VP OF PROGRAMS

Greg Kulander is a Principal Consultant at Daugherty Business Solutions, and is a Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) through the IIBA.

He has been working primarily as a Business Analyst or Project Manager on software projects since 1999 for such companies as JP Morgan Chase, U.S. Bank and NAVTEQ (now NOKIA “HERE”). He has helped lead successful projects in government, healthcare and private sector e-commerce. He is a SCRUM.org Certified Scrum Master and an IC Agile Team Facilitation Instructor

He has a M.S. in Management Information Systems from Benedictine University, and a B.S. in Marketing from the University of New Orleans.

Greg thoroughly enjoys seeing a project go live and watching an organization reap the benefits of well-made software.

VP OF COMMUNICATIONS

Beth Weiss is a Senior Consultant at Neudesic, Inc.  She is a Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) through the IIBA as well as being a Certified Scrum Professional—Scrum Master and Certified Scrum Professional – Product Owner through the Scrum Alliance.
 
She has over 20 years of extensive Business Systems Analysis experience providing innovative solutions for new application development efforts and seven years of college-level teaching experience in Computer Science.
 
She has an M.S. in Computer Science from the College of William & Mary in Virginia, a B.A. in English-Writing from Knox College.
 
Beth’s favorite part of being a Business Analyst is helping organizations visualize what they can have, when it can be so much more than what they thought of asking for.

VP OF EDUCATION

Nadine Millner

A mediocre teacher tells; the good teacher explains; the superior teacher demonstrates, and the great teacher inspires (W.A. Ward).

As a professional business analyst and instructor, Nadine Millner  is strongly motivated to inspire new and experienced business analysts to love their career choice the way she has. As a Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) with deep business analysis experience, Nadine has spent 8 years facilitating the development of business analysts through training. With professional experience spanning the globe, collaborating on and leading projects crossing the USA, UK, and South Africa, significant portions of her career have been spent analyzing and documenting business requirements and facilitating the development of effective business solutions.

VP OF MEMBERSHIP

Lola Adesegha, CBAP,  is a self-motivated and solutions-oriented business professional with extensive experience in Business Analysis, Management Consulting, Banking, Training, Project & Operations Management. 

Lola's expertise cuts across the globe in both private and public sectors; driving research and data analysis activities and making information technology solution decisions to ensure sustainable people development programs; managing and collaborating on software developments for various government agencies; developing and implementing strategic plans; supervising and supporting systems upgrade of financial institutions application software and full cycle data migration including Great West Financials. She has worked with all sizes of business organizations from start ups to large corporations ensuring maximum returns on investments.
 
Lola is a Certified Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Yellow Belt Lean Six Sigma, certified in Advanced Writing & Reporting Skills and has professional development in Business Analysis, Project Management, Lean Six Sigma, Salesforce Administration, and Customer Service Excellence.

VP OF FINANCE

Charlene Ceci is an active Core Team member of the IIBA Chicagoland Chapter, and has presented on Business Analysis topics at conferences and events.

Charlene is an experienced Senior Project Manager and Senior Lead Business Analyst, with extensive experience in the following areas: data collection systems, project auditing, full life-cycle development – both PMBOK and Agile/Scrum, test planning/execution and system implementation. Charlene has a proven ability to streamline processes, rapidly define requirements, control scope, mitigate risks, and delegate tasks. She leads all project phases, resulting in the implementation of powerful systems, on time, and within budget. She builds high-performing teams with local, virtual and off-shore resources. She is results-focused, with emphasis on collaboration, quality, accountability, and sustainability. Charlene is CBAP and PMP certified.

Charlene has held leadership and consulting roles in business analysis and project management for companies that include Geneca, Mercer, Redbox, HCSC (BlueCross BlueShield) and Experian.

VP OF RELATIONSHIPS

Karen Richards Karen Richards is a Senior Account Executive with NueVista Group, an IT Consulting and services firm focused in the Chicagoland market. She has been with NueVista for the past 15 years and has been involved in the Chicago chapter of the IIBA since 2007.

Karen’s expertise is relationship management, sales and marketing. She has worked with numerous clients over the years assisting with technology projects and organizational growth via the best resources available. She has built and fostered a reputation of partnering with her clients and looking after their best interests rather than just filling a role. Through the IT Leadership practice at NueVista Group she’s worked to introduce organizations to the IIBA and to further the careers and increase the effectiveness of their BAs.

She has a B.S. from Loyola University in Chicago.

PAST PRESIDENT

David De Witt, Director for NueVista Group’s IT Leadership Practice, has more than 25 years experience in business analysis, organizational leadership, management consulting, business process improvement, and Information Systems optimization in a variety of industries. He holds the Certified Business Analysis Professional ® designation from the International Institute of Business Analysis ® and the Certified Business Architect ® from the Business Architects Association ®.

David’s industry expertise includes his extensive work in supply chain and third party logistics, financial services, energy utilities, health care, and telecommunications. He has mentored companies in their strategic planning and management of Information Systems, leading initiatives in IS department governance, business alignment, staffing, infrastructure development, and especially regulatory compliance support and reporting. David has facilitated cross-functional, multi-level work groups through a variety of processes, including strategic planning, business requirements development, business decision making, product design, and process improvement. He has worked in businesses of all sizes as well as non-profit organizations. Collaborating with his clients, he has designed group work processes and methods that make the most of everyone's time and provide a reliable means to achieve business objectives. As a facilitated session leader, David has employed this robust methodology to improve customer satisfaction, insure participation of all stakeholders, and eliminate the need to revisit issues. Through his facilitated, structured, documented sessions the client team can focus on the task at hand, avoid the meeting pitfalls that can cause frustration, and obtain high quality, tangible results in a compressed timeframe.

He is active in several professional organizations that foster best practices for the delivery of successful business projects. David has served as the Vice President for Marketing and Relationships of the Chicagoland Chapter of the International Institute for Business Analysis and Treasurer for the Chicago Chapter of the International Association of Facilitators.