Darlene Avila

Darlene Avila has a diverse work experience spanning several industries and roles. Darlene is currently employed as the Director of the Program Management Office at Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and Mortuaries since March 2021. Prior to that, they worked as a Project Manager at the same company from June 2018 to March 2021.

From 2017 to 2018, Darlene worked as a Senior Enterprise Resources Planning Consultant at IMPRIVA. Before that, they served as the Program and Change Management Lead at Prosum Technology Services from June 2013 to April 2017.

Darlene also has experience at Levi Strauss & Co. where they held the positions of Vice President, Corp IT and Sr. Director, Corp Function IT COE. Their responsibilities included providing oversight for corporate applications, global business intelligence, and SAP functional teams.

In addition, Darlene worked as a Principle Consultant at Avila Integrated Solutions and held various positions at the Walt Disney Company, including Exec Director of Process Integration & IT and Director of Media/Corporate Site Sustainment & Enterprise Integration.

Finally, they started their career at Walt Disney Imagineering, where they held roles such as Director of Software Engineering and Senior Manager of Business Systems Development.

Overall, Darlene Avila has a strong background in program management, project management, enterprise resource planning, and change management, with extensive experience in the IT industry and a focus on implementing and improving SAP systems.

Darlene Avila obtained a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Accounting from CSU, Northridge, completing their education between 1975 and 1983. Darlene also holds a certification in Change Management Professional from Prosci, which they received in 2014.