Hello All, Its the other Jesse here and I am delighted to help kick off this thread!
On the personal side I was raised in Austin, TX and also spent my early adult years there, and attended St Edwards University where I received a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration. Austin has changed over the years! It was a small town of 300,000 or so when I was growing up and there were no tollways, and it was most famous for Austin City Limits which was a television show featuring live music performances (not the giant music festival most now know). Also, there was no SXSW only Aquafest, a beloved annual August celebration that Austin still had water late in the hot summer, and featuring a uniquely Austin mix of entertainment and live music.
I moved to Chicago in 2004 after meeting my wife Rachna; we now have 3 pre-teen children so things are getting very interesting at home! When I've got the luxury of "me" time I enjoy reading (non-fiction, some WWII, lot of self-improvement, some historical, biographies), small home improvement jobs, working on the cars (I've been a "shade tree mechanic" since my teen years), shooting pool in a local league and painting. I'm an eclectic guy :-)
Circling back to business I've worked for Ulta Beauty for more than 7 years with the majority of that time supporting the digital channel. I started with Ulta as an IT Project Manager, and now run the application development team for E-Commerce. Ulta is based in Bolingbrook, IL, outside Chicago and we live in Naperville just next to Bolingbrook and a short 15 minute commute away from the corporate office. Prior to Ulta I worked in a variety of roles at BP plc, Deloitte and Touche, Dell, and a few startups back in the "dotcom" days.
I truly enjoy people (though believe it or not I am an introvert), imagining the future of technology and society, and working together with like-minded people to transform the constant change inherent in our world into opportunities to make life better. These core elements of who I am are the reasons I am a part of PipelinePros.
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Jesse Amerson
Ulta Beauty
Bolingbrook IL
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-20-2017 14:36
From: Jesse Howard
Subject: Introduce Yourself
Hello everyone,
This community thread allows you to introduce yourself to the PipelinePros community. By introducing yourself, other members can learn more about you and help each other serve as resources. Introduce yourself by providing your name, company name and a brief description of your job responsibilities.
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Jesse Howard
PipelinePros, Oracle Commerce User Group
Lexington KY
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