Brenda Berry

Project Manager
35years of work
12years leading teams
10people in the team led
5years average tenure

Overview

PMP-certified senior technical project and program manager who leads enterprise technology delivery from planning through go-live. Experienced in enterprise software and IAM delivery, security and privacy technology rollouts, and governance across multiple stakeholders and vendors. Has managed hybrid teams and delivery programs with significant budgets, risk governance, and cross-functional dependencies.

Timeline

Principal Security Engineer – Technology Governance & Strategic Programs · Lead
Ferguson Enterprises · Full-Time
Mar 2025 to Jul 2026 1 Year 4 Months Partially remote
Coordinated enterprise technology, security, privacy, and modernization initiatives across business and technical stakeholders. Drove modernization work including retirement of legacy servers and improved a security performance metric. Led privacy/consent rollout across multiple domains, strengthened IT and third-party risk workflows, governed enterprise risks, and prepared executive and board updates for the CISO.
Manager, Identity & Access Management · Lead
Ferguson Enterprises · Full-Time
Aug 2022 to Mar 2025 2 Years 7 Months In office
Led hybrid identity and access management teams focused on staffing, delivery priorities, capacity management, and escalations. Directed privileged access and key management initiatives, coordinating security enhancements, disaster recovery readiness, and cross-functional implementation activities. Managed identity service governance and vendor relationships using Kanban and ServiceNow workflows, and established enterprise service-account governance policy.
CyberArk
Azure
ServiceNow
Kanban
Functional Delivery Manager – Enterprise Technology Delivery · Lead
Ferguson Enterprises · Full-Time
Dec 2016 to Aug 2022 5 Years 8 Months In office
Managed multiple concurrent enterprise technology initiatives, coordinating integrated schedules, milestones, budgets, and cross-workstream dependencies. Led delivery of an IAM implementation end-to-end, including testing/UAT, issue resolution, production cutover, stakeholder readiness, and transition to operations. Oversaw SharePoint Online corporate intranet delivery and facilitated Agile planning and cross-team dependency resolution.
SharePoint
Agile
Operational Project Manager / Scrum Master · Lead
TEKsystems · Full-Time
Jan 2016 to Nov 2016 10 Months In office
Coordinated workstreams for a TRICARE proposal, managing schedules, deliverables, stakeholder communications, and cross-functional dependencies. Later supported Agile delivery for a pharmacy technology team, helping organize planning and delivery execution. Facilitated delivery processes to keep teams aligned on priorities and upcoming milestones.
Scrum
Agile
Director, Compliance Program Management · Head+
PRA Group · Full-Time
Jun 2015 to Dec 2015 6 Months In office
Directed governance for an enterprise compliance platform by aligning business and IT stakeholders, vendors, risks, and milestones. Coordinated program execution to ensure deliverables progressed against agreed plans. Focused on managing dependencies and maintaining governance through the implementation lifecycle.
IT Project Manager / Scrum Master · Lead
Capital One · Full-Time
Nov 2013 to Jun 2015 1 Year 7 Months In office
Supported delivery of technology initiatives for store brand credit card teams using Agile/SAFe practices and dependency management. Managed backlog prioritization and cross-team planning activities, including PI planning and sprint execution support. Worked to maintain delivery alignment across multiple teams and ensure commitments were tracked.
Scrum
Agile
Project / Program Management & Audit Leadership · Lead
HSBC · Full-Time
Aug 1991 to Nov 2013 22 Years 3 Months In office
Led long-running transformation initiatives spanning multiple operational transitions between the U.S. and Asia. Coordinated integrated schedules, knowledge transfer, testing, and training across distributed teams. Managed stakeholder communications and business continuity activities to support migration readiness and program outcomes.
Christopher Newport University
Bachelor's Degree · Public Administration
Newport News, Virginia

Technical skills

C#
C#
.NET
DevOps
Azure
Azure DevOps
IAM
SLI/SLO/SLA
Cybersecurity
CyberArk
Recorded Future
Analytics
Power BI

Job preferences

Work permits
United States
Citizenship
United States
Employment type
Full-Time
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