Zach Bacon

Zach Bacon

Sales and Sales Managment

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Product Adoption Leader for Salesforce

  • Education

    • McNally-Smith College of Music

      2000 - 2001
      AAS Vocal Performance
    • University of St. Thomas

      2015 - 2015
      Professional Program: Lean Six Sigma
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

      2017 - 2017
      Executive Program: Disruptive Innovation
    • Harvard Business School

      2018 - 2018
      Executive Program: Value Measurement in Healthcare
    • University of Minnesota

      2009 - 2011
      M.S. Management of Technology
    • Harvard Kennedy School

      2016 - 2016
      Executive Program: Advanced Communication for Leaders
    • Augsburg College

      2006 - 2009
      BA MIS/Business Administration

      Summa Cum Laude

  • Experience

    • Consumer Retail Sales (Various)

      Jan 2001 - Jan 2005
      Sales and Sales Managment

      Background in Retail Sales and Sales Management for Consumer Electronics and Health and Wellness organizations including Apple, Bose, Bally Total Fitness, and Life Time Fitness.

    • Life Time Fitness

      Jan 2005 - Jan 2011
      Manager, Sales Information Systems

      Charged with leveraging internal systems to improve LTF's acquisition and retention capabilities. Reported to VP, Sales and Retention.

    • Salesforce

      Mar 2011 - now

      Responsible for delivering the processes, programs, and capabilities that accelerate adoption of our Industry clouds across our focus industries. Building and delivering advisory programs for our top 10 Health Cloud Customers to drive product roadmap alignment and early implementation success. Executive advisor for Fortune 100 customers in Financial Services, Manufacturing, and Retail Industries. Focused on helping customers fully leverage their investment in Salesforce to drive business value, accelerate innovation, better align technology roadmap to business strategy, and overall improve business outcomes. Particular emphasis on program governance, partner alignment, capability development, and organizational change management. Implementation Consultant and post-implementation technical advisor focused on aligning technology projects and programs to business outcomes for enterprise customers in the Financial, Medical Device, and Heavy Manufacturing sectors. Focus on agile development, scalable architectures, and technical best practices on the Salesforce platform.

      • Sr. Director, Product Adoption - Salesforce Industries

        Dec 2020 - now
      • CSG Product Director, Health Cloud

        May 2018 - Nov 2020
      • Customer Success Manager

        Oct 2014 - Apr 2018
      • Solution Architect/CST

        Mar 2011 - Sept 2014
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)

      The Scrum Alliance
    • ITIL Foundation

      ITIL Certification Management Board
      May 2014
    • Project Management Professional (PMP)

      PMI
      Jun 2013
    • Salesforce Certified: Admin, Advanced Admin, Developer, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud

      Salesforce.com
      Mar 2011
    • Building Business Acumen

      Acumen Learning
      Jun 2025
      View certificate certificate
    • Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt

      University of St. Thomas
      Jan 2015
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Global Village Volunteer

      Issued by Habitat for Humanity International on Feb 2015
      Habitat for Humanity InternationalAssociated with Zach Bacon
    • Volunteer

      Issued by Habitat for Humanity International on Mar 2016
      Habitat for Humanity InternationalAssociated with Zach Bacon
    • Volunteer

      Issued by Habitat for Humanity - Anchorage on Aug 2017
      Habitat for Humanity - AnchorageAssociated with Zach Bacon