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<\/strong><\/p>\nI started at Upland in 2014, so I\u2019m approaching 5 years. In that short time I have seen the company and our solutions grow especially through our customer focused feedback and evolution of Eclipse PPM.<\/p>\n
Do you have any certifications?<\/strong><\/p>\n In addition to my Masters Degree, I have been involved in Project Management for over 15 years and attained my PMP certification in 2005.\u00a0 Since I am always focused on continuous education and improvement, I do have some short term plans for additional certifications. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n What is your role at Upland?<\/strong><\/p>\n I am a Senior Implementation Consultant for Eclipse PPM.\u00a0 This means that I interact face to face with our customers (executive sponsors, stakeholders and project managers) to integrate our PPM tool into their business processes with the goal of: (i) standardizing project processes with best and next<\/u> practices (ii) improving efficiencies and automating reporting (iii) providing strategic value delivery capabilities.\u00a0 It\u2019s a lot of fun because I\u2019ve gotten to interface with a wide spectrum of customers in various industries such as Healthcare, Universities, Government Agencies, Financial Services to name a few.<\/p>\n What are you working on right now?<\/strong><\/p>\n We are in the midst of migrating customers to our latest evolution of the Eclipse PPM product, so as a result my time is being split among, onboarding new clients, developing migration plans for and training existing clients, and working with Product Management to integrate customer feedback, as well new feature ideas\/opportunities for future iterations of the PPM tool.<\/p>\n What do you do when you\u2019re not helping customers?<\/strong><\/p>\n I run a free of charge Uber service!\u00a0 My kids are involved in competitive sports (Dance \u2013 Daughter), (Hockey \u2013 Son) so I am shuttling little people around on my dime.\u00a0 Because I travel quite a bit, when I\u2019m home, I make a point to be actively involved in their activities, so I\u2019m either at a dance studio or competition, or on the bench for my son\u2019s hockey team as the trainer.\u00a0 In between that I try to squeeze in the gym to maintain my sanity.<\/p>\n Any pets?<\/strong><\/p>\n Not currently.\u00a0 I used to have a 140lb Bullmastiff but he passed away a few years ago.\u00a0 From time to time we baby sit a friend\u2019s dog.\u00a0 My wife and kids have been ganging up on me about getting another dog, so its probably inevitable.<\/p>\n