Brian 'Travis' Barlow
South Jordan,UT
Summary
Client-focused Delivery and Technical Project Manager with 9+ years of enterprise client relationship ownership and extensive experience delivering technical initiatives, client implementations, and complex platform upgrades. Proven ability to translate client and business requirements into executable project plans, lead cross-functional teams, manage risk, and deliver high-quality outcomes in regulated environments. Strong background in client onboarding, stakeholder communication, and delivery accountability.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Project Manager
PPS Data/Zions Bank
Murray, UT
07.2022 - Current
- Lead the delivery of multiple concurrent enterprise, client-impacting technical initiatives supporting major release cycles while balancing internal dependencies and client commitments.
- Partner closely with engineering, QA, security, and Account Management teams to ensure alignment between client expectations and delivery execution.
- Manage end-to-end delivery for client-facing technical projects, including planning, execution, monitoring, and release readiness.
- Support new client onboarding, implementations, and system conversions by developing and maintaining detailed project plans, schedules, and milestone tracking.
- Led the SPI (Superscripts Provider Identifier) initiative after prior efforts lacked direction by consolidating fragmented discussions into a structured delivery plan and aligning stakeholders on effective use cases.
- Successfully delivered complex technology upgrades including Windows and SQL Server upgrades, Rancher Server upgrades, Multifactor Authentication (MFA), and Java Spring framework upgrades.
- Facilitate regular client-facing and internal project status meetings to communicate progress, manage risks, and address issues proactively.
- Utilize SQL and PostgreSQL to perform data analysis, support UAT validation, and assist with technical issue resolution.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and with high quality while maintaining transparency and accountability.
Quality Assurance Project Manager
Jeunesse Global
Draper, UT
10.2016 - 06.2022
- Provided QA leadership for enterprise software initiatives, supporting release readiness and risk mitigation.
- Planned and executed comprehensive User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to align with project schedules and release criteria.
- Collaborated with business stakeholders and IT teams to define comprehensive testing requirements and delivery timelines.
- Identified defects, risks, and root causes prior to production deployment to reduce post-release issues.
- Utilized SQL and data analysis to validate functionality and investigate defects.
Client Relations Account Manager
MCS Valuations / CoreLogic Valuation Services
West Valley, UT
12.2007 - 09.2016
- Entrusted with the organization’s largest revenue-generating accounts.
- Owned delivery and relationship management for enterprise financial-services clients, managing some of the organization’s largest and most visible accounts.
- Managed $1M–$2M revenue portfolios, ensuring delivery execution, client satisfaction, and retention.
- Was the primary client point of contact for onboarding, implementations, escalations, and ongoing governance.
- Led large cross-functional Agile to coordinate workflows and meet service-level commitments.
- Planned and executed product rollouts, UAT initiatives, and SQL and server enhancements in partnership with IT teams.
- Facilitated client governance meetings, Planning calls, addressed risks and timelines across multiple agile teams
Education
Associate Degree - Business Management
Brigham Young University
Rexburg, IDGeneral Studies - Business Management & Communications
Idaho State University
Skills
- Client Delivery and Account Leadership
- Technical Project and Program Management
- Client Implementations and Conversions
- Enterprise UAT and Major Release Delivery
- Stakeholder Communication and Alignment
- Risk Identification and Mitigation
- Infrastructure and Platform Upgrades
- Security and Compliance Initiatives
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Agile, Scrum, and DevOps Methodologies
- SQL and PostgreSQL Data Analysis Smartsheet, Azure DevOps (ADO), Jira
Core Skills
Technical Project and Program Management
Client Delivery and Account Leadership
Client Implementations and Conversions
Enterprise UAT and Major Release Delivery
Stakeholder Communication and Alignment
Risk Identification and Mitigation
Infrastructure and Platform Upgrades
Security and Compliance Initiatives
Cross-Functional Team Leadership
Agile, Scrum, and DevOps Methodologies
SQL and PostgreSQL Data Analysis
Smartsheet, Azure DevOps (ADO), Jira
Certification
Six Sigma Green Belt, SSGBC
Professional Highlights
- Delivered a Windows and SQL Server upgrade ahead of schedule, first team in the organization to complete the initiative.
- Led QA tooling standardization by migrating from Jira to Azure DevOps to meet banking compliance requirements.
- Successfully executed infrastructure modernization initiatives with zero unplanned downtime.
- Repeatedly recognized for leadership, performance excellence, and ownership of high-value enterprise client relationships.
Timeline
Technical Project Manager
PPS Data/Zions Bank
07.2022 - Current
Quality Assurance Project Manager
Jeunesse Global
10.2016 - 06.2022
Client Relations Account Manager
MCS Valuations / CoreLogic Valuation Services
12.2007 - 09.2016
Associate Degree - Business Management
Brigham Young University
General Studies - Business Management & Communications
Idaho State University