CORY BERGQUIST

Profile

Motivated and personable full-stack developer with over 5 years of project management experience. Adept at quickly picking up new skills and technologies without relying on structured training. Collaborates easily with cross-functional internal teams and clients in both development and managerial roles.

Professional Experience

• 2021 - Current

  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 the Director of Project Management in onboarding, training, and mentoring new hires
  • Stabilized "at risk" projects due to 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 support projects, resulting in a 71% reduction in project overhead, 60% reduction in QA fails, and 43% increase in confirmed ticket resolutions
  • Produced reports for client project tracking, including weekly status reports, monthly support hour burn reports and statistics (for longer support engagements), risk logs, and end-user usage statistics
  • Regularly organized, led, and participated in client-facing meetings, including those for project kick-offs, strategy/planning, trainings, status reports, and project retrospectives

• 2017 - 2019

  PROJECT PRODUCER / GeekHive

  • Monitored and controlled project budgets of various sizes, ranging from small ($10,000 - $25,000) projects to enterprise-level ($750,000 - $1M+) strategy and development projects
  • Assigned and managed project resourcing for both internal and client projects
  • Produced reports for client and internal project tracking, including weekly status reports, monthly support hour burn reports and statistics (for longer support engagements), risk logs, and end-user usage statistics
  • 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

• 2014 - 2017

  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER / GeekHive

  • Developed and supported client projects across a wide range of software systems, including Sitecore, WordPress, and Drupal
  • Promoted client success by recommending solutions and proposing new profitable opportunities throughout the project life cycle
  • Demonstrated strong versatility by independently fielding projects outside of core competencies