Brian Collins (BC)

Current

Web 2.0/IT/Salesforce.com Consultant at Freelance SaaS Consultant

Past

Senior Consultant at Bluewolf
Manager of Professional Services and Implementation at NewsGator Technologies
Manager of Enterprise Support at NewsGator Technologies

Managing Director at ITI
Consultant at Management Advisory Services (MAS)

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Education

Ferris State University
Ferris State University

Recommended

11 people have recommended Brian

Connections

266 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

My Blog

Brian Collins (BC)’s Summary

Mr. Collins has over 15 years of professional experience in (sales, support, and management) with a focus on business and technology, business process improvement, systems integration and project management. Mr. Collins has experience with various roles; ranging from a independent consultant, team leader, project manager and director. He works equally well in team and self-guided situations and excels under pressure.

Most recently; Mr Collins focused on technical solution sales and consulting. As the manager of the Professional Services (PS) team at NewsGator, Mr. Collins was responsible for crafting and delivering advanced technical solutions required to sell and/or integrate NewsGator's RSS and Social Networking technologies into the enterprise.

This role required direct and consistent contact with high-level contacts within the Fortune 500 and a keen eye for polish and detail.

Brian Collins (BC)’s Specialties:

Salesforce.com, Web Services Integration, Web 2.0, Sales, SharePoint (Moss/WSS) Communities, RSSBus, RSS, Atom, SQL 2005, Windows 2003, Facebook, Social Computing & Collaboration, Management, Process improvement, Project Management, Customer Relations, Business impact planning, Design, Implementation, Systems Integration, Support, Requirements analysis, Migration, Contingency planning, Disaster/business continuity, Novell, Microsoft , Linux, Cisco, VMware, MCP, CNE, ASE.

Brian Collins (BC)’s Experience

Web 2.0/IT/Salesforce.com Consultant

Freelance SaaS Consultant

(Computer & Network Security industry)

March 2009 — Present (5 months)

Experienced consulting and engagement manager with a proven history of building and managing highly efficient technical sales, implementation and support teams. Demonstrated ability to define, sell and deliver proven and creative technical solutions that provide rapid and predictable business results.
Senior Consultant

Bluewolf

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2008 — March 2009 (5 months)

Bluewolf is the leading provider of on-demand software deployment services. As a Senior Consultant focused on the Salesforce.com practice area, my role is to provide guidance and deliver implementation services to Bluewolf clients to insure their success with Salesforce.com and related SaaS technologies.
Manager of Professional Services and Implementation

NewsGator Technologies

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

September 2005 — June 2008 (2 years 10 months)

The NewsGator Professional Services Team is responsible for advanced pre-sales, support, configuration, delivery and training for custom enterprise RSS and Web 2.0 collaboration solutions built on Microsoft and NewsGator social computing technologies.

We work very closely with our enterprise customers and internal departments to insure a rewarding product experience and significant ROI.
Manager of Enterprise Support

NewsGator Technologies

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

September 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 2 months)

My time at NewsGator began by starting the enterprise support department. The department grew and prospered quickly and to this day is cited as one of the main reasons customers evaluate and eventually purchase our NewsGator Enterprise Server (NGES). Next, I moved to the Sales department and started the Professional Services (PS) department. PS opportunities continue to grow and we are on track to become a premier provider of end-to-end RSS and collaboration solutions, industry wide.
Managing Director

ITI

(Computer Networking industry)

September 1994 — July 2003 (8 years 11 months)

Systems Integration and Consulting
Consultant

Management Advisory Services (MAS)

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 1992 — September 1994 (2 years 5 months)

Management and Business Consulting

Brian Collins (BC)’s Education

Ferris State University

BS , Production Operations Management , 1990 — 1992

Managed College of Business Computer Labs

Activities and Societies:

President of SAM- Society for the Advancement of Management, President of ISA- Instrument Society of America
Ferris State University

AAS (EET) , Industrial Electronics Technology & Management , 1987 — 1992

- Designed and installed 1st Novell network in the College of Business labs.
- Managed 1500 node network and staff.
- Started electronics repair operation for the College of Business Computer Labs.

Activities and Societies:

SAE, SAM, ISA

Additional Information

Brian Collins (BC)’s Websites:

My Blog

Brian Collins (BC)’s Interests:

Hike, Bike, Ski, Snowboarding

Brian Collins (BC)’s Groups:

Town of Erie, CO Open Space & Trails, Jaycees, SAM, ISA, Emmaus Road Church, Denver Botanic Gardens, Open Social, Ferris State University Alumni Board of Directors, Denver Salesforce Users, SharePoint Users