Denise Canty is a Project Management Professional (PMP), a PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP), a Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE), and a Certified Scrum Master (CSM). She holds three degrees from the University of Maryland University College (UMUC): Master of Business Administration (MBA), 2013 Master of Science in IT Project Management (MS), 2012 Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (BS), 1998 Canty has over 20 years of experience in information technology. She has resided in the Washington, DC metropolitan area since 1986.