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President

Tamara Brown

TAMARA H BROWN, PMP, CAL, CSM

Tamara is the Managing Principal of 93 Octane, LLC, a women-owned small business with over two decades of experience in providing client satisfaction while rendering comprehensive project, program, and portfolio management services. At 93 Octane, we pride ourselves in fully managing the clients’ project scope, budget, timeline, and quality. We believe that our company values of integrity, customer service, efficiency and continuous improvement are at the core of any successful business endeavor.

Having served as an IT Officer in public sector government, Tamara is an accomplished, customer engagement professional with 25+ years of diverse experience in Information Technology, including project & program management and strategic business service delivery, where her primary role was implementing programs and services to meet critical strategic business objectives. She has demonstrated talent of being a strong and effective relationship builder, able to lead diverse cross-functional teams to improve business results, including technology alignment with strategy, tools, and platforms.

Tamara was accountable for a $100+ million-dollar portfolio of enterprise projects & programs spanning IT infrastructure deployments, software development, work site relocations, ERP system implementations, risk migration and process improvement projects from feasibility & qualification through post implementation benefit realization.  She is proven at managing operations and implementing solutions that increase business functionality as well as reduce operating costs of business. She tends to always look for efficiency and cost savings, while helping business partners achieve organizational goals.

Tamara is an 8-year active TnAchieves Mentor through former Governor Bill Haslam’s TN Promise Scholarship Program, where she mentors high school seniors and assists them with getting into their freshman year of college. She is a University of TN Municipal Leaders Program Graduate. She is also a graduate of Leadership Memphis Executive Program (EP ’23). She currently serves on the Board of Directors as President for the Project Management Institute (PMI) Memphis Chapter and serves global and regional PMI chapters as well. Tamara also serves on the Board of Directors for the YMCA and is a vision partner helping impact youth development and programming in our local community. Her love and passion for youth and young adult empowerment via education further translates into her work with Christian Brothers University, where she serves on the Advisory Board for the School of Business.

Tamara holds a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree from Christian Brothers University and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Belhaven University.

She is a native Memphian, wife to Antonio, and mother of three to Taylor, Antonio II, and Brooke Elizabeth. In her spare time Tamara loves collaborating with futuristics, shopping antiques & estate sales, and experimenting in natural health remedies.

As PMI President, Tamara goal is to strengthen community relations with our local Chamber of Commerce and other organizations to broaden our corporate reach and strategically develop long-term business partnerships within Memphis area. Her goal is for PMI Memphis to have rich presence and servitude in our corporate communities. She would also like to further expand membership volunteer opportunities, so that PMI Memphis is full of diverse, innovative ideas and leading the charge in all things project management.

Tamara can be reached by email at tbrown@93octanellc.com.  

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The Memphis, Tennessee Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) was chartered in March of 1999 as a part of Region 14.  Region 14 consists of 19,852 members in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Jamaica, and Trinidad/Tobago.  There are 24 chapters, ranging in size from 120 (Savannah and Columbus, GA Chapters) to 4864 (Atlanta Chapter).  Since the original charter date, the chapter has rapidly grown to a membership of over 500. Remember, all chapters exist for only one reason, to serve YOU, our members.

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PO Box 383283
Germantown, TN 38183-3283

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To become a member of the PMI Memphis Chapter, you must first become a member of the Project Management Institute. As you complete the primary PMI membership forms, you will be asked if you wish to join a local chapter; select the Memphis Chapter on the form (Note: there is a $20.00 fee to join the Chapter).
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