Grace Callahan (Blair)

Grace Callahan (Blair)

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Business Program Manager at Microsoft

  • Education

    • Lancaster High School

      2014 - 2018
    • University at Buffalo

      2018 - 2021
      Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA Financial Analysis

      Business Administration Major with Concentration in Financial Analysis

    • The University of Arizona Global Campus

      2023 - 2025
      Master of Business Administration - MBA
  • Experience

    • Tim Hortons

      Jul 2016 - Sept 2019
      Supervisor

      • 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 2019
      Cleaning Supervisor

      • Oversaw and performed all cleaning done at pediatric office.

    • Our Lady Of Pompeii Church

      Mar 2019 - Aug 2019
      Receptionist

      • 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 - now

      Aspire 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 - now
      • Customer Success Virtual Trainer | Direct Sales and Support

        Jul 2020 - Aug 2022
      • Product Advisor

        Sept 2019 - Jun 2020
    • M&T Bank

      May 2021 - Aug 2021
      Mortgage 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

    • Prosci® Taking Charge of Change

      Prosci
      May 2023
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    • Microsoft Global Hackathon 2023

      Microsoft
      Aug 2023
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    • Microsoft Global Hackathon 2023 Award Winner

      Microsoft
      Nov 2023
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    • Accessibility in Action

      Microsoft
      Aug 2021
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    • Certificate: Building a Career

      Microsoft
      Dec 2023
    • Microsoft 365 Certified: Fundamentals

      Microsoft
      Jul 2021
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    • Microsoft Global Hackathon 2022

      Microsoft
      Sept 2022
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    • Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals

      Microsoft
      Jul 2022
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    • Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals

      Microsoft
      Jan 2023
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    • Microsoft Innovative Educator Master Trainer

      Microsoft
      Jul 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