As a professional development consultant for project management, Carmen Demeter helps organizations and teams strengthen their management capabilities to implement projects more effectively. In her work, she focuses on talent development and building capacity within individuals to help people become adaptive managers.
“I know that, indirectly, if I focus my work on talent development and performance, then I can see the impact. Investments in people matter; they do the demanding work to achieve that lasting impact,” Demeter said.
Her career began as project coordinator for a training program funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development in her native Romania. After more than two decades as a full-time employee in global development, Demeter is now an independent consultant. She solidified this transition amid the COVID-19 pandemic, during which she took an additional certification course in project management and gained more skills in information technology.