Christian Jennings

Technology Project/Program Manager

Toledo, Ohio, United States

About

Technology Agnostic IT Professional Summary My professional experience includes system development & delivery, infrastructure procurement & provisioning, security & compliance, identity management as well as the execution of methodologies listed below. I possess expert analytical skills. My focus is on team quality and the integration of evolving information from multiple work-streams into a coherent vision of future state systems and processes. Knowledge Project Expertise: Project/Program Management, Agile, SCRUM, Waterfall, Financial Modeling, Resource Planning, Risk Management, Issue Management, Change Management, Project Analysis, Project Proposals and Project Reporting, Requirements Gathering System Design & Development: SDLC, Solution Design, UX Design, Integration Architecture, Logical Infrastructure Architecture, Interface Design, Business Process Design, Departmental Workflow, Technical Documentation Industry Experience: Manufacturing, Energy, Medical, Insurance, Telecommunications & Operational Support, Warehouse Management, Retail, Financial Services, Public Sector, Software Development, and Digital Marketing Systems/Digital Media Technologies: Relational Databases, Oracle 11g, Microsoft SQL Server, LDAP Java, JavaScript, Angular JS, JSP, SOAP, REST, Apache Tomcat 4.1, WebLogic, WebSphere, Oracle SOA Suite 11g, Oracle BPM 11g, Oracle EBS R12, PeopleSoft, SharePoint, HTML, CSS, IIS 5.0, IIS 6.0, VMware, CVS, Subversion, NoSQL, AWS

Experience

  • IT Project Manager (IT/OT) at Wright Technical Services
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

  • Senior Project Manager/ Program Manager at Robert Half
    Oct 2023 - Aug 2024 · 11 mos

    North Star Blue Scope (NSBSL) (October 2023 - August 2024) Program Manager/Project Manager for Program Athena Program Manager for NSBSL’s portfolio of approximately 14 Cyber Security projects including: Network Zoning (PM also) Privileged Access Management (CyberArk) Identity Governance and Access Cyber Risk Management Framework Data Retention and Data Loss Prevention (PM also) Shadow IT/OT and System Hardening Recognized and awarded for the delivery of the Core Switch swap-out Recognized and awarded for data analysis work related to Shadow IT/OT Led the planning, execution and status reporting for all the Athena Program’s projects IT project manager specializing in cybersecurity, using Azure DevOps and a hybrid Agile methodology, plays a crucial role in overseeing the planning, execution, and successful completion of cybersecurity projects. IT program manager with a focus on cybersecurity, utilizing Azure DevOps and a hybrid Agile methodology, oversees a portfolio of cybersecurity projects within an organization.

  • Senior Project Program Manager at Self Employed
    May 2022 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • First Solar (3 yrs 1 mo)
    • Project Manager III
      Mar 2020 - Apr 2022 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    • Program Manager II
      Apr 2019 - Apr 2022 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Project Manager II at TEKsystems
    Aug 2017 - Mar 2018 · 8 mos

    o Provide leadership to all aspects of global projects, including project resource management, communications, change management, technical management, and performance leadership. Includes some business process re-engineering as well as the deployment and implementation infrastructure support. o Guide and direct First Solar’s infrastructure implementation projects in the establishment and implementation of plans, procedures and controls that will assure success of program goals and objectives. o Foster a project environment conducive to good business practices, quality and cost improvements, multi-directional communications and acceptance of business objectives. o Manage project plans, maintain communication with team members and internal customers, organize activities to ensure global team is working together to meet goals and objectives on implementation. o Model and oversee effective change leadership throughout the global business to enable adoption of new business processes. Includes communication to all personnel, training of the global workforce, introduction of ideas and resources to inspire stakeholders and leadership in overcoming resistance to change. o Manage relationship with software and implementation vendors. o Manage budget appropriately to achieve goals. o Lead Infrastructure Project Steering Committee activities including updates to Executive Steering Committee as needed. o Manage entire Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for implementations and work with Global IT team to ensure infrastructure and architecture of current and future requirements. o Exercises effective communications levels and fosters team building. o Manage other MIS projects as necessary and performs other assignments as required.