Monthly Archives: March 2022
Q&A: Meet RESTORE Clinical Success Director, JaKaylah Joyner
Posted on by Bonnie Tilley
Hello JaKaylah. We are so happy to have you on the RESTORE team. Let's introduce you to our users, so they can be happy too.
Q: What do you do at RESTORE-Skills and in what circumstances would I come to you for something?
A: I am a Clinical Success Director at RESTORE and my priority is to collaborate with healthcare professionals to: introduce a fun, skilled platform, provide clinical suggestions and creative ideas to inspire users as they navigate RESTORE. As a treating therapist by practice I have an immense passion for patient care and providing them with not only fun but also purposeful ways to overcome barriers and foster independence in their everyday lives.
Q: What led you to this career path?
A. I am a COTA/L by practice and I wanted to use my clinical knowledge and experience to provide a platform for treating clinicians that would help foster higher skilled outcomes for their patients.
Q: Who has influenced you most when it comes to how you approach your work?
A. My parents. They both work in the helping profession with a genuine desire to help people. We did not come from a wealthy family so they worked hard to get everything we have. They instilled in me core values when it comes to work ethic and how you should treat everyone with kindness and respect, no matter their title.
Q: What is your favorite thing to do when not at work?
A. I love watching cooking shows and trying new recipes.
Q. What’s the best advice you were ever given? Who was it from?
A. My mother always told me that the ability to be educated is a privilege and for me to make sure that I take every opportunity to learn because people can take a lot from you in this world, but they can never take your knowledge.
Q: If you could choose a superpower, what would it be?
A. I think my superpower would be time traveling.
Q: If you could only eat one food item for the rest of your life, what would it be?
A. Potatoes! I love potatoes in any kind of way (fries, scalloped, baked, tater tots, chips). I love it all.
And we love you! Thanks so much for sharing with us JaKaylah. Have a question for JaKaylah? Drop a comment below and we will get your question answered.
Q&A: Meet RESTORE Director of Customer Success Operations, Sarah Asad
Posted on by Bonnie Tilley
Hey Sarah. You're the one who is helping us get organized around here and we appreciate you. Let's get this Q&A organized.
Q: What do you do at RESTORE-Skills and in what circumstances would I come to you for something?
A. At RESTORE I’ll be helping both the Customer Success and Sales teams be more efficient in their day-to-day jobs. While CS Ops is a relatively new field, and every company is doing stuff a little differently, my focus will be to maintain ChurnZero, update HubSpot, and handle the billing & invoices of our clients.
Q: What led you to this career path?
A. I enjoy analyzing information and developing solutions for other people's problems. Originally, I wanted to be a lawyer, but after some thought I realized that developing solutions, while building relationships was the right thing for me.
Q: What energizes you at work?
A. Getting to do new things, such as creating new processes. Also, the ability for growth and collaboration with other people. I really enjoy working with people from different teams, and hearing different perspectives.
Q: What is your favorite thing to do when not at work?
A. Reading a book, going for a walk, watching documentaries, sleeping.
Q. If you could only eat one food item for the rest of your life, what would it be?
A. Cheesy bread.
Q: What's one song/artist you are embarrassed to admit you like?
A. I love 90’s grunge music.
Q: What three words would your friends use to describe you?
A. Ambitious, Kind and Loyal.
After knowing you only a short time, the RESTORE team would agree with ambitious! Thanks for all you do Sarah. Have a question for Sarah? Drop us a comment and we will get you an answer.
Q&A: Meet RESTORE Social Media and Online Community Manager, Bonnie Tilley
Posted on by Bonnie Tilley
Hey Bonnie. Why don't we get "social" and help our users to get to know you a little better?
Q: What do you do at RESTORE-Skills and in what circumstances would I come to you for something?
A: I am the Social Media and Online Community Manager for RESTORE. You would come to me for questions or help in our online community or if you had questions or feedback regarding any of our social media channels.
Q: What led you to this career path?
A. I love being social in real life, so it was a pretty easy transition. I enjoy getting to know people and social media is a great place to study people. Study, stalk, whatever. Plus I love humor and social media is a great place to both find and showcase humor.
Q: How do you prefer to start and end your day?
A. I prefer to start each day with a shower and I’m believing other people appreciate that about me. I love to end my day chatting with my daughter about her day.
Q: What is your favorite thing to do when not at work?
A. I love to volunteer at my church. I do everything from mentoring teens and young adults, to working on the tech team to teaching classes.
Q. If you could snap your fingers and become an expert in something, what would it be?
A. Spanish. I am great at Spanglish, but would love to be fluent with the language.
Q: What’s one totally irrational fear you have?
A. Clowns #dontjudgeme
Q: What three words would your friends use to describe you?
A. Creative, Empathetic and Hilarious. No, really... I texted several friends and asked.
Those three words sound like the perfect fit for RESTORE's social media. Thanks for sharing with us! Have a question for Bonnie? Drop us a comment and we will get you an answer.
Q&A: Meet RESTORE Regional Director of Business Development, Johanna Salomon
Posted on by Bonnie Tilley
Hey Johanna. Thanks for agreeing to this Q&A, which helps our users learn about the RESTORE team. Let's go!
Q: What do you do at RESTORE-Skills and in what circumstances would I come to you for something?
A: I am a Director of Business Development at RESTORE. You can come to me with any questions about RESTORE, the myriad of ways a facility can benefit from its use, or if you’re interested in bringing RESTORE into your facilities.
Q: What led you to this career path?
A: I had a number of opportunities presented to me, but none that made me feel real excitement. When I looked at the RESTORE product I immediately thought of 5 things about it that were incredible and felt genuine enthusiasm for the opportunity and what I could do with it.
Q: How do you prefer to start and end your day?
A: With a lot of coffee, and a list. As soon as it’s “go-time” for my day, I open my notebook to review my notes from the day prior, then I flip to a fresh sheet of paper to start my new to-do list. I include calls & tasks, then leave my book open so I can add to it throughout the day.
Q: What’s one thing most people don’t know about you?
A: I am an avid gardener. When the weather is warm, there is always something blooming in my yard. I’m deep enough into it that I order special varieties of roses online because I need more variety than what the garden centers can offer.
Q: If you could only eat one food item for the rest of your life, what would it be?
A: Sushi or tacos.
Q: What's one song/artist you are embarrassed to admit you like?
A: I dressed up as a Spice Girl for Halloween, so I am impossible to embarrass.
Q: What energizes you at work?
A: My heart sings when I make a sale, but my biggest motivator is positive feedback from happy clients. I pride myself on my ability to develop great relationships with my clients and get their trust and respect, so positive feedback bolsters my confidence in that.
Q: If you could choose a superpower, what would it be?
A: Flight.
Speaking of that, we have to jet. Thanks for taking the time to chat with us, Johanna. Have a question for Johanna? Drop us a comment & we will get you an answer.
Q&A: Meet RESTORE Front End Developer, Josh Moyers
Posted on by Bonnie Tilley