Greg Chokas, PMP

Past

Project Manager at Ambassadors for Children
Program and Alliance Manager at Sanbolic Inc.
Sr. Product Manager at American Power Conversion

Project Manager at Gunther International
Integrated Systems and Peripherals Engineering Manager at Media 100 Inc.
Program Manager / Various at Media 100 Inc.
International Field Service Manager at Autographix / Genigraphics

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Education

Project Management Institute
Northeastern University
Thames Valley (Three Rivers) Technical College

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Industry

Computer Software

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Greg Chokas, PMP’s Summary

Began career as a field engineer working with one of the first computer graphic systems designed by GE for NASA space shuttle simulations. Relocated to Europe to manage European divisions for two years. Held increasing responsible positions resulting in a program management position at Media 100.

The following years included program, project and product management positions for the delivery of new software products, service products, and alliance management. India project was part of a humanitarian effort for a non-profit organization.

Greg Chokas, PMP’s Specialties:

Technologies: NLE/Content Creation Systems, digital media
Storage: Fibre Channel, iSCSI, SCSI, SANs; computing platforms, virtualization, system integration, power and backup devices.

Managed alliances with: Microsoft, HP, IBM, Apple, Rorke Data, Bell Micro, Xyratex, Data Direct, QLogic, LSI, Dell (EqualLogic), Emulex, Matrox, Adaptec, ATTO, Intransa.

Greg Chokas, PMP’s Experience

Project Manager

Ambassadors for Children

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; International Trade and Development industry)

March 2008 — March 2008 (1 month)

As part of a humanitarian effort coordinated the purchase and installation of computers at an orphanage establishing the largest computer classroom for children in northern India.
Program and Alliance Manager

Sanbolic Inc.

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

January 2007 — December 2007 (1 year )

Managed multiple projects for the implementation of shared file system solutions for video editing systems and high performance computing at customer and alliance partner locations.
Sr. Product Manager

American Power Conversion

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

October 2005 — September 2006 (1 year )

Managed worldwide spare parts product line for enterprise power and cooling products.
Project Manager

Gunther International

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

September 2004 — October 2005 (1 year 2 months)

Managed hardware and software projects from engineering concepts to customer acceptance.
Integrated Systems and Peripherals Engineering Manager

Media 100 Inc.

(Public Company; MDEA; Computer Software industry)

June 1999 — November 2003 (4 years 6 months)

Managed test and quality assurance and integration teams.
Program Manager / Various

Media 100 Inc.

(Public Company; MDEA; Computer Software industry)

June 1995 — November 2003 (8 years 6 months)

Lead projects including engineering, operations, marketing, customer support, and technical publications for new products and updates to existing products.

Integrated Systems and Peripherals Engineering Manager
Managed test and quality assurance and integration teams.

Sr. Project Engineer & Storage Product Manager
Implemented manufacturing processes required to build company's first integrated editing systems. Managed storage product line.

Sr. Support & Product Readiness Specialist
Addressed customer issues and prepared sales and support teams with information on new products.
International Field Service Manager

Autographix / Genigraphics

(Computer Hardware industry)

June 1984 — July 1995 (11 years 2 months)

Through mergers and acquisitions Autographix had ownership of Genigrapics and Pansophic. Autographix was later acquired by National Computer Systems.

After holding a Sr. Field Service position with Genigraphics I relocated to Europe and managed field service teams.

Greg Chokas, PMP’s Education

Project Management Institute

PMP , Project Management , 2004

Activities and Societies:

Member of the Project Management Institute, Member of the Ocean State and Southern New England PMI chapters, Member of the Microsoft Project Users Group
Northeastern University

High Tech Project Management Certification , Project Management , June 2002
Thames Valley (Three Rivers) Technical College

AS , Electrical Engineering , 1982 — 1984