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The Wanderlust Group is the team behind Dockwa, Marinas.com and Campouts (forthcoming). We build marketplaces and technology platforms that connect adventurers to destinations and help those destinations grow. You’ll find our apps and software used by more than 250,000 people, across 15,000 destinations in more than 30 countries. The Wanderlust Group is a remote-first company that operates on a 4-day work week, because we believe time spent outdoors, connected to nature, makes all of our work better.

I architect, design and develop business solutions on Vecna's Salesforce.com instance.* Transitioned the company away from a struggling legacy Salesforce-to-Salesforce connection to a custom REST API based integration built from the ground up, resulting in an 80% reduction in custom code needed to achieve the same results* Planned and designed a partner community, and facilitated the migration of two third-party external vendors, formerly working in separate Salesforce orgs, into this community. Also developed custom partner user registration logic which utilizes just-in-time provisioning (JIT) in order to allow for large numbers of partner users to engage without the need to purchase high numbers of licenses* Developed custom email handling, logging and alerting services which capture the uptime of Vecna's field hardware, and communicate timely SMS-alerts to key personnel during critical issues* Implemented custom AngularJS user interface components to provide company service agents with extremely simple and intuitive user experiences, while still allowing for highly advanced business and database logic

I support the implementation and adoption of Salesforce.com (SFDC) at the enterprise level. As a consultant in Appirio's SFDC practice, I work remotely and on-site across a variety of functions and project roles, including:* Pre-Sales Support - Project scoping, prioritization, and prototyping for prospective clients* Business Analysis - Leading workshops to extract and visualize current- and future-state requirements* Configuration - Setup, testing and deployment of declarative SFDC metadata* Development - Advanced application design using Apex and/or Visualforce* Data Management - Manipulation/migration of large data volumes* Training - Providing instruction and best-practices tailored to audience (end-user, manager, IT, etc.)

Supported a team of administrators responsible for managing a Salesforce.com instance, which housed 300 users across North America, South America and Europe. Acted in a hybrid Sales Operations and Salesforce administrator role, by both approving sales & service contracts as well as supporting the technical process for submitting them. Provided Apex and Visualforce development support for advanced business requirements and projects.

Owned the Salesforce.com implementation and associated business processes, including:* Membership application, approval, and document storage* Member contact record management (for ~100,000 users)* Donation payment processing* Mass e-mail marketing including targeting, A/B testing, and analysis* Highly customized, external-facing "give" management hosted on Force.com sites (see www.therucksack.org)Managed all vendor interactions, including external consulting and technical resources.Invited to present in a Dreamforce 2011 session focused on strategies to implement the Salesforce platform for non-profit organizations.

Led a team of 5 individuals in the logistical execution of IAVA's member-focused communication and events. Responsible for representing the organization at various fundraising and awareness events such as IAVA's Annual Gala and Heroes Celebration. as well as co-branded engagements with partners including JC Penney, Miller High Life, and others. Collaborated with 6 other department heads in strategic resource planning related to several of IAVA's recurring campaigns, such as:* Storm the Hill - An annual advocacy campaign in which ~20 OIF and OEF member veterans are brought to Washington D.C. to meet with members of Congress face-to-face and lobby for legislative action on behalf of veterans. My team assisted IAVA's Policy department in the outreach, interviewing/assessment, and travel logistics for members selected to participate.* Veterans Day - The membership team annually executes a local parade and membership event each year in IAVA's HQ cities of New York City and Washington D.C., as well as leading train-the-trainer efforts for members in cities across the country to do the same.* "Give a Veteran a Piece of the High-Life" Campaign - As part of a strategic partnership with Miller High Life, the membership organized the targeted outreach, ticket distribution, and event management for dozens of events desigend to provide veterans with experiences, such as free attendance to major sporting events.Led the organization in championing and developing advanced Salesforce.com workflow design and adoption, specific to both member-related activity as well as other teams' purposes, such as legislative survey and petition design.Received media training at Fleishman-Hillard in New York, NY, and represented the organization & veterans issues alike on outlets such as MSNBC with Alex Witt, CNN's "The Situation Room," PRI's "The World," Air America's "Ron Reagan Show," Stars and Stripes, and others.

Supported the membership team in outreach, event planning & execution, and training activities. Managed the incoming member contact queue and referral process.

Completed an 6-year enlistment as an Infantryman (MOS 11B), earning an honorable discharge at the rank of Specialist (E-4). Voluntarily deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from January 2008 to January 2009, where I served on a Commander's Emergency Relief Program (CERP) team and a Police Mentoring Team (PMT) in the Kabul and Herat provinces, respectively. Awards include the Army Achievement, Army Commendation, NATO ISAF, and Good Conduct medals.