Jeffrey Knight, PMP

Principle Engineer IT

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Thousand Oaks, California, United States

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Timeline
About me
Program/Project Manager at Ekman Associates, Inc.
Education
- Center for Creative Leadership
  2008 -
  Graduate Leadership Development Program
  The Leadership Development Program (LDP)® is designed for leaders of managers. It is built around 6 factors vital to the success of managers: influence, communication, thinking and acting systematically, self-awareness, resiliency, and learning agility.
- California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
  1984 - 1987
  MBA Business
  Activities and Societies: Cal Poly Rose Parade Float Thesis on Software Quality Assurance.
- California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
  1980 - 1984
  BS Computer Information Systems
  Activities and Societies: Cal Poly Rose Parade Float Committee (Chairman Senior Year) & Management Information System Student Association Worked in the office of Public Affairs part time while attending classes.
Experience
- Lockheed Martin/Loral/Unisys/Paramax/System Development Corporation
  Mar 1985 - Jun 1996
  Principle Engineer IT
- DIRECTV
  Oct 1996 - Aug 2009
  Director, IT
- Ongoing Community Involvement
  Apr 1999 - now
  Volunteer
- Green Dot Corporation
  Jan 2010 - Jan 2011
  Director, Customer Care Technology
- IT Project Management Leaders in Thousand Oaks CA
  Jan 2012 - Aug 2012
  Founder | Director IT Project Management
- SDI Media
  Aug 2012 - Jan 2014
  Project Manager / Consultant
- 120° Venture Construction, Inc.
  Aug 2012 - Feb 2015
  Program Manager / Senior Director
- NBCUniversal, Inc.
  Feb 2014 - Oct 2022
  - Director, GNS PMO, Enterprise Engineering, at NBCUniversal, Inc.
    Feb 2015 - Oct 2022
  - Technical Project Manager
    Feb 2014 - Jan 2015
- Ekman Associates, Inc.
  Jan 2023 - now
  Program/Project Manager
Licenses & Certifications
- 120VC Project Management Certification
  120° Venture Construction, Inc.
  Aug 2013
- 120VC Program Management Certification
  120° Venture Construction, Inc.
  Nov 2013
- Certified Scrum Master
  Scrum Alliance
  Jun 2011
  View certificate
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
  Project Management Institute
  Nov 2011
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Jeffrey Knight, PMP
  Going The Extra Mile (GEM) Award (Multiple) NBCUniversal Aug 2015 The Going The Extra Mile Award is a recognition of exceptional work and leadership that extends above and beyond what is generally asked.
- Awarded to Jeffrey Knight, PMP
  Speech Technology Magazine’s Speech Solution Speech Champion Speech Technology Magazine Aug 2006 Led the effort to design and develop a speech-enabled solution with two key objectives, streamline the pay-per-view movie and event ordering process and automate the installer activation process.
- Awarded to Jeffrey Knight, PMP
  DIRECTV Achievement Award DIRECTV 2000
- Awarded to Jeffrey Knight, PMP
  Unisys Achievement Award for Excellence Unisys 1993
- Awarded to Jeffrey Knight, PMP
  Unisys Achievement Award Unisys 1990