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The Corvallis Branch of the Willamette Valley Chapter of the Project Management Institute elected the following officers for the 2009 year.  Paul Newbry, PMP
President Elected Branch President in June, 2009 after serving as VP Finance, Paul has 25 years of experience in IT services and support including managing people and projects. He obtained his PMP in 2007 and does not wish that certification test on anyone. He earned a Masters in Management from Antioch University in Seattle while working for Hewlett-Packard in Corvallis. He currently provides technical support for the Benton County Circuit Court located in downtown Corvallis. His undergraduate work was first in Wildlife Management (Humboldt State University, Arcata CA) and then in Electrical Engineering (University of Alaska, Fairbanks AK). Paul is married and has three sons, one at Drexel and two at Claremont McKenna. He likes to spend time outdoors and to travel.
 Randy Lloyd, PMP VP of Marketing Recently appointed as Corvallis Chapter VP of Membership and Communications, Randy has 20 years of expertise in Project and Product Management. He held the position of Senior Project Manager at ATS Systems Oregon (industrial automation), where he focused on BioTech and Pharmaceutical applications. He completed his PMI Certification in 2006 while working at ATS. His Masters of Software Engineering (Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon) was obtained while working at Electro Scientific Industries in Portland and he holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology (Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois). His background is in laser electronics, semiconductor, and automation industries, specializing in new product development and project life-cycle management. Moving to Oregon in 1995, he misses his Illinois home and great Chicago pizza, but has quickly learned to love the majesty of the Pacific-Northwest. He enjoys the outdoors with his wife and three children and has given back to the community as a BSA Scoutmaster.  Greg Enstrom, PMP Greg was appointed to the Corvallis PMI Branch Board in September 2010 as the VP of Programs. Greg has 19 years of experience in Geographic Information Systems and support including managing people and projects. With initial formal study of project management in 2006, he obtained his PMP in 2009 as a way to formalize and recognize standard ways of approaching many things he dealt with over the years. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree with dual majors in Business Administration and Forest Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in preparation for a great career in natural resource management. Since he couldn’t get enough the first time, ten years into his career he completed a Master of Forest Resources degree from the University of Washington-Seattle. Employed by the states of Wisconsin and Oregon, and now in the U.S. Forest Service, Greg is (and was) a professional forester for many years. Prior to Corvallis, Greg worked as an ecologist and later research forester in Missoula, Montana. Currently, he works in a software application development environment as a Project Manager for the USFS Natural Resource Information System and helps natural resource specialists nationwide manage and obtain natural resource information for analysis and reporting. Greg enjoys travel, hiking, and backpacking with his wife and son, bicycles to work, and enjoys economic study and logistical challenges.
 John Powell, PMP
VP of Communications & Membership John was elected as branch VP of Communication & Membership in December of 2009. John has managed projects and programs for the past 15 years while working in the high tech manufacturing and health care industries. He is currently a Sr. Project Manager for Samaritan Health Services in Corvallis. John earned his undergraduate degree from the Colorado College in Colorado Springs and pursued an MBA from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.
John enjoys training for and competing in triathlons, cross country skiing, hiking and camping with his family.  Gary Terrell, PMP
VP of Education and Professional Development Elected VP of Education and Professional Development in December 2009, Gary has 7 years project management experience. Gary has worked for Hewlett-Packard for over 22 years in several locations and several positions. He is currently a Business Operations Manager in the Technology Development Organization in Corvallis. In 2007-08 Gary represented HP as an assignee to SEMATECH/ISMI an international consortium in Austin, Texas where he received his PMP certification. Gary holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Information Systems from Linfield College but has spent most of his career in maintenance of hardware systems. Gary is a Desert Storm veteran and retired from the Oregon Army National Guard in 2002 after 20 years of service.
Gary lives in Albany’s historic district with his wife and two middle-school aged sons. When he is not restoring his old house he enjoys, fishing, camping and home brewing. He is also a registered Boy Scout leader. |
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