CORY BERGQUIST

The Elevator Pitch

Motivated and personable Program Manager with over 8 years of project management experience in both cross-functional team and client-facing roles. Fosters a positive and approachable work environment with a sense of humor while maintaining the ability to shift to a focused, results-driven mindset. Adept at quickly picking up new skills and technologies without relying on structured training.

Professional Experience

• 2022 - Now

  PROGRAM MANAGER / Business Insider

  • Streamlines inter and cross-team processes at the day-to-day, Sprint, and quarter levels by introducing automations, platform efficiencies, and AI tooling when appropriate
  • Conducts team on-sites for mentoring, team building, and project planning
  • Administers and maintains project management tools such as Confluence, Jira, Lucid, and Trello, yielding more than $20,000 in annual savings through implementing SCIM provisioning, platform consolidation, and streamlining administration

• 2021 - 2022

  SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER / Mediacurrent

  • Developed an automated "project calculator" using BigQuery and Google Sheets to cut hours spent on weekly and monthly overhead tasks in half
  • Assisted in onboarding, training, and mentoring new hires to backfill critical positions
  • Stabilized "at risk" client projects due to company attrition and shifting priorities to ensure successful deliveries

• 2019 - 2021

  PROJECT MANAGER / Mediacurrent

  • Managed cross-functional teams consisting of analysts, designers, developers, and strategists to deliver enterprise-level projects on time and within budget
  • Enhanced Agile structures of existing projects, resulting in a 71% reduction in project overhead, 60% reduction in QA fails, and 43% increase in confirmed ticket resolutions

• 2017 - 2019

  PROJECT PRODUCER / GeekHive

  • Monitored and controlled project budgets ranging from small ($10,000 - $25,000) projects to enterprise-level ($750,000 - $1M+) strategy and development projects
  • Formalized multiple production-level standards for client reporting and communications, processes for project workflow from sign-off to completion, and software training for both internal and external use