Karen Vargo Email & Phone Number

Santa Clara, CA

• Serve as the go-to resource for project management of integration work streams
• Work with key stakeholders to ensure the transition of all services functions, processes and elements into goals.
• Develop and execute against project plans and ensure the project plan reflects the reality of work in progress
• Prepare change control submissions if plan changes are required
• Report potential scope slippages, analyze impact and devise solutions
• Ensure that the Project Management practices conform with the overall project governance structure

• Awarded for project management of the largest annual partner event involving over 200 people across multiple sales operations organizations while increasing customer satisfaction
• Generated quarterly operational review structure with customers which increased internal efficiency by 25% while improving customer experience
• Led a project to optimize key sales support roles and processes which increased sales customer facing time by 30%
• Produced the Unified Communication Plan which increased relevant information received by partners

• Awarded for successfully managing the HP Separation for over 500 channel partners worth $26B+ revenue. 100% of partners transitioned early or on time.
• Increased partner satisfaction by 15% while undergoing the largest transformation to date
• Managed workstreams across many departments within HP, adjusting to new information and roadblocks, providing executive updates. Resolved over 300 issues that would have delayed project
• Provided timely and accurate project updates to Senior Management including identifying risks and actions needed
• Worked directly with Channel Partners and addressed escalations where necessary

• Implemented new pricing strategies while reducing pricing turnaround time by 25% and increasing accuracy
• Provided process consulting expertise to project/account teams in developing customer solutions.
• Manage escalations through interactions with management.
• Improved Partner satisfaction by 22% through collaboration and process improvements

Santa Clara, CA

• Created analyses, strategies and recommendations into highly effective, compelling communication and presentations to senior executives
• Led annual strategy and priority workshop and quarterly execution
• Performed workforce planning across region to redesign structure and job content
• Managed 3rd Party account relationship: Developed metrics, conducted reviews, negotiated contracts and achieved 20% cost savings while adding work and improving results
• HR activities: Talent Mgmt., Requisition Mgmt., WFR planning, Off-cycle increases
• Led planning process: Removed 25% of the time spent on reporting by streamlining and removing non-value-add reporting activities

• Metrics development: Eliminated 50% of surplus metrics and introduced strategic KPIs directly tied to revenue improvement
• Cost saving project management: Saved $20M by analyzing processes and creating efficiencies
• IT project - Cost Savings Database: Worked with IT experts to develop a DB to aggregate historical and future cost savings sued for research and reporting
• Benchmarking: Structured process for capturing and analyzing costs within org and across regions
• Pricing Analyst: Produced analyses for implications of all pricing moves on the P&L
• Organizational restructuring

Mba

Bachelor'S Degree, Quantitative Economics And Decision Sciences