David Busacker

Product Manager

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States12 yrs 3 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Proven track record in customer success for SaaS.
  • Expert in building flexible infrastructure for customer interactions.
  • Strong advocate for fairness and radical candor in leadership.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Customer Success and Solutions Architect expert.

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Skills

Core Skills

Solution DeliveryTechnical Solution DesignTeachingCustomer SuccessProgram ManagementBusiness DevelopmentTechnical SupportClient SolutionsProduct Design

Other Skills

Sales EngineeringRobotic Process Automation (RPA)Artificial Intelligence (AI)Python (Programming Language)Voice of the CustomerSales OperationsProduct MarketingSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Account ManagementInterpersonal CommunicationData AnalysisSalesLeadershipConsultingSolidWorks

About

Proven track record in customer success and solution architecture for SaaS emerging technology. 🔥 I help the world’s best technology get repeatably adopted. 🔥 As an experienced technical go-to-market engineer and leader, I thrive on building champions with win-win solutions. Ask me about the “Fixture Generator”. ⛏️ I prioritize process. ⛏️ The emerging technology field moves fast, which is why I build flexible infrastructure for myself & my team to create and measure the impact of their customer interactions. Ask me about “Catalyst”. 🧑 It’s about people. 🧑 Customers, stakeholders, team members. As an experienced technical advisor, team lead, people leader, and mentor, I’ve learned that treating my people and customers with fairness and radical candor is the way to lasting impact. Ask me about my “manager user guide”.

Experience

12 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
11 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

Uipath

Senior Solutions Engineer

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos

Solution DeliveryTechnical Solution DesignSales EngineeringRobotic Process Automation (RPA)Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Mongodb

Enterprise Customer Success Manager

Apr 2024 – Oct 2024 · 6 mos

  • ➢ Execute growth and retention strategies with $6M+ ARR enterprise book of business
  • ➢ Orchestrate high value activities with key accounts in logistics, communication, and finance
  • ➢ Ensure solution interlock between flexible cloud SaaS solutions and strategic data problems traditionally solved with on-prem monolith applications.

Ntop

2 roles

Team Manager, Customer Success

Promoted

Feb 2022 – Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • ➢ Grew North America CSM team size by 200% in 2022 to support company growth by creating team-driven collaboration forums and establishing centralized operating procedures
  • ➢ Implemented a CS-focused CRM (Catalyst) to minimize manual tasks and raise awareness of key CS risk or expansion indicators
  • ➢ Developed a database of customer use cases to measure long-term success and drive utilization playbooks
Voice of the CustomerSales OperationsProgram ManagementProduct MarketingSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Account Management+5

Senior Customer Success Engineer

Apr 2021 – Mar 2022 · 11 mos

  • ➢ Established champions with 12+ Key Account technology groups through a "shared success" model
  • ➢ Identified pain and develop solutions to achieve <20% churn rate in high-churn emerging tech space
  • ➢ Organized and executed high-value Business Reviews to achieve aggressive retention targets
  • ➢ Presented at major industry conferences on behalf of company & alongside partner Key Account customers
Sales OperationsTechnical SupportBusiness DevelopmentSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Account ManagementInterpersonal Communication+5

Stratasys

2 roles

Senior Solutions Engineer

Promoted

Oct 2018 – Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Eden Prairie, MN

  • ➢ Integrate deep additive expertise into growing additive capabilities at major Stratasys customers
  • ➢ Manage & disseminate technology-agnostic Design for Additive Manufacturing skills to a growing workforce
  • ➢ Advise on organizational deployment around value-add additive manufacturing
Technical SupportBusiness DevelopmentAccount ManagementInterpersonal CommunicationSalesConsulting

Solutions Engineer

Apr 2017 – Oct 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos · Eden Prairie, MN

  • ➢ Validate additive solutions for potential additive users through benchmark delivery
  • ➢ Create prototypes and fully functional parts with superior quality at reduced rates compared to traditional manufacturing
  • ➢ Demonstrate the elimination of weight and other constraints through viable production of optimized part geometry
  • ➢ Evaluate technical and business needs of potential additive users to recommend scalable additive solutions
  • ➢ Maintain support for distribution partners for a user-optimal, flexible AM supply chain
Technical SupportInterpersonal CommunicationSales

Sgk

Client Solutions Associate Consultant

Jul 2016 – Apr 2017 · 9 mos · Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • As a member of the Client Solutions Consultancy within the SGK pre-media organization, I serve as the adhesive between the greater company and its portfolio of clients. I initiate meaningful contact to ensure project completion, as well as identify and eliminate non-value-add processes within clients' processes to maximize the value of their engagement with SGK. By expanding clients' abilities beyond the traditional printing processes into digitalized marketing, product life cycle management, and smart labelling, the Client Solutions team is creating huge returns on investment for the impressive SGK client portfolio.
Technical SupportClient Solutions

Proto labs

Manufacturing Engineering Co-Op

May 2015 – Sep 2015 · 4 mos · Plymouth, MN

  • ➢ Assist rapidly expanding company in process and personnel engineering.
  • ➢ Identified manufacturing process bottlenecks, planned work station changes to promote efficiency, carried out changes.
  • ➢ Learned about and contributed to multi-axis CNC machining and injection mold manufacturing processes; updated work instructions

Freelance for kooper + co pet products

Product Design Consultant

May 2015 – Jul 2015 · 2 mos · Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • ➢ Drafted proposal and product design contract for new product line - Shedtek
  • ➢ Used Solidworks to design for manufacturing: prototyping (3D printing) and production (injection molding)
  • ➢ Scheduled and held several design review meetings to alter designs to fit client needs
  • ➢ Consulted and coached clients through first injection molding production run
  • http://www.amazon.com/ShedTek-Professional-Pet-Hair-Remover/product-reviews/B012Y7TKE8/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt_rgt?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addTwoStar&showViewpoints=0&reviewerType=all_reviews&filterByStar=critical&pageNumber=1

University of minnesota college of continuing education

Adjunct Instructor - MM3305 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing

Jan 2015 – Present · 11 yrs 4 mos · Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • ➢ Perform curriculum development and redesign based on a continuously improving technology
  • ➢ Conduct interactive lectures, engage students individually, and monitor learning progress
  • ➢ Expand class reach by initiating partnerships with other departments (Walter Library and Digital Fabrication Lab, etc.)
  • ➢ Collaborate with co-instructors and manage a team of Teaching Assistants and Lab Assistants
  • ➢ Develop and executing grading rubrics
  • ➢ Manage access to class assets including office hours and 3D printers
Python (Programming Language)Teaching

Office for technology commercialization

Technology Commercialization Associate

Mar 2014 – Oct 2014 · 7 mos

  • ➢ Investigate selling points of recently disclosed research and assemble marketing materials.
  • ➢ Become familiar with intellectual property procedures and tech transfer cash flow.
  • ➢ Upkeep marketing website and IP project status in a fast-paced business environment.

University of minnesota

Transportation Systems Intern

May 2013 – Sep 2013 · 4 mos · University of Minnesota

  • The Projects Department within UMN Parking and Transportation Services initiates and oversees completion of innovative parking and traffic-control systems.
  • Responsibilities: Assist office by conducting traffic counts, data analysis, report synthesis, and project management.

Education

University of Minnesota

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) — Honors Industrial and Systems Engineering

Jan 2012 – Jan 2016

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