Charles Zimmer

Past

Tech lead- Salesforce.com add on at Trianz
Data Architect / Tech Lead at Trianz / Cisco Webex
Manager at Trianz

Manager at Trianz
Consultant at Lakota Solutions
Consultant at Heartland Soups
Manager at PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Mfg Engineer at Comsat/Anghel Labs
Production Engineer at Comsat/Anghel Labs

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Education

Lehigh University
Delbarton School

Recommended

4 people have recommended Charles

Connections

250 connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

Charles Zimmer’s Summary

Prefer Agile development with 24 hour programming leveraging offshore programmers. Enjoy integrating multiple data sources in order to increase the value of each application. Understand the importance of using numbers to analyze and manage processes. Passionate about leveraging technologies to improve business processes and sales.

Charles Zimmer’s Experience

Tech lead- Salesforce.com add on

Trianz

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2008 — December 2008 (4 months)

Developing architecture and design of add on to Salesforce.com. It will be used to support activities involving Sales Operations. Customized Salesforce for non profit proof of concept.
Data Architect / Tech Lead

Trianz / Cisco Webex

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; webx; Computer Software industry)

June 2008 — September 2008 (4 months)

Part of team which designed and implemented a tool to manage the named accounts used to integrate Cisco and WebEx sales teams. Tech lead for this dual shore, 24 hour programming project leveraging iterative development.
Manager

Trianz

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2007 — May 2008 (1 year)

Moved to Enterprise Application Services focusing on BI. Also assisting in developing new relationships in the northeast US. Leveraging OBIEE and BO to deliver datamarts and enterprise reporting.
Manager

Trianz

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2004 — June 2007 (3 years)

Consultant at Cisco. Work with various groups within Cisco Sales Finance on developing processes for improving data quality and reporting metrics. eg. Compensation engine for upsell sales spiff for US/Canada, portions of SOx process, Global metrics for Deal Management Simplification initiative, Global deals desk dashboard, Global Competitor dashboard, Promotions analysis tool prototype.
Consultant

Lakota Solutions

(Information Services industry)

May 2003 — September 2004 (1 year 5 months)

Worked directly with founder to develop reporting for various departments. Developed new processes in sales and operations to support several initiatives. One process in particular was necessary in order for company to have Amazon as a customer.
Consultant

Heartland Soups

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Food Production industry)

July 2001 — June 2003 (2 years)
Manager

PriceWaterhouseCoopers

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

February 1996 — May 1999 (3 years 4 months)
Mfg Engineer

Comsat/Anghel Labs

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

September 1995 — October 1997 (2 years 2 months)

Worked on a variety of projects for this RF manufacturer in the public and private sector.
Production Engineer

Comsat/Anghel Labs

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

September 1994 — September 1995 (1 year 1 month)

Lead production and operationalizing various classified and unclassified products developed for many military divisions in the US and France. Includes a classified product developed for the US Army as part of "Star Wars"

Charles Zimmer’s Education

Lehigh University

BSEE , Electrical Engineering , 1987 — 1991

Activities and Societies:

Alpha Sigma Phi, tutor for Math and Physics
Delbarton School

1980 — 1987