John Tarr, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Denver, CO, US

Denver, CO, US

Leading the Market Services Project Management Office: Centralizing initiatives and aligning them with strategic goals via frameworks which enhances effectiveness and increase likelihood of achieving objectives

Leading cross-functional teams. Planning, managing and coordinating department-level efforts to achieve strategic objectives. Disseminating project management competencies and transformational insights to improve execution.

Focused on supporting the Global Software Engineering team at Nasdaq by planning, monitoring and managing execution of projects - delivering requirements, quality and cost/time sensitive results to Clients

• Providing program support and project management for Strategic Programs and Projects. Also offering consultation to lines of business in need of project structure or methodology. Positioning the bank for success by:
• Delivering exceptional value to partners
• Launching new capabilities focused on enabling enterprise execution
• Exceeding delivery commitments on program/project results to help Key achieve business goals

Greater Denver Area

• Managing projects for the Continuous Improvement & Project Management group. Achieving the Corporate Center aim to improve effectiveness and contribute to business cornerstones:
• Enabling the business to achieve higher returns by acting as a resource and partner for Lines Of Business to execute important initiatives that support Key Cornerstones and strategy.
• Driving assigned projects with measurable success. This includes appropriate expansion of projects' scope to increase impact on the business and leveraging project success, proactive team management & relationship.
• Utilizing and disseminating PMBOK and Lean Six Sigma methodology and expertise to execute improvement projects and address business needs for improving efficiency, increasing revenue and attaining client satisfaction.
• Actively supporting business projects outside of my direct responsibility by providing specific Subject Matter Expertise and taking ownership of assigned tasks.Ancillary Activities:
• Member, Supplier Diversity Advisory Counsel

Superior, CO

• Actively supporting special projects for the Project Management and Support Services Group within the Operations Department:
• Developing, creating and disseminating Policies and Procedures across the business. Deliverables include comprehensive, accessible documents that may be used for employee use/training or manager/audit oversight.
• Ownership of the Policy and Procedure maintenance system. Working across departments and groups to ensure any needed revision to Policies, Procedures and Processes are properly implemented. This includes database and.
• Providing support for special projects by applying a wide range of tools, including Microsoft Visio and Project to achieve targeted, positive project outcomes.

Colorado

• Ownership of political analysis projects that interpret political landscapes at the local, state and national levels of a complex system:
• Create and drive polling projects through to completion. Processes include questionnaire creation/editing, identification of a specific sample/audience, fielding of polls, data compilation and report/presentation.
• Review, collate and manipulate data from fielded polls. Using Uncle and FoxPro software to create Cross Tab and Topline documents to identify patterns and significant trends in targeted populations.
• Active maintenance of multiple databases. Includes raw data acquisition, assisting in data preparation/formatting, input and creation of descriptive reports using IBM’s SPSS and Microsoft Excel.

Liberia

• Scheduling and forecasting of inter-business operations coupled with project management to support business processes and promote company expansion:
• Data analysis to create comprehensive reports and facilitate cooperation between departments so that company benchmarks were achieved.
• Microsoft Project employed to organize resources and requirements, achieve imperative milestones/deadlines and ensure actions were driven by accurate and timely information.
• Support roles that enveloped a $3 million divestment project, workflow evaluations, cost accounting and site visits/audits.

M.A., International Relations

Activities and Societies: London CampusGraduate with Excellence Dean's List recipient Awarded International Citizen Scholarship

B.A., Global Studies And Political Science

Activities and Societies: Amazon & Andes Field School, ASU Roller HockeyAwarded Provost Scholarship