Preston Griffith
- Sr. Advisor
- Impact Advisors
School Information
School: Kansas State University
College Major: Business
Years at College Works: 2007 to 2011
Career Information
Working For: Impact Advisors
Title: Sr. Advisor
Industry: Technology
Brief Description of Duties / Responsibilities:
Maintain up-to-date project artifacts, including project plans, risk registers, and client-specific documentation, to confirm clarity and transparency throughout project lifecycle. Align solution application teams with contracted scope, overseeing all project activities to guarantee completion within stipulated timelines. Take charge of identifying, mitigating, and resolving risks, issues, and escalations across all projects, devising effective mitigation plans to ensure project continuity. Provide oversight of implementation following defined project methodology, ensuring quality and adherence to project goals and objectives.
What Has Been Your Proudest Accomplishment Post-CWP?Being promoted within the first year at Cerner.
College Works Career Impact
In one sentence, what has CW meant to you?
The person I am today was built upon the relationships and values I learned with College Works Painting.
How did your CW experience impact your career? Immediately after graduation? Now?
Within the 2 years at Cerner I have been given the opportunity to manage projects and lead our implementations. This is something that typically takes 4-5 years to obtain, but through my experience at College Works Painting and degree from KSU I was able to get a position that I thoroughly enjoy.
What was the greatest lesson you learned from your CW experience?
Failure is an opportunity to build upon. It creates an invaluable learning opportunity and you must seize that moment to become a better leader. Many failures help build your leadership skills and transform the way you react to challenges going forward.
Advice
What advice do you have for potential CW participants? Current CW participants?
Don’t always think in the NOW, but look towards the WHY. Ex. Why am I learning how to manage a crew instead of me just doing the work myself? A good leader will ensure they can focus on the bigger picture and not the smaller tasks at hand. Fast Forward…How do you communicate priorities to the C suite at Hospital Systems? It’s surprisingly similar to managing a College Works Painting branch.
What’s your favorite memory from CW?
The look on all my classmates face every year when I visited Cancun for free!!!
Last words of wisdom?
Do what you need to do now so you can do what you want to do later.