About — Renée Brecht-Mangiafico

I'm a project and program manager with 15+ years of experience leading initiatives across government, institutional, and corporate environments in New Jersey.

My work sits at a specific intersection: I understand public-sector constraints and stakeholder complexity, I hold a PMP and an MPA, and I've spent the last several years deliberately building hands-on technical capability — earning a Microsoft AI-900 certification, completing data and automation coursework, and learning to use AI tools as a genuine productivity lever rather than a talking point.

That combination is the thing I keep coming back to. A lot of PMs hand off technical work and manage the output. I prefer to understand what I'm managing — and increasingly, to build parts of it myself. This site is an example of that: I directed Claude to build it, using a workflow I designed and can explain to anyone who asks.

The work I find most compelling sits at the intersection of project management, business intelligence, and AI. Organizations — especially in government and the public sector — are sitting on data they can't use and facing technology change they're not structured to manage. I'm deliberately building the capability to help with both: not as a technologist, but as a PM who understands the tools well enough to lead the work intelligently.

Credentials & education

PMP — Project Management Professional Verify on PMI ↗
Microsoft AI-900 — Azure AI Fundamentals (April 2026)
Google AI Fluency Certification
MPA — Master of Public Administration
Villanova University — Project Management Certificate
Villanova University — IT Project Management Certificate
Microsoft Power BI — Power BI Foundations (MS Learn, completed)
n8n Workflow Automation — Great Learning (completed)
Python (Intro to Python) — DataCamp, completed
Python (Intermediate Python) — DataCamp, in progress
Data Analyst in Power BI — DataCamp career track (50 hrs), in progress

Civic roles

Currently serving as Secretary of the Greenwich Township Land Use Board and as a member of the Cumberland County Health Advisory Board — active roles in South Jersey municipal and public health governance.

Thought leadership

I write occasionally about applying agile frameworks to everyday professional life. Find that series on LinkedIn.

Based in South Jersey. Open to roles throughout the NJ corridor — South Jersey through Trenton and New Brunswick — as well as Philadelphia, Delaware, and remote.