Barbara Ferrara

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Transformation Advisor @ Advisory Services
Cleveland, OH, US
Barbara Ferrara's Location
Greater Cleveland, United States, United States
About Barbara Ferrara

Highly accomplished executive with over thirty-five years of experience partnering with clients to transform their operations in Public Sector and Commercial industries including Healthcare, Manufacturing and Consumer/Retail industries. With a long history Digital Transformation, I focus on helping my clients transform their operations to be more citizen/customer friendly by providing a new experience for them to engage. I have enabled organizations to offer a more intuitive user experience by leveraging cloud technologies to analyze and proactively communicate with their constituents/clients, allowing more focus on what is important to their communities. My priority is making a difference in any way possible. and doing what is right. Having the understanding of how to maximize success for my customers and partners, I am currently enabling them in finding the right people to staff their projects and operations.

Barbara Ferrara's Current Company Details
Advisory Services

Advisory Services

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Transformation Advisor
Cleveland, OH, US
Barbara Ferrara Work Experience Details
  • Advisory Services
    Transformation Advisor
    Advisory Services
    Cleveland, Oh, Us
  • Afit
    Sr. Director Client Services
    Afit Feb 2024 - Present
    Us
  • Advisory
    Digital Transformation Executive
    Advisory Apr 2022 - Feb 2024
  • Ibm
    Partner, Salesforce Public Sector, Ibm Global Business Solutions
    Ibm Feb 2021 - Apr 2022
    Armonk, New York, Ny, Us
    Public Sector lead responsible for driving client success in State, Local and Educationclients by connecting Salesforce’s customer-focused Clouds and solutions with IBM’s industry-focused approach, driving transformational improvements in citizen and student engagement.IBM is at the forefront of new and exponential technologies – including Augmented Intelligence, Blockchain, the Internet of Things, and intelligent workflows while applying deep Industry knowledge and experience. We help clients design the future-state of their business using Salesforce, and then we make it real.IBM Global Services begins with our clients’ digital strategy and transformation goals, we then align on desired business value outcomes, focus on employee and customer experience, and ultimately design Salesforce to optimize every human interaction.
  • Publicis.Sapient, Salesforce Practice
    Sales Director
    Publicis.Sapient, Salesforce Practice Feb 2017 - Feb 2021
    Responsible for working with public sector, communications and healthcare clients to better engage with their citizens, patients and employees. Communications and the user experience is increasingly more important than ever and agencies require our expertise with cloud technologies to digitally transform their environment into a responsive, intuitive experience.
  • Accenture
    Business Development Director
    Accenture Jan 2016 - Feb 2017
    Dublin 2, Ie
    As part of Accenture's Cloud First Team, I am focused on helping our healthcare payers and providers improve how they engage with their consumers. With over 7 years in the healthcare space along with 15 plus years working with retailers and CPG companies, I am able to provide our clients new ideas as to how to transform their operations to a consumer model. Transformation in Healthcare is top of mind and working with our clients through strategy and execution to achieve critical business objectives is our focus.
  • Cloud Sherpas (Acquired By Accenture)
    Sales Director
    Cloud Sherpas (Acquired By Accenture) Apr 2015 - Feb 2017
    Cloud Sherpas is a global cloud advisory and technology services company, with more than 900 people serving Fortune 500 clients and thousands of other businesses around the world. Our experts provide unrivaled cloud strategy, implementation and integration capabilities, having successfully worked with clients across all industries. We at Cloud Sherpas support our clients in their Salesforce initiatives and help them realize the value of the platform.
  • Perficient
    Client Partner - Consumer Markets Practice
    Perficient Apr 2014 - Mar 2015
    St Louis, Mo 63141, Mo, Us
    Perficient is a leading consulting firm that combines deep technology and management consulting expertise and experience to drive mission critical, business driven and value oriented solutions that enable our clients to compete more effectively, operate more efficiently and succeed in their markets.Help Retailers and Consumer Goods companies leverage the right people, processes and technologies to gain a competitive edge and get closer to their shoppers and consumers. I support my clients in identifying strategies and deploying top technology solutions to drive consumer engagement and operational excellence.
  • Capgemini
    Senior Manager/Business Development Executive
    Capgemini Jun 2013 - Apr 2014
    Paris, France, Fr
    Working with Fortune 1000 Manufacturers to improve their operations through process improvements and leveraging the latest technologies including but not limited to Cloud, Managed Services, Mobility, CRM and BI. Whether it is SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, SFDC or other platforms, our focus is driving business and operational improvements for our customers. Responsible for the strategy and execution of full services portfolio and overall customer satisfaction.
  • Avanade
    Senior Client Executive
    Avanade Aug 2008 - Jun 2013
    Seattle, Washington, Us
    Working with Fortune 1000 clients to help them improve their operations and reduce costs by leveraging Microsoft technologies inlcuding SaaS, Managed Services, Cloud Computing and Hybrid models. Solutions include CRM, ERP, Collaboration, Mobility, Infrastructure, BI and Application Development tools. Focus is on driving net new relationships and business opportunities.
  • Gxs
    Sr Account Executive
    Gxs Dec 2006 - Aug 2008
    Gaithersburg, Md, Us
    Responsible for building net new business and maintaining current customer base for EDI solutions. Drove cost cutting measures within accounts to improve effeciencies in their communications within their supply chain. Fortune 1000 accounts.
  • Adusa, Inc.
    Vp Sales
    Adusa, Inc. 2003 - 2006
    Lead the sales team to drive net new accounts across the U.S. and Canada for kiosk diven customer facing solutions in the food retailing industry.

Barbara Ferrara Education Details

  • Bowling Green State University
    Bowling Green State University

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Barbara Ferrara attended Bowling Green State University.

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