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Grace Callahan (Blair)
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About me
Business Program Manager at Microsoft
Education

Lancaster High School
2014 - 2018
University at Buffalo
2018 - 2021Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA Financial AnalysisBusiness Administration Major with Concentration in Financial Analysis

The University of Arizona Global Campus
2023 - 2025Master of Business Administration - MBA
Experience

Tim Hortons
Jul 2016 - Sept 2019Supervisor• Promoted to Supervisor from Team Member June 2018• Provided world class experiences to customers through friendly and efficient service.• Lead store day to day operations including opening and closing procedures.• Trained and coached team members to drive results.

TRINITY PEDIATRICS, INC
Oct 2018 - Oct 2019Cleaning Supervisor• Oversaw and performed all cleaning done at pediatric office.

Our Lady Of Pompeii Church
Mar 2019 - Aug 2019Receptionist• Responsible for communications to the church office.• Maintain calendars and schedule appointments and meetings for staff. • Maintain strong organization and efficiency for filing and administrative duties.

Microsoft
Sept 2019 - nowAspire Hire• Operated as Project Manager for Staffing resulting in 100% adoption rate for 200+ users.• Served as DRI for Availability by acting as liaison between the field and engineering to add relevant features on a semesterly basis while reporting key metrics to stakeholders and leadership. • Managed Works Council approval for product gaining approval in all 14 countries. • Ran Mural design ideation sessions to improve product usage with CSAT of 5/5 post-launch. • Coordinated diversity and inclusion initiatives including GIVE with 100% team participation.• Lead intern cohort group of 25, acting as FTE mentor and planning three inclusive and fun events. Show less • Transitioned from being second highest revenue seller in store to being a peer leader in customer success trainings and events offered.• Partnered with Community Development Specialist to conduct outreach to local schools and organizations resulting in our store being 1st in the company in Q4 and all of FY20. Trained over 23,000 Businesses, Educators and Youth in Q4, training nearly 2,000 customers every week with 165% productivity rate helping the team to hit all KPI's for FY22.• Conducted outreach to schools, resulting in scheduling over 500 field trips for over 5,000 students and building strong relationships with teachers.• Partnered with HQ to provide over 2,000 free Black History Month and Women’s History Month Field Trips for schools all over the United States. Show less • Helped commercial and consumer customers find the best cloud solutions for their needs, resulting in the highest number of office units sold in Q2, attaching office to 62.5% of the PC’s sold. • Creating Microsoft fans by romancing our first party Surface line of PC’s, resulting in being the 2nd highest in revenue in Q2 with $81,000 and most Surface devices sold.• Giving back to the community through Microsoft’s free community workshops and events. Driving attendance from the sales floor as well as delivering quality content, resulting in being Community MVP for Q2.• Driving commercial business to the store by promoting our business program from the sales floor and capturing leads from interested parties, resulting in winning our SMB leads contest by having the most business leads in November.• Won store MVP in November and April, based off sales metrics and store impact. Show less
Business Program Manager | Aspire Program
Aug 2022 - nowCustomer Success Virtual Trainer | Direct Sales and Support
Jul 2020 - Aug 2022Product Advisor
Sept 2019 - Jun 2020

M&T Bank
May 2021 - Aug 2021Mortgage Payoffs Intern | Retail Loan Servicing• Communicated with hundreds of title companies and borrowers to ensure mortgages were paid in full while operating as the primary point of contact. • Compliantly created and noted payoff quotes and mortgage payoff confirmations within internal systems.• Served as the face of the bank for in-person customers paying off mortgages.• Completed quality control checks of offshore vendors processing work on our behalf.
Licenses & Certifications
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Prosci® Taking Charge of Change
ProsciMay 2023 - View certificate

Microsoft Global Hackathon 2023
MicrosoftAug 2023 - View certificate

Microsoft Global Hackathon 2023 Award Winner
MicrosoftNov 2023 - View certificate

Accessibility in Action
MicrosoftAug 2021 
Certificate: Building a Career
MicrosoftDec 2023- View certificate

Microsoft 365 Certified: Fundamentals
MicrosoftJul 2021 - View certificate

Microsoft Global Hackathon 2022
MicrosoftSept 2022 - View certificate

Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
MicrosoftJul 2022 - View certificate

Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals
MicrosoftJan 2023 
Microsoft Innovative Educator Master Trainer
MicrosoftJul 2020
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Grace Callahan (Blair)April MVP - Apr 2020 I was voted the first virtual MVP for the entire store. I was a significant contributor in the Engage Communities priority in WFH by consisently supporting running workshops at a high level, finding new and creative ways to engage Microsoft fans as well as supporting in an administrative role with Community events by helping our Community Development Specialist in helping plan and run the events on the back end.
- Awarded to Grace Callahan (Blair)Community MVP - Jan 2020 Won the Community MVP for Q2 from jumping right in and learning workshops and helping out by teaching different youth and business workshops during the busy holiday season, even as a new employee!
- Awarded to Grace Callahan (Blair)SMB Business Lead Winner - Dec 2019 Won the Small and Medium Business Lead Contest during Holiday 2019 by creating the most leads on the sales floor that then generated the most sales.
- Awarded to Grace Callahan (Blair)November MVP - Nov 2019 Was voted MVP in November by peers. I had the highest Office sales with 21 units this month, the second highest revenue at $35,316, 26 surface devices and 9 Xbox's. As a new employee, I also began executing workshops while helping on the salesfloor as we begin the holiday season.
- Awarded to Grace Callahan (Blair)Lancaster Youth Bureau Hall of Fame - May 2018
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