Forrest Hartley

Boston MA · (617) 949-0203 · forrest@forrestbear.org

I want to help organizations simplify unwieldy processes and make technology in general more accessible for all. Fighting against technical bias and improving inclusivity is one of my core valuesespecially when working on projects that will impact marginalized communities.

I am also invested in learning whatever is needed to get the job done. I thrive on the opportunity to find solutions to complex problems using best practices and common sense.



Experience

Salesforce Integrations Engineer

HealthStream

Fulltime role managing process automation, quality assurance, and integrations to and from the Salesforce ecosystem.

  • Architected Salesforce to ServiceNow case escalation integration
  • Created and maintained customer-facing automation and email alerts
  • Provides support to QA for solution deployments

Key Skills: Salesforce Flow, integrations, security, user support

June 2021 - Current

Senior MFA Specialist

City of Philadelphia

Contract role with the City of Philadelphia's Office of Innovation and Technology, supporting the rollout of multi-factor authentication for all 23,000+ employees to the city.

  • Developed run-books for OIT as guides to MFA troubleshooting
  • Acting as a second tier escalation point for Azure Active Directory configuration and group membership issues
  • Mentoring junior colleagues on security and support best practices

Key Skills: Azure AD, authentication services, IAM, MFA/2FA, user support

December 2020 - June 2021

Data Engineer

Curii Corporation

This role was pitched as a data engineer role, but quickly became so much more. It was incredibly satisfying to solve highly complex puzzles and overcome complicated analytical hurdles by partnering with the genetics specialists.

  • Developed command-line tools to filter and clean datasets in Python
  • Debugged previously-developed tools and enhancing them to meet the needs of evolving work pipelines (incl. Python, Go, and C++)
  • Prepared for development a new feature for Arvados to allow Machine Learning on complex genomic datasets
  • Prepared, cleaned, and organized Personal Genome Project participant data in the Arvados platform (using CWL) for a future data release
  • Mentored interns on internal development best practices and Agile methodologies

Key Skills: Python, Go, C++, Common Workflow Language, coming up to speed quickly on a very niche subject area

January 2019 - September 2019

Business Operations Engineer

Recorded Future

The sheer scope of this role posed a significant challenge, but one that was exciting to tackle. Leveraging both my technical skills and my ability to negotiate, we were able to execute a rationalized technology strategy to the newly formed Business Ops organization.

  • Collaborated across multiple teams to plan and implement integrations between Salesforce, Paylocity, and Netsuite
  • Renegotiated contract with legacy vendor & and effectively redeployed GoToMeeting and Zoom with a pilot program to enterprise ecosystems (incl. dynamic communication) with minimal impact to Sales team
  • Managed enterprise applications (GSuite , Salesforce, Jira, Confluence, Slack, Netsuite , video conferencing platforms, Paylocity, Re:dash)
  • Audited and reorganized enterprise platforms focused on user management/scalability, while refining rollout/security processes
  • Engineered and implemented a vendor management process for identifying integrations with apps within overarching business stacks
  • Developed a plan and began implementing a standardized set of permissions per role within the company (incl. system integrations, SSO)
  • Developed rollout plans and the testing multi factor authentication solution using a physical token for end users

Key Skills: SQL, bash, Python system/process simplification, automation & documentation; program communication; vendor negotiation; complex problem solving

July 2018 - January 2019

Salesforce Support Tier II

Harvard Business School

The Salesforce implementation for Executive Education at HBS required significant technical knowledge and soft skills to be successful. Streamlining and documenting processes wherever possible was apriority to better enable the entire team to execute this implementation.

  • Supported multiple instances of Salesforce to triage escalated incidents, create defects & troubleshoot bugs to identify short-/long-term solutions
  • Established a standardized release cadence for major releases and small bug fixes, with critical patches as needed (volunteered to beta test Salesforce DX and played critical role in implementing tool)
  • Managed collaboration between internal stakeholder and external consultants to develop, prioritize and drive user stories for enhancements
  • Developed, tested and implemented escalation workflows while working with ITSM guidelines (utilizing ServiceNow)
  • Worked closely with DBA team to design and manage custom connectors to enterprise data stores
  • Initiated research of backup solutions, brought options to senior management, and subsequently vetted/piloted/adopted OwnBackup
  • Performed preliminary security audits on apps from outside vendors for use in the Salesforce environment
  • Worked with Release Management to verify and communicate changes prior to and after each release to ExecEd

Key Skills: Salesforce (incl. Salesforce DX), project management, executive communications, Java, negotiation, influencing without direct authority, ServiceNow

July 2017 - July 2018

Technical Help Desk Specialist

Carbon Black

Drove efficiency and effectiveness by improving foundational technology practices and prioritizing the customer experience.

  • Spearheaded effort to improve Help Desk maturity by creating a system to capture standard metrics and establishing documentation/SOPs/SLAs
  • Restructured inventory & supply process significantly increasing efficiency
  • Initiated program to certify all Help Desk personnel to carry out repairs in house resulting in a significant annual cost savings
  • Pioneered several automated or self-service systems (e.g. automation for telephony provisioning)
  • Built rapport between the entire help desk team and the rest of the organization by demonstrating a commitment to service and relationships

Key Skills: automation, customer service, dedication to best practices

August 2015 - April 2017

Help Desk Technician

Groton School

Initially hired as a consultant for Office 365 deployment, but was well-liked by faculty and students and offered a full time position.

  • Implemented a help desk ticketing system, handled purchasing of specialty equipment and software
  • Found significant efficiencies across the school (e.g. print management system, virtual machines project, etc.)
  • Managed the relocation of the IT department to two different locations on campus during the remodeling of the historic Schoolhouse building
  • Advocated for and ultimately succeeded in increasing focus on technology in a very conservative and politically charged organization

Key Skills: system design, project managements

August 2013 - July 2015

Field Service Technician

Holderness School

Supported technology for students/staff

  • Rebuilt antivirus server, firewall server, and imaging server
  • Imaged and deployed new faculty laptops
  • Installed new phonelines, wired new dormitory for high speed internet and wireless connectivity
  • Worked with students and faculty with hardware and software problems

Key Skills: customer service, HW/SW support


March 2013 - June 2014

Field Service Technician

A-Bit Computer

Started as a bench tech, but became the onsite tech

  • Focused mainly on hardware and software repair, but also did home/office wiring, and some web development
  • Resolved customer disputes, got owner buy-in on a subscription service model which helped the company stay afloat longer than anticipated
  • Installed new phonelines, wired new dormitory for high speed internet and wireless connectivity
  • Worked with students and faculty with hardware and software problems

Key Skills: HW/SW repair, web development, customer service


August 2011 - April 2014

Education

Western Governors University

Bachelor of Science
Information Technology - Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
June 2020 - August 2024

Salesforce

Certified Administrator
October 2021

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools
Skills
  • Linux command line
  • SQL
  • Python 3.x
  • Git
  • HTML/CSS
  • Salesforce
  • Docker
  • Java
  • C#
  • Golang
  • Node.js
  • C++
  • Creative solutioning
  • Strong desire to learn
  • User empathy & consideration
  • Project management
  • Process design & simplification
  • "White glove" customer service
  • Influencing without authority