Tag: PMO
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Joan Wenders, Director of the Project Management Office and Portfolio for LITS
Joan Wenders takes over as the new director of the Project Management Office and Portfolio for LITS after spending 29 years at Assurant (which has undergone a few name changes via acquisitions and mergers). Joan started as a health underwriter, then became an IT manager in the late ’90s. She subsequently moved into project and…
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Steven Benitez, Product Manager, Research Solutions
Steven Benitez is a new product manager on the Product Management Team, which is part of Research Solutions. He was hired to handle the AWS at Emory service. Steven comes to LITS after spending a year managing the IT equipment for the Emory School of Medicine’s ExCEL (Emory Center for Experiential Learning) department (doing high-fidelity…
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Sam Tasanasanta, Manager, Project Management Office
Sam Tasanasanta (pronounced TA-son-na-son-ta) is the new manager of the PMO. He has been a consultant/project manager/program manager at various firms since 2009 (see below): Cricket/AT&T: consultant program release train engineer/manager (RTE) IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group): consultant program manager The Home Depot SSC (Store Support Center): consultant project/product management Coca-Cola Refreshment (CCR) HR IT: consultant…
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Marlon Montgomery, Project Manager, PMO
Marlon Montgomery has joined the Project Management Office (PMO) as a new project manager. He previously spent the past sixteen years at NetPlanner Systems, Inc., where he most recently served as the service manager and was also a project superintendent. Born and raised in Birmingham, AL, Marlon moved to Atlanta in April of 2003. He…
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Seema Sharma, Project Manager, PMO
Seema Sharma is a new project manager in the Project Management Office. Before coming to Emory, Seema was a project manager for eight years at National Cash Register (NCR). In her 17-year NCR career, she also held the titles of developer, support analyst, and program manager. Born and raised in New Delhi, India, she earned…
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Dwain Smith, Project Manager, PMO
Dwain Smith is the newest project manager working in the Project Management Office (PMO). Previously, he worked as a PM for two years at Dekalb Medical/Emory Healthcare. Dwain also spent twelve years as a senior installation/service technician and 2.5 years as an operations manager. Born in Macon GA, and raised in Hazlehurst, GA, Dwain is currently working…
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Keith Covert, IT Project Manager, PMO
Keith Covert is a new IT project manager, working in the Project Management Office. Before coming to Emory he worked as a general field engineer at Schlumberger and as an implementation manager at NRC Health. After growing up in Wichita, KS, Keith attended Georgia Tech, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and…