Vijay Ranganathan BEng, PMP, RMP

President

Area of Responsibility: Call and preside over all meetings; direct the activities of the other officers; appoint Nominating Committee members 90 days prior to the AGM; appoint Board members to vacant positions subject to the Board’s approval; appoint Committees and Committee Chairs on a project or task basis. Overall responsibility of the Chapter, Chapter membership and to PMI GOC for Chapter’s operations.
 

Career Snapshot: An engineer by qualification, Vijay combines many years of experience in international banking and finance with project management skills. He has worked in India, Germany and London, UK. His experience includes working in ERP and CRM applications and the management of large projects of multi-year duration. At present he is working as a Project Manager for Temenos Americas, a leading banking software company. A member of CWCC since 2002, Vijay joined as a volunteer in 2006 and has served as a volunteer leader in different positions such as Director in the Finance portfolio, Vice-president of Finance, and President Elect. He was certified as a PMP in 2003, and in 2009 he received his RMP certification.

Formal Education: Vijay holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree from the National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India.
 

Abelardo Mayoral-Fierros MM, PMP
President Elect

Area of Responsibility: Responsible for all monies of the Chapter and for assisting the President in any and all of the duties of the President when and as directed to do so by the President.

Career Snapshot: Abelardo is a Managing Consultant for Operations Engineering at the Fraser Health Authority leading teams that conduct various process improvement projects. His previous experience has spanned the industries of utilities/power generation, construction, IT, and shipping. He has also served as President of the UBC Chapter of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science, President of the Vancouver Section of the Canadian Operational Research Society and President of a Chapter of the Institute of Industrial Engineers.

Formal Education: Abelardo holds a Master's Degree in Operations Research from UBC and a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering from ITESM, Mexico.

Alex Hamer BA, PMP
Vice-President Membership

Area of Responsibility: Responsible for safeguarding and advocating the interests of Chapter members.

Career Snapshot: Alex has over twelve years experience in senior IT leadership, project management, operations management and systems analysis & programming. He is presently Director, Information Services Development at the TU Group. Previous experience includes Project Manager at the TU Group; Project & Operations Manager at The Ad Wizard; IT Systems Analyst at British Telecom (Global Services); Project Lead at Endeavour Group; Coordinator, Technical Operations at Woodbine Entertainment; and Sales Associate, at iSTAR.

Formal Education: Alex holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree from Queen's University; a Post-Graduate Diploma, Humber College; and a qualification in Project Management from The Open University.

Rafah Tello BEng, PMP, RMP
Vice-President Programs

Area of Responsibility: Responsible for maintaining a series of monthly meetings.

Career Snapshot: Rafah has project management experience in both local and international projects. She is presently involved in project management and scheduling for the Olympic Village Project. Previous experience includes project management for a real estate development company that constructs and markets large residential and commercial projects and coordinator for an architectural and interior design company specializing in space planning for commercial and hospitality projects.

Formal Education: Rafah holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering / Electronics from Damascus University, Syria.
 

Krishna Kumar MBA, PMP
Vice-President Education

Area of Responsibility: Responsible for the education and certification of Chapter members.

Career Snapshot: Krishna is an independent consultant with over 20 years of experience in delivering projects in a wide range of industries including IT, wholesale, retail, supply chain, logistics, health and shipping. He has been involved in projects at Business Objects, PHSA, and TELUS. Krishna has expertise in Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), process improvement, systems integration, workflow design, process modeling, quality assurance, software development, estimating and vendor relationships.

Formal Education: Krishna holds an MBA and is certified in the areas of Systems Audit (CISA) and Information Security (CISM).

Richard Brodowski PMP
Vice-President Careers

Area of Responsibility: Overall responsibility and accountability for direction and operations of Career Path portfolio which includes; the Chapter Job Board, Career Fair, and Marketing PMI Career Board to Job Seekers and Employers

Career Snapshot: Richard Brodowski has over 16 years experience in project management that has covered nearly 250 engineering and 100 IT projects. He is currently the Director, Olympic PMO for Bell Canada. Richard is a past member of Calgary, Alberta’s Project Office Leadership Roundtable; has been a guest lecturer at Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary; presenter and expert panel member, ProjectWorld Vancouver and Toronto; and was the recipient of PMI (Southern Alberta Chapter) Project Management Excellence Award – Individual (2005).

Formal Education: Richard has a Diploma in Engineering Technology from Lethbridge College, Alberta and is a Registered Engineering Technologist.

Andrzej Nawrocki, MSc, CEng,  PMP
Vice-President Professional Development

Area of Responsibility: Responsible for Professional Development of Chapter’s Certified Members. 

Career Snapshot: Andrzej has more than 20 years experience in project management including electronics and mechanical designs, software and firmware development and over 10 years experience in developing and improving design and development methodologies for the automation and control systems industry. Before moving to Canada he worked as a clinical scientist in major teaching hospitals in London. Andrzej has been Chartered Engineer since 1995.

Formal Education: Andrzej holds a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Lódź, Poland and a Diploma in Management Skills for Advanced Technology (MSAT) from SFU, Canada.
 

Tom Munro BA, PMP
Vice-President Communications

Area of Responsibility: Responsible for all Communications of the Chapter.

Career Snapshot: Tom has twelve years experience in project management and software development. He is currently employed by OpenRoad Communications Ltd. and has recently completed projects for ICBC, Electronic Arts, and the BC Superior Courts. Previously, he worked for Tantalus Communications Inc. as a Project Manager and GIS Coordinator. Prior to his career in IT, Tom worked as a Forestry Engineer for Timber West, Fletcher Challenge and the Ministry of Forests.

Formal Education: Tom holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English / Economics
 

Gino Morena PMP
Vice-President Volunteers

Area of Responsibility: Gino Morena is responsible for Chapter volunteers.

Career Snapshot: Gino has extensive experience in project management of commercial software development as well as internal application development, customization and implementation. In the past he has been led and managed worldwide teams and specializes in saving troubled projects. He is currently Director, Strategic and Channel Partnerships for JustSystems Inc. and was previously employed by Business Objects as a Senior World Wide Manager for customer and technical support.

Formal Education: Gino is a registered Project Management Professional (PMP) and has completed a wide range of management training courses.
 

Zdenko Erceg BSc(Eng), PMP
Vice-President Publicity

Area of Responsibility: Responsible for Chapter publications, branding, sponsorship and promotion of the Chapter and Chapter events.

Career Snapshot:  Zdenko has more than 29 years of engineering and consulting experience in the public and private sectors. He has led project management initiatives that capitalize on sound project management practices, business process redesign, business transformation and emerging technologies. As a project manager, Zdenko has managed consulting services in the health care industry, telecommunications, and the process control industry. Zdenko has recently consulted in Telus and in the IMIT of the BC Provincial Health Services Authority.

Formal Education: Zdenko holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Degree from the University of Belgrade. He is also a Certified Project Manager from UBC and is a registered Project Management Professional (PMP).

Iain Palmer BSc, PMP

Past President

Area of Responsibility: Supervise preparations and conduct of any special projects, seminars or meetings or liaise with any project manager appointed for a specific project, which the Chapter decides to undertake; chair the Nominating Committee responsible for preparing the slate of officers for the succeeding year; and chair the Advisory Panel.

Career Snapshot: Iain joined the Chapter Board of Directors in 2000 shortly after receiving his PMP designation and is currently a mortgage consultant. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland and immigrated to Canada in 1957. He lived in Australia for 10 years and worked as a seismologist travelling the Outback; he accepted a project analyst job with IBM Australia and worked as a Project Manager for 10 years. Iain returned to Canada in 1993 and was a consultant with IBM Canada; thereafter worked as an independent project manager and consultant until 2004.

Formal Education: Iain holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Calgary.