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01 January 2022

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Raymond Ussery is a creative, trusted e-commerce executive, who leads teams and departments using a modified agile approach. He has developed lasting business relationships and lead development efforts with retailers, large equipment manufacturers, government organizations, technology concerns, and start-ups. Motivated by growing the business and exceeding targets set by management


A leader with more than a two decade of B2C and B2B experience, focused on growing global software and high technology businesses. MACH, SAPC and e-commerce expert that focuses on client solutions, and collaborates with the customers to find the best solution and enable them to make informed and profitable decisions.

commercetools
Vice President Of Professional Services
Oct 2021 – Present
Leading our Expert Services organization for onboarding, enablement, and support throughout the life of a commercetools-based project. Responsible for financial targets of the Professional Services team. Support new and ongoing customer work
 
Publicis Sapient
Senior Project Manager and Delivery Operations
Mar 2016 – May 2020
 
CrossView Inc./PFS Web
Senior Project Manager
Apr 2015 – Feb 2016
 
ICF Interactive
Senior Manager, Project Manager and Trainer
Apr 2012 – Apr 2015

Education
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 2005

Other
Instructor Filipino martial arts
Executive, Love Is My Religion
Board member, Highline Foodbank

16 January 2021

Songs we sing to close the gap

 2021-01-16


Start and finish one short story. How hard can it be?


Songs we sing to close the gap

We were both staring at the water. Watching the blue become a deeper and lighter again as the tide rolled out. He started speaking without turning to look at me. 


“I've always hated the church bells by our house. Now I hate them more.”


I turn to look at him, my father in profile. “You can't mean, that? Pop you and Mom have lived here for forty years. Seaside view, church nearby. I thought you loved it here.”


“You're mother loved it here. I loved it because she loved it. I missed the city like you wouldn't believe.


I had enough real life for one day. Coming from my mother's graveside. 



02 April 2020

Red and Blue America Aren’t Experiencing the Same Pandemic

An article from The Atlantic by March 20, 2020


Even a disease as far-reaching as the coronavirus hasn’t entirely crossed the chasm between red and blue America.
In several key respects, the outbreak’s early stages are unfolding very differently in Republican- and Democratic-leaning parts of the country. That disconnect is already shaping, even distorting, the nation’s response to this unprecedented challenge—and it could determine the pandemic’s ultimate political consequences as well.


https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/how-republicans-and-democrats-think-about-coronavirus/608395/

27 March 2019

How do you live love?

I asked a friend of mine, "how do you live love?" He thought about it and responded. His response is below. 
This simple question gave me insight into his world and pointed me in the direction of how I can be a better human being, and accepted the being I already am.

Thanks, Lloyd.

"Raymond,  

Your question brought about a very natural answer,  however,  without creating a context of my answer i feel the answer alone would miss the mark.  

I saw a movie called "People vs The State of Illusion" that has an explanation of what love is and it resonates for me as to how I live Love every day. 

Humberto Maturana (Chillaen Botinist) expression of Love.  

His definition of Love is: It's the act of one person allowing another person to be a legitimate other.  It's the act of profound respect.  

It's the act of me allowing you to be you, and when you experience that coming from me it opens you.  It brings about an absolute level of trust.  

This cannot be rationalized into existence,  it simply is a space of being in each moment.  

I also incorporate into what my definition of Love is: The desire to allow and nurture the   full development and expression of who another desires and has the potential to be. 

When people love each other,  there is an experience of spiritual connection that is natural and palpable. 

How I live Love every day is, I endeavor to take a breath and get present to who I am interacting with, what we're doing and the beauty that we're in this life together, this moment is no accident.  Am i successful in every moment,  no.  Life's a journey and  i have success every day"


Sent from my iPhone"