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Los Angeles, California, United States

San Diego, California, United States

Independent consultant working with CRM systems in the areas a of data maintenance, data analysis, workflow reengineering, conversion validation, user acceptance testing, configurations, and deployment

San Diego, California, United States

• Client facing professional services consultant implementing enterprise level solutions with time-to-live cycle of 8-16 months• Work with largest and most complex enterprise level clients with very detailed business requirements to build solutions that meet and exceed client needs and goals.• Functional consultant presenting, discussing, customizing and implementing CRM best practices, focused on higher education and healthcare industries• Collaborate with clients to develop strategic solutions to complex business requirements and find creative ways to meet client needs, even when a solution does not have out-of-the-box functionality to meet the business requirement. Providing guidance in change management to implement new strategic solutions• Strong skills in data validation, report validation and other data conversion related deliverables, including field-to-field and general ledger mapping to support integration with other data solutions• Strong communication skills ranging from working with general staff to senior management levels of organizations, presenting concepts relevant to the person(s) in the discussion.• Subject matter and industry expert in the areas of technical requirements analysis, business process design, business process workflow reengineering, gap/risk identification and management, user acceptance testing, and end user training• Translate business process and requirements into actionable deliverables, technical documentation, overall solution design, and final system configuration• Sales support in prospective client meetings, new client demonstrations, and project scoping and hours/cost estimates• Develop and implement consulting methodology standardizations to assure all clients receive the same level of support from all members of the enterprise consulting teamSoftware• Blackbaud CRM• Blackbaud Internet Solutions• The Raiser's Edge Enterprise• RE NXT• Blackbaud NetCommunity (BBNC)• ImportOmatic• SegmentOmatic• SQL Server

London, United Kingdom

• Recruited and relocated by Blackbaud Europe to assume the role of lead senior solutions consultant• Worked under a Tier 2 ICT work visa. Returned to the United States in January 2021• Enterprise level fundraising systems consultant handling all custom implementations of Raiser’s Edge NXT • Standardization of all internal and client facing implementation procedures and documentation to increase delivery reliability and professionalism• Lead Raiser’s Edge NXT team and mentoring new and existing team members in international industry best practices and system functionality

United States

Essential Functions• Client facing professional services consultant through product implementation life-cycle and business analysis projects• Subject matter and industry expert in the areas of requirements analysis, business process design, workflow reengineering, gap/risk identification, user acceptance testing, and end user training• Translate business process and requirements into actionable deliverables, business flow documentation, solution design, and system configuration• Technical lead in the areas of data conversions and data mapping, conversion validation, system and security configuration, user acceptance testing, and system integration testing• Sales support for prospective client meetings, new client demonstrations, and project scoping and cost estimatesAdditional Functions• Engaged and confident presence with clients – ability to establish and sustain credibility and trust• Build cross-organization relationships between all levels of the client’s organizational structure, including leading meetings and presentations for audiences ranging from executives to system end users• Support the sales processes both with clients, and accompanying sales teams with prospective clients• Travel 80% nationallySoftware• Blackbaud Enterprise CRM (BBCRM)• Blackbaud Internet Solutions (BBIS)• The Raiser's Edge Enterprise• RE NXT• Blackbaud NetCommunity (BBNC)• SQL Server• JIRA• Confluence

Chicago, Illinois

Essential Functions• Oversee all IT functions for organization, including management of IT department staff• Project manager for new technology implementation, with budgets between $40K-$100K• Conduct training for all staff in organization databases• Database administrator for 40 users• Reporting manager for contract compliance and QA measuresAchievements• Creation of organization’s consolidated IT Department• Relocation of organization’s IT infrastructure during site move • Implementation of GE Centricity’s Electronic Medical Record System (EMR) – Completed ahead of schedule and on-budget• Implementation of Blackbaud’s The Raiser’s Edge, Financial Edge, Sphere, and BlackbaudNetcommunity – Completed ahead of schedule and under budget.• Initiated data remediation processes to address pre-existing data integrity issuesTechnology Managed• GE: Centricity Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system• Blackbaud: The Raiser’s Edge, The Financial Edge, Kintera/Sphere, NetCommunity and connectors• Community TechKnowledge Apricot• MS Office Suite: Access, Excel, Word, Project, Visio• Reporting: Crystal Reports & SPSS