Ken Barrett

Principal Engineer at United Wholesale Mortgage

Ken Barrett, PMP has extensive experience in IT program and project management, with a focus on transition and transformation projects. Ken has worked for various companies including United Wholesale Mortgage, DXC Technology, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP, and Electronic Data Systems. Throughout their career, Ken has had roles such as IT Program/Project Manager, IT Team Leader, and IT Technical Delivery Manager. Their responsibilities have included managing budgets, delivering program and project plans, gathering user requirements, and negotiating contracts. Ken has also led teams to successfully complete large-scale projects, ranging from global IT transitions and transformations to Windows upgrades and application development projects.

Ken Barrett, PMP holds a Master of Science (MS) degree in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University, which they obtained from 1993 to 1995. Prior to that, they earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Mechanical Engineering from the same university between 1991 and 1993. In addition to their academic qualifications, Ken has obtained various certifications including the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute in March 2003. Ken also holds certifications in Excel 2016: Setting Up a Database, Business Analysis Foundations: Business Process Modeling, DevOps Foundations, DevOps Foundations: Chaos Engineering, Learning Jira Software, Power BI Quick Tips, Power BI: Dashboards for Beginners, Strategic Thinking, Succeeding in DevOps, and Transitioning from Waterfall to Agile Project Management. The institution from which they obtained the IT Information Library Foundations Certification (ITIL) is unknown, and no specific information regarding the month and year of obtaining this certification is available.

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  • Principal Engineer

    October, 2020 - present

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