Marisa is an experienced and certified Salesforce professional. She is also an accomplished project and program management professional. Her greatest enthusiasm is creative problem-solving. She puts her analytical and quantitative skills to the test by providing needs analysis while developing solutions and strategies, mindful of the interactions between people, processes, and systems.

During her tenure at IBM, she worked with teams and business partners across North and South America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific, overseeing highly complex software engineering projects involving domestic and international teams, Marisa holds a keen focus on relationships. She is proficient in collaborating with sales, marketing, engineering, operations, and executives. Excellent organizational skills compliment her ability to work under tight deadlines while coordinating multiple initiatives. Marisa’s planned approach is systematic, yet creative and innovative; in prioritizing tasks with efficiency and a high level of attention to detail.

Marisa earned her Master of Science in Information Management from W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and Bachelor of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems from the University of Texas – El Paso. She is also Salesforce Certified (Service Cloud, Developer, Administrator) and a PMI Certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Marisa is an active member of her local Tempe neighborhood and school community as well as an Arts advocate. She enjoys volunteering, camping, outdoor activities, and is a DIYer. She is fluent in Spanish and is a proud Chicana. She is a voracious reader and loves writing and telling stories of growing up in El Paso, Texas, and what it means to have Mexican-American roots.

She is a Trailblazer and Salesforce community organizer. As co-leader of the Salesforce Phoenix