My name is Frank Pugh. I am currently the Vice President of Programs for the Tallahassee PMI Chapter.    In this role, I coordinate the bi-monthly Chapter meetings and assist the VP of Membership in setting up social events.    I also assist the VP of Professional Development in bringing educational content to the PMI Tallahassee Chapter and community at large.  In performing the duties above, I work with the Chapter Webmaster in maintaing and improving our website for things such as event posting, registration and email.

I have 30 years of experience in Information Technology, 26 of which have been in a management capacity. I am currently a Project Manager at the National High Magnetic Field Lab.  In my current assignment, I serve a team that is involved in research into the extraction of rare earths from phosphogypsum, a waste product from the phosphate industry.    My previous experience is in the healthcare data management industry. In that capacity, I worked on technology, business process, staffing and project management solutions.  Our clients were large healthcare data management programs operating in several state governments. From time to time, I joined my project management colleagues in the field where I assisted in change, risk, and issue management based upon project metrics including cost, quality, and schedule performance.

I am originally from Des Moines, Iowa and for the last 23 years my wife and I have lived in Tallahassee, Florida. I have a Master of Science Degree in Physics, a PMP Certification and technical certifications in database and systems technologies.

My hobbies are computer programming, electronics, gardening, reading, and watching old movies.