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Austin, Tx, Us

• Perform lead consultant role on Adaptive Planning system implementation projects, focused on improving customer budgeting and forecasting processes.• Design and configur customer-specific revenue and expense (opex, capital, personnel) planning models with a specialization in the higher education field. • Leverage existing Workday and Adaptive Planning subject matter expertise to document new and existing implementation guidelines and contribute to team best practices.

Lincolnshire, Illinois, United States

• Served as People Leader of the Integration Team within the Adaptive Planning practice and facilitated interdepartmental communication between technical and non-technical teams in support of Adaptive Planning application implementations across a wide range of industries and varying business sizes.• Provided Adaptive Planning technical subject matter expertise to assist with pre-sales scoping efforts, develop POCs and determine project feasibility based on customer requirements and application features.• Monitored sales pipeline, project backlog and department KPIs (billable utilization, team revenue) to coordinate resource assignments and equally ensure individual contributor and team success.• Conducted regular check-ins with technical and functional consultants to guide implementations using industry best practices with a focus on customer satisfaction.• Worked with individual Integration Team members to identify annual goals enabling career growth and maintaining employee engagement.• Mentored and distributed technical knowledge to all members of the practice to strengthen overall performance and increase efficiency of project delivery.

Austin, Texas, United States

• Specialized as Technical Lead on SMB and Enterprise-level implementation projects with responsibilities including requirements gathering, solution architecture and design, integration development, project timeline management, technical documentation and customer knowledge transfer.• Assumed team leadership role by mentoring teammates and providing support on customer communications and technical challenges.• Collaborated with Integration Engineers to develop repeatable integration solutions and streamline team development efforts.• Worked closely with the Product Engineering team to provide feedback and suggestions for improvements to the Adaptive Integration iPaaS.

Austin, Texas

• Designed, developed and maintained company-wide integrations between multiple SQL Server databases and Salesforce.com using SSIS and VB.NET to facilitate sharing of data between different HomeAway brands.• Created Salesforce.com platform extensions and customizations such as APEX triggers, workflows and formulas as well as data model modifications.• Collaborated with Sales Operations team to identify opportunities for improvements to the sales cycle from a technical perspective.

Toronto, On

• Supported the Sales, Finance and Analytics teams by creating and maintaining a multi-faceted financial accounting integration between the company website, Microsoft Dynamics GP and other internal systems.• Conducted cross-functional monthly reviews with department heads to understand and accommodate evolving business needs.• Designed, implemented and administered IBM Cognos BI solution to provide a reliable reporting platform for the Analytics team.

Austin, Tx

• Designed enterprise integration solutions to customer specifications and delegated development to engineers, assisting as needed.• Performed regular code reviews with engineers to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of integration solutions before deployment.• Mentored junior-level engineers and contributed to department-wide knowledge base to ensure consistent use of coding best practices.• Developed Pervasive Data Integrator plug-ins (Java) to assist Engineers in overcoming difficult technical hurdles when out-of-the-box solutions were not available.