Robert Brock
Robert Brock is a senior associate with Point B Solutions Group, a consultancy specializing in project
leadership. A-20 year veteran leading media, business, and technology initiatives, he has also served
as a consulting practice manager with global integrator EDS and as VP of information technologies
and marketing with Monument Mortgage in the Bay Area. Mr. Brock holds a Bachelor's in Business
Administration and Marketing and a Master of Science in Design and Management of Information
Systems. He has presented at industry conferences and guest lectured at Oregon State University and
the University of Portland. Mr. Brock is a member of the Society of Information Management and
the Project Management Institute and has conducted several of PMI's accredited workshops here in
Portland.
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 Convery
John Convery is a seasoned professional with over 16 years of business and technology experience.
Currently, he is an associate administrator for Providence Health & Services Regional Business Office
in Oregon. Prior to joining Providence, Mr. Convery worked as a management consultant with
Point B. He has a broad focus and is skilled in several areas, including project management, process
analysis, information technology, operations research, and systems engineering. He graduated from
Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering.
Jeff Crow
Jeff Crow is president and principal consultant of Crow Development Corporation. His clients range
from small, family owned enterprises to multinational corporations, government, and nonprofit
organizations. Mr. Crow is the developer of an innovative project management methodology and
author of Applying Project Management in the Workplace, 4th edition. In addition to his consulting
and training practice, he teaches a number of courses, seminars, and workshops for Portland-area
colleges and universities. He is the faculty advisor and an instructor for the Project Management
Certificate Program at Portland State University's Professional Development Center.
Sicely Donaldson
Sicely Donaldson is an experienced project leader with over 10 years of demonstrated consulting
experience in business and technology-related projects. She has extensive experience in leading
mission-critical projects and delivering strategic solutions to clients through performance improvement,
process design, and organizational redesign. Prior to joining Point B, she was a manager in Accenture's
health and life sciences practice. She graduated from Oregon State University, cum laude,
where she focused her studies on organizational behavior.
John Dunn
John Dunn, PMP®, s director of healthcare applications at OHSU, where he is responsible for the
planning, delivery, and support of IT services to the OHSU Health System. In this role since 2005,
he has overseen the implementation of an electronic health record (EHR) system that integrates information
from ambulatory and hospital encounters to provide consolidated information to clinical and
administrative staff . He has held various senior management positions within the healthcare and government
services sectors on projects ranging from implementing a clinical information system at a
large academic group practice to decision support for the military health system’s data warehouse. He
began his career as a systems analyst in supply chain applications and has also worked as a marketing
representative selling computer systems to Fortune 500 retailers. He earned a BA in economics from
Claremont-McKenna College, and a BS and MS in industrial engineering from Stanford University.
When not behind in earning PDU credits caused by looming project deadlines, he is also certifi ed as
a PMP. Mr. Dunn lives in Portland and can be contacted at 503-494-6506 or unnjo@ohsu.edu.
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.
Sean Johnson
Sean Johnson graduated from University of Southern California in 1997 with a bachelor’s degree
in nursing and has spent his clinical career focused on caring for oncology and hematology patients
(floor nursing, hospice nursing, inpatient management and ambulatory management). In 2002 he
moved over to the Information Technology Group to assist City of Hope Cancer Hospital with the
implementation and maintenance of clinical systems. In 2005, Mr. Johnson accepted the position
as OHSU’s Ambulatory Electronic Health Records project director. Th is position transformed into
overseeing the Inpatient Electronic Health Record in 2006. In 2008 OHSU became one of the first
Academic Medical Centers to successfully go live with an electronic health record on time (and on
budget). He can be reached at johnson@ohsu.edu.
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.
Jo Anne C. Long
Jo Anne C. Long is The Regence Group's senior vice president of Enterprise Program Management.
She leads The Regence Group's oversight of programs and projects in support of the company's new
business model, including the fi ve-year Common Process-Single System (CP-SS) strategic initiative.
She is a corporate offi cer of Th e Regence Group and leads the company's executive project oversight
committee. Ms. Long was formerly vice president and general counsel for Regence BlueShield in
Washington.
Before joining Regence, Ms. Long was an associate attorney for the Tonkon Torp law fi rm, a judicial
clerk for the Oregon Court of Appeals, and a registered nurse at Providence Medical Center.
Ms. Long has a bachelor's degree in nursing from OHSU and a law degree from Lewis & Clark College.
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.
Jeff Oltmann
Jeff Oltmann, PMP®, is a seasoned leader with over 20 years of experience managing successful technology programs. Jeff focuses on excellent execution. He ran the Program Management Office (PMO) and a $60M project portfolio for IBM's xSeries development facility in Oregon. Jeff's hands-on program management experience includes program budgets over $100M and worldwide cross-functional teams of over 100 members. He is on the faculty of the department of Management of Science and Technology at the Oregon Graduate Institute. Jeff teaches project management and portfolio management, is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), and is principal consultant with Synergy Professional Services.
Roger Parish
Roger Parish, PMP®, 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.
Mark Poulin
Mark Poulin, PMP®, is a project manager at Nike, leading eff orts in Nike's Project Management
Center of Excellence. Mark has more than 20 years of mixed experience in manufacturing, product
development, IT, and project management. In his current role, he is a key resource supporting
project managers and evolving Nike's standard project and program management methodologies.
He earned an Industrial Engineering degree from Oregon State University. As an active member of
the Portland chapter of PMI, he facilitates the monthly PMI West Breakfast Roundtable providing
opportunities for project and program managers to share best practices. Mr. Poulin can be reached at
503-532-6818 or mark.poulin@nike.com.
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.
