Brian Pickering Email & Phone Number

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

•Design customized Salesforce solutions that address the client’s unique CRM and business processes – solutions that are scalable yet flexible enough to grow and adapt with them as their organization evolves.•Lead discovery sessions with clients to understand business requirements and recommend optimal solutions based on their needs.•Develop comprehensive solutions with the right balance of declarative vs. code-driven changes that drive various front-end and back-end improvements in Salesforce, often with a focus on automating business processes and making user interfaces more effective.

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

•Led Salesforce implementation – Defined overall Salesforce strategy, including conducting user interviews, documenting user stories, refining requirements, releasing new features, and training end users.•Influenced overarching data standards strategy within the company beyond just Salesforce, using Salesforce as the central integration tool to improve process efficiencies and transparency across previously siloed departments by conducting data across external systems.•Sales Operations / Revenue Operations - Worked with over a dozen portfolio companies with very different business models to create solutions custom-tailored to their sales process, while keeping data and processes sufficiently aligned with the broader org so that revenue goals and pipeline progress could still be tracked easily at a company-wide level.

Santa Clara, California, Us

•Responsible for overall Salesforce strategy, implementation, and user training - decided on data to be collected, created database schema, ensured data integrity and security, and automated business processes.•Internally promoted the capabilities of the platform, galvanizing employees to make Salesforce an integral part of our business strategy and the bedrock for all sales data.

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Successfully marketed a small business to help elementary, middle, and high school students achieve learning objectives and higher grades in English/Literature, Biology, Chemistry, Math (up through Calculus); Prepared over 30 students for the SAT/ACT, with average score increases of 250+ (SAT - 2400 pt. scale) and 5+ (ACT) points under my tutelage; Provided tutoring plans and progress reports to meet parent expectations.

Burlingame, Ca, Us

Prepared elementary and middle school students for standardized tests required to apply to local private schools (e.g. HSPT, ISEE, SSAT); Helped high school students with Math and Science courses; Tutored students one-on-one in their homes, mostly in Woodside, Atherton, and Palo Alto.

San Francisco, California, Us

UCSF - Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience:Assisted principal scientist with animal surgery and care; Responsible for protocols; Conducted independent research to investigate whether motor function was influenced by early exposure to Citalopram, a common antidepressant; Participated in research on the reversibility of age-related cognitive decline.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biology

High School, Diploma