PRTM

Kevin Lewis lewis@ccalliance.org , Co-Founder and Board Chairperson, is a carrier of an HNPCC (hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer) gene and has many family members who have died or suffered from colon cancer. Thanks to the National Cancer Institute, he follows an extensive prevention regime designed to reduce his probability of developing a malignant tumor. Kevin is a principal at PRTM, a management consulting firm to technology-based clients.. He is also a member of the National Dialogue on Cancer, a national group of government, nonprofit, and for-profit organizations cooperating to find ways to drastically reduce the incidence of cancer in the United States, and serves on the cancer prevention team. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and an engineering degree from the University of Pennsylvania. His extensive corporate experience includes Raytheon, Teradyne, Lockheed-Martin, IBM, and Lucent Technologies, as well as Infolibria, an Internet startup company.

Laura Chittenden is an Associate at PRTM, a leading management consulting firm. Her industry focus is on in strategy, portfolio management, and governance. Prior to joining PRTM, Chittenden spent seven years as a biomedical scientist, working at both Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. During this time, she led research teams, collaborated with scientists at six different U.S. and European institutions, and developed novel research protocols. Laura Chittenden is an author on five publications in peer-reviewed journals and has presented at numerous scientific meetings. She graduated from the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University with an MBA focused on strategy. She also holds a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences from University of Tennessee, Knoxville and a B.S. in biochemistry from Old Dominion University.

Master Anthony drew on his background as a founding member of the Boston Guardian Angels, and over a decade of security and personal protection work, to create and implement the Blue Wave Self Defense curriculum. In addition to Taekwondo, Master Anthony also has instructor level rank in Wing Chun Kung Fu and Southern Preying Mantis system (Ju Gar). Master Anthony presently works for PRTM as an Operations Specialist.

Jim Takach is a Director with PRTM, a global management consulting firm to the technology-driven industry. Jim's telecommunications experience includes go-to-market strategy formulation, technology strategy development, program management, standards strategy and quality assurance. Prior to joining PRTM, Jim worked in both operations and marketing for an industrial supply company.