Breakout Session

From Hype to Real Workflows: AI as a PMO Teammate

Thursday, Nov 5 | 4:00PM - 5:00PM

Details

Everyone's talking about AI. Fewer people are showing what it looks like when it's doing real work. This session follows a PMO lead through a single workday, moving from scattered morning inputs to a clear plan of action, with AI as a genuine working teammate. You'll see a live portfolio briefing, a resource analysis that surfaces capacity risks before they become problems, and an intake agent that turns a conversation into a structured project request. No AI background required.

Content Track

From Tools to Intelligence: Designing Systems to Conquer Complexity

User Level

Intermediate

Speakers

Flora Ellis

Director, Product Management

Flora Ellis is Director of Product, Applied AI at Smartsheet, where she leads the teams building the company's agentic AI platform. She spent five years at Microsoft leading product for Teams and OneDrive, and before that led ecosystem product partnerships at Dropbox. She lives in the Seattle area, where you'll usually find her working through her goal of visiting every U.S. national park.

Amy Yarrington

Principal Enterprise Solutions Engineer

Amy Yarrington has spent 25 years in portfolio and project management, with deep expertise in designing and running PPM solutions. She first encountered Smartsheet at VF Corporation in 2017, where she deployed the platform in the technology PMO. Amy joined Smartsheet in 2019 as a Customer Success Manager, helping customers grow adoption and realize lasting impact. That platform knowledge led her into Solutions Engineering, where she now helps enterprise customers design and scale solutions that improve how their teams work.