Cindy Baker is a registered Project Management Professional (PMP) and has been working in project management for over 20 years. She has worked in industry as a consultant with Arthur Andersen, LLP, and as a project manager for Fortune 500 and privately held companies. Her client list includes, but is not limited to, Hilton Hotels, Sara Lee and Sprint Nextel. Her project management experience is predominately in software implementations of Oracle products (PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Hyperion and Brio) and Aldata. She volunteers with the Project Management Institute (PMI) as a Global Congress Subject Matter Expert Submission Reviewer and in the Global Accreditation Center. She also served as Vice-President on PMI’s UAE Chapter Board of Directors. In addition to the PMI Accreditations, she volunteers with ABET to accredit information technology and information system programs in schools of engineering around the globe. Locally, Baker volunteers to teach English classes to non-native speakers on the AUS campus.