Rachel Paulson, PMP

President Elect Candidate

Rachel Paulson is the Director of Project Management Services and Training for Columbia Technical Consulting, Inc. She has over 12 years combined Project, Engineering, Resource Management and Consulting experience in the IT, software, financial, retail, fitness, health plan, steel and truck manufacturing industries, including EPMO, PMO and TMO consultation, development and implementation. Her diverse industry experiences have created a well rounded foundation for solving complex program and project issues.  Rachel’s current areas of interest include project rescue (turning projects that have failed or are failing into successes) in various organizations and project management consulting with a specific focus on assessing EPMO / PMO maturity and providing guided steps for achieving the next level of organizational maturity.
Rachel is active in her community as a seminar or event speaker, volunteer soccer coach, teacher’s assistant and violinist in the Clark College orchestra. She has served in many capacities with the PMI Portland Chapter including the Director of Certification.

Greg Spehar, PMP

President Elect Candidate

My first contact with project management was while I worked on the Space Shuttle/Space Station, almost 20+ years ago. From that day I have navigated corporate America by working at some capacity as a project coordinator/manager for IBM, McDonnell Douglas, NASA, FedEx, Nike, Intel and Point B. I passed my PMP Exam the fall of 2005 and am excited to continue to contribute to the Portland Chapter.

Alan John, PMP

Secretary Candidate

Alan John is certified PMP and is a Senior Project Manager with over 25 years’ experience in managing large programs, individual projects and technical / engineering teams at various high tech companies, including fiber optic data communications, silicon and systems at Intel Corporation, and most recently as a consultant a small silicon start-up and currently the State of Oregon.  Alan is a U.S Navy submarine service veteran with a BSEE from the University of Idaho in 1982, and an MS in Engineering Management from OGI, Beaverton in 1997.  He has served as the industry chair to the University of Idaho, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering for Curriculum the past 6 years.  He wants to promote and support the PMI-Portland chapter however possible. He has many years of leadership and hands on experience in project management, program, and engineering management to provide to the chapter.

Mark Molau, PMP

VP Finance Candidate

Mark Molau has led finance, IT, and consulting projects during his 20+ year career in consulting and high tech with firms such as Price Waterhouse and Hewlett Packard.
Mark served as the VP Finance for the PMI Portland Chapter in 2008 and implemented new policies and processes to improve the accountability and effectiveness of our financial management practices.

Jeff Oltmann, PMP

VP At-Large Candidate

Jeff Oltmann has led successful programs for over 20 years. He ran the project office for a $60M project portfolio at IBM’s Oregon development facility. Jeff’s hands-on program management experience includes program budgets over $100M and worldwide cross-functional teams of over 100 members. He is on OHSU’s graduate management faculty.

Jeff Brummel

VP Marketing Candidate

I have worked in the high tech sector as a Project and Program Manager focused on new product launches for over 20 years. I have very much enjoyed my current role as Director of Marketing and look forward to increasing my contributions to the PMI Portland Chapter.

Brian Bauske, PMP

VP Outreach Candidate

I have lived & worked in the Portland Area since 1994. After my seven years service with Hewlett-Packard Co., I took early retirement in order to pursue my dream of starting my own consultancy, Bauske Consulting, Inc.   As well as project management, I am also very interested in credit unions.

Pamela Banning, PMP

VP Professional Development Candidate

Continually seeking knowledge; an avid puzzle player, I’ve migrated from technical work in medical laboratories to project management in healthcare information systems throughout US and Canada. Raised as an Air Force brat, Boise State grad, married 27 years to military veteran, raised 2 children. I love reading, motorcycle riding, and RV trips.

Jimmy Godard, PMP

VP Operations Candidate

Mr. Godard, born and raised on the island of Haiti (Hispaniola), moved to the U.S. in the year of 1995. He completed his undergraduate studies in Computer Science at Saint Thomas University in Miami, FL. He pursuit his master degree right after in Computer Information Systems.
Mr. Godard has been working for Bank of America for the past10 years. He occupies the function of Technology Project Manager where He manages multiple end to end infrastructure projects that have significant impact on a line of business or the Bank of America Enterprise globally. In addition, Mr. Godard provides IT consultation to diverse non-profit organizations and individuals’ on-shore and near-shore.
His favorite show is The Apprentice, and his hobby is to spend time with his family.

Joseph Marietta, PMP

VP Membership Candidate

As VP At Large this past year, and VP of Marketing & Outreach in 2004 and 2005, I provided leadership to establish chapter strategy and foster smooth operation of chapter events and activities. I enjoyed contributing to the strategic success of the chapter, and fostering relationships with chapter businesses, facilitating chapter sponsorship, advertising, involvement, and support. As a chapter board member, I participated in the development of the new board structure and helped in developing growth and support strategies. I’m familiar with the structure, processes, and the demands of each position.
My time as both a Chapter member and as a board member has been extremely rewarding. On a daily basis, I apply the concepts I’ve learned here as I lead large and small projects as a senior PM at PacifiCorp. It’s again time to give something back!

 VP Programs Candidate