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
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
VP of Special Projects
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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