Experience

BDPA Chicago

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President Administrative Services

  • 5/2018 - – do současnosti

  Administrative Vice PresidentKey ResponsibilitiesServe as President in the absence of the President and the Executive Vice President. Coordinate the activities of all departments to assure that those activities and programs are carried out in a manner conducive to BDPA Chicago Chapter goals and objectives. Manage the Chapter Department Leads to ensure they have the resources to perform their work

• Director Educational Relationships

  • 2011 - 5/2018

  Key ResponsibilitiesLiaison between BDPA and Chicagoland Education institutions for the outreach and development of Science Technology Engineering Arts and Math Programs for High School and College students.Engage with local Chicago and Suburban Public Schools, Colleges and Universities for STEM community outreach, mentoring and recruitment programs.Engage High School and College students for memberships, internship and scholarship programs offered through BDPA.Engage with School Administrators/Teachers to implement Career, Technical & Entrepreneurship programs.Provide the knowledge transfer of critical business thinking, customer insight and analysis, program and product delivery development with students leading them from the classroom to the boardroom



C. A. Buckner, Consultant

• IT & STEM Consultant

  • 6/2015 - – do současnosti

  Key ResponsibilitiesConsult and contract with small and medium companies on IT business requirementsProvide Financial Account ManagementProvide and Maintain Customer Website, Marketing content & required trainingProvide STEM Learning & Mentoring Programs for Chicago and Suburban Public Schools Key ResponsibilitiesConsult and contract with small and medium companies on IT business requirementsProvide Financial Account ManagementProvide and Maintain Customer Website, Marketing content & required trainingProvide STEM Learning & Mentoring Programs for Chicago and Suburban Public Schools



Hewlett Packard Enterprise

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Worldwide Process and Capabilities Manager

  • 2005 - 2015

  WW Process & Capabilities Manager, Sales Transformation - Global Program Management Office Business Owner and Liaison to Sales IT responsible for leading the transformation of global Sales' business requirements (collection methods done through interviews, surveys and workshops), defining the strategy, governance, training and business processes for marketing content and sales tools resulting in corporate adoption by all HP Business Groups supporting over 20,000 individuals worldwide. This included defining the entire change management process, implementing the infrastructure, applications, technical support and services.Business Program and Project Lead who engaged with the Global Business Units' senior leaders to identify and represent brand prioritized business requirements with change management needs for HP Sales Portals, Marketing and Sales Content, and Customer Intelligence sales tools to achieve company profit goals. Developed and delivered marketing training with key presentations and related content to HP sales and sales support teams worldwide.Managed the global administration of vendor contracts and engaged with the technical support teams locally and overseas to define and deliver support, procurement and IT processes for HP sales tools.Managed the global administration and IT support team offshore in India to define and deliver marketing support, software procurement and processes for company go-to-market sales tools.Global Business Lead for the CRM Account Business Planning capability in Salesforce - Managed global sales' marketing and support business requirements to define and integrate process improvements for the Salesforce CRM account planning tool in HP.

• Partner Business Manager

  • 2000 - 2005

  National Account Executive for a National System Integrator Partner relationship. Responsible for Senior and C-level Executive engagement for the sale of HP products, services and solutions portfolio including contract management, channel sales enablement, forecasting, delivery and implementation. Responsible for managing all aspects of the System Integrator (sell to, through and with) relationship to achieve all revenue and profit objectives (exceeded over $48 million revenue and annual growth targets) Exceeded revenue and customer satisfaction objectives which led to growth in company annual targets and customer satisfaction indexes