MARISA MEJRIC
Seattle, WA *****
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Business Consultant with over 11 years of experience developing strategies, products, leading projects, analyzing global markets, and managing relationships to determine market needs and delivering results. Business Development experience driving sales revenue and project growth in US, UK and EMEA markets. Strong cross-functional experience with senior leadership, engineering, operations, finance, Agile product development and marketing stakeholders. Considerable experience as a trusted executive partner adopting business change.
Program Management
Project Management
Business Development
Business Strategy
Experience leading business case
modeling for complex deals
Driving global products, businesses
and strategy growth
Full Product Lifecycle from inception
to launch using Agile methodology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BUSINESS CONSULTANT, compusight corporation (Seattle, WA) OCT 2015 – PRESENT
In a business-critical role added a substantial contribution to the future growth of the company. Data-driven to drive business and product development, strategies and formulating strategic partnerships:
Formulated, devised, and monitored software consulting projects for clients. Monitored processes to increase long-term profit. Developed and cultivated relationships with current and future clients
Analyzed and strategized effectively business goals, budgets, deadlines, and schedules with team members and management with a focus on: Business Strategy, Deals Strategy, Corporate Strategy and Digital Strategy
Hired, trained and supported a team of 10 Dynamics 365 Consultants on that brought several new products to market which contributed to >$1M in revenue
Led cross-functional teams in assessing change management needs. Defined and led a 3-year strategy plan, increasing success. Managed products from concept to design, testing and support as well as defined marketing strategies and tactics to acquire and engage customers
STRATEGIC CONSULTANT, helvetas group (Sarajevo, BA) OCT 2018 – JUN 2019
Outperformed the 10-year project aided by the non-profit Helvetas in Bosnia and Herzegovina:
Acquired Gartner’s global IT-BPO investor that will employ from 200 to 1,000 people
Established a relationship with government and introduced a new IT industry sector
Designed & facilitated an effective local & global marketing strategy
Spearheaded a 10-year business plan and investor materials leading to a successful financing
Established a methodology for opportunity mapping and validation of 10 potential investments and acquisitions
Generated partnership leads and built a pipeline of partnership opportunities
BUSINESS CONSULTANT, BICOM SYSTEMS (London, UK) JAN 2013 - NOV 2014
Devised and implemented sales plans:
Unleashed product sales processes and new account development strategy across the US/UK and EMEA sales channels, Increasing deal closure by 15-30%
Enabled new product launches and demand generation, by improving processes and operations
PRODUCT CONSULTANT, appssolut gmbh (Sarajevo, BA) JAN 2012 - MAR 2013
Piloted agile development of a Social Media Management System/Platform (SMMS). Defined the product vision, strategy and features
Accelerated the delivery of the SMMS platform
BUSINESS CONSULTANT, infosoft (Sarajevo, BA) MAY 2012 - NOV 2012
Unlocked a new program to grow the market and revenue stream through direct sales, product positioning and re-branding
Bolstered relationships with major accounts to capture new opportunities, increasing overall brand
BUSINESS CONSULTANT, hNth (Sarajevo, BA/London, UK) JUN 2011 - APR 2012
Facilitated initiatives to setup a partnership with international Hungarian Chamber of Commerce in Bosnia and Herzegovina to expand revenue channels
Orchestrated and built strategic statement and business plan, gaining board approval
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT/PROGRAM MANGEMENT, zira (Sarajevo, BA) SEP 2008 - JUNE 2011
Boosted increased sales turnover, performance, and developed multiple accounts through products positioning, bringing a significant contribution to the company growth and expansion:
Conceptualized a novel product - Risk Management for Telecoms that went on to win 2 global Software Excellence Awards
Analyzed the complete market for the product and service, developed business cases, positioned the product and service, enabled product market fit and collaterals
Built productive relationships with both team members and stakeholders and clients. Analyzed complex proposals and developed solutions
EDUCATION
BACHELOR OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ECONOMICS
the university of buckingham, uk
TECHNOLOGY EXPERTISE
CRM, ERP & E-mail marketing, CMS, E-commerce
SWOT analysis, defining requirements, product feature definition, user acceptance, product adoption
Market assessment and trends, qualitative & quantitative research, data analysis
Microsoft Dynamics 365, Salesforce, HubSpot, Marketo, Outreach, Adobe Suite, Tableau, DocuSign
Microsoft: SharePoint, Azure, PowerBI, PowerApps, MS365, D365, .NET, MS SQL, Windows
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Telecom standards, TM Forum, BSS/OSS, VoIP,
Telco Risk Management, SOA
Financial Modelling & Financial Analysis
WordPress, HTML, CSS, PHP, Photoshop
SixSigma, Lean Management, Agile, Product
Lifecycle, SCRUM
UX, iOS & Android, App & Mobile Development
IoT & Cloud, Big Data, DevOps, Healthcare IT
OTHER SKILLS & VOLUNTEER WORK
LANGUAGES
English, Italian, Spanish, Bosnian-Serbo-Croatian
SKILLS
Business design, Human-centered design, Emotional Intelligence & Creativity
Diversity, Cultural intelligence, Cross-cultural competency, Leadership, Social intelligence, Social impact, Novel model of thinking, computational thinking
Startups, Lean management, Fundraising, PR
VOLUNTEERING
SEPT 2018 – PRESENT
CHAPTER LEAD SEATTLE, sogal foundation
SoGal, a global platform for diverse entrepreneurs and investors that provides resources, education, and community for a 100K+ person network with chapters in 70+ cities around the world:
Accelerated resources, education and community building to close the diversity gap in entrepreneurship and venture capital to 30 startups and investors