Darren Burleson Email & Phone Number

West Chester, Pa, Us

An integral member of the XP North America Executive Leadership team, providing strategic direction, leadership, guidance, and technical advice regarding Cybersecurity, Networking, Hardware, Cloud & Physical Storage as well as Information Systems such as CRM, ERP, Forecasting (IBP), along with Business Analytics/Intelligence as well as identifying and proposing new information technologies and systems to improve business processes and decision-making.

Led a geographically dispersed team and facilitated the design and implementation of functional and cost-efficient IT systems. The challenge during this role was the shift to remote working during Covid where we seamlessly adopted enhanced strategies for the remote workforce while managing the day-to-day operations of the Systems, Networks and IT Team for the North American business. Led & ensured compliance with the Global Cyber Security policies for the North American organization implementing new security measures, controls and systems to protect the organization against cyber threats for our BCP (business continuity plans) and DRP (disaster recovery plans) while control IT Costs and improve efficiency of IT systems within North America.

Director of Global CRM is a critical role within XP Power, serving as a strategic advisor and platform expert to the company’s complex enterprise business. Working closely with top-level management to identify requirements and develop solutions to deliver the functionality, value, and user adoption that the business needs.Past projects delivered:Launch SF Classic (2015) and re-boot to Lightning (2018)Connecting Salesforce to SAP (2019)Training, Training and more TrainingCustom Forecasting & MRP/ERP Planning & Tracking ToolsForecast Notification of Major Movements & ChangesQuotes, PO & Contract Database (Custom Quote-to-Cash)Complex Case Management systems like Customer Complaints & Return Material AuthorizationHubspot & Pardot SF integration and implementationPardot Lead Process w/GDPR complianceEngage Campaigns and User Journey’sCustom Reports, Dashboards, Analytics & KPI management across multiple business unitsData cleansing and standardizationSharepoint/O365/SF integrationEtc.…

Eastern Usa & Canada

Responsable for Sales, Marketing & Defining the business strategy for XP Power in Eastern USA. Selecting Target customers and ensuring sufficient prospecting and design-in work is done by the sales team to penetrate and generate revenues. Contributing to the product marketing strategy. Managing and Motivating Staff.

Eastern Usa

Texas Area & Mid Atlantic Region

Austin, Texas, United States

Sales & Distribution SAP ERP Systems Implementation Manager.Managed Worldwide Logistics and Stocking Programs.Formed a world-class order management team.Project leader for SAP/E-Commerce platforms for OEMs and Contract Manufacturing with white papers published by Bloomberg News.Helped manage the transition of in-house production to contract to manufacture located in Asia Pacific.Developed processes and procedures associated with Logistics and Warehouse Management as well as ISO certification.

Mesquite, Texas, United States

Various Sales & Technical support functions for a multi-million square foot OEM with over $1B in sales revenue. This gave me a GREAT start to learning the Manufacturing of Electronic Power Supplies and Microelectronics (Semiconductors).

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Retail Sales at night - College Student during the day! THANK YOU, AT&T for paying for my education!