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Huntsville, Al, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Led the implementation of Salesforce B2B and Experience Cloud solutions to enhance dealer sales and drive lead generation for a leading manufacturing client. Designed a robust dealer platform with a self-service shopping cart-like functionality that allowed customers to customize products, configure pricing, and place orders seamlessly. This boosted lead conversion, and drove significant sales growth across the dealer network.•Strategic Advisory & Consulting: Proven ability to act as a trusted advisor to clients, lead the deployment of technologies, and actively contribute to the growth of the consulting practice.•Solutions Architect: Excel at running discovery workshops to gather detailed requirements and translate them into scalable, high-impact Salesforce solutions. •Product Ownership: Adept at driving product vision and strategy, aligning stakeholders, and delivering business value through iterative development; ensuring successful project execution and long-term success for clients.•Team Leadership: Mentored and led cross-functional teams of developers, business analysts, QA, and stakeholders to deliver high-impact Salesforce solutions on time and within budget.•Stakeholder Engagement: Known for building strong client relationships and providing tailored solutions that drive business growth and efficiency. Proficient in managing stakeholder expectations, conducting workshops, and delivering strategic recommendations that align with business goals.•Communication: Proven ability to convey complex concepts and effectively advocate for perspectives to diverse audiences.•Agile Project Management: Strong project management skills, rooted in Agile and Scrum methodologies, enabled management of multiple teams, timelines, and deliverables efficiently. •Change & Risk Management: Excel at developing comprehensive change management strategies, including stakeholder analysis, communication plans, and training programs, to minimize resistance and ensure user buy-in.

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St. Louis, Missouri, Us

• Leveraged Salesforce expertise and business value strategies to bridge the gap between business problems and technical solutions.• Led detailed discovery calls and gathered requests from customer for improvements and changes to the system• Applied project management methodologies and best practices to lead project implementation, track/report progress, and ensure all deliverables were achieved on time• Configured and redesigned an existing custom app to reduce complexity and enhance reporting capabilities in alignment with the needs, requirements, and expectations of the customer.• Evaluated and integrated third-party apps and components to support the business processes and extend NPSP capabilities• Created executive dashboards and ad-hoc reports to track key funding and campaign metrics

Columbia, Md, Us

Earned three promotions following successful leadership in leading the vision and execution of software engineering projects for government contractors. Establish a strategic roadmap for a complex ecosystem of new and legacy products.• Managed all parts of product lifecycle, from inception to launch, of the flagship web-based multi-tenant SaaS accounting software which led to an increase in 18% in sales within the first quarter. Complied with AICPA standards in system design.• Led project to optimize and redesign the company website which resulted in a 35% increase in demo requests within the first 30 days of launch• Successfully hired, built, and led a team of 10-15 cross-functional software engineers, project managers, web designers, report writers, QA testers and third-party consultants• Guided the first version of designing and developing a time-tracking mobile application with third party development team• Planned and collaborated in company culture and value development workshops based on Disney Institute’s management principles• Actively involved in developing product demo for annual company conference

Columbia, Md, Us

Guaranteed alignment of resources for multiple projects simultaneously, overseeing the full lifecycle of software development projects while building clear, reliable avenues to convey information with stakeholders. Build a team of developers, testers, and report writers.• Provided senior management with complete business performance updates, acting as the primary liaison, and addressing any issues as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert• Restructured teams by allocating resources to build a web-based management reporting system with high revenue potential. Achieved project launch readiness within 3-months• Preserved clients’ data quality, integrity and accuracy while managing the large-scale migration of legacy data to SQL Server• Introduced scrum and streamlined all aspects of stand-ups, release planning, sprint planning, sprint reviews, product demos, retrospectives, and code reviews, all while ensuring continued performance excellence

Columbia, Md, Us

Headed efforts for well-received software solutions; ideated and integrated new features. Designed relational database in SQL Server for a financial reporting system, and constantly expanded professional expertise with relevant technical concepts.• Improved web-based SaaS time and expense tracking system with updated features, including automatic and immediate importing of new Per Diem rates from the Department of Defense website• Strengthened client compliance with Defense Contract Audit Agency time-tracking regulations by creating an automated email messaging system reminding employees to submit their time daily based on their time zone• Designed relational database in SQL Server for executive financial reporting system

Columbia, Md, Us

Collaborated with different stakeholders and offered exceptional technical support in developing critical products for clients. Maintained and improved software programs, and established processes to improve project delivery across all metrics.• Increased revenue $6M+ by developing and deploying a web-based SaaS time and expense tracking • Designed expense tracking system’s relational database in SQL Server• Synchronized time and expense data with the accounting system to enable automated billing

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science - Bs