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Consultant Profile

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
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

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Last modified: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 13:02:16