Faculty: Tamara Blake
Tamara Blake, MS
Title(s):
Adjunct Professor
School(s):
Business
415-407-1627
Prof. Tamara Blake is a Senior IT Project/Program Manager with over ten years of Program
and Project Management experience in Software Development, Mobile Technology, Quality
Assurance, IT Infrastructure, Compliance, Mortgage Lending and Finance. She is specialist
in project planning, process improvement, software implementation, workflow, training
and project execution, a certified PMP, PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Master, Certified
Scrum Product Owner.
Prof. Blake is customer focused and experienced in client meetings and presentations
and specializes in team dynamics, collaboration, conflict resolution and impediment
clearing. Additionally she has extensive experience collaborating with Product Managers
working with customers and stakeholders.
COURSES TAUGHT
RESEARCH INTERESTS & AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
- Project/Program Management,
- Process Improvement
- Planning, Estimation and Execution
- Agile Methodology
- Risk Management
- Change Management
- Stakeholder Communications
- Cross Cultural Communication
- Co-located and distributed teams
- Requirements Gathering/Management
EDUCATION
- MS in Applied Economics, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
- BS in Crop Production, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
- Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI (Project Management Institute)
- PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner)
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
PROFESSIONAL & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Adjunct Professor, Golden Gate University, 2017 - Present
- Project Manager, Artizen Staffing, May 2019 - Present
- Business Systems Analyst/Scrum Master- Contractor at Airbnb, TEKsystems, 2017- 2019
- Project Manager, Professional Services/Product Development – Monitise Americas, 2016- 2017
- Senior Program Manager - Visicon Technologies, 2015- 2016
- Senior Project Manager/Scrum Master - FIS Mobile, 2010 - 2015
- Project Management Consultant - Digital Divide Data (NGO), 2008- 2009
- Program Manager, IT - Paul Financial, LLC, 2002- 2006