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Board of Directors 2009-2010The Board members and their contact details are:
Karen Benjamin: President Prior to launching Worldleaders, Karen was a Vice President at Ciber, a $1B international Information Technology consulting firm. She specialized in project delivery, services sales, recruiting and fiscal (P&L) management for the Upstate, NY territory. She was awarded 'Branch of the Year' in 2004 and received her company Presidents Club award 9 times. Karen serves on several boards and committees in her local community including the Association for Women in Computing (President), St. John's Meadows Advisory Board, The Wilmot Cancer Center Underwriting Committee, RIT Marketing and Advertising Board, Rochester Rotary, the Women's Presidents Organization, Entrepreneur's Organization and the Women's Executive Network. She is a member of the Society for Human Resources Management and has been a volunteer for Junior Achievement and Compeer. She has also been a member of the Rochester Downtown Development Association. She was recognized as a 'RIT Distinguished Alumna' in 2008. She was named 'IT Woman of the Year' by the Association for Women in Computing in 2004 and a 'Top 25 Up and Coming Executive' in 2003 by the Rochester Women's Network. Karen holds a B.S. in Professional and Technical Communications from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a M.S. in Management from Roberts Wesleyan College. Renee Davias:
Past President Renee is an applications developer for Nixon Peabody LLP, one of the largest multipractice law firms in the United States, with offices in sixteen cities and more than six hundred attorneys collaborating across fifteen major practice areas. The firm’s size, diversity, and state-of-the-art information systems enable them to offer a comprehensive, integrated range of legal services to individuals and organizations of all sizes in local, state, national, and international matters. Renee is responsible for the design, development & administration of the firm's client extranets. She has an MBA in International Business and Marketing from the University of Connecticut, a BS in Computer Science from Clarkson University and an AS in Mathematics from Monroe Community College. Prior to Nixon, Renee worked as a consultant in the IT departments of many Rochester area companies including Citibank Student Loan, Corning, ITT Industries & Xerox. Renee was elected President of AWC-UNY after serving two years as the organization’s VP of Communications and one year as the AWC National VP of Student Chapters. Nancy Middleton: Vice President of Programming Dana Abramson:
Vice President of Programming The President and founder of Achieve Results Training, based in Rochester, New York, Dana Abramson has trained thousands of professional clients to successfully use speech recognition software (Dragon NaturallySpeaking by Nuance) to improve their work productivity and communication accuracy. A certified speech recognition software trainer since 1999, Abramson has developed a proprietary training methodology that yields an unprecedented success rate well over 95%. While the industry average success rate is less than 20%. Abramson's patent pending approach results in fewer than 5% of Achieve Results participants abandoning the software. Her company is also ranked as one of the top speech recognition training firms by Nunance, the leading provider of such software. Abramson is a leading expert in speech recognition training and has been quoted in national, regional, and local media, including For The Record, the Boston Globe the Democrat and Chronicle, and the Rochester Business Journal. Her columns on speech recognition technology have appeared in the Daily Record and the Buffalo Law Journal and the New York State Bar News. Abramson has been active in supporting a number of area charities and non-profits organizations. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Flower City Habitat for Humanity, the Rochester Little Theater Film Society and the RochesterWorks WIB (Workforce Investment Board). Barbara Kassnoff: Vice President of Finance Barbara B. Kassnoff: Ms. Kassnoff specializes in computer business applications support, primarily on Healthcare and Finance applications, using Enterprise Resource Planning tools. Kamini Mankani: Vice President of Communications Kamini oversees the e-commerce and web development team at Innovative Solutions. She has been with the company for over eleven years, and is a member of the ownership group. Kamini has a Bachelors Degree in Management Information Systems from Rochester Institute of Technology and has a Masters in Business Administration from the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester. Skilled in multiple development technologies and platforms, Kamini specializes in designing and developing web solutions and custom software applications, and she works with Innovative’s solutions architects and developers on a daily basis. On particularly complex projects, she also holds the position of project manager and client contact. Outside of the office, Kamini is an active volunteer with the Make a Wish Foundation, and also serves as Co-Chair of the Junior Achievement Young Professionals group. Pat Rice: Vice President of Operations
My name is Patricia Rice I am a widow who lives in upstate New York in the town of Sodus, which is near Rochester New York, where I own a tree farm. I have a two grown Daughters one who lives in Arlington Virginia and works for the State Department, the other lives in Syracuse with her husband. I started a new business in Syracuse New York we have a contract from the state of New York to train people in computer technologies. We also have a stream of income from selling products on the internet. We just started a new area that does outsourcing to NYC firms in Syracuse New York. I have worked for many companies such as General Electric, Merant, and Harris Communications in the Software field. At General Electric I went though GE Management training. I have also worked as a college professor at C.W. Post College, NYIT, Polytechnic University, and Monroe Community college. I received my Bachelors in Mathematics from C. W. Post College, my first masters is in Applied Mathematics from C.W. Post and my second Masters in Computer Science from Polytechnic University in Brooklyn New York. I am heavily involved in charitable work and enjoy tutoring and helping over comers. I have worked with abused women, migrant workers, and re-entrant prisoners. I am also a Star –Trek fan and draw lessons from the TV series. For the first thirty-nine years of my life, I lived in the New York City area. I have become aware of the technically disenfranchencied. The technically disenfranchencied are people who society blocks from entrance into the information society. I would like to find methods and techniques for purveyor of technology to aid in re-integrating the technologically disenfranchised. Amy Carey: Vice
President of Outreach Amy joined Entre's consulting practice in 2007 as a Managing Consultant. Her role at Entre is to provide consulting services to our clients which support the alignment of Information Technology (IT) with business objectives and processes. She provides those services through direct consulting engagements and project management assignments. Amy also works closely with Entre's Sales Staff by providing subject matter expertise, presentations and training when appropriate. Amy is a career IT Professional with 25 years of experience in many technical engineering and administration facets of IT including: infrastructure management, telecommunications design and security, application development, database administration, web application architecture, security best practices and audits, data center management, business continuity, change control, standards and procedures, and process improvement. Her experiences have been with both distributed systems and mainframe platforms. Professional affiliations include the Association for Women in Computing (AWC) and the Rochester Women's Network. She has participated in speaking engagements for Rochester's eBusiness Association and the AWC, as well as educational seminars sponsored by Entre. Most recently, Amy was instrumental in spearheading the formation of the Rochester Area SharePoint User Group. Amy is a graduate of Roberts Wesleyan College with a BS degree in Organizational Management. She enjoys playing golf and hockey, and spending time with her husband and 3 children. Jessica Nava: Vice President
of Public Relations
Jessica Nava is a Major Account Executive for XO Communications, a local provider of voice, data and internet access. Jessica has spent 10 years in technology sales working with voice and data communications vendors in the Philadelphia and Rochester Marketplaces. She is a graduate of Drexel University, with a BS in Marketing & Business Administration. Jessica is a Canandaigua native and happy to be back in Upstate NY. After working in the fast paced life of a major metropolitan city, she decided to move back to the Rochester area to raise her 3 beautiful children. In addition to a sales career, Jessica is the co-founder of The Finger Lakes Networking Group, a referral organization that focuses on the business community. FLNG connects business leaders and sales professionals to be more successful in creating new business and in developing their brand in the local community. Jessica's desire is to help people succeed, especially in the Upstate NY region. Much of her focus has been around seeing young professionals stay in the Rochester area or give them a reason to come back. Jessica's professional affiliations include AWC, Digital Rochester, Canandaigua Chamber of Commerce, & Fingerlakes Networking Group. In her free time, Jessica enjoys Volleyball, Kung-Fu, and spending time with her husband and 3 children. Emily Ryan:
Vice President of Web Development Emily is the Manager of Client Services, Global Information Systems, for international business integration firm Software AG. She recently completed her MBA at the E. Phillip Saunders College of Business, RIT, with concentrations in technology management and environmental sustainability. Emily graduated with highest honors from RIT with a BS in Information Technology and has been working in the IT field for over 9 years. Designing and maintaining several independent websites, along with developing an environmental consulting service for IT, fills up her spare time. Joanna Stoica:
VP of Membership Joanna Stoica most recently worked as a PMO Director, creating and developing a PMO office for a small IT company. Before that Joanna worked for several years as an IT Project Manager for Perot Systems, Xerox and IBM. She currently has her Project Management Certification (PMP). She holds a bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems and is currently working on her master's degree in Service Management Leadership and Innovation from RIT. Joanna is active in PMI Rochester, serving on their board in 2008 and Toastmasters, serving as VP of Education for the Toasted Sage Group for 2009-2010.
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