Chris Feiring-Nishihara Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

Everett, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

Avanade is the leading provider of innovative digital, cloud and advisory services, industry solutions and design-led experiences across the Microsoft ecosystem. Every day, our 59,000 professionals in 26 countries do what matters to make a genuine human impact for our clients, their employees and their customers.As a responsible business, we are building a sustainable world and helping young people from underrepresented communities fulfill their potential.Avanade was founded in 2000 by Accenture LLP and Microsoft Corporation. Learn more at www.avanade.com

Greater Seattle Area

Started out on a contract as a Sr Analyst through C2S Technologies.In 2019, I joined Avanade as an FTE HR Generalist.

Seattle

On contract through HRnovations, provided HR Generalist functions, primarily coordinating recruiting and onboarding.

Greater Seattle Area

Seattle

Greater Seattle Area

I worked as an Executive Intern with Global Visionaries (GV), a non-profit company working with the High School students in the Seattle school district. GV focuses educating the students about environmental, social, and economic justice issues on a global basis. As the HR Generalist Executive Intern my key role is the establishment a formal HR infrastructure and partnering with the executive team in developing & implementing processes within the non-profit company.

Index, Wa

Outdoor Adventures is an outfitter that has been providing sea kayaking, white water rafting, white water kayaking, hiking, biking and climbing trips from the San Juan Islands to Baja California since 1985.Manage staff, scheduling, customer relations and billing, guide tripsManaged the recreational equipment rental program for the Redmond WA, locationResearched, designed, and presented as series of clinics on sea kayaking for the outdoor retailer REI.

Redmond, Wa

As the largest home construction software company in the home building industry, Constellation has helped more than 2,400 home construction companies grow with home building software technology solutions to run their business from dirt to warranty.Product Champion/Project Manager for FASTSales Customer Relationship Management program.Member of the hiring committee for the Customer Service department.Trained new customer service employee’s on department culture, policies & procedures.Implemented and trained the Redmond team on the use of the SAGE Customer Relationship Management software program used throughout the Constellation family of companies. After the implementation was completed, I was assigned to be the primary support person for the Washington and California divisions of CHS.Transitioned the Quality Assurance testing process from stand alone servers to the VMWare Virtual Server and PC platform.Advanced to increasingly responsible positions, culminating in Quality Assurance Analyst In-House Training position in which I was responsible for training all of the staff on the latest product releases.Chairman of the Events Committee - Planned and executed all team building events for the division.

Redmond, Wa

As the largest home construction software company in the home building industry, Constellation has helped more than 2,400 home construction companies grow with home building software technology solutions to run their business from dirt to warranty.Trained new customer service employee’s on department culture, policies & proceduresScreened & interviewed candidates for customer service & quality assurance departmentsPerformed level III phone support for the production and buyer’s areas of multiple software systemsIdentified and documented software anomalies for review and correctionParticipated in the development, testing and implementation of upgrades and new releasesChairman of the Events committee – Planned and executed all team building events for the division.

Bellingham, Washington Area

3D Corporation leverages its extensive industry knowledge and experience to solve complicated technology issues via creative software & hardware solutions. They are located in Bellingham WA and serve Whatcom and Skagit counties.While at 3D;Supervised 13 employees in the sales and manufacturing departments.Sourced, scheduled & interviewed and hired all candidates for sales positions.Conducted performance reviews, compensation, discharges of sales and manufacturing staff.Counseled other managers to resolve conflicts with customers and between employees.Managed hardware and software for corporate accounts, including sales, installation, and training.Designed and implemented policies and procedures for the Sales department during the conversion to a new Point of Sales system.

Human Resource Management Certificate, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

Activities and Societies: LWIT-SHRM Student Chapter President and member. President & Deans List.Certificate coursework includes 536 hours.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A), Human Services

Activities and Societies: Director of the Associated Student Association Men's Resource Center.