Kitty Parker

Background

About Kitty Parker

Senior program / project manager with over 15 years experience leading complex software, infrastructure and new feature development projects. Proven track record working with software development and operations teams and engaging with business stakeholders at all levels to deliver meaningful customer and business value. Most recent role was as Senior Program Manager for the Operations department at PeopleConnect, managing the department’s portfolio of projects, including 2 company mergers, a brand new Cloud Data Lake infrastructure for BI reporting, and migrations from on premise data centers to AWS. Successfully reduced operational overhead and realized significant cost savings by closing out 1 on-prem data center and reducing the physical footprint in the remaining on premise data centers by 50%. I enjoy leading all types of projects and I’m a strong believer in empowering resources and teams to solve their own problems and own the solutions. I’m just as comfortable working with developers as I am liaising with executive teams to strategize and communicate risks and evaluate options. I have strong cross-functional collaboration skills, paired with a thirst to build lasting partnerships at all levels, achieve team goals, and execute against strategy.* Highly skilled in all aspects of program & project management, including Agile and Lean processes, risk and change management, scheduling, prioritization and cost benefit analysis.* Certified Scrum Manager (CSM).* Evangelist for continuous improvement, reducing waste, streamlining processes and implementing SRE best practices.* Ability to problem solve, rapidly iterate, test new ideas and deliver solutions with impact.