John Valera

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About John Valera

John is an outstanding Leader with proven professional, technical, financial, project management and problem-solving skills. A creative manager with 35 years of experience and a strong orientation to customer service, organizational efficiency and profitability. John has showed excellent skills in attracting, motivating and developing employees while enforcing high performance standards. He is considered an effective communicator able to explain complex concepts and ideas to non-technical individuals. The scope of his experience includes supervising cross-functional teams of 80+ professional, managerial and technical employees; participating in different kind of projects related to the following sectors: Financial Services, Logistics Services, Manufacturing, IT Services and PM consulting in Central America and Andean Region. John has a Master’s degree in Project Design, Management, and Direction and a degree in Administration with a focus on Informatics. He has been a Project Management Professional since January 2001 and hold certificates as an Agile Coach, Design Thinking Professional, and Scrum Master. John facilitates study groups for PMI and Scrum certifications, and He has extensive experience in IT services related to various industries. He is also experienced in CMMI certification processes, risk management, PMO implementation, Testing and Software factory implementation and Application Delivery management among others. He is passioned for IA Generative solutions focused on the adoption in the Project management practices. Currently, He is Microsoft Copilot Champ and He is involved in the Copilot adoption strategy as Copilot Influencer. Specialties: PMP and Scrum Certification Coach AI for Project Management and Agile coach Portfolio, Program and Project management Strategic Business Planning Application Delivery Management and Business Continuity Risk Management and Contingency Planning People Care and Team Management Technical Assessment and Proposal Development Quality Assurance and Testing Management Process Management and Metrics Implementation ITIL, CMMI, ISO and ISO certification process Coaching and Mentoring Leadership and IT Service Delivery PMOs implementation and management Testing and Software factory implementation and management