Justin J. MacBale

About Justin J. MacBale

Projects are not delivery exercises. They are instruments of business survival. Most are led as if that doesn’t matter.Traditional project management education reinforces this failure. It trains professionals to track tasks and report status while ignoring how value is created, protected, and defended inside real organizations. The result is execution that looks controlled but quietly erodes revenue, margin, and strategic intent.With -$. I am often brought in when initiatives are already six months behind, politically exposed, or losing executive confidence. Each time, the work is the same: restore alignment, reassert decision authority, and close. That pattern earned me a reputation clients now refer to as “.” To scale this business advocacy focus, I founded providing fractional delivery leadership and pragmatic execution governance for organizations that cannot afford drift. The focus is not methodology. It is protecting intended business value under real operating I also co-founded to address the individual side of the same problem. Most project professionals are trained to manage activity. Few are developed to act as visible business advocates with executive credibility and decision leverage. PM Career Growth exists to close that To further elevate execution standards across transactions and transformations, I built the & a practitioner-led community for integration and transformation leaders focused on what actually works post-close. It includes: Digital transformation and ERP implementations M&A post-close merger integrations IT consulting and enterprise product development DSD (Direct Store Delivery) operationsIf you are leading a digital transformation, managing a merger, or trying to finish a stalled initiative, let’s connect.

Experience

1. Technical Program & Project Manager

   Hitachi Digital Services

   Nov 2024 — Present

   Program Manager Jan 2025 - PresentLeading two large strategic IT initiatives (big data analytics) valued over $6 M spanning over 20+ projects for the next 2 years.Project ManagerNov 2024 - Jan 2025Led two delayed initiatives for a Fortune 500 Trucking Rental Lease Company. One project around data visualization for risk management and the other for data warehouse and data modeling for incremental APIs.

Education

• Portland State University

  Bachelor’s Degree

• Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)