Officers & Directors at PNSQC

Board Officers

	Bill Gilmore – President Bill has worked in software engineering for over 20 years in various development, management, process and consulting roles. He worked in two small companies, then worked at the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon. He moved to Oregon in 1993 to head up the Software Process Improvement program at Tektronix. Most recently he worked at Intel for 10 years with several product teams and business groups on software product quality, product life cycles and several areas of software engineering. He led CMM and product life cycle assessments and organized and led follow-on improvement programs. Bill has a Ph.D. in Astronomy; has published papers in Software Engineering, Strategic Planning, and Astronomy; and has presented at several conferences. Bill is also the Operations and Infrastructure chair for PNSQC. Email: president at pnsqc.org

	Debra Lavell – Vice President Debra has over 10 years experience in quality engineering, currently working as a Program Manager in the Corporate Platform Office at Intel Corporation. Her role is to drive a positive learning culture supported by the appropriate level of structure: learning behaviors, methods, and tools into Intel’s various product development teams. Prior to her work in quality, Debra spent 8 years managing an IT department responsible for 500+ node network for ADC Telecommunications. Debra has been involved in PNSQC since 1999, as an attendee, paper presenter, and various positions on the board. Debra is a member of Portland, Oregon’s Rose City Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) steering committee. She holds a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Management with an emphasis on Industrial Relations. Debra is also the Marketing Chair for PNSQC. Email: vp at pnsqc.org

	Doug Reynolds – Treasurer Doug is a Software Quality Engineer for Tektronix Inc., in Beaverton Oregon. Doug has worked for Tektronix the past 16 years. He holds a Master of Computer Science and Engineering from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology from Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT), and is currently pursuing a MBA at George Fox University. Doug has presented at PNSQC on four different occasions and has assisted with the Exhibits Committee, Selection Committee, and Review Committee. Doug has also served a PNSQC Secretary and Treasurer (which he has done for the past couple of years). Email: treasurer at pnsqc.org

	Bob Cohn – Secretary Robert Cohn is a software engineer (currently at Wacom Technology Corp.) with more than twenty years experience in software design, development and testing. He has an MSCS from Oregon Graduate Institute, a BSCE from University of Portland, and a BA in Physics from Reed College. Some of his areas of interest have been automated testing, user interface design, and reading cold war spy novels. Bob spends a good portion of his week meeting many interesting people riding the Portland/Vancouver area mass transit system. Email: secretary at pnsqc.org

	Chris Blain Chris has over 10 years of experience as a software developer and tester. He currently works as a test manager at Tranxition Corporation. Before working at Tranxition, Chris held positions at Audio Precision and Rational Software. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Oregon. Email: exhibits at pnsqc.org

	Marilyne Pelerine Marilyne works as IT QA Manager for Symetra Financial in Seattle, a company with over $20 billion in assets. She has worked in information technology for several financial services companies in various roles for the past 18 years. As part of Quality Management Services, and under her leadership, the QA team provides focus on quality through best practices resulting in cost-efficient technology solutions for Symetra’s business partners and excellent service to customers. Marilyne holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Psychology from University of Massachusetts. This is her first year serving on the PNSQC Board of Directors. Email: audit at pnsqc.org

	Paul Dittman Paul is a program manager at McAfee. He has been a QA manager, Engineering manager and process improvement manager in previous careers. Paul is a Program co-chair. He has been involved with PNSQC for more than 15 years acting as president, program chair, secretary and vice president in the past.