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CANDESE N. PEREZ

Lee's Summit,MO

Summary

Dynamic Senior Program Manager with extensive experience across multiple enterprise organizations, adept in budget management, and project execution. Proven track record of delivering complex infrastructure solutions, enhancing cybersecurity, and driving efficiency across multiple projects. Skilled in stakeholder management and agile methodologies, successfully managing a $50M IT infrastructure portfolio of projects.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Program Manager, Infrastructure Services

Panasonic Energy North America
Olathe, KS
11.2023 - Current
  • Managed implementation of Data Center compute/network hardware to operate key factory operations.
  • Organized and executed implementation plan of network and security solution with various vendors.
  • Successfully coordinated the approval and execution of a $24M Network, Storage and Compute services contract.
  • Managed implementation of MES application to support over 20 integrations.
  • Revamped an existing HRIS platform migration project to ensure the product met key business requirements and aligned with processes.
  • Facilitated weekly steering committee meetings with executives to review key action items tied to the HRIS platform migration.

Senior Program Manager, Infrastructure Services

Garmin
Olathe, KS
11.2022 - 11.2023
  • Led Web platform program to deliver an internal cloud-based solution to Garmin business partners driving acceleration of CI/CD pipeline delivery.
  • Developed Data center costing model for Datacenter expansion in APAC and EMEA regions.
  • Managed portfolio of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure projects to deliver Identity and Access Management solutions across the enterprise.
  • Managed annual IT Infrastructure Program budget of $50M across multiple Infrastructure technology lanes.
  • Led triage process for new project intake and estimation which helped prioritize a portfolio of over 75 projects.

Senior Project Manager, Infrastructure Services

Garmin
Olathe, KS
11.2021 - 11.2022
  • Re-organized and led Infrastructure/Cybersecurity project reviews to identify interdependencies between teams and drive completion of several projects.
  • Organized Agile ceremonies and reporting across multiple Infrastructure teams.
  • Managed the Infrastructure implementation of the Garmin Web Platform initiative.
  • Led hardware upgrade project, coordinating across several Infrastructure and Cybersecurity teams to deliver a solution that will increase efficiencies within Garmin’s manufacturing/logistics facilities.

Senior Project Manager, Shared Services Engineering

Cerner
Kansas City, MO
10.2019 - 10.2021
  • Executed circuit migrations resulting in over $10M savings year over year.
  • Scheduled and coordinated touchpoint meetings with clients and Cerner Worx teams to coordinate network migrations.
  • Tracked and organized client circuit migrations using JIRA.
  • Re-organized internal Wiki for WAN team to reference standards and solutions.

Wide Area Network Program Manager

General Services Administration
Kansas City, MO
02.2005 - 02.2012
  • Managed wide area network (WAN) team to deliver services to over 200 locations nationwide.
  • Managed firewall migration and LAN consolidation upgrade projects.
  • Lead proof of concept testing for WAN optimization technology.
  • Acted as liaison between MPLS service provider team and GSA for new circuit orders and issue resolution.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Marketing and International Business

Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS

Skills

  • Budget Management
  • Project Management
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Network Engineering
  • Risk Management
  • Network Security
  • Issue resolution
  • Stakeholder management
  • Backlog Organization
  • Identity & Access Management
  • Process Development
  • Capacity management
  • Security Compliance
  • Project Metric Reporting
  • Roadmap Creation

Program Tools

  • JIRA
  • Confluence
  • Smartsheet
  • Service Now

Certification

  • PMI-Agile Certified Professional
  • CSM Certified Scrum Master
  • ITILv3 Foundations
  • Masters Certificate IT Project Management – George Washington University

Timeline

Senior Program Manager, Infrastructure Services

Panasonic Energy North America
11.2023 - Current

Senior Program Manager, Infrastructure Services

Garmin
11.2022 - 11.2023

Senior Project Manager, Infrastructure Services

Garmin
11.2021 - 11.2022

Senior Project Manager, Shared Services Engineering

Cerner
10.2019 - 10.2021

Wide Area Network Program Manager

General Services Administration
02.2005 - 02.2012

Bachelor of Science - Marketing and International Business

Kansas State University

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