Rachel Handschke
Senior Vice President of Technology at YAPI- Claim this Profile
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Kirsten (Geddes) Herd
I count myself lucky to have worked with Rachel for 4 years. Rachel's ability to cut through the noise and produce sound processes and results is inspiring. Rachel is a team player who's unshakable calmness and professionalism proved invaluable to all those who worked with her. In all my years working with Rachel, there was not one challenge or obstacle that Rachel did not handle head on and with success. Rachel would not only be an asset to any organization she is a part of, she would elevate that organization to the next level.
Morrigan Smith
I have had the pleasure of working with Rachel from Axium to Deltek often in different departments on the same platform, Ajera. That is until April 2019 when we both worked together managing the Ajera services departments. Rachel Data and Reporting while myself Functional (consulting). Rachel was always incredible to work with for both her knowledge and drive for success for our clients and teams. However, working with her in management displayed another depth to her character: poise, gratitude and grace under pressure. Rachel managed more than just the Ajera items I touched but other software at Deltek: DPS, Vantagepoint, Talent, Vision, etc. I frequently wondered where she found time to 'do it all' and often asked for tips because she did it all well.
Kirsten (Geddes) Herd
I count myself lucky to have worked with Rachel for 4 years. Rachel's ability to cut through the noise and produce sound processes and results is inspiring. Rachel is a team player who's unshakable calmness and professionalism proved invaluable to all those who worked with her. In all my years working with Rachel, there was not one challenge or obstacle that Rachel did not handle head on and with success. Rachel would not only be an asset to any organization she is a part of, she would elevate that organization to the next level.
Morrigan Smith
I have had the pleasure of working with Rachel from Axium to Deltek often in different departments on the same platform, Ajera. That is until April 2019 when we both worked together managing the Ajera services departments. Rachel Data and Reporting while myself Functional (consulting). Rachel was always incredible to work with for both her knowledge and drive for success for our clients and teams. However, working with her in management displayed another depth to her character: poise, gratitude and grace under pressure. Rachel managed more than just the Ajera items I touched but other software at Deltek: DPS, Vantagepoint, Talent, Vision, etc. I frequently wondered where she found time to 'do it all' and often asked for tips because she did it all well.
Kirsten (Geddes) Herd
I count myself lucky to have worked with Rachel for 4 years. Rachel's ability to cut through the noise and produce sound processes and results is inspiring. Rachel is a team player who's unshakable calmness and professionalism proved invaluable to all those who worked with her. In all my years working with Rachel, there was not one challenge or obstacle that Rachel did not handle head on and with success. Rachel would not only be an asset to any organization she is a part of, she would elevate that organization to the next level.
Morrigan Smith
I have had the pleasure of working with Rachel from Axium to Deltek often in different departments on the same platform, Ajera. That is until April 2019 when we both worked together managing the Ajera services departments. Rachel Data and Reporting while myself Functional (consulting). Rachel was always incredible to work with for both her knowledge and drive for success for our clients and teams. However, working with her in management displayed another depth to her character: poise, gratitude and grace under pressure. Rachel managed more than just the Ajera items I touched but other software at Deltek: DPS, Vantagepoint, Talent, Vision, etc. I frequently wondered where she found time to 'do it all' and often asked for tips because she did it all well.
Kirsten (Geddes) Herd
I count myself lucky to have worked with Rachel for 4 years. Rachel's ability to cut through the noise and produce sound processes and results is inspiring. Rachel is a team player who's unshakable calmness and professionalism proved invaluable to all those who worked with her. In all my years working with Rachel, there was not one challenge or obstacle that Rachel did not handle head on and with success. Rachel would not only be an asset to any organization she is a part of, she would elevate that organization to the next level.
Morrigan Smith
I have had the pleasure of working with Rachel from Axium to Deltek often in different departments on the same platform, Ajera. That is until April 2019 when we both worked together managing the Ajera services departments. Rachel Data and Reporting while myself Functional (consulting). Rachel was always incredible to work with for both her knowledge and drive for success for our clients and teams. However, working with her in management displayed another depth to her character: poise, gratitude and grace under pressure. Rachel managed more than just the Ajera items I touched but other software at Deltek: DPS, Vantagepoint, Talent, Vision, etc. I frequently wondered where she found time to 'do it all' and often asked for tips because she did it all well.
Credentials
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Leadership Engagement with Awesome People (LEAP)
DeltekSep, 2019- Sep, 2024
Experience
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YAPI
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Vice President of Technology
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Mar 2022 - Present
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Head of Technology
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Jul 2020 - Mar 2022
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Deltek
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Sr. Director, Technical Consulting
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Oct 2018 - Nov 2019
Promoted to Senior Director to expand the Technical Center of Excellence with the goal of beginning to align processes and tools across all technical consulting teams globally.
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Director, Technical Consulting
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Nov 2015 - Oct 2018
Led a team that managed 100 + active dev projects for clients on Deltek's Vantagepoint, Vision, Ajera, Maconomy and Talent products. Grew the team from 7 to 35 employees via hiring, acquisition integration and re-organization. Responsible for meeting utilization, revenue and metric targets for billable projects as well as managing internal initiatives. Worked closely with key stakeholders (clients, partners, sales, engineering, and other consulting leaders) to ensure project success. Developed the Technical Center of Excellence to bring a focused effort around ensuring our processes are repeatable and scalable and our internal applications are kept up to date to align with company growth. Show less
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Senior Engineering Manager
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Oct 2014 - Nov 2015
Led a development team responsible for creating and maintaining Ajera (an ERP application) that is used by 2500+ professional service firms. Released 2 major feature releases annually and cumulative updates monthly. Successfully migrated Ajera's cloud hosting from Microsoft Azure to Amazon Web Services (AWS).
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Axium
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Poland
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Quality Assurance Manager
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Mar 2012 - Oct 2014
Led a team of 5 Quality Analysts that were responsible for all aspects of testing each major feature release as well as cumulative updates. Focused on finding ways to decrease testing effort and increase quality with each release by beefing up test plans and automated testing efforts.
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Technical Consulting Manager
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Sep 2010 - Mar 2012
Led a team of technical consultants responsible for delivering data conversions, data updates and business intelligence projects to new and existing clients. Responsible for maintaining team utilization and quality while growing revenue and team capabilities.
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Senior Technical Consultant
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Jun 2008 - Sep 2010
Data conversion extraordinaire - if you've got data I'd convert it! Responsible for extracting data from a number of third party and/or legacy sources and converting it into Axium's ERP application, Ajera. Worked closely with engineering to drive the design of and develop a proprietary conversion (ETL) tool used to convert data to Ajera. Provided mentoring to other departments in the organization on the Ajera database and how to identify data issues .
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Software Support Analyst
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Aug 2006 - Jun 2008
Part of a world class support team helping customers using Protrax and Ajera ERP products. Heavily used MS SQL to analyze data issues reported by clients. Mentored and trained other colleagues on MS SQL and how to analyze data issues. Developed SQL queries to build business intelligence solutions for clients.
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Education
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Portland State University
Graduate Certificate, Software Engineering -
Portland State University - School of Business
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration: General Management -
University of Oregon - Charles H. Lundquist College of Business
Master of Business Administration
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