Carissa Lawson

Carissa Lawson has a diverse work experience spanning over 20 years. Carissa started their career as an Independent SAP Recruiter, providing technical and logistic talent to various clients, including Big 5 consulting firms. Carissa then worked as Vice President of Projects and Vice President of Mortgage at a la mode, Inc., where they developed software and workflow management systems for the real estate industry. Carissa also served as the Sales Manager and Senior Sales Representative during their time there. Currently, they are a Software Sales Specialist at Mainline Information Systems, responsible for facilitating IBM software sales and utilizing their strong understanding of the sales process to build relationships with customers.

Carissa Lawson holds a Bachelor of Arts in Letters with a minor in Latin from the University of Oklahoma, which they obtained between 1991 and 1996. Additionally, Carissa has obtained multiple certifications from IBM, including Cloud Pak for Business Automation Sales Foundation V2, Watson Query Technical Sales Intermediate, Cloud Pak for Business Automation Technical Sales Intermediate, Informix Sales Foundation, Watson Speech Sales Foundation, Watson Speech Technical Sales Intermediate, Db2 Sales Foundation, Db2 Technical Sales Intermediate, Informix Technical Sales Intermediate, MLOps and Trustworthy AI Sales Foundation, MLOps and Trustworthy AI Technical Sales Intermediate, Multicloud Data Integration Sales Foundation, Multicloud Data Integration Technical Sales Intermediate, Netezza Performance Server Sales Foundation, Netezza Performance Server Technical Sales Intermediate, Planning Analytics with Watson Sales Foundation, and Planning Analytics with Watson Technical Sales Intermediate.