Chuck

Arnao, PMP

PMP, CQA, CCP - has been an international lecturer for over twenty years. He has developed and delivered workshops in project management techniques, applications development, and information technology quality assurance, for over two thousand professionals representing over one hundred different client organizations. He has implemented and conducted training on competency based programs stressing the behavioral aspects of project management. Also has conducted numerous executive overviews to client senior management as well as professional organizations on current topics and issues in project management and applications development. BA Economics, Bucknell University , MBA Finance University of Scranton.

Al

DeLucia, PMP

Is a registered professional engineer and a PMP with over 33 years experience in engineering, construction management, project management and facilities management in various positions in federal and state government and the private sector. In recent years, his project management experience has extended into large information technology, personnel recruitment and training, and organizational restructuring projects. Has a B.A in general arts and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Rutgers University , and an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Cornell University.

Is Director, Project Management Division for the U.S. General Services Administration in Philadelphia , a project office he designed and implemented in 1994. With his wife Jackie is author of Recipes for Project Success, published by PMI in 1999. Contributing author to Work Team Coaching, published by Herbelin Publications in 2000, responsible for 18 project managers running over $1 billion of capital projects

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Is Director of the DVC Education Committee, teaching courses in Foundations of Project Management and team leader for rewriting of course materials in accord with the 3 rd Edition of the PMBOK. Adjunct professor at Villanova University , teaching masters-level courses in project management, performance management, and team building. Created and recorded a web based version of Performance Management, currently available though the Villanova continuing education website.

As Director of the Education Committee of the Delaware Valley Chapter of PMI, was project manager for rewriting Foundations and PMP Certification prep class materials to conform with the 3 rd Edition of the PMBOK. This rewrite included completion of a gap analysis, comparing the content of the 2000 Edition of the PMBOK with the 3 rd Edition, and planning, and leading subject matter experts of the Education Committee to redesign all class materials, including slides, handbooks, exercises, and review questions. This effort, beginning in November 2003, recently completed the first iteration for classes beginning in the fall semester of 2005, and will entail follow-up monitoring and improvement of the materials based on the initial class exposure.

Kathleen Donohue, PMP

Kathleen Donohue is an independent consultant offering training and consulting services specializing in project management and team building. Her focus is on providing effective project execution and control using formal project management techniques that are streamlined for easy and rapid use, but provide critical information for good decision-making, communication and stakeholder management. She has adapted these practices for clients in many types of national and corporate cultures and worked in a variety of industries including finance, telecommunications, information technology, publishing, bio-technologies, health care and government.

Ms. Donohue has been a manager, project manager, consultant and trainer in various organizations, consulting firms and independently since 1987. Before that, she worked for various Wall Street firms in trading and operations.

Combining a rich variety of skills including Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) qualification, knowledge of anagram and other personality models, neuro-linguistic programming, emotional intelligence, and conflict management techniques with leadership knowledge and skills and a strong background in business and management, Ms. Donohue strives to provide a holistic view and application of project leadership to foster communications and understanding and enable her clients to achieve not only their project goals, but to enhance their meta cognitive strategies and professional growth.

Among the courses Ms. Donohue has developed are:

• Foundations in Project Management (1998, 2001 editions)
• PMP Prep (1996, 2000, 2000 revised for professionalism editions – standup training), mScholar self-study course (revisions), Villanova on-line (contributor)
• Advanced Risk Management
• Advanced Scheduling
• Project Control – levels 1 & 2
• Project Initiation & Sponsorship
• Project Primer
• Project Governance and Gate Reviews
• Project Leadership (Seminars World)
• Project Communication Management
• Project Human Resources Management
• Essential Skills for Managing Projects (E-Seminars World) - contributor

Ms. Donohue is an active member of the Project Management Institute including the Education Committee of the Delaware Valley Chapter. She is an adjunct instructor at Villanova, Rowan and Millersville Universities .

Ms. Donohue is a graduate of Baruch College of the City University of New York where she holds a BBA in Human Resource Management. The Project Management Institute certifies Ms. Donohue as a Project Management Professional (PMP). She is also a qualified facilitator for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), the Anagram, and the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI). Additionally, she holds a certificate in training and development. 

Jay Gassaway, PMP

Jay D. Gassaway, PMP has a bachelor's in mechanical engineering and an MBA in finance and economics. He and his wife, Gail, reside in West Deptford, New Jersey . He has been employed by Public Service Electric and Gas Co. since 1970 and has worked primarily in a project environment since that time. He was a member of the project management team for the design and construction of the Salem and Hope Creek nuclear generating stations and is now a member of the Nuclear Department. He recently developed the Project Management Manual for the organization.

Jay has been a member of PMI since 1992 and a PMP since 1994. His primary contributions to the chapter have been through the Education Committee, which he joined in 1996. He instructs Foundations and PMP Prep classes and teaches Risk and Multiple Projects courses in the Masters Certificate program. He recently completed a two-year term as Vice President -' Education, and is currently chapter President-Elect. He is currently teaching an on-line PMP Preparation class and is on the team upgrading the chapter's PMP Prep curriculum material to the new 3d Edition of PMBOK.

Tom

Heinz, PMP

Tom Heinze is a graduate of Villanova University in 1985 with a BS in Electrical Engineering. I have Worked for the GSA for the past 19 years, during which time I became a Project Management Professional (1996). Received Masters Certificate in Project management from Villanova – PMI in 2000.

Jonathan Japka, PMP

Jonathan Japka has over 25 years of Project Management experience earning his Project Management Professional (PMP) certification in 1996. He is an experienced construction Project Manager having been responsible for many multi-million dollar projects. Currently Mr. Japka is a leading implementer of Primavera System's enterprise level project management software. He is experienced in Government agencies, General construction, Information Systems (IT), New Product Development, Refinery, Power Plant, and Pharmaceutical industries.

Mr. Japka graduated from Rutgers University with a BS in Civil Engineering specializing in Construction Management. He is a regular speaker at the NJ PMI Symposium and Primavera Systems yearly international user conference. He is an authorized Primavera Systems instructor bringing his real word experiences to the classroom environment.

Winnie Kroculick, PMP

Winnie Kroculick is an experienced project management practitioner and instructor, with over 10 years experience in all aspects of Project Management including initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing projects and programs in the financial, pharmaceutical, information technology and energy industries. Winnie is currently a Sr. Project Manager at for JP Morgan Chase managing all aspects of technology projects and programs.

Winnie is a PMP who is an active member of the Project Management Institute including the Education Committee of the Delaware Valley Chapter. She is skilled instructor, responsible for contributions to the development and delivery of Project Management course material for the PMI-DVC/Villanova co-sponsored Foundations of Project Management Program. She is also an adjunct instructor at Villanova University teaching Project Management courses.

Winnie holds an MBA from Temple University . She also holds a Bachelors in Business Administration and a Bachelors in Communications from Kutztown University.

Scott McCreary, PMP

Scott McCreary has nearly 20 years of IT-related project management experience, working with and for Fortune 500, top healthcare organizations, technology companies, financial institutions, integrators, state and local government and higher education. Has led project teams in pre- and post-sales project delivery as both PM and as a managing consultant. Has a BS in English Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and earned his PMP certification in 2001. He is currently a Senior Project Manager at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and is leading a project to design and build a Project Management Office for CHOP's Information Services department.

Dr. Charles Poplos, PMP

Charles Poplos delivers project management training at Delaware Technical & Community College. Has over 30 years of project management experience, and has developed courses for his college and for the Federal Highway Administration. Is a member of the board of directors, Project Management Institute, Delaware Valley Chapter, and is on PMI's standards committee.

His project management experience includes major, multi-million dollar defense projects while a member of the US Air Force, which projects included, among others, development of deployable, mobile, tactical intelligence distribution systems for the Air Force and Marines; and a complete upgrade of computer systems needed to transfer computer-based files between national data bases of the United States , Canada , and the United Kingdom .

Since joining Delaware Tech, Dr. Poplos has worked with such companies as Bell-Atlantic (now Verizon) on a system-wide distance learning project; Bank One on a web-based project to train people new to banking in the use of banking products; and other projects supporting dozens of smaller companies.

Has a BA degree from the University of Maryland , an MA in Systems Management from the University of Oklahoma , an MPA degree from Angelo State University , and a doctorate in education from Wilmington College . His doctoral research was in developing interventions for people who experience technophobia and computer anxiety.

Is also a visiting professor with the University of Zagreb, Croatia, where he lectures on project management.

Dan

Posner

Dan Posner is a Project Manager Consultant – 20 years work experience in pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and process industries conducting both IT and management activities. Instructor at Villanova for Foundations and Masters Project Management programs.

Bill Schnauffer, PMP

Bill Schnauffer is a Senior Program Manager at Hewlett-Packard for 30 years. Member of PMI-DVC Education Committee since inception. Past PMI-DVC VP of Programs. Past PMI-DVC President. Speaker at PMI Global Congress and Local Chapter meetings and Seminars.

Kerri

Strike, PMP

Kerri Strike is a project management consultant who teaches and lectures on various PM principles along with process improvement methodologies. Prior to consulting, Kerri spent 15 years in the telecommunications industry where she worked in various functional areas such as Business Development, Customer Service, Engineering and Operations. Her last position was that of Director, Program Management at TruePosition Inc., a company that develops hardware and software for wireless location systems.

Kerri served on the Board of Directors for the Delaware Valley Chapter of PMI from 1995 until 2002. She served as Secretary, Vice President of Programs, President and Chairman. She earned her Project Management Professional (PMP) certification in 1999.

Kerri received a B.S. degree in marketing from Temple University , and Masters Degree in business administration from Penn State University . She is a member of the Project Management Institute and PMI's Delaware Valley Chapter as well as the PMI-DVC Education Committee. She has lectured at project management conferences for PMI and the International Research Institute plus professional society meetings for the Product Development and Management Association as well as the Delaware Valley Chapter of PMI.

Additionally, Kerri is on the Board of Directors for the Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue and is an Elder for First Presbyterian Church in Springfield . When not working on project management activities, she enjoys volunteering with the DVGRR, McDonald's LPGA Championship plus various community and church activities.

Kerri has developed instructional materials for PMI-Delaware Valley Chapter's Project Management Foundations course that is used by Villanova University , Millersville University and Delaware Technical College . Additionally, she has developed a PMP Certification Exam Preparation course for Penn State University 's Abington campus.

Kristy

Tan, PMP

Kristy Tan is Vice President of Customer Support for Primavera Systems Inc, a leading project portfolio management solutions company. Has more than 20 years of experience in the project management, including applications in Construction, Software Development, and IT projects. At Primavera Systems, Tan's career has evolved from being a project team member to project manager to executive sponsor, which gave her a comprehensive understanding of the different perspectives of project stakeholders.

Along with her experience as software trainer, is part of the Project Management faculty of Villanova University where she leads basic and advanced project management classes. She frequently authors and leads educational presentations at Primavera customer conferences, and most recently was a speaker at the 2005 PMI Asia Pacific Congress on the topic of Project Management Maturity. Has been an active member of Project Management Institute for 16 years. She has held various leadership positions on a local PMI chapter board, and had been a member of the North American Congress Project Action Team. Tan currently serves on the Congress Knowledge Advisory Group for PMI's 2005 Congresses.