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President
 Fred D. Hammond, PMP, is an IT Project Manager with DuPont in Wilmington, DE. He has over 15 years of professional experience working in the pharmaceutical, educational and chemical industries, and has been a practicing project manager since 2001. In addition to being a PMP, Fred has also achieved the following credentials: CSSBB (Corporate Six Sigma Black Belt), MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer), and CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate).
At DuPont, Fred has managed global IT projects in the following areas: Telecommunications, Mobility, and Facilities Management. Before coming to DuPont, Fred worked primarily in the Windows desktop and server technology areas, including desktop deployments, system administration, and server reengineering. In addition to his professional experience, Fred enjoys supporting charitable organizations such as local Boys & Girls clubs, United Way, and Habitat for Humanity.
Fred holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Information Systems from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. Fred is happily married with 2 sons and resides in Delaware County, PA.
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Past President
 Frank Walker is president of TWG and co-founder of GTW where he was president from 1988 to 1997 during a period of rapid growth in size, diversity and investment in internal IT development. TWG supports clients through all the stages of the program or project life cycle. Frank is an excellent leader with the ability to pull the best people together for a project and to make a great team of them. He is adept in all the aspects of project management (PM) including the management of time, resources, cost, risk, scope, contracts, quality and communication. Specialties include, team planning, fast-track project management, management by exception using earned value, litigation avoidance and mediation.
His seminars on PM, PMP certification & PM software are in demand, worldwide. He has given classes to representatives of hundreds of companies. At Microsoft's request, he led an in-house team to produce and market GTW's Project Partner and other Microsoft Project companion products and to customize Microsoft Project for specific companies. He has been quoted in Fortune Magazine, Engineering News Record, PMI, etc. and has been on a Satellite/Webcasting Learning Series. Frank has lived long-term in Sydney, Vancouver , Turkey (where he was found equal to a donkey by a Turkish magistrate), Seattle, and Dallas and he currently lives in the Philadelphia / New York City corridor.
Frank has work for thirty years plus on many unique and challenging projects worldwide for many different industries and public agencies. See http://www.twgpm.com/
Professional Affilations & Awards, Project Management Institute (PMI®): Puget Sound Chapter President 1991, Standards Committee 1997, Project Management Advisory Boards, University of Washington and City University, Various USA and International Who's Who directories.
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President-Elect/ VP Of Programs
 Ruth Anne Guerrero, MBA, PMP joined Keystone Mercy Health Plan (KMPH) in April of 2007 as Vice President, Project Management Office (PMO). She has a broad background in project management, with particular expertise in establishing and managing PMOs. Ruth Anne was a founding member of the Long Island PMI Chapter and former VP of Programs. When her job transferred her to the Philadelphia area in late 2004, she became a volunteer coordinator and is currently the Vice President of Education for the PMI Delaware Valley Chapter.
Ruth Anne has worked at JPMorgan Chase Cardmember Services where she was Vice President responsible for the Project Management Center of Excellence (COE), a project office and competency development center that supported project managers worldwide. . Ruth Anne has also held positions at Cablevision Systems Corporation and the Long Island Lighting Company. Ruth Anne has long been involved in standardizing project management processes and promoting ways that the project management discipline can help organizations improve their project execution, thereby enabling the attainment of strategic business goals.
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Secretary/VP of Marketing
 Daniel P. Bharadwaj is a versatile Business Excellence leader presently with Philadelphia Insurance Companies. His unique mix of engagements with Fortune 50 and global leaders in Telecommunications, Media and Research industries has positioned him as a subject matter expert, trainer, advisor and mentor in Project Management, ‘Go To Market’ strategies, QA, Performance Management, Software development and the PMO. He also has deep functional background in marketing, sales, billing, order management/fulfillment, customer care and various software development lifecycles, including managing the rollout of a CMMI compliant quality management system. Daniel has an MBA and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), is an active volunteer at the PMI Delaware Valley Chapter, PMI Metrics SIG and the Audit division of the American Society for Quality. He loves to read, play golf and mentor young adults.
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Treasurer/VP of Outreach
 Leo Connolly PMP is a Project Manager in the Information Technology Department of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia . In addition to being a PMP Leo has also achieved the following credentials: RCDD (Registered Communication Distribution Designer), NTS (Network Transport Specialist), CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate).
Leo is a technology infrastructure specialist and is a member of the Building Industry Consulting Service International, a professional association supporting the information transport systems industry with information, education and knowledge assessment for individuals and companies worldwide. Leo originally from Ireland is a proud US Citizen and lives with his family in Blue Bell, Montgomery County PA. He has worked in the design and management of technology infrastructure and systems for over twenty years. He has been employed as a Subcontract Manager and Planning Engineer on large multi million dollar construction projects including offshore gas rigs and oil refineries in a variety of European Countries before settling in the United States which he now considers his home.
Leo has worked at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for the last five year's. His responsibilities in his current position include the implementation and management of information systems on all large construction projects for the Hospital. Since its start in 1855 as the nation's first hospital devoted exclusively to caring for sick children the Hospital has fostered many medical discoveries and innovations that have improved pediatric healthcare and saved countless children's lives all over the World. Leo strongly believes that the work he does everyday contributes to the Hospital's success and its mission to provide caring for sick children and their families.
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VP of Volunteers
 Mr. Grigg became a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) in November, 1994. Mr. Grigg became a founding member of PMI/Keystone Chapter in the spring of 1995. Mr. Grigg was the Valley Forge Regional Secretary of the Keystone Chapter from 1995 to 1996. He, also, served as Chapter President for the Keystone Chapter from 1997 to 1998. Mr. Grigg is currently a member of the Delaware Valley Chapter (DVC) of PMI, since 1999. Mr. Grigg participated in putting together the PMI-DVC “Complete Project Manager Workshop” in October 2003. He has served on the “Earl Feight Project Management Excellence Award” project team from August, 2005 to January, 2007. In 2008, Mr. Grigg currently serves as Vice President of Volunteer Processes on the Delaware Valley Chapter Board of Directors. While serving on the chapter Board of Directors, he developed and documented the chapter’s Volunteer Process. Mr. Grigg, also, served briefly as the Director of Volunteer Activities.
Mr. Grigg had been with PECO Energy (now Exelon Corporation) for 28 years. He retired from PECO in April, 2001. He is a certified project management professional from PMI and is a registered professional engineer in Pennsylvania. Mr. Grigg has a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a Master’s degree in Engineering Management from Widener University.
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 VP of Membership
Janet Burns, PMP is currently an independent project management consultant and trainer, specializing in project management process and methodology implementation. Ms. Burns currently consults with organizations on how to implement project management practices appropriate for their size and culture. Ms. Burns also delivers a range of project management and six sigma courses. Prior to starting her own business, Ms. Burns implemented PMO’s at Viacom and the New York Times Company when she was Director of Project Management for those corporations. Ms. Burns has been in the IT field for over 20 years with extensive experience managing large software implementation projects and enterprise wide process improvement projects. Ms. Burns is a past president of the Hampton Roads Chapter of the Project Management Institute, and is a frequent speaker at industry events. She was recently named to the PMI Power 50, a list of 50 prolific leaders in project management, and was a volunteer on the PMBOK Fourth Edition project.
Ms. Burns holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Director of Marketing
 Maeghan has been a Disaster Recovery Consultant at Aetna for over 9 years and has been a practicing project manager since 2001. Maeghan holds dual B.S. degrees in Human Resources and Business Administration from Cabrini College. She is an Associate Business Continuity Planner and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Her work at Aetna consists of working in IT on application implementations and testing that includes all areas of project management and six sigma.
Maeghan has been a member of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) since 2005, and has been a volunteer for various projects, including participation on the team that planned the 2008 Regional Board Meeting, Networking Breakfasts and the creation of the PMI-DVC Marketing & Communications Plan.
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Director of Dinner Meetings 
Arthur English, PMP is an IT Project Manager with PM Artistry in Blue Bell, PA. Prior to focusing his career on IT project management, Arthur was an award-winning book author and software developer. Arthur has over 30 years of professional experience working as an IT consultant in a wide variety of industries and has been a practicing project manager since 2002. In addition to being a PMP, Art has also achieved the following credentials: Certified ScrumMaster, Object Management Group Certified Unified Modeling Language (UML) Professional, IBM Rational Unified Process (RUP) V7.0, IBM Rational Requirements Management with Use Cases, IBM Rational OO Analysis & Design, IBM Rational Requisite Pro., Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist (MCTS) Microsoft Office Project 2007, Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE) and Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD).
Prior to starting PM Artistry in 2009, Arthur was responsible for managing Microsoft Strategic Program training globally for Unisys. Arthur was also responsible for delivery of the IBM Rational courses “Management of Iterative Development” and “Requirements Management with Use Cases” globally within Unisys. Prior to joining Unisys University, Arthur was the Chief Architect in the Justice and Public Safety Practice in Unisys Global Public Sector.
Arthur has been a speaker at a number of local and national IT conferences that includes Microsoft Developer Days, COMDEX, and SEARCH (The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics). He also led the Delaware Valley Microsoft Developer Days conference from 2000 to 2002 as the Microsoft Developer Network Regional Director. Arthur served on the COMDEX Board of Directors and managed the Software Development Track at the COMDEX conferences that were held annually in Las Vegas, NV.
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Director of Volunteers
 Lester Sheely, PMP has been a member of the Delaware Valley Chapter of PMI since 2007, but has been involved with project management most of his career. Working on projects where operations are coordinated with multiple international business centers requires the need for robust organization and communication skills. Implementing processes that follow best practices in project management provides a better understanding of all aspects of work involved from inception through completion phases. Lester has been involved with product development in technology, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and government enterprises. What all projects have in common is a customer. Understanding and addressing the needs of both our internal and external customers is critical for the success of any project.
While outside the office, Lester can be found enjoying the outdoor experience. During the warm seasons, riding the bike, taking the golf clubs for a walk, or getting out for a sail are good ways to catch up with friends. Once the weather changes to the colder side, the skis come out and he can be found on slopes instructing, or simply enjoying the mountain experience with friends and family.
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Director of Retention
Erica D. Howard, PMP, is a results-focused IT professional with more than 15 years experience ranging from Help Desk Technician, Systems Analyst, Network Engineer and Project Manager.
Ms. Howard is the President of SANology, Inc. and has successfully sustained her small business for ten years. SANology is a premier Storage Engineering and Management Firm specializing in the assessment, design and implementation of Storage Area Networks.
As a project manager Ms. Howard has worked with Fortune 500 companies in the financial and pharmaceutical industries to implement highly visible projects critical to achieving business objectives. She was recognized for her efforts as an essential project resource and received the Beckon Award while consulting at The Vanguard Group.
Ms. Howard continues to strengthen her industry knowledge and education by staying active in professional organizations and continuously improving her project management skills. Most recently she completed the Master’s Certificate in Project Management at Villanova University.
Additionally, Ms. Howard is very active in civic outreach. She served as President of the Philadelphia Chapter of Mocha Moms, Inc. in 2006 and 2007 and Treasurer in 2008. Chapter highlights while under her leadership includes adopting by-laws, creating a business plan, chapter policies and procedures, launching a website and creating a centralized membership database. The chapter was successful in obtaining grants from the City of Philadelphia to support a teen mentorship program for disadvantaged teenage mothers, which continues to operate today.
Shortly after joining the Delaware Valley Chapter of PMI she volunteered to be a team member on the New Membership Welcoming Program Project. Ms. Howard is also an active member of the National Contract Management Association (NCMA) and affiliated with the North Penn Chamber of Commerce.
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Director Of Information Technology
 Sanjoy Bhattacharjee, PMP is an experienced IT professional with background in software automation, life cycle management, new product introduction. He has worked and consulted with defense contractors, service providers and equipment suppliers in various IT roles for 12 years. Currently he is working as Sr. Quality Consultant with Motorola Home & Networks Mobility organization . He is a Quality Champion & Subject Matter Expert. He is an active member of QuEST(Quality Excellence for Suppliers of Telecommunications) forum and implemented TL9000 procedures. Prior to that he served as Sr. Project Lead for introduction of Ethernet services with AT&T where he worked with Product Line Management, Business Analysis, Software Development, System Test & Customer Service organizations.
Sanjoy holds Master Of Technology degree from a premium institute. He obtained his PMP certification in 2008 and avid advocate of Project Management processes in improving organization productivity and effectiveness. He has been an active volunteer of PMI Delaware Valley Chapter working on portal content management processes to support the chapter members. He is married with 1 son and resides in Berks County, PA.
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Director of Advertising
 Michael A. Berk, PMP is a senior project management consultant with more than 20 years of diverse life sciences experience in the pharmaceutical, clinical trials Electronic Data Capture (EDC), Enterprise Content Management (ECM), information technology, automation & controls, capital equipment, design build and consulting industries. Currently he is providing project management consulting services at Merck Pharmaceutical's Global Human Health IT division.
He holds degrees in Electrical Engineering from Temple University and Thomas Edison College . Additionally, he is a graduate of Villanova University - Project Management Masters Program and PMI's prestigious Leadership Institute. He has been the Director of Advertising at PMI Delaware Valley Chapter from 2005 to the present. Mike was also on the PMI-DVC board from 2003 – 2004 and is currently the CFO of the PMI Pharmaceutical SIG.
Mike holds a patent for his work in the development of a Wireless Telemetry System, a trademark for Compuwatch FXS ™ , a computer based factory expert system. Lastly, he has published several articles involving technology projects that he has been associated with.
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Director of Corporate Outreach
 Frank Nestore, PMP, is a Partner with PPT Consulting which stands for People, Process and Technology. He has over fourteen years of experience within multiple industries and as a member of a major global consulting firm prior to joining PPT Consulting when it was founded in 2003. Frank has managed numerous strategic information technology projects, business process re-design efforts, enterprise software selections and enterprise software implementations, distinguishing himself with a focused and pragmatic approach to project management and client service.
A true believer in the holistic approach of aligning people, process and technology for effective information technology projects, Frank is equally comfortable reviewing strategic direction with client Executives or working “hands-on” with client personnel to implement solutions. He prides himself on providing truly actionable results to his clients, instilling a discipline of project management and ensuring knowledge transfer. Additionally, Frank enjoys facilitating diverse client groups to gain consensus and identify key issues for resolution.
Frank holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Lehigh University in Chemical Engineering and is an active member of the CIO Institute of the Eastern Technology Council, Techquest Pennsylvania, and the IS Service Management Forum Lehigh/Delaware Valley Chapter. He is also a volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Frank seeks to stay current in the realm of social media through his blog focused on practical project management as well as his presence on twitter.
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 Director of Special Events
Richard Kornstedt has a degree in Computer Information Systems from Bloomsburg University, in Pennsylvania. He attained a Project Management Certificate from Penn State University and passed his PMP in 2006.
Richard has been employed at CA (formerly Computer Associates) since 1997. He has been involved in countless IT projects over the last twelve years, serving several roles along the way. Mr. Kornstedt came into the role of Project Manager in 2005 and has thrived in this role ever since. He has gone from managing a handful of projects for the Enterprise Reports Management team to the roles of Mainframe Mid-Atlantic Regional Program Manager and Regional Chief of Staff. Within these roles, Mr. Kornstedt manages six product portfolios with a total budget in the $30 million range and the products associated with those portfolios generate hundreds of millions in revenue for CA. His highest priority initiative at the moment is evangelizing and adopting Agile Project Management with Scrum within his Region and adoption of CA’s mission critical initiative, Mainframe 2.0.
Mr. Kornstedt has been a member of PMI since 2005 and involved with the Delaware Valley chapter ever since. He first volunteered and managed the PMP Awareness event and simultaneously worked with the very successful Tools Conference Team.
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Director of Sponsorship
Maria is Manager of Events and Community Relations at Firstrust Bank. Maria has extensive experience in planning and managing large corporate events and programs, and also manages Firstrust's philanthropic endeavors throughout the Delaware Valley. Maria has a B.S. in Business Administration from St. Joseph University, a Master's Certificate in Applied Project Management from Villanova University, and has attained the Project Management Professional (PMP®) credential. Maria is on the Board of the Women's Resource Center, Wayne, PA.
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Director of Academic Outreach
 Frank McKeown PMP, is an IT Project Manager formerly with Pfizer Inc. He has over 30 years of experience in Telecommunications and Networking in Pharmaceutical, Non Profit and Financial industries. Frank has also held various management positions with Educational Testing Services, Glaxo Smith Kline, and Fidelity Bank. In these capacities he has held certifications with AT&T, Nortel , Avaya. Siemens platform technologies.
He is a skilled, versatile communicator and facilator , with exceptional interpersonal skills, effective with co-workers, clients, vendors, and technical participants at all organizational levels. Frank has received company awards for his expertise and ability to lead cross-functional teams to ensure domestic and international projects run efficiently, in order to meet or exceed client expectations.
Frank has participated as a mentor and occasional instructor in the PMI-DVC high school programs at West Philadelphia HS, Edison HS and Rose Tree Media. in 2008, collaborating with other members of the high school mentoring program and the PMI Educational Foundation assisted in developing two publications "The Curriculum for Secondary Schools" and "Program Development Handbook". He also served on the New Membership Welcoming Program Project.
Frank is a retired member of Pa Air National Guard and is a volunteer with Philabundance, and LaSalle University. Frank has a Bachelor of Science in Operations Management from LaSalle University and obtained his PMP in December of 2007
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Director of Breakfast Meetings
 Bill Gutches has over 30 years experience in the Information Systems industry. His client industry experience encompasses a broad range including federal, state and local government agencies, banks and brokerage firms, health care, pharmaceuticals, insurance, computer hardware and software vendors, manufacturing, education, and consulting. Bill’s strengths are focused on best practices across the life cycle with an emphasis on applying effective management techniques to deliver the best-of-breed technology to address each business opportunity. He has worked extensively in managing projects and programs focused on improving the performance and compliance levels of Information Technology and Business organizations. Bill possesses excellent communication skills and has experience interacting with people at all levels of an organization. He is a strong leader and a great team player.
Bill's experiences in Information Technology Leadership includes ISO and CMM compliance responsibilities; Sales, Recruiting, and Delivery Management; and Special Interest Group Leadership in the skill sets of Project Management, Business Requirements Management, and Quality Assurance. He has also written and delivered components of a Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) product and its supportive Training materials. Bill attended Villanova University in their Business Administration program and he has a Certificate in Data Processing (CDP) from Pierce College of Philadelphia. He is certified in RCG, Inc.'s Project Manager Program and has acted as instructor facilitating PMP Study Groups to prepare the attendees for passing the Project Management Institute (PMI) "Project Management Professional (PMP)" certification exam.
Bill is currently the Vice President of Operations for Smithbridge Consulting, Inc., a Contract and Placement consulting firm categorized as a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business.
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Director of Development
 Currently a Sr. Information Security Risk Analyst / Project Manager for Independence Blue Cross, managing small and large-scale projects, subject matter expert in Information Technology Sales and Marketing systems, security and heallth insurance systems. Hands-on involvement in system and applications development both web and client server technologies.
Prior to employment at Independence Blue Cross, Dan was President of the consulting firm KEC Soultions, Inc. that involved managing and developing business and IT projects including servicing accounts both locally and abroad.
Dan’s experience in computers, Information Technolgy and project management expands over 28 years. He holds a BS in Information Technology and an MBA in Global Management. He is an Adjunct Professor since 2006, teaching Business and Computer Science courses and conducting leadership workshops for Delaware County Community College.
An active member of the PMI [Project Management Institute] working towards his PMP certification and volunteer in the following PMI projects: "Spring Garden Alive" Project as Project Administrator School District of Phila. Project Management Course as Project Administrator and Student Mentor including the completion of the Rose Tree Media School District Educational Resource Center Project. He also volunteers locally in the Upper Darby community.
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Chapter Administrator
 Patricia A. Brown has provided administrative and support services to PMI-DVC since March 2004. Pat's responsibilities include meeting coordination, volunteer activities and other chapter functions. Pat mans the reception desk to welcome members and guests to chapter dinner meetings and conferences. She posts events to the web site and monitors Acteva for event attendance. Pat enjoyed a long career serving as an executive secretary to senior-level executives in a Fortune 500 company. Technology advances allowed her to leave the corporate world in 1989 to start her own business which now specializes in offering administrative services to professional organizations. In addition to her work with PMI-DVC, Pat is the administrator for the Philadelphia Area Chapter of SIM.
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