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GINA ESQUEDA-WILSON

Monroe

Summary

Program management professional with proven track record in leading cross-functional teams and driving project success. Skilled in strategic planning, risk management, and resource allocation. Known for adaptability, problem-solving, and fostering collaboration to achieve results. Proficient in optimizing processes and aligning initiatives with organizational objectives.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Program Manager

Charter Communication
05.2022 - Current
  • Our focus is on proactively partnering with enterprise leadership to ensure a seamless transition as we fill the Senior Manager role, prioritizing both deliverables and team stability
  • Managing project deliverables and timelines for 15 projects across the Infrastructure Audit & Compliance team (IAC)
  • Building partnership with current and prospective customers and provided exceptional customer support throughout the PCI Audit
  • Created the “White Glove” process for tracking/monitor PCI deliverables assigned Scope Areas to prevent observations
  • Identified project risks and collaborated with teams on mitigation strategies to meet project timelines
  • Created six-week on-boarding process for third party vendors resources to integrate with the IAC team
  • Collaborated with Internal Audit Services (IAS) and IT-Security on Charter baselines for CIS Standards and PCI Controls
  • Partnered internally on creating Tanium Comply reporting for PCI servers including sample servers for IAS auditors
  • Provided Leadership reporting, analysis, presentations for both PCI and SOX projects
  • Proactively managing critical tasks in preparation for the 2026 PCI Audit Lessons Learned, Charter CIS Baselines, Varonis onboarding of Active Directory Global Groups to prevent observations
  • Partnered with the SOX team on creating awareness communication plans to prevent delays with application access reviews
  • Attended PCI assessments and soft close meeting for Scope Areas
  • Created communication templates that can be modified for specific projects to ensure constant messaging
  • Attended project stakeholder meetings
  • Furlough due to COVID-19 May 2020 – January 2021

Program Manager

Apex Systems - Contract assignment with Charter Communications
02.2021 - 04.2022
  • Managing all “Key task” were linked to Payment Credit Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS) for tracking.
  • Coordinated weekly team meetings to ensure project milestones were achieved, while providing performance feedback to team members' supervisors as appropriate. Collaborated with project team to ensure alignment, transparency, and proper risk escalation.
  • Executed established project management processes and methodologies to ensure delivery of approved project scope on time and within budget while meeting or exceeding quality standards and customer expectations.
  • Analyze different analysis on the data as per the requirement and by using Pivot tables, and charts
  • Responsible for assembling project plans and teamwork assignments, directing and monitoring work efforts daily, conducting quality reviews, and managing functional, quality, timeline issues appropriately.
  • Developed options and recommendations to drive critical decisions on deliverables based upon PCI DSS.
  • Responsible for tracking key project milestones and adjusting project and/or resource plans, as necessary.
  • Weekly meeting with Program Manager to provide project status updates and reporting and to gather project-related feedback.
  • Responsible for ensuring timelines and quality of third-party vendor and internal project deliverables.
  • Risk assessment includes reviewing server audits for non-PCI compliance Applications.
  • Created/Distributed Weekly Project Updates to IT Leadership.

Project Manager

America Tire Distribution
06.2018 - 04.2020
  • Led Enterprise project teams in project execution and followed established project management methodologies in Waterfall and Agile.
  • Delivered projects from planning to minimum realization with full responsibility and accountability for the outcomes through consistent engagement and communication with project stakeholders and personnel
  • Monitored overall project performance - project budget, oversee scope, quality, resource utilization and schedule - to ensure projects completed on time and effectively, with a successful end user adoption.
  • Utilize excel pivot tables for concise and easy to read reports sent to management daily.
  • Coordinated team activities to ensure project milestones were achieved, while providing performance feedback to team members' supervisors as appropriate. Collaborated with project team to ensure alignment, transparency, and proper risk escalation.
  • Complied with program requirements regarding knowledge management, documentation, and proper deliverable storage.
  • Risk Assessment done on PCI project, eight work streams.
  • Documented risk and provided timeline for remediation recommendations.
  • Participated in leadership and key program stakeholder meetings, associate meetings, team development, and learning opportunities.

Education

BS - Business Management

University of Phoenix
Pasadena, CA
11.2005

Skills

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
  • PCI DSS compliance management
  • Risk management
  • Problem-solving
  • Coaching & Team Training
  • Continuous process evaluation
  • Performance analysis
  • Effective communication
  • Team Building
  • SharePoint
  • Jira
  • Tanium Compliance Tool
  • Archer
  • ESD/CMDB

Certification

  • Certified Scrum Master Exp. February 2025
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner Exp. February 2025
  • PMI Metrolina Member - Active

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Program Manager

Charter Communication
05.2022 - Current

Program Manager

Apex Systems - Contract assignment with Charter Communications
02.2021 - 04.2022

Project Manager

America Tire Distribution
06.2018 - 04.2020

BS - Business Management

University of Phoenix

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