Jitra Saenaruk comes from Thailand. She is a full time student at Portland State University. Her background is Information Technology Engineering from King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL for short), which has been recognized as one of the top science and technology universities in Thailand. Moreover, she was a staff of Academic Club in her university. After graduating from the undergraduate degree; she worked as a web programmer for two and a half years to develop software for website online marketing at a multinational company in Thailand. This was where she learned how to work with various types of people and from staffs from different culture. From her education, background, and work experience in multinational firm contribute her to supporting our team to achieve the team’s goal.

Dean Nguyen came over to the United States from Vietnam.  He is enrolled in Portland States University’s dual masters program in Engineering, and has significant knowledge in project and people management.  Dean held positions in NPI Engineering, Product Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, Project Management, Program Management, and Senior Management at various organizations.  Currently, Dean is working at Suntron Corporation as Quality & Engineering Manager.  Previously, he worked at FEI Company and Schneider Electric, performing various functions as mentioned above.  Dean’s management experience has proven valuable in contributing to our team’s success.

Turgut Turan is from Turkey. He is a full time student at Portland State University and studying Engineering Management. He graduated four months ago from Bosphorus University where is located in beautiful city Istanbul since 1863. His undergraduate degree is in Management Information Systems. He has not got any full-time business experience but he had opportunities to work for international companies during his university years. He was accepted to the La Roche Pharmaceutical Turkey Head Office as a trainee in 2007. This internship provided a rare chance for him to meet many technical and managerial executives of different affiliates of the company around the world. Moreover, throughout his undergraduate years, he took part in different international student societies, such as Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l'Europe (AEGEE) and Association Internationale des Étudiants en Sciences Économiques et Commerciales (AIESEC). All his education, intern experiences and social activities provided him with a major advantage in interpersonal relationships among the team members.