Knute Alger

About Knute Alger

With over twenty years of experience managing programs, products, and projects, I bring highly transferable skills, a continuous improvement mindset, and a passion for driving operational excellence. A technology-savvy, fast learner, I am an exceptional communicator and trusted liaison for escalated issues, adept at working both independently and within teams with minimal supervision.My expertise spans process improvement, Six Sigma methodologies, Waterfall Methodology, Agile Transformation, change management, and consulting across multiple industries, particularly in banking and financial services. I have led large-scale initiatives, including value-stream mapping, audit automation, and system implementations, consistently achieving results ahead of schedule and under budget. With a strong focus on relationship management and customer service, I excel at problem-solving, research, and detailed analysis, while continuously enhancing team talent through professional collaboration and timely follow-through.As a hands-on leader, I thrive in developing cross-functional teams and guiding them to success. I’m deeply committed to fostering a culture of continuous improvement, empowering teams to identify and implement solutions, and ensuring smooth transitions during organizational changes. My ability to drive process optimization and ensure compliance, along with my proactive approach to risk management and quality standards, has led to measurable improvements in both operational performance and revenue generation.Email: a••••••••@gmail.comMobile: 61••••••73Accomplishments:• Simultaneously managed multiple short and long-term projects and departmental initiatives across various business lines, driving business process and technology improvement initiatives through their full project life cycles. • Developed and executed project charters, plans, schedules, risk assessments, and assembled and managed project teams. Proactively identified project tasks, timeframes, issues, risks, dependencies, and scope changes while effectively utilizing relationship management skills to communicate project expectations and outcomes to project sponsors, team members, and stakeholders.• Acted as an internal consultant to senior leadership, providing actionable insights, and offered external consulting to clients to address business challenges, enabling long-term growth and profitability.• Consulting to the Commercial Loans Business Line, led a 40-person project team to successfully fund over 20K individual commercial loans in a single day.

Experience

1. Project Manager - Information Services Pmo

   Essentia Health

   Jun 2025 — Present · US

Education

• Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

  Bachelor's degree, Business Administration, Management and Operations

• Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

  Graduate Certification Project Management

• Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration, Management and Operations