Brodi Ayers

About Brodi Ayers

As an accomplished Senior Project Manager, I specialize in leading complex, cross-functional projects in technology, infrastructure, and process optimization, delivering measurable business value. With a proven track record across multi-national organizations, I excel in managing high-stakes initiatives, driving Agile and SDLC methodologies, and partnering with enterprise PMOs to achieve strategic objectives. My expertise spans product development, network modernization, and system implementations, consistently meeting aggressive timelines, budgets, and quality standards.Key Strengths and Achievements: • Program Leadership: Spearheaded a multi-national Quality Assurance software overhaul and D365 implementation, streamlining processes across 34+ sites in seven countries. • Infrastructure Modernization: Led a network modernization program, enhancing high availability, redundancy, and security across 34 locations over 5 years. • Product Development: Drove Workday implementation for users, improving payroll compliance by 50% and reducing hiring timelines from one month to two weeks. • Process Optimization: Implemented Agile practices using Jira, increasing work visibility by 100% and stakeholder satisfaction by 80%. • Vendor and Stakeholder Management: Managed global vendors and facilitated seamless project handoffs, ensuring operational continuity. • Risk Mitigation: Instituted multi-factor authentication and asset management solutions, reducing cybersecurity vulnerabilities by 45% and financial losses by 65%.I thrive in high-pressure environments, resolving roadblocks, accelerating deadlines, and fostering strong partnerships. I am eager to bring my strategic leadership and proven expertise to a forward-thinking organization.

Experience

1. Senior Information Technology Project Manager

   The Greenbrier Companies

   Jan 2023 — Present · Lake Oswego, OR, US

Education

• Portland State University

  Bachelor's of Science, Political Science

  2011 — 2013

Skills

• Editing
• Event Planning
• Research
• Marketing Communications
• Public Speaking
• Training
• Social Media Marketing
• Networking
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Team Building
• Fundraising
• Marketing Strategy
• Sales Management
• Community Outreach
• Data and Research Analyst
• Leadership
• Strategic Partnerships
• Crm
• Social Media
• Event Management
• Access
• Business Development
• Digital Marketing
• Databases