Norm Prevost, PMP 

President / CEO

Norm has over 20 years of successful project management experience for business and technology initiatives. Norm has been with The United Illuminating Company since 1998 and is currently 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 teaches PM courses internally at UIL including Core Skills for Project Managers, Project Chartering and Change Management, Risk Management, Presentation Skills and Earned Value. Norm is a graduate of PMI’s Leadership Institute’s Master Class of 2008.

Norm served as SNEC Treasurer from 2004 - 2008 when he became Vice President and COO until 2010 when Norm became President and CEO. Norm has served as President and Treasurer for several sports leagues and charity groups in Connecticut.

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Carin Salonia, PMP

Vice President and COO

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 as Chairperson in the SNEC Conference Committee (2008), Elections (2010) and the Membership Portfolio over the past three years. Carin is responsible for supporting Board Directors for Membership, Education, Professional Development, Marketing and External Relations Portfolios. She facilitated and implemented a “voice of the member” continuous improvement program for SNEC in 2011 that focused on membership survey input, facilitated dialogue and brainstorming continuous improvement opportunities across the chapter’s operations and service offering.

Carin has several years of increasing leadership responsibility for program and project management across healthcare, IT and business. She is an Assistant Vice President at The Hartford in the Internal Audit Department and works closely with Enterprise Risk Management. She holds an M.S. in Organizational Behavior, George Washington Project Management Certification and a Six Sigma Greenbelt. She enjoys mentoring other project management professionals, time with her family, mountain biking, Junior Achievement programs for The Hartford, United Way and a local Library expansion project.

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Sarah Schneiderman, PMP

Corporate Secretary

Sarah Schneiderman brings years of experience with various organizational boards and an enthusiasm for learning more about SNEC. In addition to serving as Corporate Secretary of the Board of Directors, Sarah has made many contributions to SNEC website content and email communications and facilitating the Hartford Eastside Project Management Roundtable. Sarah has also volunteered on the Special Events and Membership Committees.

Sarah has over 7 years of PM experience with an IT emphasis, with companies including Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Nationwide Insurance, Nike and currently as Senior Project Manager with American Eagle Federal Credit Union. Sarah is dedicated to improving her PM skills and utilizing PM knowledge at work and in her personal life. She holds a PMP and a B.A. from the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. and an MA in sculpture from California Institute of the Arts.

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Fred Johnson, PMP

Chief Financial Officer

Fred has over 17 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, Pratt and Whitney, and he currently works as a Program Manager at International Aero Engines.

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, including contributions to the annual SNEC PM Conference, the SNEC Elections, and as Project Manager for the SNEC-PMI Restructuring Committee that has allowed the SNEC chapter to optimize its leadership structure.

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Darwyn Azzinaro, PMP

Past President

Darwyn Azzinaro has been a PMI member since 1997, a PMP since 1999, on the SNEC Board of Directors since 2002 (Treasurer, Director of Education, Director of Communications and President) and achieved an OPM3 Assessor and Consultant certification in 2003. He is currently a principle consultant and partner at PM Evolution.

Darwyn established and chaired the SNEC Strategic Planning Committee which introduced the organization to strategic and operational planning and budgeting. He created and chaired the SNEC Communication Committee and the Project Management Conference Committee which delivered SNEC’s first conference. Additionally, he was part of PMI’s Portfolio & Program Management, and OPM3 Second Edition standard development teams.

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