Denise Thompson

Denise Thompson has over 10 years of work experience in project management. Denise is currently working at BENlabs as the Director of Project Management, a position they have held since January 2023. Prior to this, they were the Associate Director of Project Management at BENlabs from April 2022 to February 2023. Before joining BENlabs, they worked as an Operations Project Manager at the same company from September 2021 to April 2022. Additionally, Denise has freelanced as a Senior Project Manager at Denise Thompson, LLC from November 2020 to August 2021. In their earlier career, they worked as a Project Manager at Halo Top Creamery from April 2019 to February 2020, and at the Community Action Partnership of Orange County from May 2018 to April 2019. Before that, they worked as a Training Administrator at the same organization from December 2017 to May 2018. Denise also gained experience as a Project Manager and Jr. Project Manager at Rubbercraft from January 2017 to June 2017 and from April 2015 to January 2017, respectively. Their earliest work experience was at Lakeshore Learning Materials, where they held roles such as Senior Project Manager (Supply Chain), Vendor Relations Agent, and Product Expeditor from October 2013 to April 2015, January 2012 to October 2013, and September 2010 to January 2012, respectively.

Denise Thompson is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree at El Camino College, with an expected completion date in 2020. Their field of study is not specified. Additionally, Denise has obtained several certifications from LinkedIn. These certifications include "Business Acumen for Project Managers," "Project Management Foundations," "Project Management Foundations: Teams," "Building High-Performance Teams," "Communicating with Executives," "Leading and Motivating People with Different Personalities," "Managing Resources Across Project Teams," "Project Management Skills for Leaders," "Goal Setting: Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)," "Learning Asana," "Project Manager to Project Motivator: Unlock the Secrets of Strengths-Based Project Management," "Use Your Strengths for Impact and Influence at Work," and "Confronting Bias: Thriving Across Our Differences." The certifications were obtained between December 2022 and August 2023.