Amanda Hughes Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, Us

As the Founder of Clearest Blue, I work with busy IT and operations professionals looking to migrate their systems towards a cloud-based model. With industry knowledge coupled with my professional experience, I offer quick, effective solutions; removing the burden of gathering requirements, researching potential offerings and narrowing down a list of qualified reputable vendors.Clients describe me as a progressive, driven, down-to-earth, innovative and managerial expert who can be relied on to offer superior solutions that deliver profitable results on time and under budget.I am interested in partnering with IT and operations professionals to offer cutting-edge, cloud-based services to your organization. Feel free to contact me through this profile or visit my website if you wish to connect.

Austin, Texas, Us

King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania, Us

This is a forward-thinking, cloud services company that has built a culture of excellence where technology and customer satisfaction always come first. Far more than hosted voice, Evolve provides services for companies looking to migrate some or all of their infrastructure to a private cloud giving them a more robust, more secure and more stable experience...all at a lower cost of ownership. Practice areas include:► Virtual Data Centers ► Virtual Desktops ► Disaster Recovery ► Contact Center Solutions► Unified Communications

Kanata, On, Us

Spearheaded strategic solutions that enabled Partners and a sales team of 50+ to effectively apply selling techniques for cloud-computing business management systems.► Created analytical review of partner program by using Salesforce.com (SFDC) to capture and track progress towards allowing partners to become self-enabled. Leveraged reports across all Regional Directors to measure partner performance and guide discussions on improving sales results.► Conferred and consulted with department heads to identify gaps between sales, operations, and products, creating selling solutions that brought cohesive experience to clients and partners.► Integrated sales operations from M5 into ShoreTel’s processes, capturing merger’s value and ensuring revenue growth.► Developed new sales strategies to improve product positioning by monitoring market conditions, product innovations, and competitors' products, prices, and sales.► Built cloud-based sales curriculum, sharpening messaging and guiding transition from traditional channel offering towards cloud-based solution. Trained 400+ sales and partner account executives and sales leaders in < 9 months.► Collaborated with Solution Architects / Sales Engineering team to develop first cloud-based demo kit and instruction course, enabling Sales team and partners for use with training and field presentations.► Created easily accessible library of selling techniques, providing a go-to resource to Sales team and Partners for trends, techniques, and strategies.

Kanata, On, Us

Drove enterprise sales by prospecting and developing business opportunities as well as enriching existing relationships. Leveraged both Direct Sales and Channel Sales for cloud-based UCaaS solutions including lead generation and effective forecasting.► Achieved President’s Club 4 years in a row for consistently exceeding quota 130% YOY and performing as a top 3 revenue generator. » Maintained a healthy pipeline of leads generated through a variety of channels including partner leads, networking and referrals from happy clients. » Focused on identifying business problems and presented solutions on how company’s products improved workflow, competitive advantage, and revenue generation.► Grew upsell opportunities by using SFDC to provide leadership insight into pipeline. » Developed Thought Leader status by sharing subject matter expertise on how to best leverage CRM and to shape back-office workflow into a well-oiled system. » Regular attendance at Salesforce’s Dreamforce to discover new information, best practices, and insights, leading significant impacts in sales team and CRM performance improvements.► Created portfolio of very satisfied referable accounts by consulting with post-sales clients to provide ongoing support and resolve problems.

Kanata, On, Us

Implemented SaaS cloud-based technology solutions for enterprise companies and nonprofits including Amnesty Organization, Burberry, Isaac Mizrahi, Foursquare. Shepherded clients through implementation projects, through training, andthen into post-sales support.► Partnered with new clients to design, implement, and deploy cloud-based solutions, realizing $8.7M in post-sales revenue growth and receiving Presidential MVP award in 2009.► Managed average of 15 simultaneous projects spanning multiple locations across the country; installed 100+ business-grade technology solutions.► Ensured smooth implementation and transition by providing customers with a warm handoff to technical support. Consistently received Top Performer status for highest NPS (Net Promoter Score) with a 53 average score.► Developed monthly revenue projections and forecasts, producing corresponding reports with data relating to new projects and ongoing account management deliverables. Consistently delivered on MRR forecast.

New York, Us

Managed projects for new product development, ensuring product delivered on schedule. Provided on-site and remote operational and production planning of existing products for Abercrombie & Fitch brands. Managed material resources, Filling Agents, and client expectations.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

Provided on-site and remote support to the Operations division at Coty, Inc. Transitioned specifications of all components for newly acquired brands. Served as liaison between multiple departments.