NorCal OAUG Board Candidates 
for the January 2006 to January 2008 term


Kevin Attwood
Nasir Cochinwala
Jerry Edwards 
Carl Harter
Dharmendra Khanna
Jay Kilby 
Paul Kirch 
John Peters
Gary Salvadore
Mark West

Candidates are identified by affiliation.  Anyone who has a financial interest into selling into the Oracle Applications market space is considered a "Non-User", even if that firm is a licensed user of the Oracle Applications.  The board limits the number of Non-User Board Members to 3.

Kevin Attwood, Oracle SC Manager - Northern California, Oracle Corporation

Affiliation: Non-User

Experience:
I have worked for Oracle for almost nine years, including roles in Finance, Development and finally in pre-sales Solution Consulting.
* As a compensation analyst in our Finance group I was a user of Oracle Sales Analysis (character based), Incentive Compensation, Order Entry, Order Management, Financials, and Project Accounting.
* My time in Development as a product manager gave me an excellent overview of Oracle's product planning and release lifecycle, which has helped me when working with customers on optimizing their applications (what is coming, when, and even enhancement requests). I also know a lot of folks there which helps when planning events!
* As an SC Manager I lead a team of Industry and Product experts covering all functional areas in the EBusiness Suite. These are the experts that engage directly with our local customers and also lead a lot of the Training Day sessions (and other customer care events we sponsor locally).

How I can contribute to the NorCal OAUG:
I would like to help Oracle's local customers optimize their use of their applications by:
* being in tune with the needs of our users (which topics are hot that we should do an event around)
* helping them stay on top of the latest changes to the Oracle solutions
I think the main value I can bring to the board is my ability to organize Oracle's internal resources--Development, SCs, etc.--to make sure that our users have access to the latest information concerning Oracle Applications.

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Nasir Cochinwala, Senior Vice President, NaviSite, Inc.

Affiliation: Non-User

Experience:
I have more than 16 years of experience with Oracle Applications which consists of 6 years as an Oracle user., 10 years as an Oracle employee and 1 year as a Partner. I worked closely with Oracle Development during the early days of Oracle Projects development and deployment, where I was one of the first customer to deploy this application. My experience with the Oracle Applications is very rich in the Financials, Projects, Procurement and Distribution area. While at Oracle, I was the Regional Vice President for the West Coast Region and worked closely with various customers in the Bay Area

How I can contribute to the NorCal OAUG:
I believe my 16 years experience as an Oracle user, partner and employee will provide a very solid foundation for helping to enhance the value for the user community. In addition to the current key initiatives at NorCal, my top 5 priorities will include the following.
1. Enhance the value for the user community by making more optimum use of the Oracle Applications products.
2. Solidify the user community as a powerful, independent voice for input and collaboration with Oracle.
3. Bring the user community together in a more cohesive and frequent basis.
4. Help enhance the NorCal website to make it into a one-stop shop for Oracle users.
5. Help establish a forum to drive the priorities based on active user participation and input.

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Jerry Edwards, Independent Consultant, JKE Consulting

Affiliation: Non-User

Experience:
12 years Application Experience, first as implementation co-project manager, later as application support manager, and since 1997 as a consultant for manufacturing models. I've implemented both discrete and semiconductor manufacturing applications. I chaired the OAUG Discrete Manufacturing SIG from 1996 through 1Q 2001. We consentrated on increasing communication between users and between users and Oracle development.

How I can contribute to the NorCal OAUG:
I'm particularly interested in improving self-help content and processes to save time for implementors and users. For example, starting initiatives with Oracle to assist keeping hot topics current. Up-to-date content will save users many hours. We would organize a process with involving Users and Oracle support. Generally I'm interested in improving any process that secures the latest and greatest application how to information for users.

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Carl Harter, Sr. Mgr., General Procurement, Logitech

Affiliation: User

Experience:
12 years experience as an Oracle Applications user, primarily PO module, 9.3, 10.7SC, 11.03, 11i. Four implementation and upgrade projects. User of 11i systems for over the past 5 years.

How I can contribute to the NorCal OAUG:
I would like to continue contributing my administrative and management skills to the NorCal OAUG team. We have had six years of successful growth, completed our fifth annual Training Day event, and have won three consecutive awards recognizing our achievements from OAUG, the GEO Distinction Award. Our members have enjoyed an atmosphere of learning and for exchanging ideas, I would like to see this continue and get stronger.

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Dharmendra Khanna, First Data Corporation

Affiliation: User

Experience:
PMP certified, proven leader with 15 years of progressive experience with a track record of successfully managing and implementing Oracle Applications in various domestic as well as international business practices. Expertise in various modules has helped me gain a 360-degree view across the business.

How I can contribute to the NorCal OAUG:
*  Educate user community around building and managing controls around Oracle ERP for a healthy and stress free SOX environment. 
*  Share my experiences, lessons learnt to help companies be successful with their investment in Oracle. 
*  Focus on providing learning and networking opportunities.

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Jay Kilby, Sr. Director - Business System Architecture, Cypress SemiConductor

Affiliation:  User

Experience:
Using Oracle applications since 1988 as a piece of overall system and business process strategies. Includes implementation, integation, and recommendation of new directions. Respected architect with full implementations at Cisco, NeXT, Cypress and other smaller companies. Have challenged oracle about spending more time thinking about the intergation of there modules as a overall solutions. Current discussions with Oracle Insight Team about improving Oracle's product vision.

How I can contribute to the NorCal OAUG:
Providing direction on business process solutions around using the entire oracle tool set. Driving change into Oracle applications with my outspoken and direct approach.

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Paul Kirch, Independent Consultant, Paul Kirch, Inc

Affiliation: Non-User

Experience:
I have been working with Oracle applications for the last 12 years, starting with Release 9.4.2. Since then, I have worked for Oracle Corporation, first as a Sales Consultant and then as an Implementation Consultant and Manager and have learned both the high level design aspects of Oracle apps, such as Multi-org, and Chart of Accounts design, to the detailed setups for PO, AR, AP, FA, CM, and other applications.

How I can contribute to the NorCal OAUG:
As the founder of the Latin American CFO Forum in Miami I used to organize speaking events in which I would get speakers from government such as John Sununu, Chief of Staff of Bush I White House and Jeanne Kilpatrick who negotiated NAFTA on behalf of the United States to speak before my group I believe this skill and experience in organizing speaker forums for Latin America CFOs is directly translatable and useful in organizing forums for Oracle applications in Northern California

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John Peters, Independent Consultant, JRPJR, Inc.

Affiliation: Non-User

Experience:
I have been involved with the Oracle Applications for the past twelve years, ten years as an Independent Consultant.  I have experience in both the Functional and Technical aspects of the Oracle Applications.  This allows me to take technical details and make them understandable to the average Oracle Applications User.  I also utilize my technical skills to improve the NorCal OAUG Web Site and Email communications with the members.  I have been involved with the NorCal OAUG going way back to the BAOAUG days.  My effort have helped the NorCal OAUG receive the OAUG GEO Certificate of Distinction for the past three years.  This year I will be presenting how we run the NorCal OAUG at the Collaborate'06, so other GEO's can leverage our success.

How I can contribute to the NorCal OAUG:
I have been on the NorCal OAUG Board since it's inception and my primary responsibility has been with User Group Communication.  You can see my handiwork on the Web Site as well as the Emails which are sent to the membership.  I have also been very involved with the Organization and Coordination of the NorCal OAUG Training Days and Seminars. 

I would like to continue as a board member for another two years and continue improving the communication with the NorCal OAUG Membership.  I hope to roll out the Vendor Directory this year.  This tool will assist users with the process of finding and contacing Oracle Applications vendors and consultants.

I have presented papers at numerous NorCal OUAG meetings, IOUG and OAUG Conferences.  I would like to continue to share my knowledge of the Oracle Applications with the user community as a NorCal OAUG Board Member.

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Gary Salvadore, Consultant, mi-services group

Affiliation: Non-User

Experience:
Life Sciences specialty greater than 10 years experience with Oracle Apps from selection to implementation, maintenance and training in process manufacturing environments specifically within the life sciences area.

How I can contribute to the NorCal OAUG:
Life sciences industry is one of the largest growth areas for Oracle Apps. I would bring my experience to the board to enhance the knowledge that is currently serving the board and to broaden where applicable the reach into the LS community. My expertise with highly regulated and validated systems is a speciality that can help to enhance the boards membership.

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Mark West, Vice President, Southern Pacific Group

Affiliation: Non-User

Experience:
Over 12 years ago, I was one of first graduates of Oracle University and have been an Oracle champion and OAUG participant ever since. Currently, I am leading the Oracle Customer Data Integration Practice for the Southern Pacific Group,SPG, an Oracle Partner. I have presented on the subject of TCA, Customer Master data quality, integration, and governance best practices including presentations and white papers at Oracle Applications Day, NorCal OAUG, and SROAUG. Prior to SPG, I was instrumental in building the West Coast Oracle Practice as a Director for one of the Big Four firms, bringing experience around best business practices, Oracle based rapid implementation methodolgies, balanced scorecard, KPIs, and iProcurement.

How I can contribute to the NorCal OAUG:
My goal is to improve the quality, depth, and relevance of presentations and guest speakers for the NorCal OAUG events. I think the sharing of best practices from industry and functional peer groups is very important to all members. Over the past several years, I have worked hard to drive attendance to the NorCal OAUG events and have sucessfully encouraged my clients to present and share their experiences. As a member of the Board, I will continue working hard to improve the NorCal OAUG experience by increasing paticipation and improving attendance.

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