--- title: xTuple Blog | Elisa Duesing description: Elisa is project manager at xTuple. She joined xTuple's customer success team after working as project engineer and strategic initiatives manager for an ISO9001-certified job shop, one of the largest independently owned motor and pump shops in the U.S., where she collaborated with engineers, project managers, purchasing agents and QA coordinators to revise processes and procedures to guarantee alignment to industry regulated specifications. 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She joined xTuple's customer success team after working as project engineer and strategic initiatives manager for an ISO9001-certified job shop, one of the largest independently owned motor and pump shops in the U.S., where she collaborated with engineers, project managers, purchasing agents and QA coordinators to revise processes and procedures to guarantee alignment to industry regulated specifications. 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