Professional Project Excellence is a project management and business consulting firm based in Miami. We help organizations plan, manage, and deliver complex projects on time and within budget, from process improvement and risk mitigation to technology modernization and strategic planning.
The firm is led by founder and principal Karen Stanford and is built on more than 14 years of experience delivering technology and operations programs for major public transit agencies. That experience shapes how we work with every client: clear plans, honest communication, steady follow through, and results you can measure.
Clear scope, realistic plans, and schedules that are tracked every week, not just at kickoff.
Business, technical, vendor, QA, and operations teams kept informed and moving in the same direction.
Risks, issues, and dependencies raised early, owned by someone, and followed through to resolution.
Testing coordination, deployment planning, and operational readiness so launches go smoothly.
Cloud, data center, server, and database moves, plus replacing legacy systems with modern ones.
Change control, integrated status reporting, and the clear visibility leaders need to make decisions.
Our leadership has spent more than 14 years guiding programs for public transit agencies, from focused migrations completed in under a year to modernization efforts that span several years.
Leads three related workstreams for a statewide transit agency: a mobile device platform migration, ticket machine hardware and software upgrades with Windows 11 and PCI readiness, and fare system enhancements.
Coordinating the move of a legacy mainframe revenue system to a modern cloud web application, delivered in phases across rail and bus.
Hardware upgrades, software enhancements, mobile ticket validation, and a unified account based back office across ticket machines, faregates, and validators.
Managed an Oracle database migration for a regional transportation authority from planning through phased implementation during a data center refresh.
Relocated 38 servers for a commuter rail system after a data center closure, with operating system upgrades across development, test, and production.
Oversaw software production issues, enhancements, and system improvements for a commuter rail system, keeping service running and fixes on schedule.
Led coordination and delivery support for a major metropolitan transit authority's retail fare sales systems, from requirements and testing to issue resolution.
Everyone knows the plan, the status, and the next step. We share progress and risks early so there are no surprises.
We own scope, schedule, and follow through. Every issue gets tracked, every dependency gets an owner, and every commitment is kept.
Great projects bring business, technical, vendor, and operations teams together. We are the link that keeps them working toward one goal.
Whether you need a single project brought back on track or ongoing program support, Professional Project Excellence is ready to help. Tell us about your goals and we will show you how we can get there together.
Professional Project ExcellenceProject management and consulting that keeps complex work on track.
2125 Biscayne Blvd., Ste 204
Miami, Florida 33137