Melissa Herbst

About Melissa Herbst

I work with growing organizations who are trying to evoke change and healthy growth by leveraging technology. With 15 years\' experience, I am beginning to scratch the surface as to the intricacies of making organizational decisions, investments and change. Common and frequent struggles: • Rapid growth and inability to maintain growth with current infrastructure • Leveraging highly paid individuals to search for financial data instead of analyze it • Current financial platforms are no longer supported • Lack of visibility to financial health of the business • Lack of visibility into sales and profitability • Inefficient revenue cycle - invoicing, receiving and collections • Lack of financial controls and excess risk • Succession planning or Post transaction establishmentResults provided:Helped one cold fusion manufacturer establish a production system to allow them to grow sales by 30% and maintain current infrastructure. Worked with a professional sports team to understand and gain clarity on revenue driving activity and focus efforts on those resultsStarting in 2015, focusing on the Green House market space. Helping the horticulture industry, namely growers of plants, young plants and propagators, to automate of their growing cycle, space planning, and visibility to profitability.Socius specializes in- Microsoft Dynamics - Microsoft Dynamics AX, NAV, GP- Microsoft Dynamcis CRM- AgriWare software for the horticulture industry- NetSuite- Sage 100 and Sage CRM- SYSPRO- Microsoft SharePoint- Business Intelligence- Microsoft PowerBI- Custom Development- Cloud Solutions

Experience

1. Business Development Consultant

   Velosio

   Jan 2018 — Present · Cincinnati, KY, US

Education

• Miami University

  BS and BA, International Studies and Spanish

Skills

• Solution Selling
• Crm
• Sales
• Software Industry
• Account Management
• Erp
• Cloud Computing
• Conversational Spanish
• Selling
• Saas
• Enterprise Software
• Business Development
• Business Intelligence
• Consulting
• Lead Generation
• Sales Process
• Sales Operations
• Professional Services