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Saturday, August 30, 2008
ASRC Executive Marc Nelson to Discuss Project Management at 4th ProMAC 2008 Conference in Anchorage in September
Mark Nelson, President and CEO of ASRC Energy Services (AES), will deliver a major speech at the ProMAC 2008 International Project Management Conference Anchorage in September. Ms. Nelson's speech will be entitled "Project Management Education and Training Vital to AES’s Success." The ProMAC 2008 Project Management Conference, “Project Management Leading Managerial Revolutions", will be held at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage, Alaska during September 15-18, 2008.
Mark Nelson is President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ASRC Energy Services. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer of ASRC Construction Holding Company. He also served as senior vice president of AES Operations and Maintenance (formerly APC Natchiq). For more than 20 years, Mark held management position at APM Natchiq, including president and vice president.
Mark earned a bachelor of science degree in finance from the University of Idaho, USA. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with the Project Management Institute (PMI®), and holds an Alaska Mechanical Administrator’s license. Mark is a member of the advisory board for the University of Alaska Anchorage Engineering Science Project Management Program. Mark’s community involvement includes serving as vice chair of the Covenant House board of directors; he is also active in the United Way of Anchorage’s Alexis de Tocqueville Society.
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC) is a native regional corporation in Alaska, with over 9,000 shareholders and annual revenues in excess of a billion dollars. ASRC manages five million acres of land within the North Slope that include the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, and the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge. ASRC also has many subsidiaries, one of which is ASRC Energy Services (AES). AES provides engineering and consulting services, fabrication, construction, oil and gas support services, and facilities management. AES prospers from adhering to its native values and from the contributions of its University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA)-trained project management professionals. These professionals are responsible for millions of dollars of the company’s total corporate revenues and improvements to overall company management. AES expects to continue to grow over the years. Much of that growth will be directly attributable to the project management training received by AES professionals at UAA. Mark will discuss a few of AES’s current projects and how project management practices impact those projects.
The ProMAC 2008 conference will provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences to revolutionize today’s project management knowledge and techniques for the future. Special plenary sessions featuring top executives and government officials will be held to exchange their practices and plans. Numerous paper presentations and workshops will also be held. This conference follows previous successful ProMAC conferences in Singapore, Japan, and Australia. For details, visit http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/promac/.
The ProMAC 2008 conference host and lead sponsor is the Masters of Science program in Project Management (MSPM) at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Other sponsors include the PMI Anchorage Alaska Chapter, the Society of Project Management (Japan), Asia Pacific International College (Australia), Alaska Communications Systems (ACS), Alaska Airlines, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company , ASRC Energy Systems, British Petroleum (BP), ConocoPhillips, CH2MHill, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Hawk Consultants LLC, NANA Development Corporation, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), and the Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The general conference co-chairs are Dr. Jang Ra, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA (Chair); Prof. Ali Jaafari, Asia Pacific International College, Australia; Dr. Osamu Ohno, Society of Project Management, Japan; and Prof. Khim Teck Yeo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The Project Manager is Danny Elmore, University of Alaska Anchorage. For more information, visit http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/promac/.
Mark earned a bachelor of science degree in finance from the University of Idaho, USA. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with the Project Management Institute (PMI®), and holds an Alaska Mechanical Administrator’s license. Mark is a member of the advisory board for the University of Alaska Anchorage Engineering Science Project Management Program. Mark’s community involvement includes serving as vice chair of the Covenant House board of directors; he is also active in the United Way of Anchorage’s Alexis de Tocqueville Society.
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC) is a native regional corporation in Alaska, with over 9,000 shareholders and annual revenues in excess of a billion dollars. ASRC manages five million acres of land within the North Slope that include the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, and the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge. ASRC also has many subsidiaries, one of which is ASRC Energy Services (AES). AES provides engineering and consulting services, fabrication, construction, oil and gas support services, and facilities management. AES prospers from adhering to its native values and from the contributions of its University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA)-trained project management professionals. These professionals are responsible for millions of dollars of the company’s total corporate revenues and improvements to overall company management. AES expects to continue to grow over the years. Much of that growth will be directly attributable to the project management training received by AES professionals at UAA. Mark will discuss a few of AES’s current projects and how project management practices impact those projects.
The ProMAC 2008 conference will provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences to revolutionize today’s project management knowledge and techniques for the future. Special plenary sessions featuring top executives and government officials will be held to exchange their practices and plans. Numerous paper presentations and workshops will also be held. This conference follows previous successful ProMAC conferences in Singapore, Japan, and Australia. For details, visit http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/promac/.
The ProMAC 2008 conference host and lead sponsor is the Masters of Science program in Project Management (MSPM) at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Other sponsors include the PMI Anchorage Alaska Chapter, the Society of Project Management (Japan), Asia Pacific International College (Australia), Alaska Communications Systems (ACS), Alaska Airlines, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company , ASRC Energy Systems, British Petroleum (BP), ConocoPhillips, CH2MHill, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Hawk Consultants LLC, NANA Development Corporation, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), and the Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The general conference co-chairs are Dr. Jang Ra, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA (Chair); Prof. Ali Jaafari, Asia Pacific International College, Australia; Dr. Osamu Ohno, Society of Project Management, Japan; and Prof. Khim Teck Yeo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The Project Manager is Danny Elmore, University of Alaska Anchorage. For more information, visit http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/promac/.
