Dan Edwards

Dan Edwards 📍 Based in South Africa | 🇬🇧 British Citizen & SA Permanent Resident​ 📧-| 📞 -​ 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danedwards77 Fractional/Contract Salesforce Consultant | CRM Strategist | Business Systems Leader I bring a unique blend of engineering precision, commercial acumen, and technical expertise to every engagement. With 14 Salesforce certifications and three decades of cross-sector leadership experience, I help businesses, from real estate to nonprofits and manufacturing, scale smarter through CRM systems, team development, and operational rigour.​ Whether you need help scoping a CRM transformation, leading a delivery team, or aligning systems with commercial goals, I bring both strategic insight and hands-on execution. Core Competencies ✅Salesforce Solution Architecture & Implementation​ ✅Fractional/Contract Consulting & Interim Delivery Leadership​ ✅Stakeholder Engagement (C-suite to Ops)​ ✅Nonprofit, Real Estate, and SME Sector Expertise​ ✅Pre-Sales Strategy & Discovery Workshops​ ✅Agile Project Delivery | Team Leadership & Coaching​ ✅Operational Process Improvement | SOPs & KPIs​ ✅Systems Thinking | Lean Manufacturing Foundations Snapshot of Impact ✅ Built and led a 12-person Salesforce delivery team across Cape Town and Johannesburg at Cirrico​ ✅ Delivered successful Salesforce implementations across nonprofit, real estate, and global development clients like UNESCO and World Vision​ ✅ Drove technical escalations, professional development, and solution design at Open Box for UK and US-based CRE clients​ ✅ Led fundraising system design for a US nonprofit using Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud—among the first of its kind​ ✅ Helped grow a security business from R40M to R400M over 10 years in commercial leadership roles​ ✅ Designed, scaled, and improved production facilities during an early engineering/manufacturing career Professional Experience Senior Salesforce Consultant | Open Box Software June 2024 – July 2025 | South Africa / Remote Working with Commercial Real Estate clients across the UK and US to deliver scalable CRM systems. Responsibilities include discovery workshops, solution architecture, team mentoring, and supporting the Technical Director on high-value initiatives. Senior Salesforce Consultant / Associate Manager | Cirrico Nov 2022 – Jun 2024 | South Africa / UK Clients Led end-to-end implementations of Salesforce for global nonprofits. Managed a South African consulting team, executed on presales through delivery, and led high-impact discovery workshops—including a major nonprofit in NYC. Solutions Engineer | Vera Solutions Jan 2022 – Nov 2022 Supported enterprise RFPs, product demos, and presales engagements. Delivered CRM proposals for global development organizations in partnership with Salesforce’s own SE teams. Salesforce Consultant | Vera Solutions Jun 2020 – Dec 2021 Implemented and maintained Salesforce orgs across the social sector. Oversaw sandbox environments, deployments, and acted as release manager for complex implementations. 🔧 Mechanical Engineering Apprentice – UK Nuclear Research Facility​ 🏭 Production & Plant Management – UK Energy Sector, South African SME Sector​ 📈 Sales & Marketing Lead – Global Perimeter Security Brand​ Early Career Highlights ➡ Became an “accidental admin” with Salesforce and pivoted to tech Education & Certifications Associate in Management​ University of Cape Town, Graduate School of Business 🎓 🎓 🎓 🎓 14x Salesforce Certified, including:​ Application Architect​ AI Associate​ Nonprofit, Sales, Service & Experience Cloud Consultant​ Data & Sharing Architecture​ 🎓Development Lifecycle & Deployment Architect​ 🎓Platform Developer I​ 🎓Data Cloud Consultant Availability & Location Currently open to fractional, contract, or interim roles. Available for on-site/hybrid work in Cape Town, South Africa or remote engagements for the rest of South Africa and globally. Let's Connect If you're seeking a Salesforce consultant with both strategic depth and real-world experience in building teams, improving operations, and delivering results, I'd love to connect.