Elected member of St. Charles Unit School District 303 Board of Education, with the following key Responsibilities:• Community Representation: Act as a conduit between the school district and the community, addressing concerns, sharing updates, and advocating for public education.• Financial Oversight: Ensure responsible stewardship of district resources, scrutinizing budgets, and making judicious decisions about expenditures to maximize the value of every dollar spent.• Strategic Planning: Collaborate in the development of the district's strategic and facility planning, setting ambitious and achievable goals to elevate educational outcomes for all students.• Policy Development: Craft and implement effective policies that drive educational excellence, safeguard student welfare, and support teacher performance.• Evaluation: Regularly review and assess the performance of the district, our superintendent, and our progress towards the board's goals; providing constructive feedback and guidance to foster district-wide success.

My role at Capgemini involves leveraging my extensive technology and leadership experience to ensure we deliver top-tier Salesforce solutions, driving client success and business growth in the process. My focus is leading the Banking and Capital Markets Salesforce Center of Excellence (CoE) for North America and responsibilities include:• Client Solutions: Collaborate closely with clients and account managers to identify and solve customer challenges utilizing Salesforce and associated technologies, driving customer success and satisfaction.• Go-to-Market Strategies: Work with the marketing team to develop and implement effective go-to-market strategies, shaping unique offerings that differentiate Capgemini in the marketplace.• Thought Leadership: Contribute thought leadership in Salesforce solutions, keeping abreast of latest trends and technologies, and ensuring our approach is innovative and effective.• Team Development: Lead and mentor delivery teams, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement, and ensuring the highest quality of service delivery.• Consultant Upskilling and Certification: Drive initiatives to upskill and certify consultants in Salesforce technologies, increasing the team's capabilities and enhancing our value proposition to clients.• Excellence in Delivery: Oversee successful execution of projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and exceed customer expectations.• Cross-functional Collaboration: Facilitate synergies between various teams including sales, marketing, and delivery, to ensure alignment with overall business objectives.• Business Growth: Actively participate in business development activities, contributing to sustained revenue growth and profitability in the Banking and Capital Markets sector.

Strategically leading the banking and lending pod for the company. Effectively and efficiently managed projects and teams that comprised 25% of the organization's financial services revenue.• Shifted the organization's strategy and growth tactics to align with sub-verticals. Built and led a talented team that became the model for all other sub-vertical teams' staffing models.• Clearly defined the scope and budget for new projects. Successfully negotiated statements of work for new initiatives. Constructed relationships built on trust with new clients. Ensured satisfaction and retention rates were high across all client engagements.• Orchestrated and coordinated project resources across multiple clients. Forged and strengthened relationships with client executives through frequent, transparent lines of communication.

Collaboratively led architectural and thought leadership activities for the company's financial services practices. Partnered with the sales and leadership teams in the continuous improvement of the change order and budgeting processes.• Completely re-structured the Design Review Committee (DRC) approach to organizational change. Established common, reusable architectures and simplified the on-boarding and engagement of clients.• Established the nCino Practice along with the tools and capabilities that empowered the company with the ability to deliver nCino projects. Realized multi-million-dollar revenue growth for new services initiatives.

Assisted in leading the organization’s efforts to take on larger, more complex projects. Designed and advocated for the development of reusable assets and accelerators in the company's design library.• Earned recognition as a "turnaround expert" that assisted in the rescue of failing and distressed projects. Re-allocated resources and right-sided the organization's new initiatives.• Leveraged agile development methodologies and techniques to successfully implement and on-board Salesforce CRM solutions.

Effectively led the build-out of a new revenue capture structure to support the company's period of growth. Managed and oversaw several large-scale and medium-scale development projects.• Facilitated compelling presentations at industry and business conferences. Captured and retained the attention of audiences, which drove sales and business development growth.• Acted as the business champion for Synegen Generator, a development framework that enhanced the speed for new projects. Reduced development costs significantly and continued compiling new cost savings over time.

Spearheaded and led a multi-million-dollar implementation for an international university system. Orchestrated requirements gathering and project management activities for multiple teams during the rollout of the new CRM, SIS, and ERP systems.• Aligned the team's daily efforts with the deliverable timeline of the project. Ensured key milestones were delivered on-time and within budget/scope.• Quickly learned and configured new technologies. Reacted to changing needs and gained expert knowledge on most technology platforms. Installed best practices that streamlined and enhanced the efficiency of new technologies.

Independent consulting firm focused on CRM and ERP implementation consulting.

Championed all aspects of business/data analysis requirements for the company. Evaluated existing infrastructure and sales processes to develop new processes/procedures that fit current initiatives' objectives.• Led and managed the requirements and implementation plan for rolling out U.S. Cellular Post-Pay services at Walmart stores. Instituted an entirely new channel for sales and logistics within Walmart's complex logistics chain.

Actively recruited to lead the newly created Business Process Analyst role on Project DELTA. Selected a new student information system and CRM as part of the project's main goal/objective.• Turned around the performance of struggling areas of the project. Maintained budgetary oversight for approximately $10M in total expenditures within a nearly $200M total project budget.

Founded Alternative Energy startup focused on analyzing weather data to determine available potential energy using current renewable technology available.

Directly oversaw the company's internal auditing consulting team from Deloitte. Orchestrated and coordinated auditing activities supported by cross-functional teams across the organization.• Designed and executed remote auditing procedures that slashed travel expenses and improved the centralized administration of the audit program.