Pamela Cournoyer
Pamela Cournoyer been the catalyst to mobilize the leadership of entire communities. As a national and international consultant, she has dedicated herself to guiding change and mentoring those who want to make a difference. For 30 years, Pamela has established herself in the field as a premier coach, trainer, and facilitator, building confidence and inspiring action. Pamela tapped into her unique life experience to form “Communicate with CLASS,” where her energetic style as a communication expert and a savvy consultant helps her move individuals and groups forward quickly. Her understanding of cultures, generational differences, and behaviors helps her to bring diverse groups together. Her consultation, facilitation, training, and coaching strategies help strengthen interpersonal and interdepartmental connections.
John Dunn
John Dunn, PMP, is the director of the Health Care Application division of IT. His team of 125 supports the hospital application needs. He has managed IT projects and teams for over 10 years.
Susan Eliot
Over a 21-year career, Susan Eliot has helped numerous public and nonprofit organizations realize the power of evaluation in developing thoughtful programs, making informed decisions, and measuring effectiveness. Ms. Eliot has worked extensively at the community level where she developed a keen appreciation for the challenges inherent in conducting rigorous yet practical evaluations. She is known for her unique ability to genuinely partner with program staff in producing meaningful information for making key decisions. Susan’s role transcends that of mere evaluation consultant. Through her extensive and varied work experiences she has also developed expertise in conceptual framework design, systems thinking, and organizational change. As a result, she brings the benefit of a broad perspective and deep understanding to the creation of successful programs.
Brad Hermanson
Brad Hermanson, PMP®, is director of project delivery and quality support for Parametrix, a 500-person engineering, environmental sciences, and architectural firm centered in the Pacific Northwest. Mr. Hermanson has degrees and is professionally registered in chemical and environmental engineering. He also has an MBA from the Oregon Executive MBA program. Brad is an active project and program manager. Outside of his regulatory focus areas, he specializes and is a frequent speaker and trainer in decision analysis and risk management, and project management. He has given his popular presentation on wicked problem project management in a variety of venues, both as talks and workshops.
Patricia Kelly
Patricia Kelley, PMP®, is a project manager for Regence, a health insurance company covering four states with 7,000 employees. She received her PMP® certification in September 2005. While most of her projects have been IT in nature, she’s enjoyed challenges in many arenas working in the EMPO. She enjoys teaching and delights when student surpass the teacher. Her favorite part of project management is watching the team come together and work cohesively to a common goal. In her spare time, she facilitates self-development seminars and recently joined the board of the nonprofit Source Foundation. The organization specializes in serving teens and youth of the local community by providing scholarships for personal development opportunities. She enjoys photography and writing.
Aaron Lance
Aaron Lance, PMP, is a senior project manager supporting the Health Care Application division of IT. He has extensive experience using MS Project Server Suite and MS Office tools to support multiple SDLCs. Project controls creation and implementation has been a focus for last three to five years as a member of IT PMO and now on the Electronic Records project. A PMP since 1999, he has managed IT and software development projects for over 15 years.
Bob Lieberman
Bob Lieberman, MS, PMP, runs a small creativity coaching and consulting practice in Portland, Oregon. He is an articulate and strategically minded catalyst equally at ease with ideas, technology, business, and people. He has 40 years of experience in virtually all aspects of the software business, from management and sales to engineering and education, and also teaches and performs music professionally. Mr. Lieberman has had substantial hands-on success building, managing, and mentoring self-directed teams. He has also made key creative contributions to ground-breaking commercial products from McDonnell-Douglas, Sybase, and Avalon Software. He is a poised and engaging educator, a trained mediator, a certified project manager, and he holds an MS in computer science from Carnegie-Mellon.
Christine Martell
Christine Martell has been consulting, facilitating and training with visual tools for over 20 years. Corporate trainers, independent consultants, small- and medium-size businesses, global corporations, nonprofits, and educational institutions use the VisualsSpeak tool she has developed.
Roger Parish, PMP
Roger Parish is a results-oriented hard-hitting presenter whose seminars have been used by the US Marines, US Special Operations Forces, federal agencies, state governments, and major corporations to do strategic planning, workforce planning, and program and project management. His experience in working with dozens of organizations and managing a wide variety of projects and programs guarantees an inspiring experience for all attendees.
Founder and President of Spectrum Consulting Group, LLC, Roger is the author of Essentials of Project Management, Extending the Project Management Framework, and Writing Contracts and Statements of Work for Projects. He has developed multiple management training courses. Parish has been published in IPMA-HR News, and is a frequent speaker to professional organizations and conferences nationwide.
Roger has also developed best practices, processes, methodologies and tools that enable organizations to more effectively run successful projects and achieve their strategic goals. He has 30 years of experience in leadership and organization development; strategic planning; human resource, workforce, and succession planning; portfolio management; information systems; business process reengineering; and project and program management. He can be reached at rparish@scgsolutions.biz or 503-780-4558.
Rachel Paulson
Rachel Paulson is the director of project management services and training for Columbia Technical Consulting, Inc. She has over 12 years combined project, engineering, resource management and consulting experience in the IT, software, financial, retail, fitness, health plan, steel, and truck-manufacturing industries, including EPMO, PMO and TMO consultation, development, and implementation. Her diverse industry experiences have created a well rounded foundation for solving complex program and project issues. Ms. Paulson's current areas of interest include project rescue (turning projects that have failed or are failing into successes) in various organizations and project management consulting with a specific focus on assessing EPMO/PMO maturity and providing guided steps for achieving the next level of organizational maturity.
Connie Plowman
Connie Plowman, PMP, is chief operating officer and vice president for Cadence Management Corporation. Starting her career with Cadence in 1988, she is a corporate officer responsible for management of day-to-day activities of the corporation, reporting directly to the CEO. She is a member of the Cadence Leadership Team supporting the organization’s mission and strategy, and contributing to the planning, organizational development and direction of the business. She has over 20 years working in the project management profession. Connie is a graduate from Portland State University. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute and a graduate of PMI Leadership Masters Class 2007. She has been a member of PMI’s Leadership Institute Advisory Group starting in January 2008.
Fred Robinson
Fred Robinson has more than 15 years of experience in managing technology, product development and manufacturing projects. He has worked across a broad set of industries including aerospace, automotive, machinery, and metal fabrication. With global project leadership experience he brings a unique perspective to the successes and failures that can occur within projects. He is currently general manager of Kinetics Climax, Inc. in Wilsonville, Oregon, a global supplier of metal injection molded parts for the medical, automotive, and power hand tool markets. Prior to joining Kinetics, Mr. Robinson held a number of positions with KUKA Robotics and Hewlett-Packard in various project and engineering management roles. He holds degrees in mechanical and manufacturing engineering and is a certified Project Management Professional.
Mike Ryan
Mike Ryan, PMP, is an expert project manager with Nike, leading efforts in Nike’s Project Management Center of Excellence. Mr. Ryan has over 20 years of project and professional experience managing large and small projects, leading teams, and information technology consulting. Mike started his career in the pharmaceutical industry working on manufacturing, inventory planning, and document management systems. He has worked as an IT consultant assisting companies with technology and vendor selection projects before joining Nike, where he has held a number of functional and project management positions in HR, retail, sales and global operations. Mike’s educational background is in engineering and finance with BSChE from Columbia University and MBA from Western Michigan University, is a member of PMI, and has a real passion for excellence in project management.
Marv Serhan
Marv Serhan is a retired Navy flight officer and has an intrinsic understanding of how one’s character combined with effective leadership skills can create better citizens and therefore a stronger society. His extensive leadership experience in the educational, military, and corporate world uniquely qualifies him to educate business professionals on how to positively influence their respective organizations. Since leaving active duty in 1997, Mr. Serhan's experience in the private sector includes the utility, telematics, and security industries. His formal teaching program began in early 2007 with a self-created course titled “The DNA of Ethical Leadership and the Good Society,” and public speaking engagements began soon after. Marv's college education includes an undergraduate teaching degree from Bloomsburg University, a Masters of Science in Global Business Leadership from the University of San Diego, and two other post-graduate degrees.
Jerry Zygmuntowicz
Jerry Zygmuntowicz is an interdisciplinary business consultant and leadership coach, and serves as a thought partner and trusted advisor to executives in public companies and nonprofits. Mr. Zygmuntowicz has a proven track record of tackling complex programs and turnaround situations; leading initiatives across organizational and geographic boundaries, and building alignment among diverse groups. He has 12 years experience in leadership positions at Hewlett Packard and Intel in consulting, leadership development, marketing, business development, strategic planning, and supply chain. He also has over ten years experience in a broad range of industries. Mr. Zygmuntowicz earned MBA and BS Engineering degrees from Cornell University, and has received professional certifications in organization development, professional coaching, and facilitation. He is active in numerous professional organizations.
