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her tenure there, she also supported organizations within Medtronic, from
manufacturing to finance and new product development.
Cynthia is a senior faculty member at Keller Graduate School of Manage-
ment where she teaches in the Masters of Project Management program
and the MBA programs; she has been with Keller since 2000. She is also
an adjunct faculty member at Rio Salado Community College, where she
teaches business and project management to corporate clients and was named
Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Member for the 2000–2001 academic year.
Cynthia’s educational background includes a PhD in organizational behav-
ior from Capella University, where she is currently completing her disserta-
tion in the area of downsizing, survivor syndrome, and employee motiva-
tion; an MBA from Arizona State University; and bachelor’s degrees in both
psychology and sociology from The College of St. Catherine.
Cynthia has been active as a volunteer for the Project Management Institute
since 1991 on both local and international levels, and earned her PMP®
in 1993. Cynthia led the update of The Guide to the Project Management
Body of Knowledge (2000 Edition), and was named PMI Linn Stuckenbrook
Person of the Year 2001. She participated in the Standards MAG from 2000
through 2003, and prior to that was a member of PMI’s standards commit-
tee from 1995 through 1999. She is currently project leader for the creation
of a “Project Management Risk Practice Standard.”
Her other interests include scuba diving (she is a PADI-certified Dive Mas-
ter and Master Diver), fitness, counted cross-stitch and embroidery, and
creating stained glass—as well as, of course, reading.David Bock (Reston, virginia, U.S.)
David Bock is a principal consultant at CodeSherpas, a company he
founded in 2007. David is also the president of the Northern Virginia Java
Users Group, the editor of O’Reilly’s OnJava.com website, and a frequent
speaker on technology in venues such as the No Fluff Just Stuff Software
Symposiums.
In January 2006, David was honored by being awarded the title of Java
Champion by a panel of esteemed leaders in the Java community in a pro-
gram sponsored by Sun. There are approximately 100 active Java Champi-
ons worldwide.
David has also served on several JCP panels, including the specification of
the Java 6 Platform and the Java Module System.