Blake Nelson Email & Phone Number

Golden Valley, Minnesota, United States

Eden Prairie, Mn

• Analyst for the Commercial Sales Nerve Center Team, specializing in Salesforce CRMapplications and Oracle ERP for Sales Reps, Managers and Executive Leadership• Passionately analyzing best practices for data quality and providing successful implementation strategies that bridge the Commercial Sales Team, IT and Management Teams• Actively participate in scrum meetings, sprint review, retrospective, deliverables and biweekly sprints in agile environment• Routinely developing complex table manipulations and joins using SQL, Excel, and Access• Responsible for creating Salesforce custom objects and creating multiple analytical reports which ensure data accuracy, relevancy, and aggregation from multiple data sources• Actively participate in growing the Nerve Center Team by assisting in interviewing, training and mentoring new Commercial Sales Nerve Center team members

Minneapolis

• Identified and implemented software appropriate for client needs in the small business and start-up space• Facilitated design and functional requirements discussions to develop customer-facing web presence• Developed online marketplace utilizing Amazon Web Services and interconnected social media platforms• Proactively identified process and system gaps and led projects to fill those needs• Used a data-driven approach to deliver meaningful process and system improvements for clients• Developed QA test scripts, and planned QA testing sessions with development teams and business owners

Golden Valley, Mn

• Product owner and Lead Analyst for R&D SharePoint environment consisting of over 400 site collections.• Supported and developed custom SharePoint pages using HTML, CSS, and Javascript, and maintained R&D SharePointenvironment through multiple generations and migrations (SP2007,2010,2013,Online)• Responsible for SharePoint data engineering and API integration workflow tools and technologies• R&D Business Information and IT Project Manager responsible for process definition and requirement gatheringdiscussions, writing user stories, and translating into technical requirements• Heavily involved in the Enterprise 2.0 initiative, helping roll-out the philosophy using Sitrion and Yammer• Project managed the enterprise migration to Office365 and OneDrive from Office 2010 by leading sprint deliverables• Developed an Excel/ VBA reporting suite complementing an in-house ERP system that allowed managers to makeinformed resourcing and capital decisions on projects in their pipeline• Developed and deployed custom sandbox solutions to guarantee a high level of security• Developed reporting solutions for the Supply Chain and Quality organizations using front end BI Tools (Tableau andPowerBI) that achieved margin enhancement and additional traceability for food safety needs• Organized and led in class and online software solution trainings for business users• Navigated complex regulatory requirements and trusted with highly confidential information (HR, Trade Secret,Financial)• Extensive experience working with and managing off-shore/international teams• Developed and maintained custom .Net and R-Server applications• Utilized Ad-hoc reporting with R using consumer and experimental data• Experienced working with warehouse production floor teams on margin enhancement and delivery optimization