Experience

Avon Washington Twp Library

• United States
• Libraries

• Board Member

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  Avon, Indiana, United States - Serving as Secretary on our local library board to assist in making financial and policy decisions.



Salesforce

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Technology M&A Program Manager

  • Aug 2020 - Mar 2023

  Indianapolis, Indiana, United States - Pitched a M&A budget optimization proposal to leadership and was awarded approval for rollout in January 2023. - Product Owner for our M&A Salesforce Org. Collected stakeholder feedback, wrote requirements & test scripts, tested, and created enablement materials and videos for a major enhancement release. The release caused no work stopping issues and minimal bugs that were quickly resolved. Metrics for success achieved: No work stopping issues, minimal bugs resolved quickly and… Show more - Pitched a M&A budget optimization proposal to leadership and was awarded approval for rollout in January 2023. - Product Owner for our M&A Salesforce Org. Collected stakeholder feedback, wrote requirements & test scripts, tested, and created enablement materials and videos for a major enhancement release. The release caused no work stopping issues and minimal bugs that were quickly resolved. Metrics for success achieved: No work stopping issues, minimal bugs resolved quickly and overall positive feedback from stakeholders. - Closed 22 Go-To-Market acquired systems spanning 13 different acquisitions in 1 quarter. 12 additional systems closed out in the following 2 months. - Worked with business owners, pitched and received funding to proceed with a discovery project to assess the Salesforce Instance of a company that was acquired back in 2011 and not yet integrated.

• Sr. Project Coordinator, CIO Office

  • Jan 2018 - Aug 2020

  Indianapolis, Indiana Area - Brought a Salesforce on Salesforce resource time tracking tool to IT Leadership. Awarded the project and oversaw implementation. We were able to dispose of an external, underutilized tool, resulting in $800K in cost savings. - Enhanced our global hackathon to a 3 day event with additional executive presence and awards. Participation increased from 32 teams to 43 teams. - During the pandemic, transformed our Hackathon to 100% virtual over a span of a week. This resulted in almost… Show more - Brought a Salesforce on Salesforce resource time tracking tool to IT Leadership. Awarded the project and oversaw implementation. We were able to dispose of an external, underutilized tool, resulting in $800K in cost savings. - Enhanced our global hackathon to a 3 day event with additional executive presence and awards. Participation increased from 32 teams to 43 teams. - During the pandemic, transformed our Hackathon to 100% virtual over a span of a week. This resulted in almost doubling the participation from around 250 to 460 participants globally. - Project Managed the design and build of a new Salesforce on Salesforce IT Department website to replace the aging existing site. The feedback from the IT Team was that this updated website offered an overall better user experience for our IT Teams and provided relevant information to navigate the growing IT Global team.



Platinum Partners Business Services, LLC

• Business Owner

  • Dec 2017 - Mar 2019

  Avon, IN - Providing small business consulting in the areas of Accounting, Training & Development, Marketing, Human Resources & Program Management.



LIDS Sports Group

• Talent Acquisition Specialist

  • Aug 2016 - Sep 2017

  Zionsville, IN - Reduced outsourcing and fees resulting in a savings of at least $75K, by hiring direct and reducing fees from 30% to 18%. - Implemented a recruiting reporting process. Compiled, presented and distributed monthly talent, headcount, termination and exit interview data to HR, CFO and impacted leadership.

• IT Project Coordinator, Business Strategy & Operations

  • Sep 2014 - Jul 2016

  Indianapolis, Indiana Area - Self taught on new Salesforce Analytics Tool and created IT CSAT dashboard. Collaborated with Corporate Ops Team to implement something similar to save them $30K. - Covered as IT Training & Development Program Manager during a maternity leave. During that time I negotiated with external vendors and delivered over 20 IT Training classes in 1 quarter. - Served as the Indy IT Volunteer Chair to help organize the committee and events for our 85 people to hit our volunteering goals. By… Show more - Self taught on new Salesforce Analytics Tool and created IT CSAT dashboard. Collaborated with Corporate Ops Team to implement something similar to save them $30K. - Covered as IT Training & Development Program Manager during a maternity leave. During that time I negotiated with external vendors and delivered over 20 IT Training classes in 1 quarter. - Served as the Indy IT Volunteer Chair to help organize the committee and events for our 85 people to hit our volunteering goals. By the end of July we had already hit 90% of our goal! - Served as SOX liaison between IT and Audit helping to document controls and evidence. Overall audit resulted in 0 material weaknesses. This work earned me the first Elmer Award for SOX Achievement. Show less



Exact Target

• United States
• Software Development

• Project Manager

  • Oct 2012 - Sep 2014

  Indianapolis, IN - I served as a Project Manager for our Finance Systems until Salesforce acquired us in July 2013. At the time of acquisition I had just begun leading a revenue recognition project after returning from maternity leave.



Xanatek, Inc.

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Designer/Trainer

  • May 2009 - Jul 2012

  South Bend, Indiana, United States - Trained and provided support for new external clients on our Insurance CRM. - Worked with internal teams and external clients to compile accounting component requirements to incorporate into existing Insurance Management Software.



Hat World Inc. / Genesco

• Corporate Trainer

  • Feb 2007 - Dec 2008

  Indianapolis, Indiana, United States Trained Field and Home Office Teams on Sales, Time Management, Professionalism, Communication, Microsoft Office Applications as well as Corporate Computer Systems.



Simon Property Group

• United States
• Real Estate
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Reporting Manager- Mall Marketing & Simon Brand Ventures

  • Jan 1998 - Feb 2007

  Indianapolis, Indiana, United States - Oversaw financial aspects of over $200 million Simon Mall Marketing and Sales programs including budget and forecast coordination, variance reporting, issues resolution and SOX compliance. - Directly managed team to achieve monthly reporting goals while indirectly mentoring/training 250 marketing professionals and 80 accountants on how to manage marketing financials. - Selected to be the only manager level employee to present alongside Executives during our annual conference. -… Show more - Oversaw financial aspects of over $200 million Simon Mall Marketing and Sales programs including budget and forecast coordination, variance reporting, issues resolution and SOX compliance. - Directly managed team to achieve monthly reporting goals while indirectly mentoring/training 250 marketing professionals and 80 accountants on how to manage marketing financials. - Selected to be the only manager level employee to present alongside Executives during our annual conference. - Selected by Executive Leadership to represent Simon along with C-level Executives in their inaugural campus recruitment initiative. We recruited MBA's from Cornell, UPenn & MIT for roles randing from Mall developer to architect to accountant. Taking on this project along with my responsibilities as a Financial Reporting Manager earned me the Home Office Employee of the Year. Show less



Quaker Oats Company - Gatorade Division

• Accounting Coordinator

  • Jan 1996 - Dec 1997

  Maintained accounting control of three Gatorade packing facilities. This included monthly closes and inventories as well as quarterly travel to audit and meet with the facility leaders. Variance analysis of finished and raw materials was integral in this position.