John Benza
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Michael W.
I had the pleasure of working with John in late 2014 on their transition of HRIS/Payroll services. John is a strategic leader that ensures each member of his staff feels empowered to make improvements to the organization. His ability to build a strong, positive culture at World Venture is rarely seen. It has been an absolute pleasure working with John over the past year and I would recommend him for any company looking at for a visionary leader.
Michael Edwards
John possesses the unique blend of talents that makes one an effective leader; i.e. the strategic ability to clearly articulate a vision for organization, the operational awareness to translate that vision into actionable plans, and the technical expertise to leverage cloud computing to drive real business process improvement. Working with John has been a real pleasure. John has been able to lead his team through our implementation in a focused manner at a brisk pace. SaaSMaint CMMS/EAM is one of a portfolio of Force.com based applications that John is deploying. The Salesforce Foundation, along with other Salesforce business partners like SaaSMaint, have made commitments to disseminate financial and intellectual wealth to social change organizations. John understands how to embrace this philanthropic model to yield value for WorldVenture.
Michael W.
I had the pleasure of working with John in late 2014 on their transition of HRIS/Payroll services. John is a strategic leader that ensures each member of his staff feels empowered to make improvements to the organization. His ability to build a strong, positive culture at World Venture is rarely seen. It has been an absolute pleasure working with John over the past year and I would recommend him for any company looking at for a visionary leader.
Michael Edwards
John possesses the unique blend of talents that makes one an effective leader; i.e. the strategic ability to clearly articulate a vision for organization, the operational awareness to translate that vision into actionable plans, and the technical expertise to leverage cloud computing to drive real business process improvement. Working with John has been a real pleasure. John has been able to lead his team through our implementation in a focused manner at a brisk pace. SaaSMaint CMMS/EAM is one of a portfolio of Force.com based applications that John is deploying. The Salesforce Foundation, along with other Salesforce business partners like SaaSMaint, have made commitments to disseminate financial and intellectual wealth to social change organizations. John understands how to embrace this philanthropic model to yield value for WorldVenture.
Michael W.
I had the pleasure of working with John in late 2014 on their transition of HRIS/Payroll services. John is a strategic leader that ensures each member of his staff feels empowered to make improvements to the organization. His ability to build a strong, positive culture at World Venture is rarely seen. It has been an absolute pleasure working with John over the past year and I would recommend him for any company looking at for a visionary leader.
Michael Edwards
John possesses the unique blend of talents that makes one an effective leader; i.e. the strategic ability to clearly articulate a vision for organization, the operational awareness to translate that vision into actionable plans, and the technical expertise to leverage cloud computing to drive real business process improvement. Working with John has been a real pleasure. John has been able to lead his team through our implementation in a focused manner at a brisk pace. SaaSMaint CMMS/EAM is one of a portfolio of Force.com based applications that John is deploying. The Salesforce Foundation, along with other Salesforce business partners like SaaSMaint, have made commitments to disseminate financial and intellectual wealth to social change organizations. John understands how to embrace this philanthropic model to yield value for WorldVenture.
Michael W.
I had the pleasure of working with John in late 2014 on their transition of HRIS/Payroll services. John is a strategic leader that ensures each member of his staff feels empowered to make improvements to the organization. His ability to build a strong, positive culture at World Venture is rarely seen. It has been an absolute pleasure working with John over the past year and I would recommend him for any company looking at for a visionary leader.
Michael Edwards
John possesses the unique blend of talents that makes one an effective leader; i.e. the strategic ability to clearly articulate a vision for organization, the operational awareness to translate that vision into actionable plans, and the technical expertise to leverage cloud computing to drive real business process improvement. Working with John has been a real pleasure. John has been able to lead his team through our implementation in a focused manner at a brisk pace. SaaSMaint CMMS/EAM is one of a portfolio of Force.com based applications that John is deploying. The Salesforce Foundation, along with other Salesforce business partners like SaaSMaint, have made commitments to disseminate financial and intellectual wealth to social change organizations. John understands how to embrace this philanthropic model to yield value for WorldVenture.
Experience
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Accounting Seed
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Principal Industry Architect
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Jul 2023 - Present
Responsible for identifying innovative solutions to help improve the customer "Lead to Ledger" experience, operational efficiencies, and brand engagement through the use of various integrated applications native to the Salesforce platform.
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Manager Solutions Consulting
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Jan 2023 - Jul 2023
Provide Accounting Seed consulting services to assist prospects in determining the suitability of our native Salesforce Accounting platform to deliver real-time financial intelligence for their leadership team to accelerate growth and productivity by focusing on critical business financial indicators.
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Missions Door
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United States
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Religious Institutions
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1 - 100 Employee
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VP of Partner Relations
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Jun 2020 - Nov 2022
Led a major business process re-engineering effort combined with I/T systems modernization during Covid-19. Implemented SalesForce "wall to wall" with new financial systems, asset management, human capital management, development, donor management, travel and expense management, and strategic planning systems for a $10M/year international operations. In production June 2022. • Provided financial statements for more than 700 special projects. • Provided financial statements for 220 NGO families in 14 countries. • Implemented Caribbean Hurricane Relief Campaign. Show less
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WorldVenture
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United States
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Religious Institutions
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100 - 200 Employee
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VP Finance and Administration
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Aug 2011 - Jun 2020
Provided leadership for key areas within WorldVenture's Global operations: overall Financial Management; Information Systems, Real Estate Management for HQ location and Global Human Resource Management. • Successful business process re-engineering of Finance, IT and HR departments. • Implemented SaaS Constitutent Relationship Management (CRM) and Accounting Solution (ERP). • Grew capacity and donation base from $27M to $35M during tenure. 250K+ A/R & A/P transactions/yr. • Supported financial reporting and budget forecasting for 250 NGO families in 64 countries. • Provided P&L and Balance Sheets on 200+ Special Projects (Fund Accounting). • Securitized $26M pension plan affecting 500+ families. • Multiple real-estate transactions in excess of $12M requiring Board and government approvals. • Successful annual independent audits. Show less
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Bridges Community Church
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Los Altos, California
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Director of Administration
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Apr 2000 - Jul 2011
Develop and execute plan to direct operations, finances and facilities management for church and Pre-K through 8th grade school with several hundred families. Oversee all administrative, financial and facilities issues covering 7 acres, 6 buildings, 125 employees and $35M in assets. • Led stakeholders in the development and implementation of $8M capital campaign. • Secured approvals for extensive campus renovation projects. • Negotiated all contracts with vendors including construction, I/T, insurance and investments. • Negotiated $2.1M Solar lease agreement for win-win-win with vendor, bank and Board. Installed largest solar installation (233kW) in Los Altos in 2011 saving more than $1.3M in PG&E costs. Show less
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IBM
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Information Technology Executive
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Jul 1981 - Mar 2000
• Director of Internet Service Delivery for US Western Geoplex. 700 staff; $300M annual revenue and 10 Fortune 100 clients. • Account Executive for South African Breweries. Developed and negotiated $100M ten-year services contract for operations and application development. • Account Executive to IBM Storage Systems. Inside sales position for $35M annual services contract. • Marketing Manager to Exxon-Mobile Corp. $25M/year for three consecutive 100% clubs. • Product Manager - IBM Expert Systems. Show less
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Education
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1986 - 2000
IBM Management/Executive Training
Certificate of completion, Harvard School of Business -
1978 - 1981
Iona University
BA, Computer Science
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