Grant Millington
Group Manager | Customer Success at Optibus- Claim this Profile
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Bruno Machado
I am pleased to write this recommendation for Grant, who is an inspiring leader. During our time working together, I have seen Grant consistently prioritize the well-being and growth of his team members. Grant takes the time to understand each person's unique strengths and goals and works to provide them with opportunities to develop their skills and advance in their careers.
Bruno Machado
I am pleased to write this recommendation for Grant, who is an inspiring leader. During our time working together, I have seen Grant consistently prioritize the well-being and growth of his team members. Grant takes the time to understand each person's unique strengths and goals and works to provide them with opportunities to develop their skills and advance in their careers.
Bruno Machado
I am pleased to write this recommendation for Grant, who is an inspiring leader. During our time working together, I have seen Grant consistently prioritize the well-being and growth of his team members. Grant takes the time to understand each person's unique strengths and goals and works to provide them with opportunities to develop their skills and advance in their careers.
Bruno Machado
I am pleased to write this recommendation for Grant, who is an inspiring leader. During our time working together, I have seen Grant consistently prioritize the well-being and growth of his team members. Grant takes the time to understand each person's unique strengths and goals and works to provide them with opportunities to develop their skills and advance in their careers.
Credentials
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Sales: Customer Success
LinkedInSep, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Persuasive Coaching
LinkedInMar, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Technical Sales: The Role of the Sales Engineer
LinkedInFeb, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
FA Level 1 in Coaching Football
The Football AssociationMay, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA)
Red HatSep, 2013- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Optibus
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United States
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Software Development
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300 - 400 Employee
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Group Manager | Customer Success
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Sep 2022 - Present
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Solutions Engineer Team Lead
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Sep 2021 - Sep 2022
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Keyloop
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United Kingdom
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Enterprise Solutions Architect
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Nov 2020 - Sep 2021
Strategic role to align Enterprise partner opportunities with Keyloop’s product roadmap, above and beyond existing pre-sales activities.• Support Enterprise Partner Account Managers and Keyloop Product Managers in understanding key partnership opportunities to enhance Keyloop’s reach internationally.• Communicate technical requirements with a commercial perspective and support RFI/RFP requests. • Help Keyloop align sales & commercial strategy across partner, internal product and OEM channels. Show less
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Partner Technical Pre-Sales Consultant
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Sep 2019 - Nov 2020
Client facing Technical SME on Keyloop's API behaviour and implementation. Supporting CDK Partner and Customer Account Managers in both technical and commercial meetings.• Responsible for defining the Pre-Sales process in the Partner Programme.• Support Sales Teams with all prospective API integration queries for Partner and Customer segments.• Run technical workshops and demonstrations.• Work with development teams to help build proof-of-concept integrations.• Validate workflows and challenge integration points to improve Partner Certification time.• Provide a handover documentation for Certification Managers to enable resource prioritisation.• Identify genuine enhancements to CDK Product Management. Show less
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Partner Certification Manager
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Apr 2018 - Sep 2019
Work closely with strategic Partners in the CDK Global Partner Programme to certify their API integrated solution with CDK's Dealer Management Systems (DMS).• Define, document and refine Partner Certification process based on collaborative feedback.• Responsible for technical on-boarding of Partners into the CDK Global Programme.• Support Partner's technical queries relating to API implementation.• Responsible for final Partner sign-off.• Act in pre-sales capacity in commercial meetings.• Develop long standing relationships with strategic Partners.• Work cross-functionally and across international markets. Show less
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Technical Consultant
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Oct 2007 - Apr 2018
Consult with clients to complete a range of technical bookings on mission critical services focusing on the largest global Dealer Management Systems (DMS).• Working with small, medium and international Automotive Dealer groups at all levels.• Technical consultation at planning meetings to provide a successful migration road map.• Carry out complex phased data migrations of business-critical automotive systems.• Complete upgrades to latest Autoline Drive and Rev 8.35 DMS solutions.• Perform live system migrations across UNIX & Linux own-server and hosted cloud platforms.• Extract and merge CRM databases in highly sensitive and confidential acquisition projects.• Hold internal and external training sessions. Show less
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Software Installation Consultant
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Sep 2003 - Oct 2007
Installation of ADP DMS software onto new and existing customer systems.
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SSE Contracting
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Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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300 - 400 Employee
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IT Field Engineer/Technical Helpdesk
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Nov 2002 - Sep 2003
IT User support field engineer & helpdesk role covering a large user base for an Electrical Contracting company IT User support field engineer & helpdesk role covering a large user base for an Electrical Contracting company
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Education
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2000 - 2001
University of Wales, Swansea
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science -
1997 - 2000
University of Wales, Swansea
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Genetics -
The Willink School
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