Melanie Palmer

Melanie Palmer, PMP®, has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Melanie is currently working as a Principal Project Manager at BNY Mellon | Pershing since September 2021. Prior to that, they served as an IT Project Manager at Broadridge from March 2021 to August 2021.

Melanie has a strong background in project management and has worked with reputable companies throughout their career. Notably, during their time at IBM, they held various roles including Technical Content Initiative Lead Integration Project Manager, DST Transformation Project Manager, Project Manager / Scrum Master, Enterprise Conversion and Migrations Project Manager, and Project Manager for Steady State Support of a large U.S. gas and electric company's applications.

In these roles, Melanie demonstrated their ability to lead cross-functional teams, implement Agile methodologies, manage software development projects, and drive successful business transformations. Melanie also played a key role in improving processes, reducing costs, and ensuring efficient operations across different projects.

Melanie's earlier roles include working as a Defect Manager and a Financial Portfolio Manager, where they demonstrated their skills in financial planning, resource management, and process optimization.

Overall, Melanie Palmer's work experience showcases their expertise in project management, Agile methodologies, team leadership, and driving successful business transformations.

Melanie Palmer, PMP®, holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Marist College. Melanie also completed coursework towards a Bachelor of Science in Business & Computer Science at Lehigh University. Melanie has obtained various certifications, including the Project Management Professional (PMP) designation from the Project Management Institute in June 2014 and the PMI - Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI - ACP) certification in December 2016. Additionally, they hold certifications as a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) from Scrum Alliance in January 2017, a Certified SAFe® 5 Scrum Master from Scaled Agile, Inc. in January 2022, and as an IBM Advisory Project Manager from IBM. Melanie is scheduled to obtain the Certified SAFe® 6 Release Train Engineer certification from Scaled Agile, Inc. in 2023.