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The Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG), the world’s largest user knowledgebase for Oracle ® Applications users, announced the organization’s membership has selected its 2010 board of directors.

The new board members are John Stouffer, an individual associate member; Floyd M. Teter, system engineer, Technology and Standards Office for Institutional Business Systems at the California Institute of Technology’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory; and Margaret Wright, technology manager for the Oracle Center of Excellence at Atlanta’s Southern Company.

Stouffer is an Oracle ACE with more than 20 years of experience with Oracle database administration and more than 16 years of experience supporting Oracle’s E-Business Suite Applications environments. He chairs the OAUG Upgrade Special Interest Group (SIG), was the founding chair of the OAUG Fusion Council and actively

participates in other OAUG Geographic User Group (Geo) and SIG activities. He is a frequent speaker and panelist at major OAUG and Oracle events and has published three books on Release 11 and Release 12.

Teter is an Oracle ACE Director with more than 15 years of experience in solution architecture and project management, with functional expertise in Oracle E-Business Projects, Financials and Discrete Manufacturing. He is the chair of the OAUG Fusion Council, a member of the Oracle Usability Advisory Board, involved in several OAUG SIGs and a member of the International Oracle Users Group Community (IOUC) Product Development Committee. He has been published numerous times and is a frequent speaker at major OAUG and Oracle events.

Wright has more than 25 years of experience in the information technology field, with a record of accomplishments in forging strategy and developing clear visions, managing software development projects and teams, and managing strategic alliances with software vendors. She served on the OAUG board of directors in 2007-2008, and during that tenure, served as the Governance Chair.

“The OAUG welcomes John Stouffer, Floyd Teter and Margaret Wright to its board for the clear direction and leadership of our growing organization,” said Raymond Payne, president of the OAUG. “We also welcome back our veteran board members who have proven themselves to effectively guide the OAUG as it strives to further enhance the way it serves our members.”


Members of 2010’s board are: John Bushell, JT&M Bushell; Mark Clark, O2Works; Carol Conine, Carnival Corporation & PLC; Patricia Dues, City of Las Vegas; David Ferguson, Diebold, Inc.; Patrick Gresham, Chick-fil-A; Joseph Imbimbo, Carnegie Mellon University; Raymond Payne, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Anne Ristau, FMT Systems; Betsy Rothwell, Ontario Ministry of Government Services; John Stouffer, Individual Associate Member; Floyd Teter, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Jan Wagner, NATO and Margaret Wright, Southern Company.

The role of the board is to establish, implement and enforce the entire organization’s policies, goals and objectives. The collective body works with Steven R. Hughes, the executive director of the OAUG, to formulate strategies that provide effective guidance to those serving the organization.

For more information about the entire OAUG Board of Directors, visit the Web site at oaug.org.



About Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG ® )

Founded in 1990, the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) is the world’s largest user knowledgebase for Oracle Applications users. The organization serves as an advocate to Oracle Corp. for companies worldwide, including more than 35 percent of the companies on the Fortune 100 list. The OAUG provides users with education, networking and support via a wide range of activities and forums including conferences, publications, special interest groups and online communities. For more information about the OAUG, visit the Web site at oaug.org.



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