John Warren
Vice President, Strategic Business Solutions
Executive Director, Center of Excellence (COE)
John Warren is vice president of strategic business solutions and the Executive Director of the Center of Excellence (COE) at IPS. A 30-year veteran of program and project management, with expertise in overall consulting engagement management, product design, strategic planning, and strategic team facilitation, John specializes in strategic execution and portfolio and major program management.
Currently, John is consulting to the U.S. Library of Congress Associate Librarian and CIO in developing a strategic plan for the National Digital Information Infrastructure Preservation Program (NDIIP).
John is a faculty member in the Stanford APM program, where he teaches on-campus and on-site courses. In addition, he has led the course development of both Financial Mastery for Projects and The Strategic PMO: Projects to Enterprise. During his career with IPS, John has worked with Hewlett-Packard in establishing and supporting the ongoing refinement of a global, multifunctional program management office. At Capital One, John coached senior managers in program and project management for a mission-critical complex program. John has also provided consulting and facilitation services to clients including Charles Schwab, Xerox, Adobe Systems, and Providian Financial.
Before joining IPS, John was president of Sunbelt Hydro Corporation, responsible for start-up, development evaluation, budgeting, financing, and acquisition of small hydro sites. Previously, John worked for Research Triangle Institute, where he managed projects mainly in environmental and business policy and energy.
John has an MBA in strategic planning from Duke University, a master of forestry in land-use planning degree from North Carolina State University, and a BS in biology and pre-medical sciences from Davidson College, North Carolina. John is a Stanford Certified Project Manager (SCPM).
