1. Position Name: Vice President, Communications and Technology Candidate: Kaali Dass, MBA, PMP, PhD Academic Work Experience: From March 2012 to present: Adjunct Faculty at Strayer University, teaching IT and Project Management Professional Work Experience: From 2005 to present: Cisco Systems, Inc, RTP, NC. From: May 2015 to till date: Program Manager (Strategy and Planning). Focus on IT quality, Agile Transformation, Quality Planning, and Metrics. From: 2005 to April 2015: IT Architect, Cisco Systems, Inc. Providing technical leadership and project management support from medium to large IT projects. Communicate and collaborate with global teams to drive results using Internet Communication Tools and technologies. From 1994 to 2000: Consultant to Fortune 500 companies. Consultant(2000 to 2005), at Cisco Systems, worked on many ERP and e-commerce projects, provided technology solutions to business and IT teams. Worked as IT consultant, providing solutions and worked on IT projects in the USA. Worked on Clinical Research, Finance, Automobile part manufacturing, and product development industries. From 1984 to 1994: Worked on various IT consulting and development projects in India and Dubai.

2. PMI / Volunteer Experience: Jan 2014 – Till Date Director IT – Communications and Social Media. Responsible for email, Social Media, and video related communications to members. Jan 2012 – Mar 2014: Chair, North Carolina PMI Leadership Community of Practice (CoP). Invite technology and business leaders to speak on leadership and Project Management. This CoP Provides opportunity for members to network and share Project Management practices and leadership experience. April 2014 - Sep 2014: 2014 NC PMI Conference Organizing committee to plan, organize, and select speakers. April 2013 - Sep 2013: 2013 NC PMI Conference Organizing committee to plan, organize, and select speakers. Jan 2013 – Mar 2014: Lead, Cisco Project Management Community of Practice.

3. Goals and Objectives: Fulfill the basic requirements of NC PMI VP Communications and Technology Roles and responsibilities. This year I worked with the board to get approval for standardizing social media tools for look and feel, and made redesigned social media tools available to our members. Since then we have seen significant improvement in social media engagement and followers for NCPMI. I would like to leverage Internet and Communication Technologies (ICT) to improve engagement and collaboration with members. Introduce mobile applications to improve member engagement, reminders, and alerts. Review and implement continuous improvement process, based on feedback from members. This includes communication mode, communication frequency, and include social media technologies like Facebook, twitter, and Linked-in. Implement newer technologies for faster check-in and check out process and automatic reporting of PDUs for members.