Degrees, military service, and technical certifications, each with dates, credential numbers, and a link to the source that issued them. If a claim has no receipt, it does not appear on this page.
THE HOUSE RULE
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CAREER
Joe Paranteau has decades of B2B technology and enterprise sales experience, and has completed 23 professional selling and negotiation programs. Here is the record, in order.
July 2004 to September 2024. Personally closed $2.26 billion in revenue as an individual contributor, separate from revenue closed by teams he led. Helped incubate the Health & Life Science practice and served a decade as one of Microsoft's HL7 International voting representatives.
B2B technology and enterprise sales roles at Vantive and UpShot. At UpShot he helped build the hosted CRM product that became Oracle CRM On Demand.
Bronze Medal, Sales category, 2022 Axiom Business Book Awards. ISBN 978-1735232751 (paperback). See the Axiom listing or find it on Amazon.
EDUCATION
Awarded May 14, 2021. An accelerated 30 credit hour program built around founder-led and family businesses.
Awarded May 28, 1993. Finished while serving in the Air Force Reserves, managing a video store at night, ski racing for the university, and running student government finance.
77 modules and 16 learning paths completed on Microsoft Learn, with 83 badges and 17 trophies on the public record.
SERVICE
Joe enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at 18 and served through the Gulf War era. The accountability your board and contracting officers look for started here.
Enlisted at 18. Served February 5, 1986 to December 5, 1989, with an early release to attend San Diego State.
Served December 6, 1989 to July 31, 1994 in the Air Force Reserves, including service through the Gulf War, while completing a degree in parallel.
Celebration Holdings, LLC (doing business as Celebration OnPoint) is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. Verify at sam.gov and Texas VetHUB.
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TECHNICAL CERTIFICATIONS
All three are active, issued by Microsoft, and listed on Joe's public Microsoft Learn profile under the credential numbers below.
Credential 2601DA-666CBY, earned March 29, 2024. Core concepts of AI and machine learning on Microsoft Azure.
Credential 53DC19-875UA6, earned September 29, 2023. How identity, security, and compliance work across Microsoft cloud services.
Credential 7728Z9-45A93D, earned November 25, 2019. The productivity and management foundations of Microsoft 365.
ISSUED BADGES
Skills badges and program credentials issued through Credly and Make, each one visible on Joe's public profiles.
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