Karmen T Garakanian

Laguna Niguel, CA

Information Technology And Services

Cognizant Technology Solutions Mar 2012 - Feb 2019
Director - Consulting - Analytics Information Management
Cognizant Technology Solutions Mar 2012 - Feb 2019
Director - Engagement Partner
Teradata Feb 2011 - May 2012
Development Realization Team Leader - Senior Program Manager

Pepperdine Graziadio Business School
Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, West Germany
Uc Irvine
Bachelors, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Business Intelligence
Program Management
Cross Functional Team Leadership
Management
Software Project Management
Enterprise Software
New Business Development
Teamwork
Integration
Crm
Product Development
Multilingual
Entrepreneurship
Project Management
Technical Presentations
Strategy
Product Management
Business Development
Goal Oriented
Consulting
Program/Project Management
Data Warehousing
Leadership
Sales
Consulting and Post Sales Support
Pre Sales
Erp
Analysis
Analytics
Results Oriented
Product Management
Team Building and Management
Customer Focus
Entrepreneurial Skills
Detail Orientation
Cloud Computing
Testing
Project Planning
Competitive Analysis
Quality Assurance
Strategic Planning
Product Marketing
Contract Negotiation
Customer Relationship Management
Intelligence
Team Building
Networking
Enterprise Resource Planning
Sdlc

At&T Project Management Certificate

Teradata Corp (Contract)

Feb 2011 to 2000
Development Realization Team Leader (DRTL), Program Manager
Cisco Systems (Consultant)
San Jose, CA
May 2002 to Oct 2002
ENTERPRISE DATA MANAGEMENT (EDM) PROGRAM MANAGER
Cisco Systems (Consultant)
San Jose, CA
Aug 2001 to May 2002
CISCO DATA WAREHOUSE (CDW) PROGRAM/PROJECT MANAGER
Zambeel, Inc
Fremont, CA
May 2000 to Jun 2001
OVERALL PROJECT MANAGER
Toyota Motor Sales
Torrance, CA
Sep 1999 to May 2000
DATA WAREHOUSE PROJECT MANAGER/CORE COMPETENCY MANAGER
Oracle's Enterprise Business Intelligence Practice
Chicago, IL
Sep 1998 to Aug 1999
Consultant
AT&T GIS
El Segundo, CA
Sep 1992 to Jul 1998
SENIOR DATA WAREHOUSE PRE-SALE CONSULTANT
AT&T GIS

Mar 1995 to Mar 1997
SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER
AT&T GIS

Sep 1992 to Mar 1995
SOFTWARE PROJECT LEADER
Telcom Technologies
Pomona, CA
Apr 1991 to Sep 1992
SOFTWARE PROJECT LEADER, PRODUCT MANAGER
Technology Marketing, Incorporated
Irvine, CA
Feb 1988 to Mar 1991
PROGRAMMER ANALYST
University of California Irvine
Irvine, CA
Oct 1986 to Feb 1988
Programmer Analyst

Pepperdine University, School of Business and Management
1997
M.S. in Technology Management
University of California
Irvine, CA
1986
B.S. in Information and Computer Science
Technische Hochschule Darmstadt
West, TX
Jan 1982
Abitur in Informatik

An applications manager with over 18 years of hands on technical experience, combining in-depth systems design and implementation with clients business process improvements and timely solutions delivery mostly in Data Warehousing. A technical specialist who has had much experience in program/project management, negotiation skills, management of software development teams, software product life-cycle processes, and new products introductions. Results oriented, customer driven, flexible, team player, skilled negotiator, entrepreneurial, outgoing, willing to travel globally, multi-cultural and multi-lingual, hard working and achievement driven, solid educational background, and strong analytical and presentation skills.