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Areas of Special Competence
Conference speaking on sustainable forest management and reduced-impact logging
Teaching workshops and shortcourses
Computer programming in C++ and C# for Windows
Web page design and development using ASP.Net technologies
Programming applications for spreadsheets and databases
Book and report writing, design, and layout
Scientific and technical illustration
Proficient with InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, PowerPoint
Dennis P. Dykstra
Professional Engineering Licenses
Oregon
—Industrial Engineering (retirement status)
California
—Agricultural (Forest) Engineering (retirement status)
Educational Background
BS
Forest Engineering, Oregon State University 1966
MBA
University of Oregon 1971
PhD
Industrial Engineering, Oregon State University 1976
Work History
2011 to present – Proprietor of Blue Ox Forestry, Portland, Oregon, USA
2004-2010 – Research Scientist, USDA Forest Service, Portland, Oregon, USA
2001-2004 – Founder and proprietor of Blue Ox Forestry, Portland, Oregon, USA
1999-2001 – President & CEO, World Forestry Center, Portland, Oregon, USA
1994-1999 – Deputy Director General for Research, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia
1992-1994 – Forestry Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy
1986-1992 – Professor, School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
1985-1986 – Freelance writer, South Pasadena, California, USA
1983-1985 – Senior Scientist, Forest Sector Project, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
1980-1983 – Professor of Forest Engineering, University of Dar es Salaam, Morogoro, Tanzania
1978-1980 – Associate Professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1972-1978 – Assistant Professor of Forest Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
1971-1972 – Operations Research Analyst, Fibreboard Corporation, San Francisco, California, USA
1970-1971 – Operations Research Analyst, Pope & Talbot Timber Co., Portland, Oregon, USA
1965-1969 – Forest Engineer, Willamette Industries, Inc., Dallas, Oregon, USA
Service Activities
2004-2010 – Coordinator of Division 3 (Forest Operations) and member of the Board of Directors of IUFRO, the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, Vienna, Austria
2004 to present – Honorary member of the Board of Directors of the Tropical Forest Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
1999-2002 – Courtesy appointment as Professor of Forest Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA