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Al-Ghandour, Dr. Majed N.
Dr. Majed Al-Ghandour has taught for Wake Technical Community College and NCSU for over 22 years. He has a PhD in Engineering from NC State University. Majed teaches Data Analytics for MBA Graduates as a Visiting Lecturer for NCSU using Data Warehouse, Cloud Computing and Security, Tableau, and SAS Visual Analytics. Majed also teaches with the Corporate & Business Solutions of Wake Technical Community College and helped in professional training giant RTP corporates in Java (Fidelity), Minitab (Catalent), SharePoint (Wep Clinical), and Advanced Python (DELL).His teaches Microsoft .NET and Open Source technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, Responsive Design, JavaScript, ASP.NET, SQL Server, C#, XML Web Services, Java, C++, PHP, MySQL, jQuery, Ajax, SharePoint, Drupal, WordPress, Python, R, SAS programming, Tableau, SAS Visual Analytics, SharePoint, Cloud Application Development, and Mobile App Development. Majed is a Professional Engineer and has earned his Microsoft MCP, MCSD and MCT, Novell CCNA, and SAS Certified. Majed earned Certification of Accomplishment in Teaching from NC State University and epic online Teaching Certificate.
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Amanyraoufpoor, Samila
Dr. Samila Amanyraoufpoor has more than a decade of experience in teaching international business and globalization courses at business schools on the national and international level. Her professional background includes holding positions as an Internal Auditor and Marketing Analyst as well as career positions in fortune 500 companies such as Verizon Wireless and Ingram Micro. She also volunteers with SCORE-LA, a nonprofit association dedicated to helping small businesses grow and achieve their goals through education and mentorship. She has held multiple seminars at Nanfang College of San Yat Sun University in Guangdong Province in China.
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Antonoff, Steven R.
Steven R. Antonoff, Ph.D., is a Certified Educational Planner and a respected voice in the profession of Independent Educational Consulting. He is author of A Student of Colleges (the first textbook written for the field), College Match, and The College Finder. Dr. Antonoff is active in the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), the Higher Education Consultants Association (HECA), and the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC). Dr. Antonoff was President of IECA and is Founding Chair of the American Institute of Certified Educational Planners. He is past chair of the IECA Foundation. He served as Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid and Dean of Students at the University of Denver. He is sought as a speaker on issues of college admission, educational consulting, and higher education.
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Avery, Erin
Erin Avery, CEP, is an independent educational consultant who transitioned into private practice after teaching and working in higher education administration and in boarding schools as a chaplain and theology and religious studies instructor. Active on board committees of the IECA, and an innovator in new technologies in education, Ms. Avery is also a graduate of Oxford, Yale, Boston College, and the UCI DCE Independent Educational Consultant Certificate Program.
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Baber, James R.
James R. Baber, M.A., M.A. and Defense Acquisition University graduate. Mr. Baber has been an adjunct college professor teaching traditional and on-line classes since 2003. Mr. Baber is a full time Earned Value Management specialist who assesses and oversees several project management systems. His experience as an Earned Value Management specialist brings current and relevant real world experiences into the class room.
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Baker, Kimberly S.
Kimberly Baker, MBA, EdD. has a Doctorate in Higher Education Leadership as well as a Master’s in Business Administration and Human Resources. She has over 30 years’ experience working and teaching in higher education. Her expertise includes facilities, management, human resources, student services, leadership, and project management.
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Baratta, James P.
Jimmy Baratta, J.D. is an esports entrepreneur. Through his consultancy group, FT Empire, Jimmy has worked with some of the biggest names in gaming and entertainment. Jimmy is a strategic advisor and shareholder for XSET. He serves on the advisory board for Reuters syndicated news outlet The Esportz Network. He also consults for Fallen Media and A.I. software developer Wizard Labs. Additionally, alongside seed investors from FaZe Clan, Jimmy founded a nonprofit esports league: The North American Collegiate League. His past projects have included: FaZe Clan, Razer, GameStop, Chief Keef, YBN Nahmir, and more. Prior to working in gaming, Jimmy was a practicing attorney for over 7 years.
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Barrett, Tyler Andrew
Tyler Barrett, Ph.D., Second Language Teaching, is an instructor of English as a Second Language at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Barrett has been teaching and training ESL/EFL instructors for over 10 years. He has taught English in public schools in Japan, and online M.Ed courses and undergraduate courses at the University of Calgary. Dr. Barrett is an editor of Asian EFL Journal and The Journal of English as an International Language. He has published in academic journals that include Pedagogy, Culture, & Society, Language Policy, International Journal of the Sociology of Language, and The Journal of English as an International Language and he is the co-editor of the books Critical Inquiries in the Sociolinguistics of Globalization and Transcultural Flows of English and Education in Asian Contexts.
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Basheer, Mohammed Rana
Mohammed (Rana) Basheer, Ph.D., is the CTO of Edyza Inc., an agricultural IoT company that he co-founded in 2017. Edyza currently employees 12 engineers and had a revenue of $1.2 million in 2019. Additionally, he has more than 15 years of industrial experience developing embedded software for Broadcom and Garmin. During his professional career, he has led large engineering teams where he was involved in all aspects of hiring, training, and managing recruits to develop industry-leading software and hardware solutions. He has two published articles on IEEE transactions on Mobile Computing, several IEEE conference papers in advanced signal processing for wireless transmission location detection. He has multiple assigned patents in innovative wireless sensors and was the recipient of the Chancellor Fellowship and GAANN Fellowship during his post-graduate studies.
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Basu, Arup K
Arup Basu, MBA, M. TECH, is the Data Analytics Sr. Specialist at Google. He has over 25 years of progressive experience through consulting and industry. Arup successfully led the Business Intelligence, Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Engineering, Data warehouse, Data Lake/Big Data, and Data Governance initiatives. He has extensive experience in strategy, roadmap, solution architecture with Cloud Platforms, building and deploying predictive models, data pipelines and data engineering/feature engineering, and management including leading diverse global development teams, and alliance partner relationship management. He has over 7 years of training experience to train clients and global team members. Basu’s career includes companies such as Google, Accenture, The Hackett Group, Symantec, Qualcomm, KPMG, and his consulting experience includes clients such as Google, P&G, Charles Schwab, GE, Starbucks, Mastercard, Pacific Life, Applied Materials, and other fortune 500 customers.
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Baugh, Adam B
Adam Baugh, M.S., is a Program Operations Manager at Esports Engine, a turnkey esports solutions company founded by former Major League Gaming (MLG) execs. Using his 8 years of experience in the esports industry, he contributes to creating best-in-class experiences for esports fans and partners around the world. Prior to joining Esports Engine, he worked at NYXL (the owners and operators of the NY Excelsior in the Overwatch League, the New York Subliners in the Call of Duty League, and NYFU, New York's Valorant team), Tespa, Blizzard Entertainment, and Esports Heaven. His career journey has seen him work in a variety of areas, including marketing, social media, events, community management, on-camera talent work, product development, and content creation. He also co-founded Rutgers Esports, the student-led collegiate esports organization at Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey.
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Berg, Judith
Judith Berg, M.A., has been an Independent Educational Consultant since 1986. She is affiliated with the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) and has served as IECA President and President of the IECA Foundation which provides educational opportunities for underserved youth. Throughout her career, she has led sessions at conferences, taught at training sessions, and held workshops on counseling-related issues. In 2018, she was honored to receive the Steven R. Antonoff Award for Professional Achievement given to the consultant who has contributed the most to developing the profession of Independent Educational Consulting. In all her work, Judy emphasizes the importance of effective communication. Helping to provide perspective and open a path for students during an important juncture in their lives has been among the most rewarding aspects of her work.
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Bibby, Yu W
Dr. Yu Bibby is the Sr. Technology Analyst at Techcet Group. She has more than two decade of experience in optical engineering. Her expertise includes fiber optics and fiber optical sensors, optical/electro-optic components/systems design, and optical system modeling with emphasis on IR imaging technology, optical information processing, metrology, machine vision, non-destructive testing, holographic memory, bio-photonic sensors, diffraction gratings, thin film technology and nanotechnology. She has a unique multi-disciplinary background in optical engineering, physics, corporate technology training, intellectual property and university teaching. Before working in industry, she taught many years of physics and optical engineering at universities. She has over 10 publications, 3 issued and published patents and received two Outstanding Faculty Awards
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Bowdoin, James E
James E. Bowdoin, MS, PMP, CSSGB is the owner of MatrixPM, an IT project, quality management, and leadership consultancy. He has held leadership and management positions in Fortune 500 corporations, mid-market companies, small businesses, and the US Navy managing systems development and information technology projects for over 30 years. As an engineer and manager he held a Top Secret/SBI clearance supporting flight testing of advanced aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, including the F-16C, F-15E, B-2, B-1B, C-17, AC/MC-130 aircraft.
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Brown, Sharon J.
Sharon Brown, MBA, ABD – PhD in Accounting, is an accounting instructor who has taught for 17+ years, both face-to-face and online accounting classes. She has taught from financial accounting through Capstone courses. She has developed classes as well as revised classes in different online platforms. Brown has published an accounting capstone text with colleagues. Potential students may be interested to know that her teaching philosophy is one of growth and enrichment. She chose teaching as a profession when she opened her own accounting business and realized how many business owners did not understand their own business. She felt that as an educator teaching accounting based on the knowledge and education that she has achieved; she can make a difference in the lives of others. Brown offers the students exceptional opportunities to learn throughout their courses. She uses diverse examples and explains their application to the business world. She engages students and actively participates in their learning by being available to them through many avenues.
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Callen, Timothy K.
Tim Callen, M.B.A., has been involved in high tech for over 20 years, with over 13 years of high tech marketing experience. He has had direct experience with multiple aspects of Internet technology and marketing, including website definition, development, design, deployment, and ongoing marketing efforts. His experience includes development and deployment of online e-commerce solutions. Callen has served in a consultant capacity for a number of companies in various industries in support of their web initiatives.
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Cameron, William
William J Cameron served as a Special Agent in the US Secret Service for 22 years in a variety of roles and posts including the Presidential Protective Division. He provided protection to Presidents Bush (41) and Clinton, serving as the Lead Advance Agent and Site Coordinator during the 1993 Presidential Inauguration, the 1992 Republican National Convention and the 1990 G- 7 Economic Summit. In addition, Cameron supervised a 12 member task force investigating financial organized crime , working with federal, state and local police officials. Participated on the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force and the National Threat Assessment Center. After retiring as an Agent, Cameron spent seven years as the Director of Corporate Security at two international corporations before returning to the US Secret Service as the Division Chief & Emergency Management Coordinator, where he served for an additional ten years.
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Campbell, William G.
Bill Campbell, III, CFA®, M.A., is the principal in a software development firm in Yorba Linda, CA. His background includes six years analyzing mortgage securities for a large bond management company, three years in risk management at a large aerospace firm, twenty years teaching university level mathematics, and seven years teaching the CFA curriculum. Bill is also a professional magician, and owns, trains and rides three Arabian horses.
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Carlson, Michael Joel
Joel Carlson is the broker/owner of MJC Realty in Newport Beach. He is an author & Master Instructor for the California Association of Realtors. Mr. Carlson teaches the GRI (Graduate, Realtor Institute) designation classes as well as Residential Purchase agreement (RPA-CA) and the 6 required classes to renew your Real Estate License with the BRE. As a holder of the Life Credential to teach at California Community Colleges, he has taught RE Practice at 4 other Colleges. Joel also is a DREI (Designated Real Estate Instructor from the National Association.
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Carrington, Timothy O.
Timothy O. Carrington, Ed.D., MSIA, CSP, CSD, CSM is the director of technology and infrastructure for a government contractor. He has worked in the Information Technology industry for two decades, specializing in web application development, database design and architecture, business intelligence, data warehousing, and information assurance. His passion for leadership and innovation has enabled Tim to propel organizations toward technological advances, building distributed teams, and producing world-class applications and solutions. Tim has taught in higher education for more than seven years and is a dedicated lifelong learner.
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Chang, Brian
Brian Chang, CFA®, CFP®, is a Wealth Manager at Creative Planning with nearly a decade of experience in the financial services industry. He works directly with clients to develop and implement comprehensive financial plans to address their goals and most complex financial needs. Brian specializes in the areas of retirement planning, investment management, tax planning, estate planning, risk management, and charitable planning. As a frequent speaker at national chamber of commerce conferences, Brian has a passion for financial education.
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Clarkson, Chontte Renee
Chontte R. Clarkson, is a Strategic Client Solutions Manager but brings with her 13 years of being a litigation paralegal and 7 years as a project manager for eDiscovery companies. She has extensive experience in assisting with cases dealing with government agencies such as the Department of Justice, the Security Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission. She created a litigation support department to bring the processing of E-Discovery in house.
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Clear, Lesley G.
Lesley Clear, Ph.D., is an educational consultant to UCI Division of Continuing Education. Dr. Clear has been an ESL instructor in Japan and Hungary and an EFL teacher trainer in Hungary, Ukraine, Chile and Argentina. She received the 1996-1997 UCI Division of Continuing Education Distinguished Instructor Award, and UCI Division of Continuing Education's Distinguished Service Award in 2004.
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Consultants, Educational_Testing
Educational Testing Consultants, Inc. specializes in providing test preparation services to college and university outreach and continuing education programs, offering our partner institutions the opportunity to tailor test preparation classes to the specific needs of the communities they serve, at an affordable price, and with the assurance of quality. ETC’s select staff of dedicated professionals has unparalleled experience working with university clients to ensure that each student achieves his or her testing goals. Our test prep instructors are highly trained professionals with the teaching skills necessary to be successful with diverse student learners. These experienced instructors know the exam and the latest methods of course instruction. They are experienced instructors who possess proof of exceptional scores on standardized tests as well as previous teaching or public speaking experience.
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Contomichalos, Sarah K.
Sarah Kinney Contomichalos, an independent educational consultant, advises international students and high schools in Greece on the application process for U.S. universities. A Yale graduate, she worked at Christie’s auction house for ten years and later completed UCLA Extension’s College Counseling Certificate and founded Educational Advisory Services, LLC. In addition to advising international applicants, Ms. Contomichalos serves on the Board of Governors of St. Catherine’s British School in Athens, is founder and co-leader of the IECA European Regional group and has authored several articles on various aspects of the process.
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Covington, Timothy W.
Tim Covington, M.S., PMP, is a Project Engineer for The Boeing Company. He's been with Boeing for over 28 years, and has led projects in manufacturing, production and engineering. In his current position, Tim leads projects in the "core engineering" organization for Boeing Defense Space & Security (BDS). He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), and a member of the Project Management Institute - Orange County Chapter (PMI-OC). Tim is a part-time instructor in the UCI Division of Continuing Education Project Management Program, and holds a Master's of Science degree in Project Management.
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Cracknell, Aurora
Stephanie Cracknell, CBAP, PBA is an assistant vice president business analyst for CIT Bank. She has more than 18 years’ experience as a business analyst and project manager in IT and has worked in the telecommunications, non-profit, financial services and corporate real estate industries. She has considerable experience in the development and implementation of infrastructure to support the Business Analysis and Project Management practice to ensure continuity and maturity of the practice across the organization. Her career has spanned across the U.S. and London (UK) and is an active mentor. She is a frequent trainer on a variety of topics impacting the Business Analysis community such as Lean experimentation, Requirements elicitation techniques, Process improvement and Conflict resolution.
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Delen, Dursun
Dr. Dursun Delen is the holder of Spears Endowed Chair in Business Administration, Patterson Family Endowed Chair in Business Analytics, Director of Research for the Center for Health Systems Innovation, and Regents Professor of Management Science and Information Systems in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University (OSU). Dr. Delen has over 30 years of experience in analytics and data science both as a business consultant and university professor. Prior to his academic tenure, he worked for a privately-owned research and consultancy company as a research scientist for five years, during which he led a number of decision support, information systems and advanced analytics related research projects funded by federal agencies including DoD, NASA, NIST and DoE. Dr. Delen has published more than 150 peer-reviewed articles and 11 books/textbooks. He is often invited to national and international conferences for keynote addresses, and companies for consultancy engagements on topics related to business analytics, data science, data/text mining, and knowledge management. He regularly serves as chair for tracks and minitracks at various business analytics and information systems conferences. Currently, he is serving on more than a dozen journal editorial boards as editor-in-chief, senior editor, associate editor, and editorial board member. He is the recipient of several research and teaching awards including the prestigious Fulbright scholar, regents distinguished teacher and researcher, and Big Data mentor awards.
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Deppe, Mark Williams
Mark Deppe earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Cal State Fullerton and is the founding director of UCI Esports, leading the effort to create the award-winning program in 2016. Working closely with student leaders, administrators, faculty, and industry partners, Mark built a business plan that broadly approaches the world of esports through the five pillars of Competition, Research, Community, Entertainment, and Careers.? In 2018, UCI’s League of Legends team won the college championship and UCI was awarded “Most Outstanding Collegiate Program” by the esports industry.
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DeVoe, Todd
Todd De Voe, currently is the Director of Emergency Management at Titan HST and is the host of the leading emergency management podcast show “EM Weekly.” Todd’s involvement in Emergency Response, Emergency Management, Education and Volunteer Management began in 1989 when he became a volunteer firefighter in Upstate New York. In 1991, Todd joined the United States Navy and became a Hospital Corpsman assigned to the Fleet Marine Force. After his service, Todd served as an emergency medical responder (EMT) in some of the most challenging neighborhoods of Los Angeles County. Todd received his B.S. in Public Administration from the University of La Verne, and his Masters of Public Administration from the California State University at Fullerton. Todd has served as Emergency Services Coordinator for the City of Dana Point, and was invited to join a steering committee for Coastline Community College that developed their emergency management program; shortly after, Todd accepted a faculty position at Coastline Community College. In addition, Todd is the instructor of Emergency Management at California State University Fullerton for the MPA program, as well as being an active member of the International Association of Emergency Managers and is the a member of the Region 9 Board of Directors. Todd is a servant leader at heart and is very involved in the community. Todd has served as a Parks Commissioner for the City of Whittier, served on the Board of Directors for the American Red Cross Rio Hondo Chapter, served on the Board of Directors Irvine Chamber of Commerce, served on the Advisory Board of the Whittier First Day Homeless Transitional Program, and served on the Board of Directors for the Organized Communities and Emergency Volunteers Association, currently Todd is serving as a member Team Rubicon USA Region IX, and is a special project advisor for the Warrior Built Foundation.
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DiVincenzo, Janet
Janet DiVincenzo, M.A., CPTD, PMP, has been an instructional designer and a project manager for over 20 years. Janet has been an instructional designer in the Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation at the University of California, Irvine since 2008. In this capacity, she coaches and assists faculty in creating their online, flipped, and hybrid classes and also consults on pedagogy. Prior to UCI, Janet worked in many organizations as an instructional designer, corporate trainer, and project manager, leading teams to develop technology and training solutions. Janet has produced e-learning for many organizations, dating back to pre-Internet days.
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Dooley, Kristina L.
Kristina L. Dooley, CEP, is the founder of Estrela Consulting, an Ohio-based independent educational consulting firm. Kristina has 20+ years of experience working with students from around the world navigating the complex college and school search processes. A first-generation college student, she is a graduate of Hiram College (B.A.) and Kent State University (M.A.). In addition to her work with students, Kristina serves on the Boards of IECA and the IECA Foundation, and is a faculty member of the IECA Summer Training Institute for aspiring educational consultants.
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Endlich, Eric
Eric Endlich, Ph.D. (he/him), is a clinical psychologist and the founder of Top College Consultants®, a nationwide team of consultants dedicated to guiding neurodivergent students. Dr. Endlich served on the Learning Differences/ Neurodiversity and Diversity/Equity/Inclusion Committees of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), and received the “Making a Difference” award from IECA in 2020 for his professional contributions. He is a Primary Researcher on a U.S. Dept. of Education-funded project to develop college readiness software for autistic high school students, and Co-Investigator on an Institute of Education Sciences-funded study to enhance student-teacher relationships for autistic children. A professional writer, special needs parent and neurodivergent adult, he is a frequent presenter and has taught psychology at Tufts University, Suffolk University, Boston College and UMass Boston. Dr. Endlich completed his certificate in Independent Educational Consulting through the UCI Division of Continuing Education in 2018.
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Falcone, Todd A.
Todd Falcone, MSA, MBA, CFE, EA, is the Controller of External Operations at Donnelly-Boland and Associates. He is also a Faculty Program Advisor at Independence University and Adjunct Instructor at American Intercontinental University and Upper Iowa University. This has allowed him to earn 10 years of experience in accounting and 5 years of experience in teaching. In addition, he is a guest expert at the Emerging Leaders Program in the Pittsburgh area for the Small Business Administration. He is also pursuing his Doctorate of Business Administration from Colorado Technical University and has published numerous articles in the newsletter for Donnelly-Boland and Associates.
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Fast, Wendi E.
Wendi Fast. Ed.D. is an experienced organizational development professional who has been an independent consultant directing OD and training efforts for divisions of Fortune 500 companies for over 25 years. Her work supports high priority, strategic organizational change by partnering with executive and management clients to develop and implement learning strategies, programs and content. Wendi has taught at the university level, holds a master’s degree in Organizational Communication, a doctorate in Organizational Leadership as well as several widely recognized training certifications.
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Frey, Christopher H.
Christopher Frey has over 25 years of experience as a project manager, program manager and business analyst. He has managed projects across multiple industries including: healthcare, higher education, financial services and software vendors (including Microsoft). He holds a masters degree in IT Project Management and a PMP certification from the Project Management Institute. Teaching others about project management is important to Chris, and he currently is an Adjunct at Strayer University, and has developed and taught project management classes for Johns Hopkins Office of Organizational Development and Training. One comment he receives consistently from his students is that he brings real world experience and examples to the classroom that supplements content from the textbooks, and enriches the learning experience.
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Fried, Jean Jose
Jean Fried: Project Scientist, Urban Planning and Public Policy, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, and Water UCI, Expert-Consultant at the European Commission in Brussels and President of the European Institute for Water. Jean Fried developed an expert competence in directing multidisciplinary and multicultural professional groups of scientists, policymakers and planners, administrators, and technical staff, to prepare the scientific background of water legislation in the EU and draft the corresponding water laws, with an emphasis on groundwater. He also directed water governance capacity-building programs of the EU in various countries and regions, including the Middle East, South America, the United States, the European Union and most of its member states, Canada, Russia and Siberia, Uzbekistan, South Africa, with an emphasis on water, groundwater, and sustainable development. Jean Fried has been a Project Scientist at UCI since 2007, teaching “Groundwater Policy and Governance” in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021, has conceived and implemented two international workshops, a California-European Union workshop in 2019 and a California-European Union-Australia workshop in 2021, on groundwater policy, governance, management, and resilience, focusing on the implementation of the California Groundwater Sustainable Management Act.
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Friske, Albert A.
Albert A. Friske, J.D., has been practicing law in California since 1995, and is a partner in the Law Offices of Friske Hilliard. He has experience working in large and small law firms and has worked in the public sector. He has state and federal (Bankruptcy Court) courtroom experience. His firm practices exclusively family law in Orange County, however he has worked with corporate reorganizations in bankruptcy, as well as individuals experiencing personal bankruptcies. He is a member of the Orange County Bar Association.
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Fritzenkotter, Stephen P.
Steve Fritzenkotter, M.B.A., is a business management professional, responsible to the development and implementation of organizational, marketing and sales strategies for large and small companies. His education includes a Masters of Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing. He is a regular contributor in sales industry publications. Fritzenkotter teaches regularly at the University of Phoenix and Ashford University. In addition, he is an Adjunct Professor of Business of Cal State University, San Marcos.
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Fruchtbaum, Marc E.
Marc Fruchtbaum, MS, earned his BS and MS degrees in “Cyber & Information Security” from Capitol Technology University, a NSA Center of Excellence. In addition to teaching, he is currently a Cyber Operations SME at KEYW in Maryland. He specializes in content development for DoD Cyber Courseware. In his spare time, as a Second Lieutenant, he serves with the Maryland Defense Force (MDDF) CyberSecurity Unit. He was published in a prominent Security+ lab manual and enjoys participating and coordinating regional Cyber competitions.
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Galin, Zachary B
Zach Galin, MSeD, is the President of Galin Education, a boutique education consulting firm that works with students to achieve their potential in middle school, high school, college, and beyond. Starting as a one-person operation, Zach has built Galin Education into an organization with over 70 employees, six locations, and dozens of individual and group services.
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Ghazarian, Arin
Arin Ghazarian, PhD is currently a Senior Lead Machine Learning Engineer at Universal Music Group. Prior to that, he was Principal Data and Machine Learning Engineer at The Walt Disney Studios and Senior Big Data Engineer at 20th Century Fox. He has around two decades of experience in the areas of software engineering, data engineering, machine learning, and data science, specifically in domains like movie/music entertainment and health/medical fields. His PhD research focused on the application of machine learning to ECG analysis and privacy preserving data analysis in cardiology. He brings his years of experience in implementing large scale data analytics and machine learning projects to the classroom, preparing students to excel both in job interviews and in their real-world assignments in industry.
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Gillanders, David D
David Gillanders has nearly a decade of progressive public service management experience, leading some of the highest-performing and most impactful Non-Profits in Orange County. He has contributed to the development of programs and agency management in Homelessness, Poverty, and Domestic Violence issues, and has leveraged business acumen and a previous decade-long career in the private sector to assist in the development of strategies and system evaluations along with expertise in organizational and staff management. Mr. Gillanders graduated from DePaul University with an M.S. in Public Service Management and a B.S. in Human Services from California State University, Fullerton.
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Gondha, Shrutee Dadhaniya
Shrutee D. Gondha, MBA, has more than a decade of experience in Innovation and New Business Ventures. Her expertise includes ideation, new concept generation, and human-centered design in order to help advance innovation and new product development. Her passion has been connecting organizations with real people via lean research efforts and design thinking principles. With a B.A. in Economics and Management and an MBA in Design Thinking, she has a hybrid qualitative/quantitative background, starting off her career in Finance and later transitioning to Innovation. She has experience with both startups and Fortune 500 corporations across an array of industries ranging from Tech, Consumer Goods, Consumer Electronics, Entertainment, Insurance, Non-profit, and most recently, Home Improvement.
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Gonzalez, Bernice Y
Bernice Gonzalez, SPHR, is the Vice President of Human Resources for Orange County’s Credit Union. She has held various HR leadership roles and has worked with award winning organizations including First American Financial Corporation, Morgan Stanley and Capital Group Companies. She has over twenty years of diverse HR expertise in public and private sectors and has applied highly successful HR strategies within organizations spanning from early stage start-ups to Fortune 100 and 500 companies. Her experience includes leading corporate mergers and acquisitions, large-scale reorganizations, change management programs, diversity and inclusion initiatives and organizational development and leadership succession programs.
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Grant, Barbara
Barbara G. Grant is an electro-optical engineer whose books include: Getting Started with UAV Imaging Systems: A Radiometric Guide (2016), Field Guide to Radiometry (2011), and co-author of The Art of Radiometry (2010), all published by SPIE Press. She has taught professionals since 2009 in a variety of venues including UC Irvine, Santa Clara University, SPIE, Georgia Tech Professional Education, government agencies, and commercial firms. She received the M. S. in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona in 1989 where her graduate work was in radiometric calibration of spaceborne imaging sensors. Prior to becoming an electro-optics consultant in 1995, she was employed in the aerospace and defense industry, holding engineering positions at Lockheed-Martin and NASA-Goddard contractors, among others. She is a Fellow of SPIE.
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Gurtovoy, Jason
Jason Gurtovoy, M.A., is a Professor of Economics and Finance with over 10 years of experience consulting within large to small scale companies. He has more than a decade of quant experience dealing with statistical analysis, predictive modeling, pricing theory, and risk management. He has published in the areas of economics and business and presented at conferences across the country. He is currently working as a real estate consultant with an emphasis on pricing theory.
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Hagan, Julianne M.
Julianne M. Hagan, M.B.A., managed contracts in large-, medium-, and small-sized companies. She planned, negotiated, and administered contracts for cutting edge technologies, including manned space station studies, Over-the-Horizon Radar, and scientific equipment. Her efforts resulted in cost savings of over $1 million annually.
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Hallum, Shawn A.
Shawn Hallum, M.S., has been an established and passionate member of the resort, hotel, spa, retail, and wellness communities since 1995. He has served in leadership and executive roles for The Sports Club Company, Plus One Health Management, Bacara Resort & Spa, Premier Salons, Red Door Spas, and Starwood Hotels. His guidance and contributions have had a positive impact on retailers including Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Holt Renfrew and Macy’s. Shawn’s passion for coaching and people development enables him to instruct and mentor undergraduate students around the world as an adjunct faculty member with the American College of Healthcare Sciences. Academically, Shawn holds a Master’s Degree in Complementary Alternative Medicine and undergraduate degrees in Business Administration and Sports Management (Wellness and Fitness). He is a certified Spa Supervisor with the International Spa Association. Shawn also has training and certifications in massage therapy, reiki, personal training, and performance enhancement.
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Hammitt, Chad S.
Chad Hammitt, Ed.D., is the Assistant Superintendent of Personnel Services for the Fullerton School district. He has nearly 25 years of experience including classroom teacher in both English and Bilingual (Spanish), school site administrator as an Assistant Principal and Principal, and school district human resources as both an executive director and assistant superintendent. His expertise in both school site and district level administration enables him to have a strong understanding of all aspects of K-12 education. His work in human resources has focused on developing and encouraging employee talent through coaching and mentoring, negotiating with employees and their labor associations, and improving school district operations and student outcomes through hiring, retaining, developing, and evaluating employees.
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Hayes Munson, Kristine A.
Kristine A. Hayes Munson, MBA, PMP leads an IT Risk and Compliance team at State Street. She has over twenty years' experience leading project teams. An active PMI volunteer, she served on the PMI-OC Board in various roles including Chair. She leads PMI Global Accreditation Center onsite degree accreditation teams. She teaches in the PMI-OC PMP exam preparation courses and speaks at professional association events. Her discussion on "Getting It Done" remains one of the PM Podcasts most popular episodes.
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Hboubati, Hasan B.
Hasan Hboubati, MS, has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Central Florida and a Master of Business Administration from Webster University with a focus on Management of Information Systems. As a consultant, Hasan has focused on helping companies use business intelligence. Currently at Alteryx, Hasan is helping clients reduce their ETL lifecycle from weeks to hours by using advanced Alteryx solutions to do data ingestion and blending. In his 15+ years of data science experience, Hasan has taken on leadership and technical roles and has experience launching new analytics divisions. As a PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP), he is very active with the local PMI-OC chapter. Hasan is passionate about new ideas (like the role of data science in the data-driven enterprise) that will have a significant business and social impacts. Hasan has the technical background and hands on experience for Data Engineering and Analysis. With customers ranging from Oil and Gas companies to Farming, Healthcare, and Education, Hasan has helped customers make the transition to Data Science, Predictive Analysis, and Machine Learning so they can solve everyday business problems using advanced algorithms. Hasan enjoys brining what he does at work into the classroom, using realistic examples and stories that often happened that week or that same day. As an instructor, Hasan puts students through practical and realistic business scenarios where they must use Data Science and ML to solve actual business problems. This makes class discussion relevant and on par with what is happening in the field. Potential students may be interested to know that Hasan loves telling stories with data.
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Henry, William J.
William J. Henry, M.S., is a scientific programmer at the Navy Research Laboratory in Monterey where he regularly develops data based applications in Python. Previously, at EarthRisk Technologies, he led the development of a neural network ensemble temperature forecast model.
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Hilscher, Christoph
Christoph Hilscher has an extensive background in international hotel operations and human resources and is currently Director, People Services Operations at Rubio’s Corporate Headquarter in Carlsbad, CA. The experience he gained over the years in the hospitality service industry and banking industry, especially his 14 years with Ritz-Carlton in the US and Germany, helped him to get an excellent inside view of the needs and demands of internal and external customers. As an HR professional, Christoph challenges the status quo to bring the associate experience to the next level. With a focus on talent acquisition and associate engagement, he partners with his leadership team to make his company an employer of choice. Christoph studied Human Resources at Western Governors University (WGU) and has a B.Sc. in Business – Human Resources Management and a M.S. – Management and Leadership from WGU. He obtained various Leadership Facilitator Certifications from FranklinCovey to include Speed of Trust, 4 Disciplines of Execution, 6 Critical Practices for Leading a Team, 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity, and Unconscious Bias. Christoph is currently completing his Doctor of Business Administration - Applied Doctoral Project at William Howard Taft University – Deming School of Business.
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Ho, Robert C
Bobby Ho, B.A., SPHR is the Director of Human Resources for Insight Investments, LLC in Costa Mesa where he manages all HR functions. Bobby has more than 18 years of human resources experience in all areas of human capital management and has strong expertise in Human Resources Information Systems. Prior to IIC, Mr. Ho held previous HR roles at Ricoh Electronics, Inc., Siebel Systems Inc., and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has been recognized for his work in HR with Insight Investments Chairman Award and Instructor of Excellence by University of California Irvine Division of Continuing Education.
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Hollman, Wayne A.
Wayne A. Hollman, Ph.D, has over 25 years of professional experience working in Financial Management. He has worked for some of the top brokerage firms in the nation, organized and managed a division of financial advisors at a large financial planning software company, and launched an internet-based financial services firm that was featured in the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and other well-known publications. In 2005, he began teaching online, and has taught various business, economics, and accounting courses at UCLA, BYU-Idaho, and other well-respected universities. A published author, Dr. Hollman’s primary research interests center on various areas of financial planning. Dr. Hollman holds a B.A. in Economics from San Diego State University, an MBA from California State University Dominguez Hills, and a Ph.D. in Finance from Walden University.
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Hook, Ryan L.
Ryan Hook, MBA, CFP, serves as a Wealth Manager for Creative Planning, Inc., working directly with clients to develop a cohesive strategy to help meet their most complex goals and financial needs. Creative Planning provides comprehensive wealth management services to its clients including investment management, tax, estate planning, retirement plan consulting, business succession planning, liability and risk management, college planning, and charitable giving. Prior to joining Creative Planning, Ryan worked in impact investing as the National Product Manager for TriLinc Global Impact Fund. Before that, he was Vice President, Senior Investment Officer at a local Registered Investment Advisor. Throughout his 13-year career, he has gained extensive experience in comprehensive wealth management for high net worth and normal net worth clients. Ryan started his career at MetLife Investors.
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Hsu, Chiasheng Oliver
Oliver C. Hsu, MBA, CPA, is the manager of IT - Windows Systems for the County of Los Angeles. He has been working in the information technology field for the past 25 years as a lead project manager, Oracle Database Administrator (DBA), and manager in charge of Network Security, DBA & Systems. His expertise includes database management, system design, project management, and network security. He has taught various accounting courses at East Los Angeles College for more than 15 years.
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Hur, Christian
Christian V. Hur is an instructor and author who holds a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems with a concentration in Web Application Development from Boston University. His career in web technologies spans over 20 years and he has taught computer programming and web development courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level. In industry, he has built websites and web-based applications using various web technologies throughout his career. In addition to authoring books published by MC Press, he produces online training courses for Lynda.com and Packtpub.com. In his spare time, he enjoys exploring new web technologies, learning AR/VR and game development, and contributing to Stack Overflow and Quora.
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Issa, Joseph
Joseph Issa is an Adjunct Professor in Computer Science and Engineering. His educational background includes a Ph.D. in computer engineering from Santa Clara University. He has a master’s degree in electrical engineering from San Jose State University graduated in and a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. Joseph has both industry and academic experience in computer and electrical engineering. He has been teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses (online and on ground) in computer and electrical engineering. He worked 16 years at Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, California. Joseph’s research area of interest includes processor architecture, performance, and power modeling for different processor architectures using different cloud computing and high-performance computation workloads. He conducted research in processor architecture, performance and power modeling for different processor architectures. Joseph has authored and co-authored over 30 journals and conference publications in computer engineering.
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Izquieta, Renato L.
Renato Izquieta, J.D., is a staff attorney at the Legal Aid Society of Orange County (LASOC). He has been teaching at UCI for 10 years. He was admitted to the California State Bar and in Federal Court in 1997. He is also admitted before the U.S. Tax Court. He has been working in Legal Services Since 1997 and has been with LASOC since 2001. At the Legal Aid Society, Izquieta works in the litigation unit practicing several disciplines in the areas of Housing, family law, SSI, IRS tax, public benefits and other legal matters. Izquieta is also the supervising attorney for the Homeless Outreach Project and the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic. The Homeless project provides direct services to the homeless and veterans throughout Orange County. Izquieta through the Low-Income Tax Payer Clinic assists taxpayers with tax debt problems and other tax controversy matters before the IRS and Tax Court. Currently, Izquieta is a Commission member with the ABA for the Commission on Homeless and Poverty. Recently, Izquieta was appointed to sit as Judge Pro Tem for the Collaborative Courts for the Orange County Superior Court. These courts include Homeless Court, Veterans Court and Drug Court.
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Jacobson, Lawrence M.
Lawrence M. Jacobson, MBA, EdD, is the director of student services for Online Trading Academy. He has more than 26 years of organizational experience leading individuals and teams, to create, develop, and execute strategies that exceed targets. He is published in the areas of alignment, networking, time-management, and other organizational issues. He is currently on the board for the University of Maryland's School of Music. He has taught, and created content for Online Trading Academy for more than 3 years.
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Jamil, Fahd
Fahd Jamil, MBA, DBA, is the director of operations for a North American-based apparel and home textiles manufacturer, where he creates effective supply chain management strategies that are at the cutting edge of business development. His present responsibilities include leading effective teams and projects across facilities in Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East, while also taking a personal interest in advancing more moral, sustainable, and socially responsible business practices. Fahd is dedicated to a multidisciplinary, multi-agency approach to operational excellence to meet the challenges of providing sustainable products and services for the business and its stakeholders well into the future. Fahd attained a Doctorate in Business Administration at the University of Warwick, UK, in 2021. He actively participates and presents his research on inter- and intra-group dynamics at academic conferences and forums to stay in touch with ongoing scholarly discussions on novel business management and education issues. Using his practical experience and academic knowledge, Fahd continues to work ardently to close the gap between top scholarly research and the needs and goals of businesses in practice.
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Jannett, Thomas C.
Thomas C. Jannett, M.S., Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has more than 30 years of experience in teaching and research. Research expertise includes smart sensor networks that use intelligent control and signal processing. He developed instruments and rehabilitation devices that use embedded microcomputers for data acquisition, signal processing, and intelligent control. He has published extensively in these areas. Current interests include analytics, machine learning, and the Internet of Things.
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Jo, Joshua Sseunhyeun S
Joshua S. Jo, PhD. is a Principal Optical Engineer at Cepton, Inc. He has over 20 years of experience in various areas, which include lens designs in fields of eyepiece, 3D projection design, 3D confocal optics, DOE, F-theta lens, optical system with VIR, NWIR, MWIR, LWIR, Gaussian beam propagation, cell phone lens design, machine vision, mirror system design, telescope design, metrology system built, 2D/3D inspection system, and Koehler illumination. He has been building optical systems starting from concepts to final stages in small, mid, and big size companies and worked as the recipient/main contributor of SBIR contracts (NASA Goddard space center, US ARMY, US NAVY, US Air force). Numerous lectures have been done through 20 years of lens designs, including UCI Division of Continuing Education, various universities and research institutes. Received a distinguished instructor award in 2013 for his teachings in Lens Design at UCI Division of Continuing Education.
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Jones, Jeanette E
Jeanette Jones, M.B.A.,CHE, is a professor of hospitality management for Cal State Long Beach and Cypress College with 20 years of management, leadership, training and human resources experience. In addition to teaching, Jeanette has been employed by Marriott International as a human resources professional for nearly two decades and holds professional certifications in human resources, online teaching, hospitality education and Meyers-Brigg facilitation. She is a member of the Society for Human Resources Management and the American Hotel and Lodging Association.
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Kadrie, Mountasser
Dr. Mountasser Kadrie has over 30 years of healthcare executive management experience, from holding executive leadership appointments at world-renowned health systems and leading academic medical centers. Dr. Kadrie’s executive expertise has been focused on developing and implementing strategies to maximize organizational performance and promote transformational change. Dr. Kadrie is a Fulbright Fellow, Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), Fellow of the American College of Medical Practice Executives (FACMPE), and a Fellow of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (FHIMSS). He is a Board Certified Senior Examiner with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Performance Program. Dr. Kadrie is a subject matter expert and has consulted extensively with universities, and national and international healthcare organizations, in healthcare strategy development, change management, and digital health transformation.
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Kafshi, Hassan
Hassan Kafshi, MBA, CMMI, has over 30 years of Information Systems expertise in teaching and practicing structured approach in developing Information Technology and Computer Science applications. He received his MBA in Operations Research and BS in Information Systems from University of Baltimore. He is also a Certified Capability Maturity Model (CMM) assessor from Carnegie Mellon, Software Engineering Institute and certified Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) foundation. Hassan has taught several Information Systems courses, business courses, and programming languages in various colleges and universities such as Towson State University, Loyola College in Maryland, and most recently teaching Information Technology courses at ITT Educational Services in Orange, CA.
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Kasunic, Keith
Keith J. Kasunic, Ph.D., has more than 20 years of experience of developing optical, electro-optical, infrared and laser systems. He holds a Ph.D. in Optical Science from the University of Arizona, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. He has worked for and been a consultant to a number of organizations, including Lockheed Martin, Ball Aerospace, Sandia National Labs, and Nortel Networks. He teaches at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte, Georgia Tech's SENSIAC, and at SPIE conferences.
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Kaul, Amit
Amit Kaul, MS (NYU), MS (Columbia), PMP, CBAP is the Treasurer of the New York City Chapter of the International Institute of Business Analysis. He is also a VP at Deutsche Bank in their Regulatory Compliance Technology division. He has over a decade of experience in business analysis, project management, business/human capital management, operational/infrastructure management, process improvement (Lean Six Sigma), and business intelligence reporting.
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Keener, Steven J.
Steven J. Keener, DBA is President and Founder of Business Financial Solutions, Inc. of Orange County California. He consults on international markets and furnishes a complete financial package to small entrepreneurial base companies. He has had executive levels accountabilities with major International Corporations and has planned, executed and implemented business strategies for acquisitions, partnerships, global sourcing, marketing and numerous relocations of companies in foreign and domestic countries. He has taught at the University of California, Irvine since 2009 emphasis on International Markets, Finance, and Business.
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Kelber, Dena Maria
Dena Kelber, M.S., PMP is a senior business analyst at Southern California Edison. She has had over 20 years' experience implementing projects with major organizational impact. She has also held multiple systems and business analyst positions in the financial services (Western Corporate FCU), healthcare (Abbott Laboratories) and entertainment (Disney Interactive- games) industries. She is also an accomplished toastmaster, having participated in clubs and competitions across Southern California.
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Keller, Steven E.
Dr. Steven Keller has spent thirty-five years in public education, beginning as a middle school and high school history and language arts teacher, a middle school assistant principal and principal, a Director of Student Achievement, and an Assistant Superintendent, before becoming the Superintendent of Schools in Redondo Beach Unified School District. In addition to his role as the leader of the district, he has served as adjunct professor at Chapman University and UC Irvine. Dr. Keller earned his undergraduate degree from Pitzer College in Claremont and his masters degree from Claremont Graduate University. His doctoral degree is from University of California, Irvine where he still holds the record for the briefest dissertation.
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Keverian, James A.
James A. Keverian, M.S., PMP, has over 20 years' experience in project management, systems, design engineering and source selection. He is a Project Management Professional (PMP), with a Master Degree in Engineering Management. With his expertise in fluid systems design, he has contributed to systems and lean manufacturing designs for the T-45 and C-17, as well as principle interior designer of the Cupola Module on the International Space Station. Thereafter, he has launched and managed many projects within the Inflight Entertainment industry.
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Kim, Peter B.
Peter Kim, MBA, MS, PMP, is the Biz Ops Analysis Sr. Advisor for the Integrated Support Services Organization at Southern California Edison (SCE). He has over 25 years of progressive project and program management experiences that span across 6 industries – Food, Education, Non-Profit, Aerospace, Retail and Utilities and 4 core functions – Operations, Finance/Accounting, Customer Service and IT. He has taught at UCI Division of Continuing Education since 2013.
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Kim, Richard M.
Richard Kim, CPA, is a Managing Director for the regional accounting firm, Elison Consulting. He has more than a decade of public accounting and finance experience, and has worked with hundreds of clients ranging from local households to global corporations. He has a Bachelor’s of Science in Accounting and a Masters of Business Administration, both from the University of Southern California. He has been teaching Finance and Accounting at the undergraduate and graduate levels since 2011. He brings real-world work experiences into the classroom and loves to inspire others through teaching.
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Klapper, Katelyn
Katelyn Gleason Klapper, CEP, is owner of College Options, LLC, a small-team virtual practice headquartered in Colorado, and has more than 30 years of experience working in higher education and college consulting. Katelyn has provided college consulting services to students at Dynamy, Inc., a gap-year and access-to-college program in Worcester, MA and has been in private practice for 17 years. Prior to this, she worked on the campuses of Boston University, Bentley College and WPI; she has volunteered her time with Peer Forward and numerous college affordability efforts in her community. Katelyn is also the immediate past chair of AICEP and a former board member of HECA; she is a frequent faculty member at IECA’s STI and at NACAC’s pre-conference IEC workshop.
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Kraut, Rachel
Rachel Kraut, Ph.D., Second Language Acquisition & Teaching, is the Associate Director of Language Programs in the Glasscock School of Continuing Studies at Rice University. There, she helps oversee the intensive English program, ESL communication program, and all foreign language programs in addition to building new language programs online. She also serves as a site reviewer for the Commission on English Language Program Accreditation. Beyond language program management, Rachel has also worked as an ESL teacher, a consultant in language teacher professional development for public school districts, a content developer, and a teacher trainer in the U.S. and in China. Her research interests lie in two camps: language program administration and L2 applied psycholinguistics.
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Kroll, Wendi E
Wendi Kroll is the CEO & Founder of Essential HR, Inc. She has over 25 years of experience working with companies and non-profit organizations in overall areas of human resources. She specializes in talent acquisition, employee engagement, training and development, executive coaching and labor law compliance. Wendi develops and mentors HR professionals to advance in their careers. She conducts research on employee engagement and methods in which employers are able to maximize and leverage employee engagement to increase their bottom line.
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Kusnick, Catherine A.
Catherine A. Kusnick, MD is a UCI medical school graduate and Principal, Headlands Consulting. She has headed clinical departments at medical device start-ups for 8 years after 2 years in pharma. She currently consults with device start-up companies. Her strategic and tactical experience includes study conduct, project management, data analysis, Medical Affairs, writing Regulatory submissions. While practicing medicine, she taught at two medical schools, served as a Study Investigator and published/lectured extensively.
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La Celle, Vicky M.
Vicky La Celle, MBA, ACP, is the Manager of the Legal Department of Beckman Coulter, a global medical device company, focusing on developing more efficient processes in the areas of corporate/contract support, and litigation management. She has 3 decades of experience in the legal field, including civil litigation, corporate and contract law. She is the current Vice President of Technology for the Orange County Paralegal Association and has served in a variety of roles, including serving as co-chair for the 2008 Educational Conference and chair of the 2009 Educational Conference, Treasurer in 2011-2012 and 2018-2020, NALA Liaison 2015-2017, and President in 2013-2014.
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LaSpina, Joanne M.
Joanne LaSpina is a Certified Educational Planner (CEP). She has worked in higher education as a career counselor and within the office of Student Affairs, in addition to her work as a counselor in a variety of settings. Joanne has earned a certificate for Independent Educational Consultants from the University of California Irvine and continues to take classes and workshops to stay ahead of trends in the field. Her memberships in the Independent Educational Consultants Association, National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC) and the Pennsylvania and New Jersey ACAC’s offer a wealth of college knowledge that Joanne passes along to her families. She regularly participates in conferences, seminars and workshops related to college counseling and visits 25-30 different colleges each year. Joanne is a virtual coach for ScholarMatch and serves as a mentor for IECA members. She co-hosts College Conversations, which was born out of the start of the pandemic to offer IECA members who could no longer visit campuses, a way to stay current and learn about colleges. She has guided hundreds of students and families through their college search and planning.
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Law, Chiara Claire
Claire Law is a nationally recognized expert in college admission and financial aid advising. An IECA Professional Member and Certified Educational Planner (CEP) since 1999, she serves as the Chair of the IECA College Subcommittee on Affordability. Prior to working as an independent educational consultant, Claire worked in college admission, financial aid, and in student loan sales for a Sallie Mae lender. These experiences fueled her passion for helping students and parents limit their debt burden by including “affordability” in the college “fit.” As an instructor, she teaches her true-and-tried college financial aid process, which she developed over 21 years of working with families. Claire co-authored “Find The Perfect College For You,” an analysis of MBTI© personality type in college, and in 2021 she self-published “How to Control Your College Costs”.
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Loble, Melissa
Melissa Loble serves as Chief Customer Experience Officer for Instructure, where she drives the company-wide customer-centric focus at the company. Her role includes overseeing Instructure’s customer success, support, community and services organizations, which enable customers to successfully leverage Instructure’s solutions to create highly engaging and effective learning environments for their communities. Driving innovation and creating positive learning experiences are central pillars to Melissa’s mission. Melissa has spent 20 years in the educational technology world, working for a number of technology suppliers and educational institutions in a variety of teaching and learning leadership capacities. She has also taught throughout her career, starting as a high school social science teacher and most currently teaching courses that focus on managing technology for educational change and crafting innovative learning environments. Melissa earned her BA in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles, her MA in educational policy from Teachers’ College, Columbia University, and an MBA in leadership from the Columbia Business School.
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Lojeck, Brian C
Brian Lojeck, M.S., has worked at several major Aerospace and Defense companies including: Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and JPL. He has worked on several manned space vehicles and systems, including NASA’s Constellation, Commercial Crew, and Artemis programs. Brian has also performed stand-up comedy, and has almost a decade’s experience teaching in-person courses.
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Lopez, George
George Lopez, Ed.D., is currently serving as the Director-Early & Expanded Education, (Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District). He has over 14 years of serving as a principal in both elementary and middle school. He has a B.A. in Liberal Studies from California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), a Masters in Educational Technology from CSUF, and a Doctorate of Educational Leadership from CSUF. George has taught at CSUF Masters and School Administrative program, and this will be his fourth winter course with UCI. Also, he understands how to apply educational theory to practice. This experience has supported him to function in Union negotiations, school district reconfiguration, education laws, leadership theories, emotional intelligence, Professional Learning Communities (PLC), Response to Intervention (RTI), wellness programs, school budget, master schedule, Restorative Practice (RP), Interview process, family and community building, student and staff morale, school crisis, and leadership impact on school culture.
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Lou, Peter Hong
Peter H. Lou, CFA®, is a senior manager with Wells Fargo Bank. He previously served as a senior finance manager at Union Bank and as a senior consultant at Ernst & Young. He holds an M.B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has been a CFA® charterholder since 2000.
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Malazian, Ara G.
Ara G. Malazian, M.A., CFP® is the President of Heritage Financial and Branch Manager for LPL Financial, the largest independent broker dealer in the nation. Ara has been a Certified Financial Planner® designee since 2001, helping individuals and businesses in developing comprehensive plans in the areas of retirement, benefits planning and succession planning. Known for his ability to take complex subjects and focus them into simpler terms, Ara is often sought out as a speaker for organizational events. Ara is the author of "The Money Diet: Five Easy Steps to Financial Health" and producer/star of the personal finance video "Balance".
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Malone, Patty C.
Patty Malone, Ph.D, is a Professor of Communication at California State University Fullerton where she teaches organizational, business, interpersonal, and presentational communication courses. She is also a Corporate and Public Trainer for Dale Carnegie. She has worked in the field of Communication for over 20 years as a TV News Anchor, in Public Affairs and Corporate TV in the aerospace industry, and as a Sales Director for Mary Kay Cosmetics. She has won numerous awards for her work in all of these industries. In addition she has facilitated workshops and trainings on business and professional presentation skills, resolving conflict, and leadership skills at numerous conferences. She is also a speaker and frequent TV guest focusing on interviewing skills and recession-proofing the job search.
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Manghani, Amit
Amit P. Manghani, M.S., MBA has more than a decade of experience in the Information Technology domain dealing with Enterprise Information Management, Business Intelligence, Web Applications and Cloud Computing technologies at leading Information Management companies such as Oracle, Informatica and SAP. Prior to joining Oracle, Amit was focused on utilizing the power of emerging data integration technologies encompassing real-time data acquisition/ movement, event processing and agile data access within Big Data usage scenarios. Now as Senior Director of Product Management at Oracle, he is responsible for enabling partners globally on the different facets of Oracle Sales Cloud ranging from Analytics to Mobile to Sales Prediction capabilities. He is an avid follower of technology trends and has published articles in leading online journals and has presented at several technology conferences. Also in 2012, Amit got certified in Hadoop which is the premier certification for Big Data processing.
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Marrapodi, Jean
Jean Marrapodi is a pioneering problem solver. With over 20 years of experience in corporate training in retail, banking, print, non-profits, and healthcare, followed by 5 years in higher education, she works to bring innovation to each organization, shifting paradigms and transforming learning methodologies. She is the current Executive Director of Instructional Design at Ana G. Mendez University, where she has implemented new strategies and innovative solutions for the needs of bi-lingual students. Since 1999, Jean has run her own consulting business providing targeted e-learning and custom workshops for her clients. In 2016, she was honored to be named a Guild Master by the e-Learning Guild. Jean has a PhD in Adult Education, a Master’s Degree in Online Instructional Design and is a Certified Professional in Talent Development, ATD’s highest credential. She is a frequent conference and webinar presenter, having presented workshops in training, instructional design, e-learning and low literacy learning at the international, national, and regional levels. She lives outside of Boston, MA with two cats who believe they should be part of every Zoom meeting.
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Martin, Michael T.
Michael T. Martin, PE, PMP, is a project manager and system architect for technology development at Northrop Grumman Corporation in El Segundo. With Northrop Grumman he has also managed numerous environmental projects in the Southern California area for soil and groundwater remediation, regulatory closure, and preparation for sale and redevelopment. Mr. Martin has masters degrees in systems engineering and business administration.
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Mashian, David K.
Mr. Mashian is an aggressive leader with an exceptional contact base to high net worth individuals and business leaders. David has an accomplished real estate professional history, where throughout his career, he was sought by major brokerage companies to hire, develop, mentor, motivate and lead high-performance sales teams and expand their commercial brokerage offices in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego Counties. David is widely known in the commercial real estate industry and currently teaches Real Estate Principles at UCI Division of Continuing Education. Mr. Mashian also speaks regularly at events hosted by USC, CCIM, Board of Realtors and local organizations. David Mashian is a Senior Vice President at Coldwell Banker Commercial Advisors specializing in Retail Investment Sales for Shopping Centers and Net Leased Investments. Mr. Mashian has over 16 years of commercial real estate brokerage experience, and he leads his Mashian Associates retail specialty team with a focus on dominating shopping center sales. Mr. Mashian conducts his business on a national level by leveraging Coldwell Banker Commercial's national and international platform. Mr. Mashian looks to develop lifelong relationships with clients and puts the client's interest first to do so.
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Mauldin, Robert H.
Robert H. Mauldin II, CFP®, CRPC®, is a financial advisor at Citi Personal Wealth Management. He has worked in Finance for the last 18 years advising clients on financial strategies. He is experienced in taking multifaceted concepts, pulling from multiple disciplines, then communicating those concepts to be understood in a variety of learning styles.
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McIntosh, Robin Michelle
Robin McIntosh, MBA has 25 years of experience managing the execution and implementation of complex drug development programs within the pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotech industries. Ms. McIntosh is currently Senior Director, Clinical Development, leading the clinical trials with Recros Medica, a start-up company manufacturing aesthetic medical devices. Ms. McIntosh consulted with Caladrius Biosciences, working on autologous cell based therapies for cardiovascular and Type 1 Diabetes trials. As Director of Global Development Operations with Allergan, Inc., Ms. McIntosh was responsible for creating strategy and risk management for delivering fast-paced cosmetic and medical dermatology clinical research studies, leading to the approval of novel drugs and indications. Ms. McIntosh started her career working at Chiron Vision Corporation (a former subsidiary of Chiron Corporation) managing studies ophthalmic refractive surgery. Ms. McIntosh has experience in the development and execution of Phase 1 through 4 development programs in the following therapeutic areas: Aesthetic and Medical Dermatology, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Acute and Chronic Pain, and Urology. Ms. McIntosh holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Washington and Lee University, and a Master degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business and Management.
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Meloni, Margaret M.
Margaret Meloni, MBA, Ph.D., PMP is a champion for students who want to be the best project managers they can be. In this capacity she teaches project management, leadership and oversees the pmStudent community. Margaret has supported project managers at organizations such as Occidental Petroleum, Northrop Grumman, Toyota Motor Credit, CalStart and arc. Her background in IT Project Management and PMO Leadership enables Margaret to understand that managing projects can be difficult. This is why her goal is to provide her community with knowledge and skills that can be applied immediately. Her wish is to see her students take on tough projects and emerge as strong and sought-after project managers. Margaret is a dynamic teacher, who uses her real-life lessons learned combined with inspiration, common sense and a dash of humor to help her students be the best project managers that they can be.
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Meng, Phyllis J.
Phyllis Meng, B.S., CFM, SFP, IFMA Fellow, was Deputy Executive Officer, General Services at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. While at LACMTA she was the building manager for the 628,000, 28 story high-rise headquarters building as well as being responsible for the agency's records, library, mail service and copy center. She has over 30 years’ experience in the facilities management field, and brings practical and varied facility experience into the classroom. Ms. Meng has presented many workshops and courses specializing in finance and her award winning articles have been published in various facilities magazines. Her involvement in the local IFMA chapter, Public Sector Council, IFMA Foundation, IFMA Board of Directors, and facilitating IFMA educational courses has brought her many honors and provided the unique opportunity to share her experiences with others. Phyllis is the adjunct professor for the Chaffey College and West Los Angeles Facilities Management courses.
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Messer, Erin
Erin Messer, PharmD, MBA serves as a Faculty Program Advisor for Independence University school of Healthcare – Allied Health, and an adjunct instructor for the United Career Institute. She has over 10 years of experience working in the pharmaceutical industry, including drug formulation, development and regulatory submission.
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Miller, Alma
Dr. Alma Miller is an IT entrepreneur with over 15 years of industry experience. She has championed projects spanning across government clientele both civil and defense. She previously taught Technical Management at the Johns Hopkins University within the Engineering Professionals Program for five years and served on the Engineering Management program committee. While at JHU, she promoted online collaboration between the students and encouraged them to use the tools available through the university. Prior to JHU, she was an adjunct instructor for Prince Georges Community College within the Mathematics department for adult learners. In addition to classroom instruction, she has provided informal one-on-one and group training, ranging in topics from mathematics to systems engineering concepts to project management (PMP test preparation). Dr. Miller obtained her doctoral degree in Engineering Management from George Washington University. Her research involved implementation strategies for the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) based on three independent variables: (1) process level (2) information distribution, and (3) process centrality. She presented her research at an international information technology conference in Indonesia. She continues to speak and present at various conferences surrounding information technology, ITIL implementation, and DevOps adoption.
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Miller, Kristine Ann
Kristy Miller, MBA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, is the Head of Human Resources for a privately held, medical device company in Laguna Hills, California. She has more than twenty years of Human Resources management experience in leading and managing in Fortune 500 and start-up organizations. She has helped organizations scale for growth and developed and implemented highly successful initiatives around recruitment, development and retention of talent. She is a collaborative leader who builds empowered, high performing teams that exceed objectives.
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Modi, Dan (Dharmesh)
Dan Modi, M.B.A., RAC, has 25+ years’ experience in Standards Certification, Regulatory Documentation and Design Control requirements for medical devices. Modi is certified as RAC (Regulatory Affairs Certification), NCE (NARTE Certified Engineer) and CQA (Certified Quality Auditor through the American Society for Quality-ASQ). He was Director of Regulatory Certification, responsible for Design Quality and Regulatory Certification at Alcon Research Ltd., a division of Novartis. He has wide experience working with simple to complex electro-medical products and in supporting small start-ups to fortune 500 companies over the years.
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Moffatt, Linda B.
Linda Moffatt, Ed.D., is currently a Director on Assignment for the Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District. Dr. Moffatt has been in education for 30 years as both a teacher and an administrator. She has 17 years in administration as a site administrator and director of curriculum at the district office. Her 30 years in education includes K-12 school experience beginning with being a middle school math teacher then a high school assistant principal and elementary school principal. Dr. Moffat was a finalist for the PAEMST as a math teacher and received the ACSA award for Director of K-12 Curriculum. Additionally, she is a trained facilitator for the National Institute of School Leadership, the Executive Development Program, leading discussion on strategic thinking, instructional leadership, coaching/mentoring teachers, and being a driver of change.
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Morgan, Elisabeth J
Elisabeth (Betsy) Morgan has been a practicing IEC since 2003. She holds a BA in mathematics from Gettysburg College, completed master’s level course work in business administration at the University of Connecticut, and holds a MALS in social sciences from Wesleyan University. In addition, she has a certificate in college counseling from UCLA Extension and is a CEP. She is a member of AICEP, NACAC, NEACAC, and IACAC. Betsy has served on the IECA Board of Directors for two terms, as VP for Committees, chair of the Audit and Board Development Committees, and as a member of the College Committee and chair of the Affordability Task Force. In addition, she sits on Rutgers University Out-of-State Admissions Sounding Board and is a board member and College Coordinator for Madison A Better Chance—for which she received the 2013 Irving W. Katz Award for Distinguished Service.
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Nash, Mary B.
Mary Nash, B.A., MBA, has over 20 years of medical device marketing leadership, product management, and product launch experience. She has worked for large global companies such as Medtronic and Covidien, and was most recently Sr. Vice-president, Marketing for DenMat Holdings, a dental products manufacturer. Mary recently launched her own marketing consulting business to assist medical device businesses in reaching their goals. Her employment and engagement in the industry enables her to provide guidance, advice, and resources to those interested in learning more about medical device marketing.
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Nelson, Jeffrey L.
Jeffrey Nelson, CFP® has held several roles serving high net worth clients in the financial services industry, notably as a relationship manager, wealth management advisor, and more recently, team management. Jeff leverages his acquired skillset as he engages with clients in comprehensive wealth planning, following a diligent financial planning process, which he believes is the backbone of serving clients' best interests and achieving their goals and objectives. Jeff has mentored several new advisors as they begin their career. He has a passion for helping others obtain knowledge in financial planning on their journey to becoming a CFP® Professional and enriching their career and the lives of those they serve.
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Nemzek, Michael R.
Mike Nemzek, CFP® is a practicing Private Wealth Manager at Creative Planning, Inc., a national, fee-only Registered Investment Advisor firm managing over $69 billion for clients. Mike works directly with clients to develop, implement, and maintain a holistic financial planning strategy to help achieve their goals and address their complex financial needs. He specializes in the areas of retirement planning, investment management, tax planning, estate planning, risk management, business succession, and legacy planning. Mike brings over a decade of experience in the financial services industry. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of California, Irvine and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional as designated by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards.
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Newton, Barry C.
Barry Newton, M.P.A., CCP, SPHR, is Managing Director of Creative Management Solutions, Inc. and works with a diverse range of private, not-for-profit, and public agencies. With over 35 years of experience, he has also served in key human resources and compensation specialist and management positions with General Dynamics Corp., Hay Management Consultants, California Institute of Technology and the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Mr. Newton serves as the administrator for the California Public Agencies Compensation Survey (CalPACS) database.
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Nguyen, Karen C.
Karen Nguyen, M.S., PMP, CSM has extensive experience in practicing and teaching project management framework, principles, and theories. Her passion is to deliver value and equip students with a distinctive blend of program management along with leadership skills for real-world experience and application. Karen is a recipient of the UCI Division of Continuing Education Alumni of the Year award, SoCal Most Powerful & Influential Woman of Diversity, and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society for academic excellence. To help inspire others to achieve their success, Karen also does motivational speaking for organizations and charity events across the U.S.
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Nguyen, Phuc H
Phuc (Brian) Nguyen, M.S, Red Hat Certified Specialist, is the Machine Learning Architect for Red Hat. He has been working in the information technology fields for more than 8 years as web developer, software engineer, system consultant, technical lead, and machine learning architect. His expertise includes software development, front-end engineering, distributed system using Kubernetes and OpenShift, cloud computing, machine learning, and application architecture. He is an active contributor for RedHat OpenShift Engineering Blog and Open Source Software Community. He has a passion in teaching and working with the end-user to educate people about the latest technologies in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Cloud Computing.
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Noel, Marla Jo
Marla J. Noel, MBA, CPA, is President and CEO of OC Growth Advisors. She works with companies, from start-ups to $50 million in revenue, assisting with Business Plans, Staff Development, Strategic Planning for growth and Culture Development. Marla also has prior experience as an adjunct professor at Chapman University and experience running several successful businesses. She obtained her MBA from Chapman University and was inducted into the National Business Honor Society, Beta Gamma Sigma.
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Nunez, Kara A
Kara A. Nunez, Esq. is a licensed attorney in good standing with the California State Bar. She brings years of litigation experience from her time working at one of the top law firms in the country. Her practice focused on both insurance defense litigation and family law. Prior to practicing law, Kara taught courses offered at the University of California Santa Cruz and the Vista and Oceanside Unified School Districts. Kara is passionate about teaching and has returned to the classroom share her legal education and experience.
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O'Brien-Gatzionis, Laura S.
Laura O’Brien Gatzionis has lived abroad for the past 20 years, and established Educational Advisory Services in Athens, Greece in 2010. She specializes in working with Third Culture Kids, global nomads, and international students who are interested in attending university in the US and abroad. Mrs. Gatzionis is an active member of both the IECA Global Consulting Committee and of International ACAC, and has a M.Ed. in International Counseling with a focus on incorporating multicultural dimensions to meet the needs of diverse client groups.
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Odipo, Alysia J.
Alysia Odipo, Ed.D. is the Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services for Los Nietos School District. She is the former Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Services for the Laguna Beach Unified School District. She has extensive experience helping teachers and administrators prepare for and examine rigorous and enduring teaching and learning, curriculum, pedagogy, and assessments to support learning. Prior to this role, Dr. Odipo served as a director, principal, assistant principal, district literacy coach, and elementary school teacher for Corona Norco Unified School District, Walnut Valley Unified School District and Hacienda La Puente Unified School District. She holds two teaching credentials - Special Educational Specialist and Multiple Subjects, a Reading Certificate from UCLA, and a Doctorate in K-12 Urban Education from the University of Southern California. She is an instructor at the University of California, Irvine, supporting educators in the administrative credential program.
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Oh, Jee-Eun
Jee-Eun Oh, M.A. TESOL, is an instructor at UCI Extension. Prior to teaching at UCI, she has taught at California State University, Los Angeles in the Intensive English Program serving primarily international students. She has also been a certified iBT TOEFL rater since its launch in 2005.
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Oppenheimer, Darin S.
Dr. Darin S. Oppenheimer is Executive Director of the Drug Device Center of Excellence, focusing on Medical Devices and Combination Products at Merck, based in Upper Gwynedd, PA. Darin joined Merck with 16 years of experience in many facets of the Product Development Lifecycle, including regulatory submissions and due diligence. He has actively participated with industry trade organizations and served on standards committees. His time as a research and development scientist focused on pharmaceuticals and medical device diagnostic applications for biomarker and drug discovery. Darin’s educational background includes an undergraduate degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Tampa, two master’s degrees from Johns Hopkins University in Biotechnology and Regulatory Science, and a Certificate in Biotechnology Enterprise also from JHU. Darin completed his Doctorate in Regulatory Science from the University of Southern California in 2016. Darin is also a 2017 Regulatory Affairs Professional Society Fellow. Darin has contributed to more than two dozen journal articles in the areas of medical devices, drug discovery, and regulatory affairs. He’s lectured at more than three dozen symposia, and participated in panel discussions and poster presentations at industry conferences. Darin serves on the Editorial Board of the Regulatory Affairs Professional Society, as well as the Editorial Board of the Institute of Validation Technology.
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Ormes, Guy
Guy Ormes, J.D., practiced criminal law in Orange County for over twenty years, and received honors from the Deputy District Attorneys Association, the Department of Justice in Washington and the Orange County Narcotics Officers Association. He currently practices family law.
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Pahwa, Ashok
Ash Pahwa, Ph.D., is an educator, entrepreneur, and technology visionary with over 25 years of industry experience. His expertise includes search engine optimization, web analytics, web programming, digital image processing, database management, digital video and data storage technologies. He developed cellAnalyst image analysis software for the Microsoft Windows/.NET platform. The "cellAnalyst" is also available as a web service. He developed iVision an image database management system for storage and retrieval of biomedical images based on metadata, annotation and content. iVision was developed under a research grant from National Institute of Health. He also taught a Digital Image Processing course at University of California, Irvine in winter of 2007. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. He is listed in "Who's Who in the Frontiers of Science and Technology". His complete bio and CV is at www.ashpahwa.com.
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Palazzolo, Rayann M.
Rayann Palazzolo, M.A, has been with the Montessori Schools of Irvine for 20 years and is currently the Associate Director of Human Resources. Her teaching experiences include several years teaching in a Montessori early childhood classroom as well as teaching first grade in the public schools. She was also the school director at Northwood Montessori for 10 years. Rayann has her Master of Arts degree in Education with an emphasis in Montessori Education from St. Catherine University and completed her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame majoring in Psychology and Sociology. She received her Montessori training through the University Montessori Teacher Education Program at UC Irvine Division of Continuing Education and has her Early Childhood Credential from the American Montessori Society.
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Philips, Roger
Roger Philips, M.S., held senior executive positions including CEO and VP International in the software industry for over twenty years. Focusing on global opportunities, he built and managed worldwide sales and support divisions for two publicly-traded US software firms, earning the US Dept. of Commerce President's Award for Export Excellence. He is co-author of the textbook Global Enterprise published by Kendall Hunt, the book Guide to Software Export, published by the International Business Press, and is co-editor of Business in Contemporary China, published by Routledge. Philips also worked as a research engineer and software developer in the aerospace industry, and teaches international business at the MBA level at Concordia University, Irvine. When not at Concordia, he consults to engineering firms and teaches sailing.
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Ramamurthy, Sreenivas
Sreenivas Ramamurthy, CFA®, MBA, is a Consultant Analyst in Investment Management and Managing Partner of 8 Corners Capital, LLC. He also worked as Vice President in risk management for Bank of New York Mellon. He has experience in teaching other finance professionals and students in preparation for the CFA exams and MBA classes. He has professional experience working for some of the most reputed financial institutions in risk management, portfolio management and investment management. Ramamurthy was a lead instructor for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level 1 and Level 2 Exam prep courses that covered quantitative methods, economics, financial reporting and analysis, corporate finance, portfolio management, equity, fixed Income, derivatives and alternative investments. He has prepared presentation material, reviewed the CFA learning outcomes, presented material, presented practice questions and discussed solutions. Sreenivas has an MBA degree in Finance with Beta Gamma Sigma Honors from Rutgers Business School and is a CFA Charter holder.
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Ratti, Pukar
Pukar Ratti, MSChE, MSHCM, CIM, CCRP, FACMPE, is the Executive System Director of Research at CHRISTUS Health in Dallas area. Prior to that, he has worked as Director of Clinical Research and Biobank at Ochsner Health System in New Orleans, and the Department Head of the Office of Research & Sponsored Projects at Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center, part of the Louisiana State University Health System. Pukar has over 15 years of combined experience in Research Administration, Clinical Research, Pre-clinical/Basic Science Research, Behavioral Research, Clinical Research Revenue Cycle, Project Management, IRB services, Contract negotiations, Student Mentorship, Operational Redesign, Grants Portfolio Management, Policy-making, Personnel Development, Strategic Planning, Biobanking, etc. Today, Pukar is one of the few medical professionals in the State of Texas to have earned the prestigious title of Fellow of American College of Medical Practice Executives.
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Reece, Tim P.
Tim Reece, M.A., is a retired public school administrator and teacher who worked in the Capistrano Unified School District for 37 years. He was a middle school principal for over 22 years, serving at three different sites. Prior to that, he served as High School Assistant Principal and Activities Director at two different high schools for seven years. He began his career teaching English, Drama and Journalism at Shorecliffs Middle School in San Clemente for nine years. During his tenure in public education, he expanded his expertise by serving on various committees related to the operations of a K-12 school district.
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Rego, Albert
Dr. Albert Rego, Ph.D., M.B.A., is a scientific consultant to the regulated industries, with over thirty years of experience in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Areas of specialization are in the national and international regulatory aspects of the scientific testing requirements for chemical, biological, and sterilization technologies. He has experience in performing, directing, designing, and evaluating clinical and non-clinical studies for pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Selective expertise includes chemical stability testing, medical device evaluations, statistical design and interpretation, regulatory submissions, chemical hygiene plans, analytical chemistry methodologies, and sterilization validation.
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Reinke, Brandy
Brandy Reinke, MNpS is a nonprofit professional with over 20 years of nonprofit accounting and auditing, human resources, operations, and IT Conversions experience. Ms. Reinke has held a range of positions in various nonprofit organizations from staff accountant to CFO. Ms. Reinke proudly earned her master’s degree in Nonprofit Studies at Arizona State University in 2013 and she received an undergraduate degree in accounting from University of Montana. She also previously taught Financial Management for Nonprofits course at Arizona State University.
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Retfalvi, Laszlo A.
Laszlo Retfalvi, P.Eng., PMP, PMI-RMP is Principal of Retfalvi and Associates. Laszlo is past Vice-President of the Program and Risk Management Office (PRMO) at Allen Vanguard Corporation. Previously, Laszlo was with General Dynamics, the Irving Group of Companies and SED Systems. Focused on accountability, leadership, and business success, Laszlo is also a recipient of the 2013 UCI Division of Continuing Education Distinguished Instructor Award.
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Ruszat, Cheryll R.
Cheryll R. Ruszat, M.A. in Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Education Specialist credential and the American Montessori Society Teacher Certification. Ms. Ruszat has been a National Commissioner for the National Association for the Education of Young Children school accreditation team, a frequent presenter at national conferences and consults for early childhood education programs. She is the Executive Director for the Montessori Schools of Irvine, one on the UC Irvine campus as well as three others in the city of Irvine, all of which are accredited by NAEYC. Ms. Ruszat has been an early childhood professional for more than 3 decades and was the recipient of the Instructor of Excellence award at UC Irvine.
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Ryaboy, Vyacheslav (Slava)
Vyacheslav M. "Slava" Ryaboy, Ph.D., Doctor of Sciences, is the Chief Mechanical Engineer in Vibration Control R&D at MKS Light & Motion Division (formerly Newport Corporation) of Irvine, CA. Previously, he held research and teaching positions in the areas of Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, including senior research positions at the EG&G Washington Analytical Services Center and Mechanical Engineering Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, adjunct professorship at the Bauman Technical University in Moscow, Russia, and visiting appointments at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, and Technion in Haifa, Israel. He is the author of a monograph on optimal vibration isolation as well as numerous papers and inventions in the field of Vibration Control. He holds Ph.D. and Doctor of Sciences degrees from the Lomonosov Moscow State University in Mechanics of Solids and System Dynamics, respectively.
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Sahota, Neil
Neil Sahota, PgMP, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSP, CSM, PRINCE2, CGEIT, is an IBM Master Inventor and Ecosystem Engagement Manager in the IBM Watson Group. With more than 15 years’ experience in business, he works with high growth business partners to ideate next generation products/solutions powered by Watson. His work experience spans internationally among multiple industries including healthcare, life sciences, retail, travel and transportation, energy and utilities, automotive, telecommunications, media, and government. Neil is one of the few IBMers selected for IBM's Corporate Service Corps leadership program that pairs leaders with NGOs to perform community-driven economic development projects. For his assignment, Neil lived and worked in Ningbo, China where he partnered with Chinese corporate CEOs to create a leadership development program. Neil is also an active volunteer in IBM’s Academic Initiative program that creates partnership opportunities between the IBM and the country’s top universities. Neil has been awarded 24 certificates from UCI Division of Continuing Education, 3 undergraduate degrees and an MBA from UCI. He has been an active member of the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Alumni Association for over a decade, is a former member on the UCI Alumni Board of Directors and Executive Committee and is a dynamic instructor for the UCI Division of Continuing Education Project Management Certificate Program.
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Sarakatsannis, John
John Sarakatsannis has 30 years of project management and contracting experience in both government and the aerospace industry. He has held numerous positions in large supply chain organizations such as Boeing, Northrup Grumman, and Raytheon. During his Air Force career he managed several multi-billion dollar aircraft and space projects, and has extensive international experience managing foreign military sales programs. His professional certifications include: Certified Professional Contract Manager (CPCM), Certified Federal Contract Manager (CFCM), Certified Commercial Contract Manager (CCCM), Project Manager Professional (PMP), and is a National Contract Management Association "Fellow". His academic accomplishments include, MS and MBA degrees.
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Schuh, Lee C.
Lee Schuh, CFP®, ChFC, EA, has prepared every sort of tax return since the early 1960’s and taught taxes to CFP® candidates, graduate students and undergrads. He represented clients before the IRS for taxes and retirement issues. He has been involved in many government audits by various government auditors including the IRS and has appeared as a witness in several Tax Court cases including two wherein he was a witness for the IRS. In recent years, he has performed pro bono advising in tax planning.
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Schulz, Jody E
Jody Schulz, M.S., is a clinical trial and process improvement expert who has worked in healthcare since 2000. She has worked in clinical research managing clinical trials in the United States and Europe for investigational devices/pharmaceuticals for physicians, surgeons, and medical device companies. She also received her Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from UCI to further expand process improvement efforts related to clinical research and healthcare. Her expertise is supported by a B.S in Healthcare Administration and an M.S. in Biology. She enjoys being a resource to students interested in learning more about her areas of expertise.
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Schwartz, Marci A
Dr. Schwartz founded Thrive College Counseling in order to support teens with learning differences make the difficult but important transition into adulthood. Thrive College Counseling works with students to discover their best college fit in order to ensure a successful transition to the college or program of their choice after high school. Dr. Schwartz received her Certificate in College Counseling from UCLA Extension in 2016. She received her Ph.D. from New York University in 2001.Dr. Schwartz began her career as a therapist and has provided counseling services to parents of children with developmental and learning challenges since 1989. In this capacity, she has worked with children and teens to better understand their strengths and challenges and develop the independent living skills and self-advocacy skills necessary for independence. Dr. Schwartz is an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine.
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Shannon, Don
Don Shannon is Manager of Training and Technology at HireRight Corporation in Irvine, CA. He has spent over 20 years in corporate positions in training and development - in software, hardware, and financial services companies. He has contributed to Organizational Learning at FileNET Corp/IBM and Washington Mutual (now Chase) as Manager and Director of Curriculum Development. Don holds a Doctoral Degree from USC in Music Education with an emphasis in Online training and Educational Psychology. He is also a Certified Instructional Designer from both Robert Mager and Ruth Clark's organizations. In 2013, he received a "Distinguished Instructor" award from UCI DCE.
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Shields, Katina
Katina Shields, M.A., is an accomplished Learning Architect with over 20 years of experience applying adult learning theory to real-world business issues for diverse global audiences. The insight that Katina brings to her classes stems from her experiences in roles that include: Instructional Designer, Developer, Writer, Learning Strategist, Performance Consultant, Facilitator, Project Manager, Mentor and Coach. She has a deep interest in how adults learn and what motivates human behavior. She believes that effective learning must create experiences that move learners from passive to active participants and in humanizing the online learning experience. Katina holds both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of California at Los Angeles.
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Shortt, Christine M.
Christine Shortt, M.A., is a change management expert who helps organizations' translate goals and vision into competitive positioning. In diverse business environments she has formulated initiatives that have promoted employee engagement, process improvement, and communications. Christine is a Human Resources/Payroll Manager at UC Irvine and holds a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Chapman University.
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Smalling, Monique A.
Monique Smalling, CPA, MBA, started her career with an international public accounting firm, where she managed audit engagements. She left to help one of her clients, a start-up software company, through their IPO. Monique was also a Senior Manager for a CPA firm. She was responsible for hiring, training, and supervising the professional staff and managing the firm's audit engagements. Monique has been teaching at the university level for over 15 years. She teaches financial, intermediate and managerial accounting, auditing, and ethics in accounting.
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Smith, Diane L
Diane Smith, PMP, CPTD, Principal and Chief Learning Strategist at Everest CS, Inc, is responsible for consulting with organizations and designing learning programs that improve their organizational performance by engaging with their learning audiences to help them build relevant skills and competencies. She has over 30 years of experience designing and developing instructional systems and content for live and virtual classrooms, e-learning, m-learning, microlearning delivery, user and facilitator guides, field manuals, quick references, and other developmental resources. Diane is a rebel in the realm of workplace learning, rocking the status quo by injecting real-world WIIFM (What's In It For Me) into frontline organizational training and EI (Emotional Intelligence) into management development to enable all learners to be leaders. Diane has guest lectured for the University of Colorado, Denver Master's program for Learning Design & Technology, focusing on Project Management. She has also presented several concurrent and workshop sessions on instructional design and project management at international conferences hosted by the Association for Talent Development (ATD), Learning Solutions, and Project Management Institute (PMI). Diane is a certified CPTD and PMP professional who stays on the cutting edge of evolutions in the Learning and Development (L&D) industry and enjoys sharing her broad knowledge and experiences with others in the industry.
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Smith, Eric A.
Eric Smith, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC®, CRPC®, EA, ATP®, has taught CFP educational courses at Florida Atlantic University since 1994. He has also taught CFP classes for The University of Miami and The American College and created two online CFP courses for Grantham University. Eric has written two textbooks on mastering calculations and case studies on the CFP Exam. He is the owner of Eric Smith Financial Services, a full-service financial planning firm in Miramar, Florida.
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Sonnenberg, Katharine Lee
Kate Sonnenberg, JD, is the founder of KS College Success. She advises high school students and their families on every step of the college admissions process. Prior to launching KS College Success, she worked as an application reader in the Princeton University Admissions Office, where she read thousands of undergraduate applications. She has taught English at the college level and legal writing at the law school level. Kate is also the Executive Director of EdMom Scholars, a non-profit that provides free college application counseling for low-income, high-achieving students in northern New Jersey.
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Steele, Melissa
Melissa Steele, Esq., has been a member of the California State Bar for 12 years. She has represented clients in a variety of matters, including family law, contract disputes, landlord tenant law, employment law, and collections. She currently works at the Legal Aid Society of Orange County, representing low-income clients.
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Steele, Richard A.
Richard A. Steele is a President and General partner of International Sales and Marketing Group a consulting organization focused on Product and Business Strategy, and International Market Development. Mr. Steele has spent 35 years in the management of business operations and international business development in the high technology industry where his hands-on management of marketing, sales and service on a global level provides excellent insight of real life business. In addition to helping teach International business to UCI students, he is a partner in Bureaucom LLC , a translation company based in Irvine, Ca and Buenos Aries, Argentina. He is a former Chairman of the Board of Family Solutions, Inc. Currently, he is a member of the Board of Directors of Concept 7, a California company and Flixstock based in Dehli India.
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Stillwell, Christopher George
Christopher Stillwell has MAs in TESOL (Teachers College Columbia University), and Education (University of California, Irvine), as well as a Ph.D. in Education (UC Irvine). He has worked as an English as a Second/Foreign Language educator for over 20 years and as a teacher educator for more than 10 years, and he has been assistant director of a university language program in Japan. He is the editor of two books for TESOL International on Language Teaching Insights from Other Fields. He was named to TESOL International’s 50th-anniversary list of “30 Up and Coming” TESOL professionals, “the next generation in research, teaching, publishing, and leadership.”
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Stoddart, Darren W.
Darren W. Stoddart, M.S., NPDP, is the Senior Director of Innovation and New Product Development at BEHR Paint Company. He has been leading product design and development activities for over 29 years inside several large consumer products companies. Mr. Stoddart has trained extensively with innovation firms including S.I.T. (Systematic Inventive Thinking), Precoil, Applied Marketing Science, and Strategyn. He has worked as a corporate sponsor and liaison with students from Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, University of Notre Dame, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In addition to his professional work, Mr. Stoddart is an active artist and musician.
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Suveiu, Virginia A.
Virginia A. Suveiu, Esq., counsels on regulatory compliance and commercial law matters, including contract life cycle and negotiation. She is Chief Safeguard Officer at Balance To Success and Of Counsel at Volkov Law Firm. She is the editor of the Routledge Handbook of Risk Management and the Law. Virginia is a mediator and arbitrator for the International Chamber of Commerce, the Orange County Bar Association and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. She is on the Board of Directors of the National Contract Management Association-Orange County. She is affiliated with and has been invited to speak to professional organizations on business law-related issues. She is an active member of the State Bar of California and admitted to the U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Virginia has held numerous positions in academia, including as founding dean and professor, instructor and developer. In 2016, Virginia was given the Distinguished Instructor Award by UCI DCE.
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Szenderski, Gary D.
Gary Szenderski, B.S., is a branding specialist, internationally acclaimed as an expert on the subject. Mr. Szenderski frequently speaks and writes on the topic of emerging brands and companies in transition - Brand or line extensions, new product launches, market development, going public etc. He also conducts planning and marketing seminars for owners of any business facing expansion and other change related issues. Gary's experience includes DHL, FOX Broadcasting, T-Mobile, and Samsung. In addition, Gary is a published author and holds a B.S. Communication from the University of Toledo.
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Thompson, James
James Thompson, M.S., M.B.A., is an experienced statistician and data science professional with expertise in Statistical Modeling and Inference, SAS, SQL, and Python. He has experience in government consulting, the financial services industry, and the hospitality industry. He was a Senior Manager with Price Waterhouse where he was a firm expert in Statistical Sampling. He holds a B.S. in Mathematics, an M.S. in Applied Statistics, and an M.B.A.
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Traufler-Samarripa, Vanessa N.
Vanessa Traufler-Samarripa, MSHRM, is working towards her Ph.D in Organizational Leadership with an emphasis in Corporate Training & e-Learning. She currently works as a Training & Development Analyst for the Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana, CA. Vanessa has worked within training & development for over 10 years as a HR/Training Consultant, Facilitator, and Instructional Designer. She is proficient with recognizing training gaps and provides highly efficient learning models specifically crafted to produce desired learning outcomes from these analyses. Her expertise includes identifying, designing, and delivering training programs needed to meet learning objectives by using different techniques and andragogical theories to achieve internal and external learner participation.
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Tucker, Christy
Christy Tucker, B.M.E, is a learning experience design consultant with over fifteen years of experience helping people learn in corporate training, online higher education, and K-12 environments. She specializes in using scenario-based learning to engage audiences and promote transfer of skills to real-world environments. She has created sales, technical, diversity, and soft skills courses for clients including Cisco, FIRST, the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE), and The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. She has been blogging about instructional design and elearning since 2006, and is a regular speaker at industry conferences, podcasts, and online events.
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Turner, Mary
Mary Turner received her Ph.D. in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona, and is currently Principal Engineer at Edmund Optics. Dr. Turner has significant design experience in a wide variety of optical and illumination systems, including vision systems, telescopic systems, spectrometers and projection systems. She has spent much of her career teaching software based optical design and analysis courses to more than 5000 students worldwide.
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Vaidya, Nischit N.
Nischit N. Vaidya, CISSP currently is the President and Co-founder of Argotis, Inc. He also is a Sr. Security Engineering for Van Dyke Technology Group, and an instructor of Introduction to Information Assurance at Capitol College. He is qualified to teach for UC Irvine, bringing 15+ years of Information Technology experience, and almost 4 years of teaching experience in information security. His expertise includes operating systems specifically Windows, network security appliances such as firewalls, risk assessment, and information security consulting.
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Villarreal, Marc D.
Marc Villarreal is a seasoned marketing veteran who dedicates his professional time within a bevy of professional activity. He is Executive Vice President of Sunwest Ventures, a southern CA-based business advisory and marketing communications firm, responsible for myriad campaigns for the agency’s clients, including retail, B2B, consumer goods, and worldwide distribution companies. He is also accountable for developing sophisticated communication campaigns and branding strategies for Wild Oats, California Sunshine, and Major League Baseball. An advocate of California’s higher-education system, Marc lectures for the University of California at its Irvine and Los Angeles campuses. His classes include graduate-level sections covering retail/CPG marketing concepts, branding, integrated marketing communications, market research, and global communications. Along with lecturing at the University of CA, his professional calendar includes the opportunity to continue practicing myriad marketing endeavors while engaging with business decision-makers.
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Waldron, Spencer
Spencer Waldron, MBA, JD, is an attorney with Fisher & Phillips LLP. His practice includes counseling and defending employers in all areas of employment law. He has represented clients and appeared before multiple governmental agencies, such as Department of Fair Employment and Housing, and the Department of Labor Standards Enforcement, as well as state and federal courts throughout California. Spencer also counsels employers and works with Human Resources Managers on numerous employment related issues and general employment policies and procedures.
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Walker, Pamela A.
Pamela Walker, M.Ed., has dedicated over 25 years to the financial aid profession. She worked at both private and state colleges with responsibilities that included maintaining compliance of federal and state regulations, reviewing and awarding financial aid, coordinating loan programs, developing a debt management program and counseling families on all aspects of the financial aid process. She graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Business Administration and a Master’s Degree of Education from Endicott College located in Beverly, Massachusetts while working full time in their financial aid office as the Assistant Director. As an adult learner herself, this has helped her understand the challenges many adult students face when working towards a college degree. In 2018, she was awarded a Distinguished Instructor Award from UCI Division of Continuing Education. She is a member of EASFAA and NASFAA’s Retiree Group.
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Ward, Wayne Anthony
Wayne Ward, FMP, LEED Green Associate has a career spanning 40 years with leading industries: entertainment, city government, education, property management, and manufacturing. After retiring, he continued his passion to share his experiences. Wayne launched his career at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California as a Sound Technician and later held leadership roles executing maintenance and operations, planning, estimating, and project management. He made a decision to join the City of Anaheim as Facilities Manager for the Anaheim Convention Center, and later as the District Manager for the Anaheim Resort. His next venture took him to Irvine Community College as the Director of Facilities, then to UCI as Director, Facilities Management. After serving in educational facilities, he held a position with MERIT Property as the Director for Property Services. He recently held a position at Amway Global as Facilities and Operations Group Leader. Wayne earned his associate in science degree in electronics technology at Rancho Santiago College, his bachelor’s degree in business administration from University of Phoenix, and later his master’s degree in organizational leadership from Chapman University. He maintains a focus in the following areas: building systems, maintenance and operations, soft services, fire life and safety systems, property management, good manufacturing practices (GMP), project management, vendor management, integrated pest management, energy conservation, and sustainable practices.
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Wartenberg, Martin R.
Marty Wartenberg, M.B.A., P.E., has spent over 40 years managing companies and projects in the areas of aerospace, software, commercial product development, oil field instrumentation, and pharmaceutical R&D. He has worked with many companies setting up project offices and coaching high technology project teams. His projects have been featured in the PMNet as examples of the application of basic and advanced project management techniques in high technology rapid development type projects. Marty has received a Distinguished Instructor Award from UCI and had been selected by the McDonald Douglas Corporation (Now Boeing) as a major contributor during the C-17 training program. He has taught project management in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and South America. He received his formal Project Management, Systems Engineering and Government Procurement training at the Defense Systems Management College (Now DAU) at Fort Belvoir VA.
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Watkins, Danielle L
Dani Watkins is the Chief Learning Experience Officer and founder of Zenith Performance Solutions. As a regular speaker at learning and development conferences including, Association for Talent Development, and Training Magazine’s TechLearn and Training, she brings her 25 plus years of learning and development experience to every course she develops and delivers. Dani is known in the industry as passionate about improving employee performance and creating innovative courses that are instructionally sound, creating performance improvement, and aligning with an organization’s business strategies. When she is not igniting learning experiences, you can find her hanging out with her family or running a Colorado trail.
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Webb, Patrick Dwayne
Patrick Webb, BA, MBA candidate, is the CEO of CruiseStar.com, a leading provider of world travel solutions. He has more than 30 years experience in sales, marketing, IT, finance, and management. He has held executive positions with General Dyanmics, Anacomp, and NCR. Mr. Webb is also a licensed SEC/FINRA securities trader and insurance broker. He has attended Chapman University, USC, and University of La Verne. He served eight years in the US Air Force. Currently he is teaching finance, insurance, securities trading, and is also an instructor for LA Fitness.
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Weber, Markus
Markus Weber, M.S.E.E., Principal Consultant with System Safety, Inc., specializes in safety engineering and risk management for critical medical devices. He graduated from Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany with a MS in Electrical Engineering. Before founding System Safety, Inc., he was a software safety engineer for the German approval agency, TUV. Since 1991, Mr. Weber has been a leading consultant to the medical device industry on safety and regulatory compliance issues, specifically for active and software-controlled devices. In conjunction with the FDA, he has published works on risk management issues and software-related risk mitigations. Mr. Weber has helped multiple companies, from startups to Fortune 500 firms.
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Weghorst, Paul A
Paul Weghorst: Executive Director of Water Policy at Irvine Ranch Water District. Paul Weghorst has dedicated his career to helping communities develop sustainable and reliable water supplies. His responsibilities include overseeing the District’s groundwater banking and water transfer projects. He is also responsible for the District’s recycled water customer development programs, water use efficiency programs and environmental compliance activities. Mr. Weghorst has worked at Irvine Ranch Water District for 15 years. Prior to coming to the District, Mr. Weghorst worked for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation where he was active for 23 years planning and implementing surface and groundwater water supply reliability projects in the 17 western states. Paul graduated in 1982 from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a BS in Civil Engineer and is a registered professional engineer in the state of Colorado.
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West, Jeffrey S.
Jeff West, MBA, owns and operates the marketing and business development agency Dub Worldwide. He has worked in marketing for over 20 years, with experience in product management, advertising, branding, pricing, positioning and promotions. Jeff has traveled to over 45 countries building new relationships, crafting unique go-to-market strategies, designing diverse and regionally focused marketing programs and evaluating distribution opportunities for clients. He has instructed courses and facilitated workshops at UC Irvine and events across various industries in the marketplace.
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Williams, Megan Sany
Megan Williams, MBA, PMP is an IS Program Manager for Providence St. Joseph Health supporting all IS projects for three different regions across multiple states. Megan has extensive experience managing large scale projects pertaining to complex mergers and acquisitions, strategy, conversion of various electronic medical records, and innovation/technology. She is passionate about new product development and all things project management regardless of the execution of strategy. Additionally, Megan has expertise in setting up project management offices, a strong understanding of the project governance process, and how to lead virtual teams. Megan’s energy and contagious enthusiasm make her an effective instructor. She brings practical teachings into the classroom so students can apply the knowledge learned immediately. Megan holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, is a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and a Project Management Professional (PMP). Outside the classroom, Megan coaches and mentors project managers, serves as an advisory board member for Concordia University’s Master of Health Administration (MHA) program, and an advisory board member for a wellness startup company.
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Williamson, Eric D.
Eric Williamson, B.A., MCP, is the data manager for the UCSD Health Strategy Office. He has worked more than 20 years with database technologies and specializes in Microsoft SQL Server, T-SQL, Analysis Services, and SharePoint. He has taught SQL and SharePoint courses since 2013.
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Williamson, Kai
Kai Williamson, M. Ed., has been a paraprofessional for 30 years. She spent the first seven years of her career in a law firm working in various specialty areas including litigation, family law, corporate finance, and real estate. She then transitioned to in-house positions working for various Fortune 500 companies. Kai currently works for Alorica Inc. as a Sr. International Corporate Paralegal and Director of Legal Operations. She is the President of the Orange County Paralegal Association (“OCPA”) and served a two-year term in 2009-2010. Kai is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the 2008 National Super Star Paralegal of the Year Award, the 2012 UCI DCE Distinguished Advisory Board Member award, 2012 National Affiliates Award from the National Association of Legal Assistants (“NALA”) the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Orange County Paralegal Association (“OCPA”), the 2015 UCI DCE Distinguished Instructor Award and the 2019 UCI DCE Dean’s Outstanding Service Award for her mentoring work with students.
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Wingco, Paul
Paul Wingco, CEM|MBA has over thirty years of combined experience in facility operations and energy management. His past roles include serving as Energy and Sustainability Manager, Associate Director of Energy and MEP services, and Director of Facilities Management for California State University, Long Beach where he retired in 2019 after 30 years of combined service with the CSU and UC system. Paul has been actively involved in campus level strategic energy planning and implementation in both the California State and University of California University systems. Paul earned his degree in Construction Engineering Management from California State University, Long Beach and has a Masters in Business Administration from Vanguard University of Southern California. Paul is currently an instructor for the Building Operator Certification (BOC) program and a regular speaker on energy efficiency matters for regional investor owned utilities. He is a Certified Energy Manager with the Association of Energy Engineers and the founder and principal of Wingco Clean Energy Resources LLC, a California DGS certified small consulting business specializing in strategic energy planning and clean energy workforce development and training.
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Wright, Shelly
Shelly Wright, PMP, CISA, CSM, CITRMS, is a recognized thought leader in integrating IT security, project management, corporate governance, quality assurance, and business processes. For over 15 years, she has helped organizations from startups through Fortune 500 businesses improve their IT systems with dramatic and sustainable results. An innovative leader in IT and business strategy, Wright loves to share her passion for IT and project management, simplifying them so others can easily embrace them. Shelly has partnered with corporate leaders to develop enterprise level solutions, optimized business processes, and achieved operational objectives at companies such as Capital Group "The American Funds," EarthLink Network Inc., Public Communication Services, Kaiser Permanente, and Scorpion Computer Services (the subject of CBS TV’s current hit show “Scorpion.” Wright is a Certified Project Management Professional, Certified Information Systems Auditor, Certified ScrumMaster,® and Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist®. Shelly Wright teaches university-level project management and quality assurance courses on behalf of the University of California - Irvine Division of Continuing Education and the University of Redlands. Shelly Wright is the founder of Wright1 Consulting, Inc., and co-founder of Survive Identity Theft. Wright also holds several board positions and was awarded the 2016 University of California - Irvine Division of Continuing Education’s Distinguished Instructor Award. In 2015, Wright received the SoTec Inspirational Award which is conferred upon technology professionals who distinguished themselves by inspiring other technology professionals through admirable charity work and giving back to the community.
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Yamani, Saleem M.
Saleem M. Yamani, M.S., is a technologist at Western Digital in Irvine, CA. He has more than 20 years experience in the embedded software engineering field. He has worked in design, and implementation of embedded software programming in various high tech industries, which include computers, networking, SSD and hard disk drives. He has taught C programming language at Saddleback College for 2 years, and has been teaching Embedded System courses at UCI Continuing Education for the past 8 years.
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Zhang, Yu
Yu Zhang, Ph.D., has over 5 years of experience of in python programming and uses the big query SQL, python colab, and Tableau in previous and current work. She has over 5 years of experience in academic in statistical analysis and 3 years of experience in industry and government working on complex data and machine learning projects. She is technically sound with full experience in data validation and machine learning modeling. In addition, she has over 6 year’s teaching experience as a lecturer, teaching assistant, and mentor working in UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, UC Irvine. She is passionate about using data analytics for real-world problem solving and working with diverse students.
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Zhu, Louis
Louis L. Zhu, MSEE, MBA, PMP, is a Technical Team Leader at Parker Hannifin Corporation in Irvine. He has 30 years of experience in embedded system design for aerospace and industrial applications. His research interests are motor control algorithms, communication protocols, object oriented embedded programming, and .NET technologies. He has teaching experiences in both universities and corporations. He has a passion for teaching and a thorough understanding of embedded systems theory and solid hands-on experiences.
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Zielan, Susan
Susan Zielan is a Business Resiliency Program Manager for CoreLogic in Irvine, California. She is responsible for the development and implementation of enterprise-wide business continuity and Emergency Management plans and manages training and exercises for the offices across the US and Australia. She has led efforts internationally in Europe, South America, Asia and Australia to create and customize effective business continuity, disaster recovery and emergency management programs for larger corporations. Susan is a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) and the Membership Director of the Association of Contingency Planners, Orange County Chapter.
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