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Skills
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Certification
Methodologies
Timeline
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Kiara Cason

Houston,TX
Kiara Cason

Summary

Senior Information Technology Project Manager specializing in Telecommunications, Banking, and Financial Industries. Acknowledged for adept strategic problem-solving abilities, meticulous attention to detail, and precision. Highly regarded for organizational proficiency, time management skills, and outstanding communication, interpersonal, and collaborative capabilities.

Overview

19
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

Cox Automotive

Sr. Program Manager
10.2023 - Current

Job overview

  • Led a group of project managers and stakeholders to execute a complex IT infrastructure initiative aiming to reduce system downtime and enhance operational efficiency.

Wells Fargo Advisors

Sr. Project Manager, Agile Delivery Coordinator
08.2021 - 10.2023

Job overview

  • Led 5-7 Wealth Investment Product Scrum Teams to achieve successful on budget and on time quarterly release implementations for various front-end applications while ensuring alignment with company strategy and stakeholder needs.

Wells Fargo Advisors

Sr. Project Manager, Business
04.2018 - 08.2021

Job overview

  • Managed 10-15 Wealth Investment employees to ensure successful on budget and on time release implementations for our Oracle databases.

MasterCard

Sr. Project Manager, IT
09.2017 - 04.2018

Job overview

  • Created and implemented a Project Management Policy and Procedures Manual for all Release Managers and Project Managers that optimized data integrity/accessibility, eliminated analytical and data inconsistencies which increased efficiency by 25%.

AT&T

Sr. Specialist-Software Delivery Project Manager, IT
11.2008 - 09.2017

Job overview

  • Supervised Project Teams and Scrum Teams to ensure all tasks were met in each iteration for successful implementations while serving as a liaison between technology/business stakeholders and senior management with mitigating issues and risks.

AT&T

Associate Manager - Continuous Improvement / Quality Assurance (CI/QA) Liaison
06.2005 - 11.2008

Job overview

  • Conducted regular audits and reviews of project deliverables to ensure compliance with established standards and guidelines.

Education

LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY

Master of Business Administration

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

Bachelor of Science in Management of Information Systems

Skills

  • Business Process Planning/Writing
  • Project Planning
  • Financial Management
  • Change Management
  • Issue/Risk Management
  • Data Quality Management
  • Continuous Improvement/Quality Assurance Management
  • Resource/Vendor Management
  • Web Applications: Agile Registry
  • ALM
  • Clarity
  • Java
  • JIRA
  • Jira Align
  • Rally
  • Microsoft Project
  • Microsoft Visio
  • Mercury Test Director
  • Oracle
  • PRISM (Project Management Tool)
  • Quality Center
  • SharePoint
  • SAP
  • Tableau
  • VersionOne

Websites

Certification

  • Project Management Silver & Bronze Certifications
  • Agile Bronze Certification
  • AT&T, St. Louis, MO

Methodologies

SDLC: Agile, Iterative and Waterfall

Timeline

Sr. Program Manager

Cox Automotive
10.2023 - Current

Sr. Project Manager, Agile Delivery Coordinator

Wells Fargo Advisors
08.2021 - 10.2023

Sr. Project Manager, Business

Wells Fargo Advisors
04.2018 - 08.2021

Sr. Project Manager, IT

MasterCard
09.2017 - 04.2018

Sr. Specialist-Software Delivery Project Manager, IT

AT&T
11.2008 - 09.2017

Associate Manager - Continuous Improvement / Quality Assurance (CI/QA) Liaison

AT&T
06.2005 - 11.2008

LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY

Master of Business Administration

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

Bachelor of Science in Management of Information Systems

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