COAA Webinar: From Capital Plan to Controlled Outcome: How Owners Take Command of Complex Programs
Zoom
Event Details
Capital programs are becoming more complex, and the owners who succeed are those who maintain visibility and control across the full project lifecycle. In this session, LAWA's Diego Alvarez shares how his team governs a $30B capital program, including the full redevelopment of LAX ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games, while PMWEB's Chris Wagner unpacks how owners move from fragmented reporting to a single strategic control center. Together they'll cover what that shift means for cost, schedule, and decision-making confidence.
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Diagnose the visibility gaps. Identify where cost, schedule, and risk data break down across a capital program, and why fragmented reporting quietly erodes control.
- Build the single source of truth. Establish portfolio-wide visibility so owner teams make decisions from one trusted view rather than reconciling conflicting reports.
- Achieve control without the drag. Apply practical approaches for tightening oversight and governance while keeping programs moving at pace.
- Turn data into confident decisions. Convert program information into the timely, defensible calls that protect budget, schedule, and stakeholder trust.
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Presenters
Diego Alvarez
Deputy Executive Director – Capital Planning, Oversight, Management, and Analytics
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA)
Diego Alvarez is Deputy Executive Director of Capital Planning, Oversight, Management, and Analytics at Los Angeles World Airports, where he holds executive responsibility for LAWA's $30B capital program — one of the most complex public-sector portfolios in the world. In this role, he guides strategic and portfolio-level decisions across the full redevelopment of Los Angeles International Airport, overseeing governance across programs that will reshape one of the nation's busiest origin-and-destination airports ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games.
Chris Wagner, Vice President of Industry Strategy, PMWEB
Chris Wagner is Vice President of Industry Strategy at PMWEB, where he works with owner-operators across airports, healthcare, higher education, and government to help them gain total portfolio visibility and control over complex capital programs. A frequent industry voice, Chris partners with owner organizations on the frameworks and operational discipline that keep major programs on schedule and on budget.
A co-presenter from a leading owner-operator organization will be confirmed shortly and added to the final materials.