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Scott Richardson

Senior Technical Sales Engineer

Work experience

2015-07Present

Senior Technical Sales Engineer

Microsoft
  • Proven track record in all stages of the sales process, from business development and lead qualification to Requests for Proposals (RFPs), technical needs analysis, and closing.
  • Exceptional presenter with the solid background in Webcasts, snap demonstrations, and pitches.
  • Providing support on the demo environment to 55 field sales consultants.
  • Espousing product strategy and direction to field sales organizations, customers, prospects, and partners through various mediums including eLearning, WebEx, Twiki, Onsite, Trade Shows.
  • Designing, developing, delivering sales training materials on new product releases for partners and field sales consultants.
  • Installed, configured, customized, and integrated 23 Amdocs applications, 5 partner enterprise applications, 25 3rd party supporting applications, 17 additional environment applications.
  • Collaborating with engineering on deploying early builds of the product to the sales force and provided direction on product enhancements and product roadmap for future releases to product management.
2011-062015-06

Design & Pre-Sales Engineer

Salesforce.com
  • Provided support and consultant services for Data Center, UPS, Cooling and StruxureWare software solution.
  • Supported sales process by translating client business requirements into specific solution architecture and design.
  • Responsible for physical infrastructure analysis cost inputs, solution architecture and high-level design of complex opportunities and services.
  • Built and configured physical infrastructure solutions & systems.
  • Responded to RFI and RFP documents; assisting with proposal writing.
  • Provided technical knowledge as and when required by colleagues, partners, and clients.
  • Prepared drawings, project submittals, TCO and energy efficiency calculations.
  • Prepared solution presentations and presented to customers and consultants.
  • Helped the team generate new business across the region where possible.
  • Supported service sales to provide the bidding file both Technical and Commercials Project Management.
2008-042011-05

Sales Engineer

Adobe Systems
  • Creation and presentation of technical preparations, as well as holding workshops about how to use the ATG Online CRM Platform within the scope of large enterprise applications.
  • Beside the creation or review of customer-specific software/hardware architectures, this also implied the conception and development of prototypes and integration solutions (proof-of-concept).

Education

20042007

Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering

University of Texas

Certifications

  • ITIL Certification
  • Java Programmer
  • BlackBerry Developer
  • Sales Force Automation and Customer Support Specialist