Meet Network Jo

Sharing and caring is Network Jo’s pledge, as she is passionate and dedicated in all that she does. She takes pride in being authentically herself and motivates others to find their inner self-gratification.

Her leadership leads by example and pushes others to always do well. Jo is mesmerized by the power of integrating diversity & inclusion into the workplace to achieve limitless innovation.

Currently, Jo contributes her professional skills to create opportunities for others.

Work with Network Jo

Network Jo is a collaborative business professional with a track record of enhancing organizational effectiveness while accelerating revenue growth within demanding, fast-paced corporate environments.

  • Diverse experience in product, program, project, and customer experience management.

  • Strategic change-maker skilled in leading global cross-functional teams in the execution of highly critical initiatives and driving process improvements.

  • Expert, engaging communicator focused on building consensus with leadership and stakeholders to drive strategic initiatives that implement positive business change.

Network Jo is a collaborative business professional with over two decades of experience, boasting a proven track record of enhancing organizational effectiveness and driving revenue growth. Her diverse expertise spans finance, accounting, project management, customer experience, and more. As a strategic change-maker, she excels in leading global cross-functional teams, driving process improvements, and building consensus for positive business change.

Network Jo’s Experience

  • Head of SaaS Engineering Diversity and Inclusion

    Integrating diversity & inclusion into the workplace to achieve limitless creativity and innovation. Contributing professional skills as a Change Initiator, Relationship Creator, and Rainmaker who creates opportunities for others by driving insight and accountability with data, recruiting with the intention of diversity, embedding inclusion into talent development, inspiring an inclusive culture through community, and investing in the diversity of the industry.

    Privacy Compliance, Principal Program Manager

    Led Privacy and Security reviews for all SaaS services while streamlining internal review processes. Focus on enabling customers to have more choices by implementing privacy features and enhancing product feature service guides as a sales and marketing tool. Advocate making data privacy a part of the DevSecOps; business conversations and development decisions. Build professional relationships to drive a prominent privacy and security posture.

  • Global Senior Program Manager

    Served in leadership role impacting operations, new product introduction, and business process reengineering. Executed complex new product introduction launch plans while effectively controlling global reporting initiatives in partnership with cross-functional teams. Developed and executed program roadmap of projects based on waterfall and agile methodologies. Prioritized project management lifecycle milestones, including planning, requirements, development, UAT, change management, and go-live.

  • Senior Program Manager

    Directed global Enterprise Print on Demand cross-functional team of engineers, operations, finance, and vendors. Built and reported on key metrics and analyses to influence budget and project plans, reduce cycle time, and remove content deployment bottlenecks. Improved financial efficiency by utilizing process automation to reduce cycle time and errors and successfully mitigated critical adoption issues by anticipating risk and accounting for technical constraints.

  • Business Manager, Research & Product Development

    Held multimillion-dollar accountability, including development expense ($30M), budget ($120M), and project liquidation ($15M). Architected and launched a cross-functional product model to provide the e-team with investment feasibility and instituted continuous forecasting process improvement to adapt to changing forecast variables.

  • Sr. Sales Financial Analyst

    Performed accurate sales ($120M) and trade forecasting ($15M) for executive decisions. Oversaw trade calendars and investments to ensure overall customer profitability and retention. Partnered with sales and supply chain to align product availability with trade promotions that drove earnings by auditing spending models and performing ROI analytics.

  • Sales Financial Analyst

    Analyzed revenue ($120M) variances to budget and forecast to provide executive analysis. Hired, trained, coached, and led diverse global teams to minimize cost, identify risk, and leverage opportunities for growth. Designed and implemented the Hyperion tool for operational reporting and forecasting thereby spearheading the automation of the data warehouse.

  • Sr. Financial Analyst

    Executed analysis and reconciliation of $400M+ of accounts receivables reserves. Worked closely with senior leadership on reporting and analysis resolving inter-company issues in collaboration with Supply Chain Credit & Collections unit.

  • Financial Analyst Participant

    Corporate rotational program, designed to develop leaders focused on training, mentorship, and cross-functional business skills. Financial subject matter expert in Operations, Financial Reporting, Marketing, and Research & Development.

From Oracle Inc. to Apple Inc. and Amazon, Network Jo has made significant impacts in various roles, including Head of SaaS Engineering Diversity and Inclusion, Principal Program Manager, and Global Senior Program Manager.

Professional Experience

Education

With an MBA from Northwestern University and diverse certifications, including Prosci® Change Management and PMP, Network Jo brings a wealth of knowledge to every endeavor.

Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management

Master of Business Administration, MBA; Marketing, Management, Entrepreneurship, and Human Resource Management

University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business

Bachelor of Business Administration, BBA; Finance & Business Economics; Minor: Computer Applications

Certifications

Prosci, Change Management Certification

Project Management Institute, Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

Stanford University, Advanced Project Management Training & Coursework

Cornell University, Diversity and Inclusion Certificate

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Network Jo’s Areas of Expertise

Continuous Process Improvement

Change Management & Risk Mitigation

Research & Analysis

Relationship and Morale Builder

Quality Assurance & Vendor Management

Big Data Management

Team Leadership & Mentoring

Waterfall/Agile/Scrum Methodologies

Financial Reporting & Analysis

Creative Problem-Solving

Effective Communication & Reporting

Rhythm of Business Management

Business Transformation

Requirements & Scope Management

Strategic Planning and Budgeting

Diversity Inclusion & Cultural Awareness

Schedule & Task Management

Modeling & Forecasting

What People Are Saying

“JoAnna is a very bright, talented young professional whom I hired as Business Manager to support the Publishing and Product Management department at CTB/McGraw-Hill, with over 300 staff members. She proved herself to be a strong leader, directing her team of cost analysts and working cooperatively across the department to accomplish key objectives in a timely manner. Thoughtful and innovative, continually seeking improvements, JoAnna was an agent for positive change. JoAnna is a rising star. She will be an asset to any company fortunate enough to hire her.”

— Linda McGarvey, Owner at McGarvey Consulting

“JoAnna was a key bridge between the business and Apple's internal technology team and helped champion results for iPhone sales finance. As the program manager, not only did she manage resources and timelines, but also deftly dove deep into the weeds when necessary and just as easily understood the ‘big picture.’

In addition, her problem solving skills and ability to build cross-functional relationships helped guide the team through several ambiguous problems to push us over the finish line successfully. It would be a pleasure to work with JoAnna again.”

— Jennifer Stokes, Sr. Director of Product Management at Sephora

“JoAnna is smart, highly energetic, and passionate about her work. She constantly seeks more efficient ways to get the job done. At Amazon, she made an immediate positive impact on the team by picking up numerous challenging projects and running with them in the face of ambiguous requirements. She brought rigor and structure to those projects and revamped our weekly and monthly financial reporting. She consistently met tight deadlines and took initiative to establish priorities in the face of numerous competing high-priority projects.”

— Matt Nuffort, Director, Automotive at Amazon

Discover Network Jo’s Story

The Cover Up: My Story of Other’s Perceptions Vs. My Reality

The Cover Up is an emotional journey through a broken woman’s troubled childhood, career, and personal life. She finds strength to beat the odds, motivate herself amid adversity, and drive fiercely with tenacity. She sheds a beaming light on her life experiences and how she overcame obstacles, depression, and failure.

Throughout this book, you will learn how to defy destiny determined by environment, wealth, and race. She persevered and triumphed to success by learning to love herself while trusting in God. Start reading this book today! Spread the word so that others can get inspired and encouraged.