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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]