I’d like to take a moment to thank those of you who took the
time to vote in our recent election. As
you may or may not know, Vivit has a Board of Directors that consists of nine
directors and a staff of four. Each year,
Vivit has what is called staggered elections. What this means for Vivit is that each year,
three board members are up for re-election.
This year, we had one board member step down due to a decrease in the
amount of volunteer time he had to provide to the board, so Vivit had a
board position to fill for a one year term.
Vivit as a whole would like to let our members know that Vivit
makes every attempt possible to be a non-intrusive organization and keep
e-mails to a limit. The Vivit board
members especially understand the importance of this because they as volunteers
with full-time day jobs get e-mails regarding work, their personal lives, and their
Vivit volunteer activities. With that
said, I would like to say that the board has included an agenda item for the
Vivit board of directors’ face-to-face meeting at the HP Discover conference to
determine the best way to get the election process started sooner, finished
sooner, and make it less intrusive on the organization members as a whole. I would like to personally thank you for your
patience with the election process this year.
While writing this article/blog, I couldn’t help but notice something
that I thought was a big step forward for Vivit. The Vivit board of directors and board candidates
were comprised of representation from six different countries. Just two years ago the entire board consisted
of volunteers from the United
States alone. Last year the board welcomed Richard Bishop (United Kingdom) and Martijn Stuiver (Netherlands). This year again, there were new candidates
from the Netherlands as well
as Finland and Sweden. Vivit has also hired an additional Global
Chapter Liaison in the EMEA region to assist with chapter efforts. This in itself proves that Vivit
is definitely a global organization and is growing on a global scale.
With that said, I’d like to welcome the four new Vivit board
members.
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Vivit Elected Board Members
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David Broerman
Chapter Leader (Florida)
Checkpoint
Technologies
Director of Support
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Christian Gerdes
Chapter Leader (Sweden)
Lights In Line AB
Managing Director
Performance Engineering
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Mark Herbert
Chapter Leader (Arizona)
Dignity Health
Technical Lead, Quality Center Tools Support, Training,
Development and Administration
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Tammy Young
American Safety
Insurance
VP Application
Development; App Development, Support and
Delivery, PMO, Testing, and
Corporate Training
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I’d like to thank the other board candidates who although
they were not elected to the board this year, they volunteer their time as
chapter leaders and are appreciated just the same. I’d also like to point out that their support
as leaders in the Vivit community and eco-system is every bit as important to
the organization and Vivit is lucky to have them as volunteers.
I’d also like to take a moment to recognize the four departing
board members and thank them for their contributions. Without volunteers like Vivit board members, Chapter/Special
Interest Group (SIG) leaders and staff, Vivit would not be able to provide the
value that it has for over 20 years now.
Vivit Departing Board Members
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Colin Fries
Chapter Leader (St. Louis)
Trizetto Provider
Solutions
Test Automation
Specialist
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Jason Kennedy
Faculty of
Medicine, University
of British Columbia
Senior Manager,
Infrastructure Services
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John Baier
The J.M. Smucker
Company
Sr. Manager, Data
Integration
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Martijn Stuiver
Westbury USA
COO
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