challenge of building a 5,000-line Microsoft Project Plans with dependencies, resource loading, and integrations with the overall portfolio. It’s not that these folks can’t be talented project managers. To the contrary, they are terrific project managers for large-scale projects, such as physical infrastructure builds, mega data centers, and construction project management. However, the majority of projects are small in nature with less than five project team members. So, the PM skilled at the big projects typically does not have the right tools or approach for the smaller ones.
That’s why we’re bringing together six consultants from the Tuck team to produce project management content geared towards small businesses!
The Format
It’s all about people, processes, and tools. We’re going to pull together articles, videos, white papers, infographics, and more that will help you and your team deliver projects on-time and within your budgets without spending hours and hours project managing. These resources are designed so that even organizations without dedicated project managers can train their team members on the basics of project management, regardless of their job titles.
The Team
Here are the consultants ready to bring you the insights to deliver better projects for your small business. They come with decades of experience working with enterprises, small businesses, and companies in between.
Jacqui Myslinski
ClickUp Expert + Project Management Consultant
Jacqui is a productivity nerd with an extreme affinity for details. Her mission is to challenge the status-quo with a relentless pursuit of innovation, creativity, and empathy, so that together we can be more productive, collaborative, and happier in our work and lives.
She’s an experienced Project Manager with a proven track record of delivering successful projects with high client and stakeholder satisfaction (personal NPS of 96). Areas of expertise include waterfall and agile project management, SaaS implementation consulting, business development, and operations management.
Brutus Segun
Project Management Consultant
Brutus Segun (he/him) is a consultant with Tuck Consulting Group. He’s been remotely working with Tuck for over a year and a half. He’s from Kansas City but currently resides in Texas. He is a U.S. Veteran, a former Policy and Program Oversight Director, and an ex-software engineer.
He runs projects for a wide range of clients, from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. He carries a laundry list of certifications, including the PMP, PMI-ACAP, CISA, CompTIA Security+, and AWS Solutions Architect Associate.
Jessica Caresse White
Project Management Consultant
Jessica Caresse White (she/her), PMP, CSM, has been a Senior Project Manager with Tuck Consulting Group since May 2024. She is also the Managing Director of J. Caresse & Company, a consulting firm redefining success in business by putting people first. She’s worked at industry giants like Cisco Systems, Hitachi Solutions, and McKinsey & Company leading teams through complex, high-stakes projects.
Outside of work, Jessica runs a podcast, Connecting the Dots, where she enjoys meeting new people, learning about their life journey, and inspiring her audience.
Alex Morgan
IT Professional Services Practice Lead + ClickUp Expert
Alex Morgan (he/him/his) is the IT Professional Services Practice Lead at Tuck Consulting Group. In 2021, Alex began with Tuck as a pro bono consultant for local nonprofits and instantly clicked with the company culture, mission, and clients. Working with diverse clients in tech and adjacent sectors has afforded a breadth of relationships and invaluable strategic insight.
Alex works remotely from Burlington, Vermont. He is a certified ClickUp Expert and is certified with the Hubspot Content Management System and Hubspot Marketing Hub.
Galanda Brooker
ClickUp Expert + Project Management Consultant
Galanda A. Brooker (she/her/hers) has been a project manager consultant at Tuck since early 2023. However, if you ask her friends and family what she does, you’ll get a plethora of answers including: gardening guru, emotional awareness coach, and reiki master.
Galanda has 20+ years of working in technology/education and has shifted to provide services that are more human-centered rather than technology-centered. “Project management is one of the areas where significant positive impact can be increased through awareness and emotional intelligence. Team members who are emotionally aware, resilient, and regulated are the current X-factor to company success.”
Alex Tuck
Founder & Managing Principal
Alex Tuck is the founder and managing principal of Tuck Consulting Group, a firm that specializes in project management consulting for small businesses. After several tenures at large and regional management consulting firms, Alex set out to create a firm that was focused on better client outcomes through diverse teams with less focus on profit realization rates. Through the pandemic, the firm has experienced 15x two-year growth, landing it at #12 on the 2022 Inc. Northeast Regional list and the Forbes Next 1000 list.
In addition to Tuck, Alex has served as a nonprofit board member for several organizations, including a microlending nonprofit he co-founded that operates in Central America. Alex runs his remote-first firm from a farm in Vermont where he lives with his wife and four children. Feel free to reach out to book some time with him.
