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Bernie Darter, PMP

Bernie Darter, PMP

Senior Analyst and Testing Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Consultant Senior Project Manager

  • Education

    • George Washington University School of Business [certificate in project management]

      1999 - 2000
      Master Certificate in Project Management

    • MidAmerica Nazarene University

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      Bachelor of Arts Management

      Activities and Societies: Cum Laude

  • Experience

    • Sprint Nextel

      May 1997 - Jul 2002
      Senior Analyst and Testing Engineer

    • Faith Chapel

      Aug 2002 - Nov 2006
      Associate Staff Minister and Program Manager

    • Planning Toolkit

      Oct 2006 - now

      Continually refine Planning Toolkit tools and processes to use with non profits to plan projects and programs in a way that trains their staff and volunteers to use their resources in the most efficient way to achieve their community goals.* Authored and published "Toolkit for Pastors, Construct your vision! Project planning for Pastors"©2006. Designed to be used by faith-based and non profits to learn key and quick techniques and tools to manage projects without prior PM training.* Developed proprietary Planning Toolkit a Project Management training based on standard and current Project Management best practices. * Trained ten Olathe School District staff and then coached the ten pilot participates to use project management methods and tools to complete Olathe Action Plans as part of the Olathe School Board Strategic Plan.* Presented customized proprietary project management training to H&R Block teams in Tax Training and Audit and Legal departments.* Consulted with multiple non-profits and faith-based organizations to develop project and program charters and plans to deliver their community programs. Show less

      • Consultant Senior Project Manager

        Jan 2020 - now

      • Senior Project Manager Consultant

        Oct 2006 - now

    • H&R Block

      Dec 2006 - Jan 2015

      • Program Manager, Field Sourcing Logistics & Deployment

        Oct 2011 - Jan 2015

      • Manager of Deployment Project Management Team

        Aug 2008 - Oct 2011

      • Project Manager

        Dec 2006 - Oct 2009

    • Ciber Global

      Feb 2015 - May 2015
      IT PMO Center of Excellence Lead/Senior Project Manager

    • The Kansas City Southern Railway Company

      Jul 2015 - Jul 2020
      IT Sr. Project Manager

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Project Management Professional (PMP)

      Project Management Institute (PMI)
      May 2009

    • Certified ScrumMaster

      Scrum Alliance
      Mar 2009

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Bernie Darter, PMP
      2014 Henry W. Bloch National Award for Outstanding Community Service Henry Bloch National Foundation Sep 2014 One of four in the nation awarded $5,000 to give to my charity of choice, Veronica's Voice. I received the award for my volunteer work in 2014 to organize and train a community of volunteers to open a home in Kansas City, KS for commercially exploited women. The home, named Magdalene KC, opened in 2015. To donate go to www.veronicasvoice.org.

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Planning for Magdalene KC

      Issued by Veronica's Voice on Nov 2012
      Veronica's VoiceAssociated with Bernie Darter, PMP

    • Board Chairperson and Organizational Support Committee Chairperson

      Issued by Olathe Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) on Jul 2011
      Olathe Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)Associated with Bernie Darter, PMP

    • Project Manager for Transitional Home Start Up

      Issued by FAITH CHAPEL AG OF LOUISBURG on Jan 2021
      FAITH CHAPEL AG OF LOUISBURGAssociated with Bernie Darter, PMP

    • Project Management training for the District team

      Issued by Olathe School District on Mar 2008
      Olathe School DistrictAssociated with Bernie Darter, PMP