Norm Prevost, PMP 

President / CEO

Norm has over 15 year’s successful project management experience for business and technology initiatives. Norm has been with The United Illuminating Company since 1998. Currently as the Manager of Project Management Process and Standards for UI’s Center of Project Excellence. His prior experience includes project management and IT architecture at Bristol Myers Squibb and Cowles Business Media.

Norm holds the Project Management Professional designation . Norm has been involved with SNEC since 2004 serving as Treasurer until 2008 when he served as Vice President and COO until 2010.  Norm has served as Past President and Treasurer for several sports leagues and charity groups in Connecticut.

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Gina Lumia, PMP

Vice President and COO 

Gina has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry in various roles from development to project lead, project manager, and director of portfolio/project management. She is currently employed at Travelers as Sr. Director -  Portfolio/Program Management working in a data warehouse group. She has a team of project managers whose focus is project delivery in a complex environment. Gina has been a Sr. Director - Portfolio/Program Management with Travelers since 2006 and one of her primary goals has been to define and implement project management best practices in her area. Her prior experience includes project and program management at Hartford Life and The Hartford, as well as many other companies as a consultant.

Gina has been an active member of the chapter for several years working with Programs, Education, and Membership. She was instrumental in the development and rollout of the SNEC PMI Mentoring program. She has been the Director of Professional Development for the past three years.
Gina received the Project Management Professional designation in 2003 and a holds a degree in Information Systems.

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Corporate Secretary

Fred Johnson, PMP

Chief Financial Officer

Fred has over 16 years of successful engineering management experience for aerospace technology initiatives as a Project Manager with United Technologies Corporation. Fred has worked as a Project Manager at Sikorsky Aircraft, and he currently works at Pratt & Whitney where he leads team efforts within the Product Strategy organization.

Fred has expertise in team building, project planning, problem resolution, earned value management, and strategic technology solutions. Fred has served as Director of Operations, and the Corporate Secretary of SNEC-PMI. Fred has also served as a volunteer for SNEC-PMI. His volunteer activities include the annual SNEC-PMI PM Conference, Project Manager for the SNEC elections, and he was also the Project Manager for the SNEC-PMI Restructuring Committee that has allowed the SNEC chapter to optimize its leadership structure.

Fred holds the Project Management Professional designation, a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers University, and a Master of Science in Technology Management from the University of Bridgeport. He is currently completing his Masters of Business Administration degree at Northeastern University.

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Darwyn Azzinaro, PMP

Past President

Darwyn Azzinaro has been a PMI member since 1997, a PMP since 1999 and on the SNEC Board of Directors since 2002 (Treasurer, Director of Education, Director of Communications and President). He is also a certified OPM3 Assessor and Consultant. He has a passion for volunteer leadership and actively contributes to the project management profession. Additionally, he is an experienced project manager and instructor.

Darwyn has a record of solid accomplishments with the SNEC-PMI Chapter and PMI. He established and chaired the SNEC Strategic Planning Committee which introduced the organization to strategic and operational planning and budgeting. Also, he created and chaired the SNEC Education Committee and Communication Committee, and was chair of the SNEC Project Management Conference Committee which delivered SNEC’s first conference. Additionally, he was part of PMI’s Portfolio and Program Management and OPM3, Second Edition standard development teams.

Darwyn is currently a principle consultant and partner at PM Evolution. Darwyn’s previous positions include Project Management consultant and InSource, Sr. Project Manager at Aetna and Sr. Project Manager with Siemens Business Services.

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Craig Radocy, PMP

Lynn Van Sweden, PMP

Lynn has over 17 years successful project and program management experience for business and technology initiatives, including defining and implementing best practices.  She is currently involved in project management at United Illuminating.  Her prior experience includes project and program management at GE, Diageo, Coca-Cola, Northrop Grumman, and Millennium Chemicals as well as for non-profit organizations in a volunteer capacity.  
    
She has been a member of SNEC-PMI for 3 years and has served as a SNEC-PMI Board member leading the Marketing Portfolio for the past two years.  In this role she has facilitated speed-networking sessions, re-designed our sponsorship approach, supported enhanced Career Day events as a response to member needs, enhanced our branding presence and supported our Outreach efforts. Lynn was also involved with SNEC-PMI’s effort to reorganize the board structure and by-laws update.

    
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Mark R. Rasmussen, PMP
Mark has over 30 years of successful Global Program and Project Management experience in both Business and Information Technology.

He currently works for Health Net in Shelton, CT in an Information Technology Program Manager role.  He has worked for CIGNA, Aetna, ACNielsen, Dun & Bradstreet, NCR Comten and Bunker Ramo during his professional career.  He has built a Global IT Program Management Office (PMO) and has managed large complex Programs.

Mark has also been involved and held leadership positions in several community activities such as Relay for Life, Special Olympics, and Pom Pon, cheerleading & soccer parent clubs.

Mark has an A.S. in Data Processing from Waterbury State Technical College, a B.S. Computer Science / Information Systems from Quinnipiac College, and holds the Project Management Professional (PMP) designation and has been a member in good standing of PMI SNEC since 2001. 

Mark has been involved in the PMI SNEC Programs Committee where he was the project manager for several meetings.  He also launched the first PMO Local Interest Group (LIG) for the Westchester Chapter of PMI.  He joined the SNEC Professional Development portfolio as the VP of Continuing Education and led the Committee to set up the first PMP Exam Preparation course.

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Anthony Falsetta, PMP

Anthony has served as SNEC VP of Continuing Education where he led the team responsible for providing educational and training offerings such as the SNEC PMP Exam prep course. For 2010, Anthony and the team rolled out a successful offering in Fairfield, CT and have scheduled courses both in Springfield, MA and Hamden, CT.

Anthony has over 10 years of successful project management working in the Information Technology area and has been supporting financial systems projects for United Rentals since 2000. At United Rentals, he has managed software implementations, upgrades, customizations and enhancements. Anthony is currently serving as project manager on a large-scale financial software upgrade and migration project.

Anthony holds the Project Management Professional designation and a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance.

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Wayne Botha, PMP

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Robert Boshka, PMP

Robert has over 20 years of experience in Engineering, Information Technology and Project/Program Management and has been a member of PMI and SNEC since 1999, a PMP since 2002 and has been actively involved in the SNEC Programs Committee since its inception. Robert has contributed to the chapter in many ways.

Robert is the Founder and Managing Director of True-Gain, LLC; a professional services firm helping organizations develop strategy, identify business solutions and deliver sustainable results that provide true benefit. Robert is responsible for sales, marketing, technical services, customer support, employee training, business development and strategic alliances. Prior to founding True-Gain, Robert held senior executive positions for Information Technology System Integration organizations, NSI and Innovative Information Solutions and as a senior project manager at The Allied Group, providing information technology and process solutions to client’s business challenges.

Robert holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from the Bridgeport Engineering Institute, now Fairfield University.  Robert also has achieved Lean Enterprise and Six Sigma Black Belt certifications. Robert serves on the Executive Committee of the Fairfield/Westchester Chapter of the Society for Information Management (SIM).

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Carin Salonia, PMP

Carin Salonia has been a PMI member and PMP since 2003 and on the SNEC Board of Directors since 2009.  She has been actively involved in the SNEC Conference Committee and Membership/Volunteers over the past three years.  Carin supported both the 2010 Elections and Volunteer Appreciation and Recognition Event held in June 2009.  Carin is responsible for Board leadership for Membership, Volunteers, and Leadership Development and Succession Planning.

Carin has over 18 years in program and project management for both business and technology initiatives with over nine years in IT consulting.  She has implemented process changes and managed medium and large on-and-offshore development teams for the CT Department of Public Health, Department of Children’s and Families, Mohegan Sun, CT Hospital Bioterrorism Preparedness, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Terrorism Preparedness.  Over the last five years Carin has led enterprise wide business related projects in Financial Outlooking, Forecasting and Reporting at The Hartford. 

Carin is Assistant Vice President at The Hartford in Internal Audit Consulting. She holds a Masters Degree in Organizational Behavior, Bachelors of Science, is PMP Certified and is a Six Sigma greenbelt.  Carin enjoys mountain biking, duathalons and sprint triathlons, volunteering in Junior Achievement and community fund raising programs such as the United Way and a local Library expansion project.  She lives in Avon with her husband, mother in-law and three children. .
 

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