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Joan Kreca

Miami,FL
Joan Kreca

Summary

Self-directed and resourceful Chief of Staff with 15 years of experience successfully organizing, managing and delivering cross-functional projects. Influences and guides at executive-level while structuring and executing complex analyses to support strategy and departmental budget in fast-paced and evolving environment. Excellent influencer and relationship builder with growth mindset and strong communications skills to summarize and present strategic and business-value topics effectively to wide audience.

Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with colleagues to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings.

Overview

21
years of professional experience
2
Certification

Work History

Lennar Corporation
Miami, FL

Chief of Staff
02.2019 - Current

Job overview


  • As Chief of Staff for Enterprise Security and Tech Operations, Joan monitors and elevates communications to and from the office of the Vice President of Security and Operations.
  • Responsible for the management of complex projects, project schedule, project charter, and oversees work breakdown structures.
  • Responsible for managing selection and viability of vendors, including coordination with subcontractors and third-party vendors.
  • Ranks priorities, recommend solutions, and creates a focused work plan for the Vice President. .
  • Leads strategic activities of enterprise security and tech operations staff and manages the delivery of contracted solutions.
  • Coaches and mentors departmental staff and 25 IT interns.
  • Manages the relationship with executive leadership, delivery of the weekly status reports, issue and risk management, resource management, go-live readiness and implementation executions.
  • Leads weekly team meetings to discuss ongoing tasks progress and to celebrate wins.
  • Joan owns department budget and annual budget requests.

Lennar Corporation
Miami, Florida

Project Manager, PMO
01.2016 - 03.2020

Job overview

  • Joan managed technical team for design of technical upgrade paths, incorporating requested functionality and performance enhancements.
  • Joan authored customized user manuals for specific system configurations, tailoring content to unique employee skill profiles.
  • Joan identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
  • Joan lanned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
  • Joan developed and initiated process improvement projects, managed costs, and monitored team outcomes performance.

Lennar Corporation
Miami, FL

Business Analyst
09.2015 - 02.2016

Job overview

  • As an analyst and technical lead Joan collaborated with business customers and the team of technical developers and resources to ensure that post production development is delivered and tested applied to production environment.
  • Joan was responsible to address any post production defects, analyze them, assign them to the team members and deliver the solution.
  • Joan conducted interviews with key business users to collect information on business processes and user requirements.
  • Joan analyzed key aspects of business activities to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into presentations.
  • Joan drafted reports on company financial metrics to assess successes and account for deficiencies.

Superior Court Of California, County Of San Diego
Vista, Califormia

Operations Analyst
04.2002 - 05.2014

Job overview

  • As a liaison, Joan worked with functional staff and project engineers and technical staff to recommend process improvement for court operations divisions.
  • Joan designed plans to improve court operations and suggested changes to systems for overall organization.
  • Developed and updated tracking processes for operations office re-engineering project.
  • Supported supervisor and associated team members to maintain system functionality.
  • Identified and analyzed project risks and developed mitigation strategies.

Education

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Master of Science from Organizational Leadership
07.2024

University Overview

  • 3.8 GPA

Relevant Coursework:

Organizational Development & Innovation

Leading & Managing Change

Crisis Mitigation


Tulane University
New Orleans, LA

Bachelor of Arts from International Economics/German
06.1986

University Overview

  • 3.3 GPA

Skills

  • Intellectually Curious
  • Service-oriented Attitude
  • Attention to Detail
  • Multitasking Abilities
  • Cultural Awareness
  • Planning and Coordination
  • Self-Motivated
  • Active Listening
  • Written Communication
  • Organization and Time Management

Certification

  • PMP®
  • FinOps™ Certified Practitioner

Timeline

Chief of Staff
Lennar Corporation
02.2019 - Current
Project Manager, PMO
Lennar Corporation
01.2016 - 03.2020
Business Analyst
Lennar Corporation
09.2015 - 02.2016
Operations Analyst
Superior Court Of California, County Of San Diego
04.2002 - 05.2014
Johns Hopkins University
Master of Science from Organizational Leadership
Tulane University
Bachelor of Arts from International Economics/German
Joan Kreca