Ashley Puryear Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

• Builds relationships with schools, community-based organizations, and corporate partners to further collaborative initiatives through youth entrepreneurship and business development• Develops, oversees, and manages innovative youth programs, both nationally and globally, with 90% of participants exceeding program objectives via an EdTech web-based platform and mobile app• Establishes and implements strategies to maximize adoption, engagement, customer retention, and account expansions• Leads and develops the customer success team for sustainable scalability and growth with a customer-centric approach• Mentors and supervises program facilitators in the delivery of quality programs using WeThrive’s EdTech platform• Creates entrepreneurial pathways and identifies opportunities for youth to lead• Collaborates with internal stakeholders and grant providers to increase ROI and improve customer experience, impact, and value• Creates automated processes and systems to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of customer success• Establishes and monitors KPIs associated with customer, account, and operational success• Provides planning, assessment, and advisory support to Portfolio Companies• Strengthens youth talent and ideas through a support network of entrepreneur coaches and mentors that create a strong alumni-led and alumni-driven community• Trains and onboards clients to SaaS platform • Coordinates and assists with events• Attends and supports both in-person and virtual program events• Supports the general operations of WeThrive as needed

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

• Constructs, deploys and monitors effective policies, strategies, processes, and budgets to expand long-term business success in collaboration with management and staff• Manages day-to-day business operations while having direct oversight of the marketing, creative, content development and membership teams while leading cods-functional teams to meet critical deadlines• Spearheads branding, advertising, and image development• Writes and manages marketing plans, proposals, product positioning, and creation of all collateral while providing an understanding of the market, competition, and sales processes• Drives integrated and targeted marketing campaigns• Coordinates, hosts, and facilitates in-person and virtual professional development workshops/opportunities for youth and adults• Develops and cultivates lasting relationships and partnerships with businesses and community members• Supports educators and mentors on best practices for working with youth and building inclusive envionments• Capitalizes on industry expertise in nurturing a business from conception to launch leading to awareness, funding, and sales/revenue• Designs internal training programs for all staff to promote organizational efficiency

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Shine is on a mission to make caring for your mental and emotional health easier, more representative, and more inclusive—of all of our experiences.• Engages, develops and maintains mutually influential business relationships while delivering results in a cross-functional environment (C-level executives, LOB managers, and technical audiences) • Uncovers sales opportunities through well-planned demand generation efforts• Utilizes prospecting techniques to identify, qualify, and close net new business leading to a high-quality pipeline for Shine at Work• Identifies customer needs and articulates how Shine at Work can address those needs• Collaborates with marketing and account teams through various campaigns, events and customer development initiatives• Collaborates with the sales team and other members of the virtual team on account strategy, demand generation activities, execution and results to maximize ROI• Manages customer calls and web presentations• Ensures a positive customer experience by educating customers, responding to questions, and overcoming objections

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Developed and implemented highly effective instructional plans, activities, projects, and marketing collateral to complement identified student areas of growth• Designed school-wide benchmark assessments to gauge proficiency; monitoring and recording progress while providing formative feedback and evaluations• Unprecedented in-class relationship building strategies resulted in school-wide model of adoption for Positive Behavior Interventions and Support procedures• Lead coordinator to identify, develop and implement work-based learning• Seamlessly managed multiple groups and individuals as they pursue academic and professional goals, results, and outcomes• Coordinated and provided social and emotional learning events for all staff and/or all students• Advised on-campus organizations that strengthen the use of student voices and views, resulting in school-wide safety and cultural improvements• Implemented and maintained clear expectations, constructive feedback, and logical consequences

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Adapted daily routines to meet the interests and needs of the individual child and the group• Planned and implemented activities that meet the physical, intellectual, emotional and social needs of the students• Developed activities that promote literacy concepts• Established policies and procedures to ensure the safety of everyone• Ensured that the classroom, facilities and equipment is clean, well-maintained and safe• Scheduled and maintained weekly and monthly activities• Provided a classroom environment that encourages parent participation• Communicated with parents to discuss their child’s development

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Drove profit through both inbound and permission-based outbound calls by utilizing sales techniques• Consistently performed a variety of dimensions including, exceeding sales goals and meeting quality assurance requirements• Increased customer profitability and value by utilizing cross-selling and upselling techniques• Ensured a positive customer experience by educating customers, responding to questions and overcoming objections

Burlington, Massachusetts

• Collaborated with the virtual sales team on account strategy, demand generation activities, and results• Managed customer calls and web presentations• Built and increased sales pipeline and generating revenue through demand generation and targeted campaigns• Gained in-depth knowledge of Oracle products and technologies, territories, accounts, competitors, industry trends, etc.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

• Provided light care to vehicles (oil changes, tire rotations, radiator and transmission services, inspections, etc.) • Analyzed, comprehended and recommended financial objectives

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

• Internet of Everything (IOE) 100 Narratives Book – write success stories and identify corresponding images• Smartnet and Smart Net Total Care service convergence

Greensboro, North Carolina

Created flyers and promotion collateral for musician, promoted around university campuses, and assisted with sales

Greensboro, North Carolina

• Encouraged students’ active involvement in academic life while creating an atmosphere of campus pride and connection• Provided opportunities for students to understand the value of academic challenge and success• Promoted and developed an environment that is conducive to academic achievement and endeavors• Provided programming for students within the residence halls

Kernersville Family Ymca And Fulton Family Ymca

• Served as a brand advocate daily, promoting the cause: to strengthen the foundations of community• Served on membership acquisition and retention team • Promoted a focus on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility for people of all ages and from all backgrounds• Modeled organizational values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility • Registered individuals and families for facility and program memberships• Encouraged members to donate, volunteer and advocate for the Y• Completed monetary transactions for memberships• Conducted informational tours for potential members and their familites • Provided ongoing member support

Fulton Family Ymca

• Promoted youth development by providing a caring, nurturing environment for children and serving as a positive role model• Organized activities and games to engage children in learning and fun• Redirected children's negative attitudes and behavior toward positive results• Led arts and crafts projects for children to express creative skills

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

• VMware Messaging – position Cisco’s capabilities in a major tradeshow hosted by a company that is now a competitor• UCS Express Launch – integrate the services and software story into a product launch• Cisco Big Data Story Launch at Strata-Hadoop World - design webinar, pulling the collective Cisco Big Data story; Coordinate a weekly Big Data core team meeting• Data Center and Cloud Franchise Kit Portfolio Rationalization costing and alignment – Tell a whole story for data center• Head Data Center Optimization Services Video production• Domain Ten to Data Virtualization architecture mapping• Edit risk whitepaper updates• Plan and organize company-wide volunteer event for the month of July

• Welcome new students and family members to the University• Lead discussion groups with incoming students and family members• Assist in the preparation, organization and presentation of orientation activities, materials and programs• Explain academic opportunities and procedures to incoming students• Acquaint new students and their families with the campus and campus services• Perform tasks & responsibilities as assigned to ensure a successful New Student Orientation and other New Student Program activities• Share Aggie experience with students and their families