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Brendan Schmidt

Implementation Consultant | Product & Operations Strategist

Implementation consultant and product strategist who translates operational needs into scalable systems, workflows, and successful launches. Background spans enterprise technology deployments, pharmacy software implementation, product ownership, regulated operations, and client consulting. Skilled in requirements discovery, cross-functional coordination, technical troubleshooting, user training, quality assurance, and go-live execution.

Detroit, Michigan · me@brendan.business

Open to select opportunities

Detroit, Michigan

every role, briefly

Corporate experience

  1. Jun 2026 to Present

    Pharmacy technology and implementation

    Outcomes

    Implementation Consultant

    • Lead pharmacy software implementations from site readiness and installation through go-live execution
    • Prepare sites for deployment across software, hardware, network, and payment dependencies
    • Diagnose and resolve technical and environmental blockers, stabilizing sites through early live operation
    • Train pharmacy staff and stakeholders on new systems and workflow changes
    • Coordinate across client, vendor, and internal teams to keep implementations on schedule
    • Assist with the onboarding process and training of both new team members and client pharmacies
    • Document risks, requirements, and implementation findings to support clean handoffs and repeatable launches
  2. Apr 2024 to Jun 2026

    Payments and enterprise point-of-sale technology

    Global Payments

    Information Technology Field Technician

    • Implemented enterprise POS and kiosk systems in live NEXTEP and Xenial environments, domestic and international
    • Integrated third-party interfaces, peripheral hardware, and networked devices, validating each site before launch
    • Diagnosed and resolved hardware, software, network, and payment issues remotely and on site during deployments
    • Trained client staff during go-live windows so locations opened on schedule, ready to operate the new systems
    • Collaborated with engineering, support, and account teams to close blockers and feed field findings back
    • 100+ Enterprise deployments supported
    • 95% First-contact resolution
  3. May 2022 to Mar 2024

    Trust and safety, platform operations

    Accenture

    Senior Trust & Safety Content Analyst

    • Reviewed content for policy compliance at high volume, applying policy consistently across escalated cases
    • Led policy communication across the team, clarifying edge cases and aligning reviewers across the NAMER region
    • Created a centralized Team Hub consolidating policy and process knowledge into documented procedures
    • Mentored and onboarded groups of new hires, bringing new analysts to production accuracy standards
    • Supported client-requested projects and escalations alongside production review work
    • 98% Policy-review accuracy
    • 10 to 15 New hires mentored per group
  4. Aug 2020 to Apr 2022

    Mortgage and financial services

    Rocket Mortgage

    Document Analyst · Mortgage Loan Originator

    • Processed mortgage documentation at high volume under regulatory requirements where accuracy affected closings
    • Improved team procedures and trained new employees while maintaining accuracy and compliance across loan files
    • Guided clients through major financial decisions as a loan originator, building referral relationships
    • President's Club level Document volume
alongside the day job

Leadership and ventures

  • May 2026 to Present

    The North

    Managing Director

    • Lead consulting engagements spanning websites, customer journeys, CRM and workflow design, automation, advertising, payments, and technology implementation
    • Translate client business problems into practical technology and workflow solutions
    • Lead discovery, solution design, implementation, QA, launch, and ongoing optimization for each engagement
  • Pre-launch, launching autumn 2026

    HoundStack

    Product Owner

    • Own product vision, requirements, workflow architecture, and feature prioritization for a pre-launch operations platform serving field-service businesses
    • Design workflows spanning client management, scheduling, dispatch, service delivery, billing, payments, reporting, and customer portals
    • Translate operational requirements into implementation-ready specifications and conduct QA across interconnected product areas
    • Coordinate architecture decisions across authentication, payments, application infrastructure, integrations, and automation
what it adds up to

Core capabilities

  • Implementation planning and go-live execution
  • Requirements discovery and definition
  • Workflow and systems design
  • Product ownership and feature prioritization
  • Technical troubleshooting and launch stabilization
  • Stakeholder coordination and user training
  • Quality assurance and documentation
  • Process improvement and operational optimization
Clarify the direction
Business discovery, Digital strategy, Brand positioning, Audience definition, Competitive analysis, Requirements gathering, Product strategy
Design the experience
Information architecture, Customer journeys, User workflows, Website strategy, UI and UX direction, Content structure, Conversion paths
Build the system
Website implementation, Forms and intake, Booking and quote journeys, Automation, Client portals, Product requirements, Billing logic, Operational workflows
Launch it successfully
Implementation planning, Technical troubleshooting, Stakeholder coordination, User training, Documentation, Go-live support, Quality assurance
Help it grow
Local SEO, Paid advertising, Social content, Event promotion, Conversion optimization, Community visibility, Ongoing iteration
tools and platforms

Skills

Implementation & Infrastructure

POS and kiosk systems, NEXTEP, Xenial, Networking and TCP/IP, Cloudflare, Vercel

Web & Platforms

WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, WooCommerce, Jobber, HTML, CSS

Product & Data

Supabase, SQL, GitHub

Payments

Stripe, Payment integrations

Growth

Google Ads, Meta Ads

Creative

Photoshop, After Effects

school

Education

  • Western Governors University

    2022 - Expected 2027

    Bachelor of Science, Business Administration - Information Technology Management · in progress

  • Wayne County Community College District

    2020 - 2021

    Associate of Science

    Detroit, Michigan

credentials

Certifications

  • Google IT Support Professional Certificate

    Google

The résumé is the summary. The work is the proof.

If something here maps onto a role or a problem you are hiring for, the conversation is the fastest way to find out.

Open to select opportunities

Available for remote, hybrid, travel-based, and select on-site work.

Career and collaboration

Working with me

Full-time roles, contract work, project collaboration, speaking, and introductions. This one comes straight to me.

Consulting

Hiring The North

Digital strategy, business systems, customer journeys, websites, automation, and operational infrastructure. Delivered through The North.