This episode of The Georgia Tech Research Podcast is an introductory interview with Janaki Tambe, the new Director of GTRI's Project Management Office (PMO). She assumed that role May 1, reporting to the office of the COO.

As the PMO Director, Janaki provides executive oversight and leadership to the PMO office. She will be responsible for maintaining a dynamic and productive team culture, fostering productive relationships across GTRI and Georgia Tech, securing project management work with GTRI laboratories, and providing best-of-class PM subject matter expertise to Department of Defense (DoD) research projects and all other organizational projects in which the PMO is involved. She also maintains accountability for all PMO activities and represents the PMO to GTRI leadership.