Karen Mallinger

About Karen Mallinger

Cargill relies on leadership in cybersecurity and cloud replatforming initiatives to ensure secure and scalable solutions. Contributions include providing security expertise, coaching project managers, and fostering collaboration with stakeholders to deliver value-driven outcomes. These efforts address complex challenges, enhance processes, and align objectives to meet organizational goals. With over five years of experience in IT project and program management, including identity and access management at UNFI, efforts have focused on improving onboarding/offboarding processes, implementing operational standards, and advancing self-service access tools. Committed to empowering teams, driving innovation, and enhancing operational efficiency to deliver impactful results.

Experience

1. Program Manager

   Cargill

   May 2025 — Present · Wayzata, MN, US

   In my role as a Program Manager at Cargill, I lead Cyber Security Projects, replatforming applications into the cloud. I provide security expertise to cloud teams, coach Project Managers, and effectively manage stakeholders to ensure project success. My achievements include resolving complex problems, defining value objectives, and implementing process improvements to advance ongoing projects.

Education

• Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

  BA, Psychology/Biology

  1981 — 1985

Skills

• Requirements Gathering
• Sdlc
• Business Analysis
• Disaster Recovery
• Management
• Project Portfolio Management
• Process Improvement
• Risk Management
• Vendor Management
• Business Requirements
• IT Management
• Pmo
• Pmp
• Leadership
• IT Strategy
• Governance
• Business Process Improvement
• Program Management
• Software Project Management
• Financial Services
• Itil
• Information Security
• Visio
• Computer Security
• Incident Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Security
• Enterprise Architecture
• Business Process
• Resource Management