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Thank you for listening to The Audio Project with Deena Tearney. Deena is the Founder/CEO of Pacific Point, as well as a community leader, public speaker, and golf lover with a passion for inspiring youth to pursue careers in tech. On this podcast, Deena shares her thoughts on leadership, business, tech, and how an athlete's mindset can help you bring out your best. If you want to do more in business, sports, or tech, take a listen!
Deena Tearney, Pacific Point CEO, shares Salesforce Implementation best practices at the 2024 Salesforce Hawaii Innovation Day on the SI Panel discussion. Learn about user adoption, legacy migrations, and more!
Deena White Tearney is the Founder and CEO of Pacific Point, a Salesforce Consulting firm. Her passion is mentoring youth to pursue careers in tech. Connect with Deena on Instagram or Linkedin and find out more about Pacific Point .
A successful strategy sometimes means saying, “no” to requests.
Krista Gray, Senior Manager of Business Applications at Google Cloud, shares her expert strategies for navigating complex data migrations while maintaining business continuity. Discover the power of prioritizing scalable processes over always customizing solutions for individual business units, and how a big-picture strategy can lead to long-term efficiency gains and cost savings for the business.
Deena White Tearney is the Founder and CEO of Pacific Point, a Salesforce Consulting firm. Her passion is mentoring youth to pursue careers in tech. Connect with Deena on Instagram or Linkedin and find out more about Pacific Point .
In Part 2 of a 3-part interview, Deena Tearney asks her long time friend Krista Gray, Senior Manager of Business Applications at Google Cloud, about essential career advice for aspiring young professionals.
Krista urges viewers to adopt patience and flexibility as guiding principles in their career trajectories. She shares her own journey of self-reinvention within a corporate giant, and highlights the necessity of sometimes taking a step back to propel oneself forward towards success.
Ultimately, the conversation touches on the invaluable compass of mentorship and finding people who can help you chart your own career path.
Deena White Tearney is the Founder and CEO of Pacific Point, a Salesforce Consulting firm. Her passion is mentoring youth to pursue careers in tech. Connect with Deena on Instagram or Linkedin and find out more about Pacific Point .
In Part 1 of a 3-part interview, Deena Tearney engages in a heartfelt conversation with her friend Krista Gray, a Senior Manager of Business Applications at Google Cloud, exploring Krista's remarkable journey from corporate leadership to also embracing a passion for competitive bodybuilding.
Krista shares her experiences of resilience and dedication in pursuing her fitness goals while managing a demanding career, highlighting the importance of discipline and self-care. Moreover, Krista reveals her passion for fostering a culture of wellness within Google Cloud, inspiring her colleagues to embrace health and fitness.
Through Krista's story, gain insights into the delicate balance between professional success and personal fulfillment, illustrating the power of perseverance and the transformative impact of pursuing one's passions.
Deena White Tearney is the Founder and CEO of Pacific Point, a Salesforce Consulting firm. Her passion is mentoring youth to pursue careers in tech. Connect with Deena on Instagram or Linkedin and find out more about Pacific Point .
Focusing on sustainability for Hawaii’s place in the modern world, Young Brothers supports local agriculture through a $2 million annual discount program, provides hundreds of local jobs, and strives to build strong relationships within the community.
Jay Ana, CEO of Young Brothers, takes his strong family values, work ethic, and “being the best version of ourself” view and is builds that into creating one of Hawaii’s most dependable companies and employee communities at Young Brothers.
Learn more about Young Brothers’ commitment to moving Hawaii forward by giving back at https://htbyb.com/community/
Learn more about Pacific Point’s work and initiatives at: https://www.pacificpointcorp.com/s/insights
Deena White Tearney is the Founder and CEO of Pacific Point, a Salesforce Consulting firm. Her passion is mentoring youth to pursue careers in tech. Connect with Deena on Instagram or Linkedin and find out more about Pacific Point .
In the relentless pursuit of exceptional customer service, businesses often grapple with unpredictable variables beyond their command. When the very livelihood of your customers hinges on your company's reliability, the stakes are elevated significantly.
In this second installment of our conversation with Jay Ana, CEO of Young Brothers, we delve into the pivotal role of technology investment in elevating customer service standards. Explore the strategic mindset necessary for businesses to seamlessly integrate technology, ensuring a continuous enhancement of services.
Pacific Point developed a customer portal for Young Brothers, using realtime information to provide the best logistics and service possible. Part two underscores the indispensable connection between customer satisfaction, technological innovation, and maintaining a competitive edge in the dynamic market landscape.
Learn more about the innovative customer portal we worked on together at: https://htbyb.com/customerportal/
Learn more about Pacific Point’s work and initiatives at: https://www.pacificpointcorp.com/s/insights
Deena White Tearney is the Founder and CEO of Pacific Point, a Salesforce Consulting firm. Her passion is mentoring youth to pursue careers in tech. Connect with Deena on Instagram or Linkedin and find out more about Pacific Point .
Nestled in the heart of the Pacific, the Hawaiian Islands are not only a tropical paradise but also home to a unique challenge: its isolation. Hawaii's dependence on imported goods is staggering, with more than 80% of consumer products arriving via container ships.
Young Brothers, the inter-island freight handling and transportation company, stands at the forefront of this vital supply chain, moving 100% of all ocean-bound cargo between our islands. With nearly 400 employees and a legacy dating back to 1900, Young Brothers plays a crucial role in connecting our diverse islands, ensuring businesses, farmers, and individuals can thrive.
Today, we delve into the intricate web of marine transportation, exploring the complexities and innovations that enable Hawaii's economy to flourish despite its geographic seclusion.
Pacific Point developed a customer portal for Young Brothers, using realtime information to provide the best logistics and service possible. Join us in this 3-part interview as we uncover the unique challenges and solutions in the world of Hawaiian logistics, customer service, and community -- right here on The Audio Project.
Deena White Tearney is the Founder and CEO of Pacific Point, a Salesforce Consulting firm. Her passion is mentoring youth to pursue careers in tech. Connect with Deena on Instagram or Linkedin and find out more about Pacific Point .
To kick off the 2023 IWD theme of Embrace Equity Deena speaks to a small group of women business owners at CUB in Australia regarding her inspiration to launch Pacific Point, career background, and what equity and diversity means to her personally and within her company.
Deena White Tearney is the Founder and CEO of Pacific Point, a Salesforce Consulting firm. Her passion is mentoring youth to pursue careers in tech. Connect with Deena on Instagram or Linkedin and find out more about Pacific Point .
Collectively the bio’s of this group on the Systems Integration Best Practices Panel at the Hawaii Salesforce Innovation Day have over 45 plus years of experience in the field. Covering their pre and post pandemic best practices each share unique perspectives on how to approach the change to modernize legacy system migrations and more.
Deena White Tearney is the Founder and CEO of Pacific Point, a Salesforce Consulting firm. Her passion is mentoring youth to pursue careers in tech. Connect with Deena on Instagram or Linkedin and find out more about Pacific Point .
Kingston Lee-Young, CEO of Australian-based The Digital Mavens, shares thoughts on going from “walk” to “run” leveraging digital solutions.
Deena White Tearney is the Founder and CEO of Pacific Point, a Salesforce Consulting firm. Her passion is mentoring youth to pursue careers in tech. Connect with Deena on Instagram or Linkedin and find out more about Pacific Point .
After almost a decade of playing professional rugby, Michael Dowsett shares his journey as an elite athlete that started when he set a goal of doing 10,000 hours of practice as a kid.
Deena White Tearney is the Founder and CEO of Pacific Point, a Salesforce Consulting firm. Her passion is mentoring youth to pursue careers in tech. Connect with Deena on Instagram or Linkedin and find out more about Pacific Point .
Deena Tearney and Mary Moss, Regional Manager at DocuSign with 30+ years of experience in selling enterprise software talk on challenges the public sector faces and DocuSign solutions . As clients slowly adapt from a manual process to digitization of documents Mary shares solutions DocuSign provides as a full suite CLM digital platform in addition to their bread and butter, pioneering of the e-signature.
Deena White Tearney is the Founder and CEO of Pacific Point, a Salesforce Consulting firm. Her passion is mentoring youth to pursue careers in tech. Connect with Deena on Instagram or Linkedin and find out more about Pacific Point .
Deena Tearney hosted a fireside chat with Dean Hazama, formerly of the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) to share the why, how, and what of their digital transformation on DocuSign CLM, and how other government agencies could automate and track documents in a secure, centralized repository.
Surfer Kekoa Cazimero shares his journey of becoming a professional athlete, and how centering his life around the ocean has prepared him to launch a successful lifestyle brand and drive impactful community projects.
CEO Suzanne Basalla shares her background and insights on the USJC Organization with Deena. Founded by Japanese Americans, the Council develops and connects global leaders to create a stronger U.S.-Japan relationship. Hear how USJC’s programs that cultivate people-to-people relationships as well as their recent redesigned roll-out of Salesforce’s Not For Profit Success Pack for the U.S.-Japan Council are improving internal operations in support of donors, members, and the community.
Deena tells her story, talks about the impact of technology with Pacific Point clients, and her passion to inspire youth (especially young ladies) to pursue careers in technology, in this episode of ConcannonXR’s podcast.
Deena shares insights on how Pacific Point helps companies leverage Salesforce, what’s new, and what to consider looking ahead in this DBSync Partner Podcast spotlight.
Deena Tearney chats with Omid Eghbal from the Salesforce Denver team about Retail, innovation, and being back in the office.
This episode is a replay of Drew McClure, host of Zero to 5000, interviewing Deena on what it took to grow Pacific Point into one of America’s fastest-growing private companies.
Personal trainer Damon Trevor shares how his “stubborn” nature as an athlete pushed him to be patient and tough and the importance of the process
American Volleyball player, 3 time Olympian, Gold Medalist, and Hall of Famer, Clay Stanley, shares practical insights on every aspect of winning in life from finding your journey, the importance of practice, and the value of surrounding yourself with the best people.
Deena features Jen Hintnaus, an energetic and passionate Zumba teacher who went through her own journey of doubting herself and now inspires others to change their lives by showing up and taking risks.
Find your focus on Deena’s conversation with 2 time pole vaulting Olympian Tom Hintnaus. He talks on the importance of focusing on being your best, believing in yourself and surrounding yourself with people who believe in you from a young age. Tom also had success in Modeling and Acting and now is a track coach inspiring those around him to always give an “Olympic effort” in everything.
Southeast Asia’s SEA Dreamin went virtual this year and we were grateful to bond with the community and share our best practices for Industries Cloud implementations. Listen in as Deena Tearney and Jefferson Fernandez share what Industries Cloud is (formally known as Vlocity), how it helps businesses and technical implementation tips. Learn how Industries Cloud allows rapid development of customer-facing guided flows.
Be inspired as Deena talks with Krista Gray, Principal Architect, Business Applications at Mandiant, on her career as an IT professional and her journey to competitive body building and the importance of mindset in fitness and career.
Deena talks with Kat Hsia, Formstack Account Exec Hawaii + APAC Region, about what makes Formstack awesome and how the Sales and Marketing landscape has changed.
Deena shares her closing presentation at the U.S. Embassy Port Moresby, Women Empowering Women Series. Women entrepreneurs (in tech) gathered from Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu virtually to be inspired and enhance business growth.
Deena talks with Stephen Small, First Tee Hawaii Program Director, on the lessons learned through sports, and specifically golf, that translate into success in business, career, and life.
In this episode of The Audio Project with Deena Tearney, she shares what she is seeing in the market and offers takeaways to drive your career from the 2021 mid-point.
This is a replay when Deena was a guest on Hawaii Public Radio Show, Bytemarkscafe, talking about a digital economy and investment in technology.
Deena shares the story of the founding and growth of Pacific Point, the Salesforce consulting firm she founded, on the podcast What Makes Them Tip.
Kevin McNulty, Director of Professional Services West at SKUID and Deena Tearney, CEO at Pacific Point talk on the key components of building apps.
In Celebration of Women’s History Month, Deena joins a Panel of Women Salesforce Founded Partners Talking Entrepreneurship
Deena and her team share the voice of their customers. Listen in as they discuss meaningful reports and dashboards, user adoption, and process automation.
Deena chats with Jeffrey Paine, Managing Partner at Golden Gate Ventures on early-stage start-ups in Singapore and South East Asia.
Deena’ shares words of encouragement to get more hands-on experience at the kick-off of a Tableau workshop
Deena and her team talk about what is top of mind for clients in 2021. The Pacific Point team discusses, going digital, developing teams, and industry happenings.
In this episode of The Audio Project with Deena Tearney, Tate Castillo, CEO & Co-Founder of Polū Energy & Kope Soap shares his entrepreneur journey and his passion for making an impact.
Deena speaks with industry leaders Dr. Nick Redding of the Hawaii Data Collaborative, Dr. Erin Hughey Director of Global Operations at the Pacific Disaster Center, and Jeremy Blaney, Tableau Customer Success Leader on data culture.
Deena Tearney challenges small businesses in the Hawaii Chamber of Commerce to focus on the customer experience.
In this talk to student entrepreneurs at the Pacific Asian Center Entrepreneurship (PACE), Deena Tearney explains that successful entrepreneurship is leadership to the nth degree.
Pacific Point’s Australia team hosted Deena for a virtual event showcasing how Pacific Point achieved rapid growth by focusing on the fundamentals of People, Process, and Technology.
A Tale of Two Government Agencies on Salesforce. Ever wondered how the Government uses Salesforce? Deena speaks with two government agencies on their Salesforce journey and the growing expectations of citizens to have consumer-like experiences. Discover that there is no right or wrong journey on Salesforce.
In this episode of The Audio Project with Deena Tearney, learn 3 career words of wisdom from Deena
Deena shares her entrepreneurial journey and career tips at the W.I.T. Republic’s virtual meet-up. She shares 3 mindset values to empower you to Think like a CEO, no matter your career stage.
In this episode of The Audio Project with Deena Tearney, Flash Hansen shares on the past, present, and future of hospitality and events.
In this episode of The Audio Project with Deena Tearney, Peter Dooher, Senior Vice President Digital at Servco reminds us to Skate to where the puck is going. He shares ideas how retail stores and brands can adjust the customer and buying experience to meet changing needs.
On the inaugural episode of The Audio Project “Debriefed” listen in on the debrief of a recent Healthcare project and the importance of enterprise adoption of the Agile methodology.
In this episode of the Audio Project with Deena Tearney, Mark Dao, MuleSoft Strategic Customer Advisor, shares how productized APIs and integrations help businesses create ecosystems to gain business results. He shares ideas on how companies can approach their strategy for IT initiatives and maneuver trends in the ever-changing face of technology.
Deena Tearney shares insights on the importance of investing in technology and tech talent during her virtual interview for the Women in Tech Series hosted by HTDC, Entrepreneurs Sandbox, and TRUE Initiative.
In this episode of The Audio Project with Deena Tearney, CEO of Concannon Business Consulting, Mark Concannon breaks down successful remote working. He talks on microlearning for remote multi-channel training and communication and explains virtual reality for immersive training and virtual workspace capabilities. In the end, successful remote work comes down to corporate culture, people, and IT security.
In this episode of The Audio Project with Deena Tearney, Technology Geek Terrence Shaw talk on Infrastructure as Code and Digital Transformation where organizations create or modify business processes, culture, and customer experiences to meet changing business and market requirements.
In this episode of The Audio Project with Deena Tearney, Sam Smeaton, Founder and CEO of nVision Talent talk on strategies to invest in Salesforce Talent and its importance to continuous innovation on Salesforce within your organization.
In this episode of The Audio Project with Deena Tearney, George Hawwa of Attention Experts, social media marketing guru, shares his entrepreneur journey
The 26th Annual Science Symposium for Girls welcomed over 600 guests to learn everything from how to make ice cream to starting a lemonade business using Salesforce. Our CEO Deena Tearney delivered the opening keynote inspiring students to follow their dreams and do their best.
The 26th Annual Science Symposium for Girls welcomed over 600 guests to learn everything from how to make ice cream to starting a lemonade business using Salesforce. Our CEO Deena Tearney delivered the opening keynote encouraging parents to help their children build confidence.
In this episode of The Audio Project with Deena Tearney, John Leong, CEO of Kupu, shares his thoughts on leadership, his personal leadership growth as a 2019 Obama Foundation Fellow, and the amazing impact Kupu is having.
In this episode of The Audio Project with Deena Tearney, Blaine Kaho’onei, Salesforce Alliances Director, shares his career journey as a Native Hawaiian from hospitality to tech, and his purview on growth for businesses in Hawaii. He also discusses his philanthropic work to tech enable Hawaii through his involvement in the Purple Mai’a Foundation, a technology education nonprofit focused on providing access to youth in Hawaii.
In this episode of The Audio Project with Deena Tearney, we feature her presentation at the inaugural Singapore Dreamin’. She talks on Citizen Safety, Agriculture, and how putting the Citizen at the center helps Governments deliver on their mission
In this episode of The Audio Project with Deena Tearney, we welcome Dr. Scott Schroeder, Sacred Hearts Academy's Head of School in a discussion on education, management, and tech jobs of the future. We also talk about our support in the upcoming Science Symposium on February 22, 2020, where the Pacific Point team will be teaching students to build a Lemonade Stand on the Salesforce platform.
In this episode of The Audio Project with Deena Tearney, Paul Yonamine, Chairman and CEO of Central Pacific Bank, shares his fascinating career journey and passion for helping Hawaii business innovate.
In this episode of The Audio Project with Deena Tearney, we talk about elevating data and making data discovery THE process. Listen in as Deena Tearney and Nick Redding PhD chat on how he created an impactful framework for making discoveries to improve wellness in Hawaii.
In this episode of The Audio Project with Deena Tearney, we talk about non-traditional career paths and how “raising your hand” and doing your best when opportunities arise can make all the difference. Listen in as Deena Tearney and fellow woman in technology, Kristi Wood Salesforce Solutions Engineer, chat about technology and non-traditional career paths.
In this episode of The Audio Project with Deena Tearney, we talk about Change Management. Change Management is a huge investment in time and effort on your IT Projects and we all know its super important. Finding the ROI for the effort that aligns with your project is the trick. Listen in as Deena Tearney and Steve McGovern chat on Change Management.
In this episode of The Audio Project with Deena Tearney, Deena chats with Bob Muellner of Salesforce on some cool Salesforce projects going on in the Public Sector. The importance of remembering to maintain perspective is underscored.
Hear Deena Tearney and Jeff Sterner talk about small businesses and their Salesforce projects. Also, Deena shares a story about her first Salesforce project with Pacific Point and other details about her journey starting the company.