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A5 guides businesses through their Digital Transformation journey with a focus on Campaign-to-Revenue. As a leading solutions provider and systems implementer, we modernize business processes through our strategic methodology using industry-leading Salesforce platform and backend ERP integrations. We are one of the very few partners in the ecosystem with Salesforce Ventures investment and are also proud to be part of the Salesforce partner advisory board. A5 has employees across North America, South America, Europe and India.

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A5 guides businesses through their Digital Transformation journey with a focus on Campaign-to-Revenue. As a leading solutions provider and systems implementer, we modernize business processes through our strategic methodology using the industry-leading Salesforce platform and backend ERP integrations. We are one of the very few partners in the ecosystem with Salesforce Ventures investment and are also proud to be part of the Salesforce partner advisory board. A5 has employees across North America, Europe, India, and China.

Come join a growing Salesforce Practice and work on fun projects with good people!

Responsibilities:

  • Your focus will be to grow our Salesforce practice by driving business development activities related to these products/partnerships.
  • Develop lasting relationships with partners, customers and future vendors or software OEMs A5 partners with.
  • Operate as the primary point of contact with your assigned customers for all sales related activities in the territory or named accounts assigned to you to sell A5’s services.
  • Work with key customer stakeholders, partners and the A5 delivery team to develop solutions to business problems, implementation roadmaps, etc.
  • Maintain key customer, contact, and pipeline data within internal tools on a timely basis.
  • Business Development, Demand Generation events and cold calling to build pipeline.
  • Collaborate and author SOWs working with Solution Architects / Pre-Sales consultants assigned to your deals.

Requirements:

  • Proven track record of achieving sales targets and driving revenue growth.
  • Strong understanding of Salesforce products and services and strong partner relationships.
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to interact effectively with customers and various teams.
  • Ability to nurture and develop strong relationships with new and existing customers and extend reach within their organizations for cross-selling and up-selling opportunities across platforms and services.
  • Excellent presentation skills to effectively communicate sales strategies, proposals, and business plans.
  • Ability to apply strategic thinking and analytical insights to develop and implement effective sales strategies.
  • Proven negotiation and closing expertise to secure deals, oversee contracts, and boost revenue.
  • Excellent time management skills to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
  • Ability to travel as needed within the assigned territory

Location: Bay Area, California

If you think you are a good fit, email your resumes at [email protected]

A5 guides businesses through their Digital Transformation journey with a focus on Campaign-to-Revenue. As a leading solutions provider and systems implementer, we modernize business processes through our strategic methodology using the industry-leading Salesforce platform and backend ERP integrations. We are one of the very few partners in the ecosystem with Salesforce Ventures investment and are also proud to be part of the Salesforce partner advisory board. A5 has employees across North America, Europe, India, and China.

Come join a growing Salesforce Practice and work on fun projects with good people!

Responsibilities:

  • Build strong relationships with Salesforce RVPs and Account Executives, identify synergies around target accounts, build a pipeline and add value to customers
  • Identify, develop and close on new services sales (new logos) to meet and exceed quota targets
  • Maintain effective relationships internally – Marketing, Operations, Delivery, and leadership – to align all stakeholder interests and drive activity
  • Build key relationships with Directors and C-level stakeholders within clients selling the breadth and depth of A5 services into the account
  • Write client account plans and gain buy-in from A5’s leadership
  • Write proposals and manage commercial negotiations
  • Ensure Salesforce is kept up to date with pipeline and account information
  • Fulfill the role of trusted advisor and develop deep strategic relationships with Customers ensuring repeat business across platforms

Requirements:

  • Ability to clearly communicate value proposition to partners and prospective customers.
  • Knowledge of the Salesforce ecosystem and strong partner relationships highly desired
  • A disciplined and structured approach to sales including qualification and account planning
  • Experience presenting to and relating with Directors, VPs or C-level stakeholders, rapidly assess Customer environments from a business process, organizational and technological perspective, and effectively communicate opportunities for growth
  • Demonstrated ability to manage complex sales cycles with multiple stakeholders and partners
  • Nurturing and developing strong relationships with existing Customers and extend reach within their organizations for cross-selling and up-sell opportunities across platforms and services
  • Experience with commercial negotiation
  • Ability to collaborate with partners, marketing and inside sales to build and execute complex account strategies and sales plays
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as reporting and presentation expertise
  • Travel as needed within the assigned territory
If you think you are a good fit, email your resumes at [email protected]

A5 guides businesses through their Digital Transformation journey with a focus on Campaign-to-Revenue. As a leading solutions provider and systems implementer, we modernize business processes through our strategic methodology using industry-leading Salesforce platform and backend ERP integrations. We are one of the very few partners in the ecosystem with Salesforce Ventures investment and are also proud to be part of the Salesforce partner advisory board. A5 has employees across North America, Europe and India.

Come join a growing Salesforce Practice and work on fun projects with good people!

Responsibilities:

  • You will serve as a trusted advisor to the customer, driving conversations with business stakeholders that shape the architectural vision and establish a program direction.
  • Leverage business knowledge and product expertise in multiple clouds to provide solution approaches to meet customer needs and future vision.
  • Lead pre-sales discovery and design sessions, and document business requirements.
  • Assist in scoping, writing statements of work (SOWs), and drafting RFP responses.
  • Work collaboratively with internal team members to design a solution that will meet the customer’s business requirements.
  • Serve as a technical resource and liaison between the sales team, delivery team, and the client to ensure seamless communication.
  • Lead the internal transition from pre-sales to delivery ensuring the proposed solution and scope is understood by the delivery team.
  • Proactively mitigate and manage critical escalations and at-risk accounts; communicate effectively and appropriately with internal and external teams.
  • Manage multiple strategic clients simultaneously.
  • Assist with project management, planning, and coordination of project activities

Requirements:

  • Demonstrated ability to scope and implement multiple Salesforce clouds including Sales, Service, Experience Cloud, and Field Service.
  • Nice to have: Marketing Cloud, Financial Services Cloud, CPQ, Billing, Manufacturing Cloud, and SPIFF
  • Extensive pre-sales experience with the ability to work hands-on as needed
  • Experience creating SOWs and RFPs
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, executive level presence, and experience working in a client advisory capacity
  • Ability to influence a group audience, facilitate solutioning, and lead business discussions with customers
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex systems issues.

Location: Remote US/Canada

If you think you are a good fit, email your resumes at [email protected]

A5 guides businesses through their Digital Transformation journey with a focus on Campaign-to-Revenue. As a leading solutions provider and systems implementer, we modernize business processes through our strategic methodology using industry-leading Salesforce platform and backend ERP integrations. We are one of the very few partners in the eco system invested in by Salesforce Ventures and are also proud to be part of Salesforce partner advisory board. A5 has resources across the US, Canada, UK, Eastern Europe, South America and India.

Come join our India Team!

Description:

This is a full-time remote role for a Senior Salesforce Developer. The Senior Salesforce Developer will work with clients and internal stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvement and automation, design and implement technical solutions in Salesforce, manage code review, and lead or execute solutions testing. They will provide technical expertise to internal and external customers, mentor junior developers, and use agile methodologies to manage projects.

Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, and deploy technical solutions and applications that optimize the value that clients may derive from their Salesforce systems.
  • Contribute to process and functional design activities. Create functional requirements as input to technical application design.
  • Develop and test detailed functional designs for business solution components and prototypes.
  • Plan and execute data conversion activities such as test data.
  • Implement test planning and execution.
  • Support application build, test, and deploy activities for data integration, application configuration, and reporting configuration of software integration
  • Participate in SFDC Integration activities with other Products.
  • Design, code, test, and implement new Salesforce software applications to meet project objectives and support new or expanding business objectives.
  • Train and mentor junior resources for SFDC and conduct training sessions for team members.
  • Communicate with project managers, clients, and other developers to design cohesive project strategies and ensure effective collaboration throughout all phases of development, testing, and deployment
  • Translate business requirements into creative and effective technical designs
  • Build Salesforce applications using Apex and Visualforce and leverage the full capabilities of the Salesforce platform to support the company’s programs.
  • Build customized solutions that support business requirements and drive important business decisions by developing in Visualforce, Apex, Java, and AJAX
  • Implement and maintain Salesforce customizations such as custom fields and objects, layouts, workflows, process builders, and validation rules
  • Participate in efforts to develop and execute testing, training, and documentation
  • Work on the design and development of interfaces APIs and integrations from Salesforce to external systems.
  • Maintain a flexible and proactive work environment to facilitate a quick response to changing project requirements and customer objectives, and innovate ways to meet mission goals successfully
  • Ability to interact with internal customers to translate requirements into a technical solution.
  • Strong desire to learn. You are energized when new features and technologies become available and eager to understand them and maximize their potential.

Requirements & Qualifications:

  • Experience in SFDC Platform Design, and Implementations
  • Exceptionally collaborative, flexible, and adaptable when working with customers and various teams
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical customers and coworkers
  • Strong organization, communication, and interpersonal skills
  • Strong analysis skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex systems issues.
  • Experience defining business requirements and use cases
  • 5+ Years of hands-on experience working on salesforce.com implementation
  • Proficiency in sales cloud, service cloud, CPQ and Billing. Expertise preferred in experience cloud/communities and FSL.

Required Certifications:

  • Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I
  • Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II
  • Salesforce Certified Administrator
  • Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder
  • Salesforce Certified Sales Cloud Consultant
  • Salesforce Certified Service Cloud Consultant
Location: India
 
If you think you are a good fit, email your resumes at [email protected]

A5 guides businesses through their Digital Transformation journey with a focus on Campaign-to-Revenue. As a leading solutions provider and systems implementer, we modernize business processes through our strategic methodology using industry-leading Salesforce platform and backend ERP integrations. We are one of the very few partners in the eco system invested in by Salesforce Ventures and are also proud to be part of Salesforce partner advisory board. A5 has resources across the US, Canada, UK, Eastern Europe, South America and India.

Come join our India Team!

Description:

This is a full-time remote role for a Senior MuleSoft Developer. The Senior MuleSoft Developer will work with clients and internal stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvement and automation, design and implement technical solutions in Salesforce, manage code review, and lead or execute solutions testing. They will provide technical expertise to internal and external customers, mentor junior developers, and use agile methodologies to manage projects.

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with cross functional teams to understand requirement/design and translate those to applications in MuleSoft.
  • Design and Develop applications using RAML and event driven APIs, REST APIs, batch jobs and API-led methodology.
  • Create integration application in MuleSoft (Cloud Hub, RTF) with AWS component like ELK, S3, database, queues etc and SAP, Salesforce or other enterprise applications
  • Create APIs to implement X12 EDI like 850, 855, 856, 810 etc.
  • Build Unit test cases for the APIs developed.
  • Enhancing, troubleshooting, and maintaining existing applications in MuleSoft
  • Document application design, Interface specifications, and deployment strategies in Jira & Confluence.
  • Work closely with the internal teams & global teams on implementation process, approvals, escalated technical issues and Enhancement changes/new features.

Requirements & Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
  • 8+ years of experience in integration (API/Batch/Event) Development/Design/Architecture
  • 4+ years of design and development experience in Mule 4.0 with both on-premises and Cloud hub 2.0 implementations.
  • Hands on experience with MuleSoft APIM, MuleSoft ESB, SWAGGER & RAML spec design, API, SAP IDoc, X12 EDI, proxy management, and security policy.
  • Hands on experience with CI/CD Pipelines (Jenkins, Bamboo, etc.)
  • Experience with SOAP, WSDL, XML, REST and JSON.
  • Knowledge of Supply Chain Management, Order to Cash Lifecycle, infrastructure, architecture and technology in related areas from a design/ support/ solutions perspective
  • Familiarity with tools like Bitbucket/Git, Eclipse, RAD, JIRA, and Confluence.
  • Experience with SAP and Salesforce Integrations
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to work 7 am – 3 PM EST.

Required Certifications:

  • Salesforce Certified MuleSoft Associate
  • Salesforce Certified MuleSoft Developer I
  • Salesforce Certified MuleSoft Developer II
  • Salesforce Certified MuleSoft Integration Architect I
  • Salesforce Certified MuleSoft Platform Architect I

Location: India

If you think you are a good fit, email your resumes at [email protected]

A5 guides businesses through their Digital Transformation journey with a focus on Campaign-to-Revenue. As a leading solutions provider and systems implementer, we modernize business processes through our strategic methodology using industry-leading Salesforce platform and backend ERP integrations. We are one of the very few partners in the eco system invested in by Salesforce Ventures and are also proud to be part of Salesforce partner advisory board. A5 has resources across the US, Canada, UK, Eastern Europe, South America and India.

Come join our India Team!

Description:

This is a full-time remote role for a Senior Salesforce Marketing Cloud Consultant The Senior Consultant will work with clients and internal stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvement and automation, design and implement technical solutions in Salesforce, manage code review, and lead or execute solutions testing. They will provide technical expertise to internal and external customers, mentor junior developers, and use agile methodologies to manage projects.

Responsibilities:

  • Consult with Marketing & CRM Managers/ Business to optimize & implement Online Marketing campaigns/scenarios by leveraging Salesforce recommended best practices
  • Act as subject matter expert for SFMC – Email Journeys, Audience Creation, Data Extensions, Tracking & sub-segments, analytics, Mobile Connect for SMS, Opt-Out Management, Cloud Pages, Surveys etc.
  • Assist with technical aspects of email marketing and triggered campaigns and Alerts e.g. solution data capture requirements, lead generation feeds, etc
  • Create Cloud Pages, Automations, Integration with Salesforce, Java script, AmpScript, Surveys etc
  • Ability to advise and support with all aspects of Marketing Cloud like IP warming, SMS setups, Improve email delivery to inbox etc
  • Actively participate in Agile meetings and ensure assigned tasks are completed on time to support project deliverables

Requirements & Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
  • 8+ years of experience and certifications in Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC)
  • Expertise in Salesforce Marketing Cloud Email Studio, Salesforce Marketing Cloud Engagement
  • Experience of Salesforce Sales and Service Cloud, Lead Management, Call Tasks, Case Management, Surveys etc.
  • Experience in Web programming (e.g. HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, AMPScript, RESTful APIs)
  • Experience in Agile methodologies & familiarity with tools like Bitbucket/Git, Eclipse, RAD, JIRA, and Confluence.
  • Expertise in SQL, SOQL development and design skills
  • Knowledge of other Salesforce products is a bonus.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to work 7 am – 3 PM EST.
Location: India
 
If you think you are a good fit, email your resumes at [email protected]

A5 guides businesses through their Digital Transformation journey with a focus on Campaign-to-Revenue. As a leading solutions provider and systems implementer, we modernize business processes through our strategic methodology using industry-leading Salesforce platform and backend ERP integrations. We are one of the very few partners in the ecosystem with Salesforce Ventures investment and are also proud to be part of the Salesforce partner advisory board. A5 has employees across North America, Europe, and India.

Come join a growing Salesforce Practice and work on fun projects with good people!

Salesforce Sr. Architect Sales/Service Cloud

Work directly with the project team and clients gathering requirements to analyze, design and/or implement various business requirements. The role should not only administer the core strategies and tactics of a CRM driving enhancements, but also be able to identify and proactively recommend process improvements, anticipate needs, and develop foresight through tools and automation. The candidate must have hands-on administration and configuration skills with the latest Salesforce.com releases, the ability to handle first-level user support/training requests. He/she should have solid functional, technical and industry knowledge of salesforce products: Sales Cloud and Service Cloud

Required Certifications:

  • Salesforce Administrator
  • Sales Cloud Consultant
  • Service Cloud Consultant
  • Experience/Community Cloud Consultant (nice to have)
  • Field Service Lightning Consultants (nice to have)

Responsibilities:

  • Provide functional-technical leadership and best practices on the SFDC platform.
  • Work with business stakeholders to understand their business processes, prioritize information needs, and translate business requirements into systems solutions.
  • Document As-Is business processes, business requirements and solution designs for Salesforce platform.
  • Work with clients and end users to gather, understand, and define business requirements.
  • Work collaboratively with internal team members to design a solution that will meet the customer’s business requirements. Configure Sales Cloud, Service Cloud. Nice to have: Experience Cloud/Communities – includes partner onboarding, enablement, reporting and Field Service Lightning
  • Perform Salesforce.com user administration tasks, including access management, permission sets, roles assignments, uploads, data backups, etc.
  • Make recommendations to improve efficiencies through development and adoption of best practices and standardized procedures
  • Provide first level support to the sales, marketing, sales operations and customer operations teams, including issue identification and issue resolution/escalation
  • Assist with ad hoc reporting requests and optimize user experience related to reports and dashboards
  • Design and implement custom objects and advanced functionality, based on strategic initiatives and project roadmap. Build integrations with other third-party applications

Requirements & Qualifications:

  • Experience in Business Analysis, SFDC Platform Design and Implementations
  • Exceptionally collaborative, flexible and adaptable when working with customers and various teams
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical customers and coworkers
  • Strong organization, communication and interpersonal skills
  • Strong analysis skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex systems issues.
  • Experience defining business requirements and use cases
  • 5+ Years hands on experience working on salesforce.com implementation
  • Proficiency in sales cloud, service cloud. Expertise preferred in experience cloud/communities and FSL.

Job Type: Full-time

Position: Full Time

Location: Remote. Any where in the US or Canada

If you think you are a good fit, email your resumes at [email protected]

A5 guides businesses through their Digital Transformation journey with a focus on Campaign-to-Revenue. As a leading solutions provider and systems implementer, we modernize business processes through our strategic methodology using industry-leading Salesforce platform and backend ERP integrations. We are one of the very few partners in the eco system with Salesforce Ventures investment and are also proud to be part of the Salesforce partner advisory board. A5 has employees across North America, Europe and India.

Come join a growing Salesforce Practice and work on fun projects with good people!

We are looking for Salesforce Revenue Cloud (CPQ & Billing) Solution Architects / Lead

A Salesforce CPQ & Billing Solution Architect / Revenue Cloud Solution Architect would work directly with the project team and clients, gathering requirements to analyze, design and/or implement SFDC CPQ. He/she should have solid functional and industry knowledge and knowledge of other Salesforce products: Sales Cloud and Communities is required. Service Cloud and or Marketing Cloud are nice to have.

As a Salesforce CPQ & Billing Solution Architect / Lead your role will include:

  • Provide solutions leadership and best practices on the SFDC CPQ platform
  • Work with business stakeholders to understand their business processes, prioritize information needs, and translate business requirements into systems solutions
  • Document As-Is business processes, business requirements, and solution designs for Salesforce platform
  • Work with clients and end-users to gather, understand, and define business requirements
  • Work collaboratively with internal team members to design a solution that will meet the customer’s business requirements
  • Analyze, design, and configure SFDC CPQ & Billing solutions
  • Liaison between customer stakeholders and Sovereign CRM development/technical team to communicate requirements for solution design, development, testing, and implementation
  • Collaborate with developers to test and verify that solutions will meet the business requirements
  • Assist with project management, planning, and coordination of project activities

Required Qualifications:

  • Experience in Business Analysis, SFDC Platform Design, and Implementations
  • Exceptionally collaborative, flexible and adaptable when working with customers and various team
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical customers and coworker
  • Strong organization, communication, and interpersonal skills
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex systems issues.
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Experience defining business requirements and use cases
  • 3-5 Years hands-on experience working on salesforce.com implementation
  • Product Selection, Bundling and Configuration Rules, Pricing and Discounting, Quote Output Generation, Contracting Process
  • Proficiency in administrative tasks such as managing permissions, page layouts, templates, approvals, workflow, products, price books, reports, and dashboards.
  • Strong Knowledge of Salesforce Sales Cloud and Communities and nice to have Salesforce Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud experience and certification
  • Experience with enterprise clients 
  • Ideal Candidate would also have prior experience implementing Billing and has Advanced Billing Specialist Super Badge
  • Ability to work during customer time zones (EST, CST or PST)

Location: Remote. Anywhere in the US or Canada

Travel: As needed (After COVID and related restrictions and safety measures)

If you think you are a good fit, email your resumes at [email protected]
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Satch Patel, Executive Vice President, MD, UK & EMEA

Satch brings 25+yrs of enterprise global solution experience having contributed to the growth of some of the worlds largest marquee software and hardware giants in the industry from Oracle Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Cisco/EMC, to Apttus & Salesforce.
 
Satch has helped many blue chip organisations realise their vision to modernize their systems from the front office to back office revenue operations to meet the demands of today’s radically transforming and digitally-driven business models, having worked with the likes of Linklaters, CliffordChance, Barclays, RELX Group, Microfocus, Novartis, Siemens, PayPal, Vista Equity Group Companies, London Stock Exchange, TPICAP and Princes Trust.
 
With his leadership approach, experience and passion for helping companies drive transformative change, Satch has a deep expertise in many industries, technologies and best practices across the lead to revenue lifecycle and how driving such digital transformation(s) can improve business growth and increase operational efficiencies  as well as preparing businesses for M&A activities.

Brion Schweers, Board Observer

Brion Schweers is a Senior Vice President of Product Management at Salesforce, currently managing the Revenue Cloud Solution Excellence team. During the past 30 years, Brion has assisted enterprises around the world in transforming their business by focusing on their Product-to-Cash processes. Prior to joining Salesforce Brion was VP & GM, CPQ at Apttus, VP, Sales & Success at A5 Consulting, served on the OAUG ConfigSIG Board and spent 15 years at Oracle in various roles related to their CX and CPQ products. Brion is also the executive Sponsor of Vetforce – Carolinas and is actively involved in the Salesforce Military program where he mentors Veterans and their spouses with actionable, personalized career advice.

Joseph Truhe, Board Member

Joseph Truhe has over 20 years of investing experience. Prior to joining Jefferson Capital in 2013 Joseph was a Portfolio Manager with Whitney Bank in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he oversaw the company’s Trust accounts and served as the Energy sector analyst for the Hancock Horizon Funds. Prior to Whitney, Joseph worked as an analyst and member of the investment committee at HFR Asset Management, a multi-billion dollar hedge fund platform in Chicago, Illinois. There, Joseph reviewed and maintained investment discretion over the firm’s Event Driven and Asia-focused hedge fund allocations. He was also responsible for the expansion of the firm’s Asia-focused fund offerings.  Joseph holds a BA in Economics from Yale University.

Steve Swartzman, Board Member

Steve Swartzman is a Principal and co-founder of CPC. Previously, as a co-founder of C3 Capital, he helped originate and manage over 35 investments, including national brands such as American Apparel, Traeger Grills, and Grunt Style. Steve’s chief focus remains consumer brands and e-commerce enablement businesses, and he currently serves on the boards of Grunt Style, Accel Clinical Research, Spoke Custom Products, Warne Scope Mounts, and New World Natural Brands.

Prior to C3, Steve structured and managed subordinated debt investments at KC Venture Group, and he spent 7 years as a Vice President with Citibank in New York, managing client relationships for emerging markets clients and structuring over $1 billion in complex trade financings. He is a past President of the Midwest chapter of the Small Business Investment Alliance, and he serves on the board of the International Center for Music at Park University in Kansas City.

Steve received a MBA from Columbia Business School and an AB in History and Literature from Harvard College.

He resides in Kansas City, where he was raised, with his wife Evelina and two sons, Harrison and Zandy. When he’s not working, his favorite activities are fishing, golfing, and eating.

Charles Scripps, Board Member

Chad has over ten years of experience investing in dynamic, growing businesses in diverse industries and geographies. His private equity experience includes HIG Capital, which has over $12B in capital under management, and AEA Investors, which manages over $3B of invested and committed capital. While at HIG and AEA, Chad led diligence, structuring, and financial analysis of potential and existing investments, and completed transactions in the industrial products and consumer services industries. Chad also has experience investing in the public equity markets, most notably as a Managing Director at Fox Point Capital, a $1B fund seeded by Julian Robertson of Tiger Management. He invested across a number of industries, including industrials, financials, technology, and consumer products, and led Fox Point’s international research. Prior to focusing his career on investing, Chad was a management consultant at McKinsey and Company, solving strategic problems for the world’s leading companies. Chad earned an MBA with Honors in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BS with Distinction in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Lester F. Alexander II, Board Member

Les Alexander is a partner with Jefferson Capital Partners where he provides mezzanine and equity capital for growth and buyout transactions. Mr. Alexander is a member of the firm’s investment committee and serves on the board of directors of several portfolio companies where he is actively involved in strategic planning and corporate governance. Prior to joining Jefferson Capital, he worked at Advantage Capital Partners where he completed several portfolio company investments and served on the investment committee. Before becoming a private equity investor, Mr. Alexander served as president of Ferrara Fire Apparatus, Inc., a leading fire truck and emergency vehicle manufacturer. At Ferrara, he was responsible for managing a workforce of 450 employees producing over 300 vehicles annually for its domestic and international customers. As an investment banker for 15 years with such firms as Howard Weil, Southcoast Capital, and J.C. Bradford & Co., Mr. Alexander completed over 50 public offerings of debt and equity securities, private placements, and merger and acquisition transactions totaling more than $7 billion for public and private companies in a variety of industries. Mr. Alexander is an adjunct professor at Tulane University and Loyola University where he teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in investment banking, private equity & venture capital, advanced financial management, investments, and entrepreneurship. He is also the board president for Benjamin Franklin High School, a public charter school in New Orleans. Mr. Alexander is the former Chairman Finance of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) and served on the global Board of Directors. He is a founder of the Louisiana chapter of ACG and was a recipient of the ACG global Meritorious Service Award and the Louisiana chapter’s Outstanding Service Award. Mr. Alexander received his bachelor of science in Commerce from the University of Virginia in 1989 and his MBA from the University of North Carolina in 1993.

Patrick F. Healy, Board Member

Based in Kansas City, Mr. Healy is a co-founder of C3 Capital. He has been an active private equity investor since 1985 and was a co-founder of C3 Holdings in 1994. Prior to this time, he sponsored and structured equity investments in real estate. He gained extensive workout and restructuring experience as chair of the creditor’s committee of a $1 billion bankruptcy and from being called upon to rescue a publicly-traded company from a major fraud. Mr. Healy was a senior tax partner at Mayer Hoffman McCann, a regional CPA firm, for eleven years. He received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Kansas.

Chris Waters, VP of Strategic Sales

As Vice President of Strategic Sales, Chris guides and influences all strategic sales activities at A5 , starting in presales activities, successful sales methodology, sales process, and continued revenue generation and expansion opportunities. Furthermore, he will provide oversight in strategic sales function for the company and develop strategic sales plans that will promote growth in sales and customer satisfaction. Chris has proven his commitment to sales leadership and organizational success through field leadership as National Sales Manager at Deluxe Corporation, Field Sales Manager within the Social / Analytics Cloud at Oracle, US Regional Manager for CPQ Major Accounts at Oracle and now as Vice President on Sr. Leadership Team at A5.

Keith Fox, GM Salesforce Canada

Keith Fox is a software and consulting veteran for the past 34 years. Keith started his career at EDS which was followed by 4-year stint offshore in Bermuda. Keith then returned to Canada where he held a number of progressive sales and technical positions with software companies such as Sybase, BEA, and Oracle. After his stint with Oracle, Keith founded Cloudware Connections, a premier Salesforce consulting partner. 11 years down the line, Cloudware was acquired by A5, and Keith joined as GM for Canada.

Tarun Sharma, Vice President Delivery

Tarun Sharma is Vice President Delivery at A5 and is responsible for customer success, project operations, recruitment, resource utilization, and sales operations functions for Oracle practice. As a business and technology leader Tarun helps businesses develop solution strategies to streamline the sales process and improve customer relations to drive revenues, profits, and build brand loyalty. Tarun has led customers through digital transformation journeys. He has commanded strategic and tactical initiatives to shorten sales cycles, increase deal values and productivity, improve brand awareness and help organizations become easier to do business with. He has helped customers modernize their sales enablement tools and present a single source of information to support an omni-channel sales approach. This includes global roll-out for multiple business units included multi-currency and multi-language. Tarun graduated from Texas A&M University with a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering.

Adam Rosenfield, VP of Salesforce Practice

As Vice President of A5’s consulting practice – Adam is responsible for both strategic alliances with partners and expanded sales growth through the entire portfolio of A5 services. With over 20 years of Sr. level management consulting expertise – Adam has worn multiple hats in his career including practice development, sales, and client advisory. He has sold & delivered countless enterprise transformational initiatives creating a measurable competitive advantage for his customers. In addition to various technical software certifications, Adam holds an undergraduate and master’s degree in Accounting & Information Technology from the University of Texas at Austin and resides in El Paso Texas with his wife and 3 children.

PJ Alfrejd, CFO

As the CFO, PJ is responsible for all things financial at A5. With over 20 years of experience in financial leadership positions, PJ has worn all the hats required of a growing tech business. His extensive knowledge of the consulting industry, experience with M&A, and strength in operational finance is another catalyst to take A5 to the next level in its growth trajectory. PJ is a CPA with a BS in Accounting from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and has held various finance leadership positions at Exodus/Savvis (acquired by Centurylink), Neohapsis (acquired by Cisco), and mFoundry (acquired by FIS).

Vinay Kruttiventi, President & CEO / Chairman of the Board

As the CEO of A5, Vinay plays an active role in all aspects of day-to-day business operations. He is also actively involved in establishing a strategy and vision for the company. As a true customer advocate with Salesforce and Oracle product development, Vinay is actively engaged in various industry user/special interest groups. Since founding the company in 2004, Vinay has grown the business into a leading Salesforce, and Oracle partner focused on multi-cloud transformations.

Vinay has successfully implemented and architected CPQ solutions and multi-cloud complex transformation projects for various Fortune 500 companies since 1996. He has a strong authority over industry, process, and technology in Configure-Price-Quote and ERP applications. Vinay graduated from Osmania University with a Bachelor of Engineering degree and JNTU (Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University) with a Master in Technology degree.