
David A. Palacios MBA, PMP®, ITIL®, SFC

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About me
Service Delivery Expert | Global Program & Project Management | Team Integration Specialist | Strategic Thinker | Innovation Leader | Business Acumen | Customer Experience Advocate
Education

Universidad Centroamericana 'José Simeón Cañas'
2012 - 2012Course, Project Management based on PMI Methodology Project ManagementPMI Methodology for PMP

Universidad Francisco Gavidia
2001 - 2006Bachelor's degree Information TechnologyBachelor in Computer Science

ESI School of Management
2008 - 2010Master of Business Administration - MBA Business Administration and Management, General MasterMaster in Business Administration
Experience

Sykes
Mar 2005 - Sept 2016*Cross-Organizational Communication: Facilitated communication across Operations, Facilities, Global Networks, IS/IT, Security, and Third-Party Vendors, ensuring seamless project execution.*Budget Management: Created, approved, and managed project budgets based on engineering team requirements and quotes.*Complex Project Management: Analyzed and managed high-complexity projects with significant business impact, recommending optimal technical solutions.*Portfolio Management: Managed portfolios for specific clients, delivering customized solutions across different regions in collaboration with other Project Managers. Show less
Global IT Project Manager
May 2011 - Sept 2016IT Helpdesk Supervisor
Jan 2010 - May 2011IT Helpdesk Specialist
Aug 2007 - Jan 2010L2 Technical Support - MSN
Mar 2005 - Aug 2007

Dell Technologies
Sept 2016 - now*Lead for MCLA E2E Process and Improvement Team: Act as Product Owner, supporting and motivating a multidisciplinary team to create content for process improvements in Service Delivery using Agile methodologies.*Strategic Initiatives: Support strategic Latin America initiatives to enhance communication with partners, presales, and sales services teams, sharing best practices from Professional and Delivery Services.*Program/Project Management: Provide program and project management support for enterprise products, ensuring best-in-class deployment services.*Content Management: Manage and update content for all PMO LATAM Communities Service Delivery. Show less *Professional Delivery Services: Delivered professional services across Latin America and the Caribbean, collaborating with Dell’s technical staff and service partners.*Portfolio Management: Directed and executed a portfolio of enterprise products and services, generating $1.2M in revenue and achieving cost savings of up to $50K each quarter while maintaining high-quality standards.*Cross-functional Collaboration: Served as the point of contact between technical and non-technical teams, partners, channels, and sales teams to deliver complex solutions and technologies.*Customer Experience Advocate: Supported the LATAM region by providing consulting for continuous improvement, developing recommendations, and adapting changes to maintain a 95% compliance rate, with strong stakeholder communication. Show less
Global Professional Services Consultant
Apr 2024 - nowSenior Program/Project Manager, Global Professional Services
Sept 2016 - Apr 2024
Licenses & Certifications

Change Management
ProsciAug 2015
ITIL® Foundation in IT Service Management
AXELOS Global Best PracticeFeb 2019- View certificate

Project Management Professional (PMP)®
Project Management InstituteApr 2022 - View certificate

Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC)
SCRUMstudy - Accreditation Body for Scrum and AgileMay 2023 - View certificate

Digital Transformation with Google Cloud
GoogleJun 2025 - View certificate

Generative AI Overview for Project Managers
Project Management InstituteDec 2023 - View certificate

Innovating with Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence
GoogleJun 2025 - View certificate

GenAI Proven Professional
Dell TechnologiesAug 2024 - View certificate

Exploring data transformation with Google Cloud
GoogleJun 2025 - View certificate

Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management InstituteApr 2022
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to David A. Palacios MBA, PMP®, ITIL®, SFCDELIGHT AWARD - CE Improvement for LATAM David A. Palacios Mar 2019 For CE in LATAM, there was a gap between understanding metric and improve scores as some sub regions did not met targets, so it was required to analyze current metrics, scores, status by sub regions in order to establish improvement plans, after a lot's of reviews, meetings, follow up's and close communications, we improved CE scores for ALL sub regions, increasing other metrics such as response rate and providing a better CE for our customers, this was developed all year and results were… Show more For CE in LATAM, there was a gap between understanding metric and improve scores as some sub regions did not met targets, so it was required to analyze current metrics, scores, status by sub regions in order to establish improvement plans, after a lot's of reviews, meetings, follow up's and close communications, we improved CE scores for ALL sub regions, increasing other metrics such as response rate and providing a better CE for our customers, this was developed all year and results were concreted in a DELIGHT AWARD! Show less
Languages
- enEnglish
- spSpanish
- poPortuguese
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