Jane Kovacs
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Jane Kovacs

Jane Kovacs is a geek-loving, button-pushing public relations professional who loves shiny, new ideas and finding ways to use technology get the most of your day. She brings more than 20 years’ experience to her role as global PR manager at Planview. Her background includes communication roles at Pennzoil, EDS, AMD, FleishmanHillard, and 3M. She is passionate about helping companies share their stories and connect with customers.

Streamlining Project Management in the Banking Industry

Like many small banks, the Exchange Bank in Santa Rose, California, found itself managing lots of projects without an official project manager in sight. They were also drowning in email, meetings, and spreadsheets—all of which meant project data was difficult to access when it came time to show compliance to bank examiners. Choosing to end...

This Year’s Austin Heart & Stroke Walk is a Walk Down Memory Lane

“Life is why we walk.” Each year, the Austin community comes together to participate in American Heart Association’s Heart & Stroke Walk—a three-mile walk (or 5K run) through Butler Park and along the Colorado River. Family and friends from all different walks of life help contribute to the event, whether they or a loved one...

Public Relations Project Management

All public relations (PR) people, whether they work at an agency or on-staff with a company, must balance internal projects and expectations with external deadlines and requests, aka public relations project management. And everyone knows that in the digital age we live in, trying to manage your work day through email is a fool’s game....

Hurricane Harvey Showed Us Hearts Are Big in Texas, Too

Just over two weeks ago, Hurricane Harvey hit Texas hard. Over the weekend, our hearts went out to people affected by Hurricane Irma as that storm began battering the Caribbean before moving to Florida. We have witnessed an incredible outpouring of support that we hope continues. The statement “everything’s bigger in Texas” has never been...

Work and Resource Management Makes the Agenda of Every CIO

Last week, Planview CEO Greg Gilmore put work and resource management on the agenda of every CIO with his debut blog on CIO.com. Why work and resource management, and why now? As Greg explains, the role of the CIO has expanded from simply protecting data and networks to turning the data on those networks into business...