Jade Velazquez

Background

About Jade Velazquez

Dynamic PMO Strategist with 20 years of experience in project management, coaching, and consulting. Proven expertise in troubleshooting, resourcing, forecasting, risk analysis, and revenue generation. Accomplished team motivator with a track record of delivering award-winning results for non-profit and for-profit clients such as John Deere, AARP, LEGO, ACLU, and Freddie Mac. As a PMP® and CSM® certified leader, I mobilize cross-functional teams and guide leaders through global implementations on a variety of strategic initiatives focused on the key business goals. Career Highlights: As a Sr. PMO Manager, orchestrated the successful completion of 500+ projects and played a pivotal role in generating over $20MM in revenue, decreased time to value by 36% with contract duration shrinking from 228 days to 144 days, reduced PM onboarding time from 90 days to 5 weeks, and allocated resources for 30+ new projects each month. As a Sr. Project Manager, completed 150+ projects, managed labor hours, and generated $12MM in revenue. Grew the AARP account from $75K to over $3MM, saving $23MM in elder financial fraud and protecting over 11MM customers. Total global audience over 3 million learners. Won over 70 industry awards including five Gold Brandon Hall awards of education excellence. As Director of Global Training and Communications, provided strategic administration of intranet policy and procedures containing over pages of content, Series 7 and 66 licensed, supporting branch, operations, and call center exceeding users.