Brenda Pederson
Project Management, Process Review, Business Consulting

Prolinaria

I primarily provide consulting and project management services specializing where technology and business objectives come together. However, my wide variety of experience and skills in both business and technical situations allows me to effectively address a variety of requirements and to provide the expertise and assistance needed for many positions. This flexibility allows me to evolve the services provided as the situation warrants. This can be due to changes in objectives, reorganizations or any of the many other business challenges organizations face on a daily basis.

• Project and people management
• Lead and guide diverse teams to achieve goals
• Cross-group communication and collaboration
• Specialize in creating channels and methods to distribute targeted information to select audiences
• Represent business requirements (internal, partner or customer) to technical team
• Interface and work with end customers and partners, as well as internal clients/teams

Oregon State University

BS in Business with Management Concentration

Minor in Engineering

Prolinaria, Proprieter, 2005 - Present

Recent assignments include: Microsoft Virtual Earth; Marketing & Project Manager Microsoft US BMO Windows Client: Developer readiness and community for Vista launch * US BMO Mid-Market Relationship Management: Data and process review and changes for Enterprise Agreement renewal process

Microsoft, 1997 - 2003 Product Manager - Prescriptive Architecture Guidance, 2000 - 2003 Program Manager - SBN & MSDN, 1998 - 2000 * Product Manager - Organizational Customer Unite (OCU), 1997 - 1998

F. B. Beattie & Co., Inc. (SAFECO Select Markets), 1992 - 1996 Director, Corporate Systems, 1995 - 1996 Operations Manager, 1993 - 1995 * Program Auditor, 1992 - 1993