Cory Balsitis

I provide solutions for executives, from agile consulting, to custom coding, to incident response, to training creation, I can help you get to your vision. I am ethical hacker trained and have previously been part of a Salesforce Partner team.

If you have a business problem, I have the solution.

Achievements:

I've helped businesses of all sizes grow. One client achieved over 33% CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) over 5 years and sold on the strength of the technology that my team and I spearheaded. Other client examples:

• Helped a warehouse client reduce fulfillment staff by half while improving time to ship by using technology aided processes. By freeing staff, they also improved their intake bottleneck.
• Reduced a 6 month backlog to zero for a Law Enforcement agency through incremental efficiencies.
• Implemented more efficient APEX code for a client that allowed them stop running against limits, and thereby increase the reach of their personalized email campaigns.

Skills used:

• Agile Methodologies
• IT Operations
• Microsoft Enterprise
• PowerBI
• Salesforce
• Moodle

Responsible for all customer facing technology, including website, email, and learning management system.

Provided the Executive Team with data-driven analyses and strategic recommendations.

Achievements

As a well respected brand in the collision repair industry, the team at VeriFacts was able to do what larger organizations could not. As part of that team, I did the following:

• As Architect and Product Owner of the all-new VeriFacts Academy, we produced the most e-courses ever in company history and won the contract to host a major vehicle OEM's content.
• Negotiated and collaborated with multiple outside information providers and services to define and create custom APIs including Agero, Enterprise, CCC, and Mitchell.
• Deployed an Apple Enterprise App, a public Apple Appstore App, a Google Play App, and multiple bespoke SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) webapps for Fortune 500 brands including Ford and General Motors.

Skills used:

• Custom LAMP Web App
• iOS app deployment
• Android app deployment
• Microsoft Exchange
• Azure DevOps
• Microsoft Excel
• Amazon AWS Deployment
• Articulate 360

Responsible for the safe performance of over 100 artists and support personnel.

Collaborated to create the first training manual for the private members only dining experience, and collaborated on other training manuals for varied roles.

Skills used:

• Guest Relations
• Management
• Training Development

Recognized by Project Management Institute for knowledge of agile principles and skill with agile techniques.

Skills demonstrated:

• Agile Methodologies
• Project Management
• Lean
• Scrum
• Extreme Programming (XP)
• Kanban
• Test-Driven Development

Completed undergraduate course of study in statistics heavy marketing (one of only two BScs available in the Business College at the time of my graduation) and International Business.

Achievements

Through student leadership positions, I was able to help many clubs get started and grow.

• Voting member of the United Business Student's Senate
• Certificate from North China University of Technology for completion of study abroad
• Multiple Honor Roll quarters

Skills demonstrated:

• International Business
• Marketing
• Big Data
• Business Intelligence
• Leadership