Peter Rifken

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About

I have spent over ten years as a solutions consultant bridging technology and business for my colleagues and client business partners. I love helping teams create insight and drive action from their people, processes and data. I challenge myself, and those around me, to be better every day.

Solutions Architect

Years in enterprise solutions consulting

  • Degree: Bachelors, Mechanical Engineering
  • Email: peter.rifken@gmail.com

Certifications

I'm on a journey to grow my cloud skill set. This website is hosted on AWS and I love tackling new cloud projects. Below are the certifications I've received to date:

Resume

Education

Bachelors, Mechanical Engineering

2006 - 2011

McGill University, Montreal, QC

Professional Experience

Principal Solutions Consultant

2020 - Present

Boston, MA

  • Develop and Deploy AWS Cloudformation template to Serverless Application Repository integrating Quickbase with Redshift via Redshift Data APIs (AWS Lambda, NodeJS, API Gateway, Redshift, SAM)
  • Leverage AWS IoT Push-button with Lambda and Quickbase to create custom logistics center merge/jam resolution work flows
  • Collaborate with a small team to build and deploy application reference architectures for customers in construction and real-estate development.

Senior Solutions Consultant

2016 - 2020

Partner with sales in ensuring our customers experience an exceptional evaluation of our product. Highly skilled at using deep discovery exercises to map a team's current processes and critical business challenges to a streamlined future state founded on Quick Base's no-code rapid-application development platform. Consultant to internal teams and customers on the proper application of our platform to a variety of use cases.

  • Plan & deliver product demonstrations for analyst briefings
  • Act as subject matter expert in creation of marketing collateral
  • Content creator, presenter, and panelist at annual customer conference
  • Respond to RFP/RFI, including completion of security assessments
  • Develop and deliver proof of concept applications that are highly tailored to address our prospects’ critical business issues, mapping relevant features & functionality to challenges identified during discovery.
  • Participate on several interview panels, helping to recruit, interview, and onboard exceptional & customer-obsessed talent.

Recognition:

  • #1 Solutions Consultant in 2019, President’s Club
  • Q3 2018, "Customer-Obsessed" (Company-Wide)
  • Q2 2018, "Partner in Crime" (Sales)
  • Q4 2017, "Partner in Crime" (Sales)
  • Q4 2017, "Above and Beyond" (Customer Success)

District Sales Engineer

2012 - 2016

Boston, MA

Managed $4M territory consulting for start-ups and key accounts in defense, semiconductor, consumer electronics, and transportation industries. Identified solutions and strategies that leveraged modular instrumentation, productivity software, and services. Provided feedback to marketing and sales management on customer experience and sales process best practices.

  • 25% growth YoY at key accounts
  • Awarded top Salesforce Influencer, Americas Sales
  • Nominated Rookie of the Year, Northeast Sales

Applications Engineer

2011 - 2012

Austin, TX

Provided troubleshooting, diagnosis, and resolution of issues faced by engineers and scientists at Fortune 500 companies. Skillful in use of empathy and patience to mitigate frustration and improve loyalty and satisfaction. Facilitated over 50 days on-site training, product demonstrations, user group meetings and automated test and embedded hands-on seminars.