Lisa York Atkinson

About Lisa York Atkinson

Skilled professional with experience managing projects for enterprise clients across various technologies such as Salesforce CPQ, DocuSign, Conga and Salesforce Billing. Thriving in fast paced projects with multiple pillars and stakeholders to manage. Proven to provide clear and consistent communication for executive steering committees ensuring alignment to risk and scope management. Able to partner with technical resources to ensure proper translation of critical design decisions to business partners. Experience partnering with technical resources to conduct backlog refinement working through sprint planning ensuring sprints are sized based on resource capacity Focused on providing regular reporting and data driven results tracking budget, timeline, scope and consolidating feedback from daily scrums. Highly motivated to ensure both client and partner success.Functional Expertise- Project & Program Management- Stakeholder Relationship- Requirements Elicitation- Resource Management- Financial Management- Risk Management- Scope & Change Management - Complex Mulit-Workstream Programs- Team Building / LeadershipTechnical Expertise- Salesforce- Salesforce CPQ- Salesforce Billing- Conga- DocuSign- ADO, Atlassian Jira & Confluence

Experience

1. Quote to Cash Senior Consultant at Atg

   Advanced Technology Group, A Cognizant Company

   Apr 2019 — Present · Overland Park, KS, US

   Everything we do at Advanced Technology Group is based upon decades of tried and true best practices blended with the latest proven technologies and processes. We are turning the traditional consulting model on its head, providing our clients with trusted business advisors that can rapidly scale to implement critical process and technology improvements.Salesforce CPQ/Data Migration – Senior Project Manager – Financial Services Project- Managed ~60 person team for an enterprise engagement in collaboration with the project team- Supported multi-phase project with aggressive timelines providing continual communication - Facilitated daily internal Lead Team meetings to ensure program level alignment to objectives- Established dashboard reporting for clear tracking of progress across the development pipeline- Resolved escalations efficiently with documented communications and alignment to path forward - Managed to stringent documentation and pipeline procedures for audit purposes- Supported SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) across multiple scrum teams- Executed highly complex multi-year implementation of custom integrated processes for Fulfillment, Product Entitlement, Forecasting, Auto-Renewals, Renewal Cancellation, Amendments, Trial Deals, Tax Rating and Invoice Credits- In the first 90 Days after Go Live 1k Deals Booked, 1.8k Posted Invoices totaling $373M in RevenueMinimal Go Live Bugs over three months with ~150 Bugs. Only 5 P1 BugsSalesforce CPQ/Commerce/Conga/Integrations – Senior Project Manager – Technology Project- Managed 50+ person team for an enterprise engagement in collaboration with project team- Led management of resourcing supporting career growth - Organized multiple project tracks and resources providing strategic program direction- Responsible for contributing to steering committee and executive status reports- Drove clear communication across client leadership and account management teams

Education

• Avila University

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Healthcare Administration

  2013 — 2014

• Avila University

  Project Management Certificate

  2013 — 2013

• Avila University

  Bachelor's degree, Marketing and Business Management

  2009 — 2012

Skills

• Human Resources
• Event Planning
• Research
• Advertising
• Training
• Microsoft Excel
• Sales
• Project Management
• Customer Service
• Management
• Knowlege in Microsoft Office Publisher
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Power Point
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Excel
• Community Outreach
• Knowledge in Kanvista Software Program for Department of Verterans Affairs
• Leadership
• Able to Type 40 Wpm
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Word
• Program Management
• Leadership Development