With nearly two decades of career experience in Information Technology and Certified Project Management consulting, Columbus, Ohio-based Joseph Ours offers expertise as a leader in business processes with a successful record of providing project and portfolio management of large technology initiatives in multiple senior-level positions. He currently works with Centric Consulting, in the role of National Service Offering Lead for Software Testing & Quality Assurance Services. The strategy & technology company works with numerous Fortune 500 clients in strategy, technology and process, where Joseph commandeers its consulting efforts, including business development, practice management and client delivery. Joseph has served major clients such as Nationwide Insurance, Grange Insurance, State Auto Insurance, Motorists Mutual Group, BMW Financial Services, Kroger, Orange County Public Schools, LexisNexis, CareSource and Cardinal Health. He has also held roles at Bank One (now JP Morgan Chase), Cohesion, Davison Associates, Vitro Corp., and was an Electronic Warfare Technician with the United States Naval Service. He earned an MBA degree from Keller Business, and two Bachelor degrees: in Electronic Engineering Technology from World College, and in Technical Management from DeVry University. He is also PMP certified by the Project Management Institute. Within the community, Joseph is Chairman of the Columbus Advisory Council for Per Scholas, which aims to break the cycle of poverty by providing technology education, access, training and job placement services for people in underserved communities.
