Nancy Jara

Former VP of Technology at Project Management Institute

Role
VP of Special Projects at Project Management Institute
Location
Tampa, FL, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Nancy Jara

C: 8••••••••@verizon.netResults oriented, Multicultural, Bilingual English and Spanish IT Project +, PMP certified Project Manager, MBA in Business Administration, BS Computer Information Systems. Senior Vice President describes me as having excellent interpersonal skills and highly proficient in understanding the dynamics of Project Management and how it impacts the stakeholders. Proven track record in identifying risks, driving process improvements.Recognized for “developing and maintaining strong and productive working relationships” with stakeholders at all levels. Extensive experience managing diverse projects, from data center relocations, data storage capacity upgrade and system migration. Highly skilled in project leadership, strategic project planning and implementing process improvement, managing vendors, website development and maintenance, meeting deadlines and completing projects under budget. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Prevented production interruption for customers during a system/data storage migration project by ensuring a seamless transition for the 2nd largest ACH provider that process transactions valued at 3.5 billion dollars a year.• Improved inventory control on data storage by 50% for major bank. • Increased Membership by 9% by Planning / Executing Events for the Project Management Institute in 1 year. • Expedited fax processing procedure by 10% by implementing a new Citi Private Customer queue/rerouting two fax lines to new queue in a Secured Front End for the High-Net-Worth clients with accounts over 10 million dollars. CORE COMPETENCIES Leadership Role Project Management Stakeholder Relationships Problem Solver System Migration/upgrade Vendor Management Strategic Planning Negotiation Skills Conduct Virtual MeetingsLed a Project Team of 3 Team Builder Facilitator Data Storage ManagementAgile and SDLC Methodology Develop Website Updates Budget Management

Experience

  1. VP of Special Projects

    Project Management Institute

    Apr 2018 — Present · Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL, US

Education

  • University of Phoenix

    MBA

    2002 — 2004

  • Nova Southeastern University

    Diploma

    2012 — 2012

  • Universidade Tiradentes-Unit

    Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services

  • University of Tampa

    Bachelor's degree

  • University of Phoenix

    Master of Business Administration - MBA

  • University of Tampa

    Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services

  • University of Tampa

    BS

    1998 — 2002

  • University of Tampa

    Computer Science

  • Certification Associates

    CompTIA Project + certified

    2007 — 2007

Skills

  • Customer Service
  • Sharepoint
  • Project Tracking Reports
  • Project Planning and Control
  • Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
  • IT Management
  • Conducting Project Meetings
  • Budgets
  • Reports
  • Data Center
  • Process Improvement
  • Business Analyst
  • Management Consulting
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Ms Visio
  • Budgeting
  • Time Management
  • Project Management
  • Project Delivery
  • Data Storage Management
  • Client Presentation
  • Sales Consulting
  • Project Planning
  • Software Project Management
  • Crm
  • Operations Management
  • Data Security
  • Negotiation
  • Microsoft Office
  • Sales
  • Visio
  • Meet Deadlines
  • Sdlc
  • Strategic Planning
  • Ms Project
  • Scheduling Project Plans
  • Business Consulting
  • Business Process
  • Program Management
  • Excecutive Presentation

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