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Mr. Payne is an active member of the American Society of Quality, and the Project Management Institute.

Mr. Payne has been honored as, Executive-in-Residence at the Amos Tuck Graduate School, Dartmouth College, Lecturing Executive for Amos Tuck MBA Program, Member, United States Congressional Advisory Board, Who's Who in Emerging Business Leaders and YMCA Black Achiever Award.

Mr. Payne earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Tuskegee Institute with further graduate studies at Oklahoma University and Amos Tuck Graduate School. While attending Tuskegee Institute, Mr. Payne was enrolled in the Tuskegee Military Academy. He graduated from the Tuskegee Military Academy as the Honor Graduate (#1 in the class), and as a Distinguish Military Graduate. He served as President, Pi Tau Sigma, Engineering Honor Society. Mr. Payne has completed the George Washington University, Masters Certificate in General Project Management and Information Technology Project Management. He is also a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

After leaving Procter & Gamble, Mr. Payne spent 12 years as a management consultant in the call management; help desk and information technology industry. Mr. Payne provided consulting services to Procter & Gamble, Heinz, Kenner, Hasbro, General Foods, Jim Beam, Borden, Kraft-General Foods and other Fortune 1000 companies.

Prior to joining Procter & Gamble, Mr. Payne served in the United States Army Corp of Engineers. Mr. Payne's last military assignment was Commander, Headquarters Company, Second Engineer Battalion in the Republic of South Korea. Mr. Payne was responsible for a Project Management organization consisting of 354 personnel charged with providing engineering support to 8th Army Command on the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).

Mr. Payne begins his professional career with the Procter & Gamble where he spent 12 years working in the Project Management Services business. Mr. Payne's last assignment was Group Project Manager for Global Disposable Engineering, responsible for project management and engineering leadership. Mr. Payne provided direction in the planning, executing, controlling, and recommendation of improvements in overall packaging technology for Canada, Japan, Korea and the United States.

Mr. Payne has 20 plus years extensive experience in all aspects of project management with a strong concentration in contracting, quality, risk, scheduling & cost, system integration engineering for the information technology and telecommunication industry.

Mr. Payne is Chairman/President/CEO, PQC International; a Georgia based professional service practice specializing in Performance Optimization and Improvement Management.