diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index ecf14c803..2084eb9ca 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ compile:
 
 deployment:
   development:
-    branch: [dev, 'feature/performance-testing']
+    branch: dev
     owner: appirio-tech
     commands:
       - ./deploy.sh DEV
diff --git a/src/actions/loadUser.js b/src/actions/loadUser.js
index 23f3e1991..2194920ac 100644
--- a/src/actions/loadUser.js
+++ b/src/actions/loadUser.js
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 import _ from 'lodash'
-import { ACCOUNTS_APP_CONNECTOR_URL, LOAD_USER_SUCCESS, LOAD_USER_FAILURE, ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR, ROLE_CONNECT_COPILOT, ROLE_TOPCODER_USER, ROLE_CONNECT_MANAGER } from '../config/constants'
+import {
+  ACCOUNTS_APP_CONNECTOR_URL,
+  LOAD_USER_SUCCESS,
+  LOAD_USER_FAILURE,
+  ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR,
+  ROLE_CONNECT_COPILOT,
+  ROLE_TOPCODER_USER,
+  ROLE_CONNECT_MANAGER,
+  ROLE_CONNECT_ADMIN
+} from '../config/constants'
 import { getFreshToken, configureConnector, decodeToken } from 'tc-accounts'
 import { getUserProfile } from '../api/users'
 import { EventTypes } from 'redux-segment'
@@ -46,6 +55,8 @@ export function loadUserSuccess(dispatch, token) {
       let userRole
       if (_.indexOf(currentUser.roles, ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR) > -1) {
         userRole = ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR
+      } else if (_.indexOf(currentUser.roles, ROLE_CONNECT_ADMIN) > -1) {
+        userRole = ROLE_CONNECT_ADMIN
       } else if (_.indexOf(currentUser.roles, ROLE_CONNECT_MANAGER) > -1) {
         userRole = ROLE_CONNECT_MANAGER
       } else if (_.indexOf(currentUser.roles, ROLE_CONNECT_COPILOT) > -1) {
diff --git a/src/components/TeamManagement/MemberRow.jsx b/src/components/TeamManagement/MemberRow.jsx
index 676747855..992c8bdb1 100644
--- a/src/components/TeamManagement/MemberRow.jsx
+++ b/src/components/TeamManagement/MemberRow.jsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const ActionBtn = (props) => {
   )
 }
 
-const MemberRow = ({ member, currentMember, onMemberDelete, onChangeOwner }) => {
+const MemberRow = ({ member, currentMember, currentUser, onMemberDelete, onChangeOwner }) => {
   let title
   // rendered member
   const isOwner = member.isPrimary && member.isCustomer
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ const MemberRow = ({ member, currentMember, onMemberDelete, onChangeOwner }) =>
     if (!isCurrentOwner && !member.isCopilot) {
       buttons.push(<ActionBtn key={0} type="leave" title="Leave Project" onClick={onDelete} />)
     }
-  } else if (currentMember) {
+  } else if (currentMember || currentUser.isAdmin) {
     // owner can remove only customers
     if (isCurrentOwner && member.isCustomer) {
       buttons.push(<ActionBtn key={1} type="user-remove" title="Remove team member from project" onClick={onDelete} />)
     }
 
     // manager can remove all except owner
-    if (currentMember.isManager && !isOwner) {
+    if ((currentMember && currentMember.isManager) || currentUser.isAdmin) {
       let tooltip = 'Remove team member from project'
       if (member.isCopilot) {
         tooltip = 'Remove copilot from project'
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ const MemberRow = ({ member, currentMember, onMemberDelete, onChangeOwner }) =>
       if (member.isManager) {
         tooltip = 'Remove manager from project'
       }
+      if (member.isCustomer && isOwner) {
+        tooltip = 'Remove owner from project'
+      }
       buttons.push(<ActionBtn key={2} type="user-remove" title={tooltip} onClick={onDelete} />)
     }
 
diff --git a/src/components/TeamManagement/TeamManagement.jsx b/src/components/TeamManagement/TeamManagement.jsx
index edc5f62ed..0e129c311 100644
--- a/src/components/TeamManagement/TeamManagement.jsx
+++ b/src/components/TeamManagement/TeamManagement.jsx
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const TeamManagement = (props) => {
   return (
     <div className="team-management">
       <Panel className={cn({'modal-active': modalActive})}>
-        {currentMember && <Panel.AddBtn onClick={() => onToggleAddTeamMember(true)}>Add Team Member</Panel.AddBtn>}
+        {(currentMember || currentUser.isAdmin) && <Panel.AddBtn onClick={() => onToggleAddTeamMember(true)}>Add Team Member</Panel.AddBtn>}
 
         {modalActive && <div className="modal-overlay" />}
         <Panel.Title>
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ const TeamManagement = (props) => {
         })}
 
         {canJoin && <Join {...props} isCopilot={currentUser.isCopilot} owner={owner} />}
-        {currentMember && <AddTeamMember {...props} owner={owner} />}
+        {(currentMember || currentUser.isAdmin) && <AddTeamMember {...props} owner={owner} />}
 
         { showNewMemberConfirmation && <NewMemberConfirmModal onConfirm={ _onAddNewMember } onCancel={ _onAddMemberCancel } />}
       </Panel>
diff --git a/src/components/TopBar/TopBarContainer.js b/src/components/TopBar/TopBarContainer.js
index a2fb81386..daf80a6cf 100644
--- a/src/components/TopBar/TopBarContainer.js
+++ b/src/components/TopBar/TopBarContainer.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   ROLE_CONNECT_COPILOT,
   ROLE_CONNECT_MANAGER,
   ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR,
+  ROLE_CONNECT_ADMIN,
   DOMAIN
 } from '../../config/constants'
 require('./TopBarContainer.scss')
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ class TopBarContainer extends React.Component {
 
 const mapStateToProps = ({ loadUser }) => {
   let isPowerUser = false
-  const roles = [ROLE_CONNECT_COPILOT, ROLE_CONNECT_MANAGER, ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR]
+  const roles = [ROLE_CONNECT_COPILOT, ROLE_CONNECT_MANAGER, ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR, ROLE_CONNECT_ADMIN]
   if (loadUser.user) {
     isPowerUser = loadUser.user.roles.some((role) => roles.indexOf(role) !== -1)
   }
diff --git a/src/config/constants.js b/src/config/constants.js
index f4a7e4cd5..6a938d308 100644
--- a/src/config/constants.js
+++ b/src/config/constants.js
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ export const EVENT_ROUTE_CHANGE = 'event.route_change'
 export const ROLE_TOPCODER_USER = 'Topcoder User'
 export const ROLE_CONNECT_COPILOT = 'Connect Copilot'
 export const ROLE_CONNECT_MANAGER = 'Connect Manager'
+export const ROLE_CONNECT_ADMIN = 'Connect Admin'
 export const ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR = 'administrator'
 
 // FIXME .. remove defaults
diff --git a/src/projects/actions/loadProjects.js b/src/projects/actions/loadProjects.js
index 441f048e4..7fda7b5cd 100644
--- a/src/projects/actions/loadProjects.js
+++ b/src/projects/actions/loadProjects.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {
   PROJECT_SEARCH, GET_PROJECTS, PROJECT_STATUS, PROJECT_STATUS_CANCELLED,
   SET_SEARCH_TERM, GET_PROJECTS_SEARCH_CRITERIA,
   CLEAR_PROJECT_SUGGESTIONS_SEARCH, PROJECT_SUGGESTIONS_SEARCH_SUCCESS,
-  ROLE_CONNECT_COPILOT, ROLE_CONNECT_MANAGER, ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR
+  ROLE_CONNECT_COPILOT, ROLE_CONNECT_MANAGER, ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR, ROLE_CONNECT_ADMIN
 } from '../../config/constants'
 import { getProjects } from '../../api/projects'
 import { loadMembers } from '../../actions/members'
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const getProjectsWithMembers = (dispatch, getState, criteria, pageNum) => {
     let isPowerUser = false
     const loadUser = getState().loadUser
     // power user roles
-    const roles = [ROLE_CONNECT_COPILOT, ROLE_CONNECT_MANAGER, ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR]
+    const roles = [ROLE_CONNECT_COPILOT, ROLE_CONNECT_MANAGER, ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR, ROLE_CONNECT_ADMIN]
     if (loadUser.user) {
       // determine if user is a power user
       isPowerUser = loadUser.user.roles.some((role) => roles.indexOf(role) !== -1)
diff --git a/src/projects/detail/ProjectDetail.jsx b/src/projects/detail/ProjectDetail.jsx
index a692ab781..3495c640b 100644
--- a/src/projects/detail/ProjectDetail.jsx
+++ b/src/projects/detail/ProjectDetail.jsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { renderComponent, branch, compose, withProps } from 'recompose'
 import { loadProjectDashboard } from '../actions/projectDashboard'
 import {
   LOAD_PROJECT_FAILURE, PROJECT_ROLE_CUSTOMER, PROJECT_ROLE_OWNER,
-  ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR
+  ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR, ROLE_CONNECT_ADMIN
 } from '../../config/constants'
 import spinnerWhileLoading from '../../components/LoadingSpinner'
 import CoderBot from '../../components/CoderBot/CoderBot'
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class ProjectDetail extends Component {
 
   render() {
     const currentMemberRole = this.getProjectRoleForCurrentUser(this.props)
-    const powerRoles = [ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR]
+    const powerRoles = [ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR, ROLE_CONNECT_ADMIN]
     const isSuperUser = this.props.currentUserRoles.some((role) => powerRoles.indexOf(role) !== -1)
     return (
       <EnhancedProjectDetailView
diff --git a/src/projects/detail/containers/TeamManagementContainer.jsx b/src/projects/detail/containers/TeamManagementContainer.jsx
index 746b17f4c..dcf973f65 100644
--- a/src/projects/detail/containers/TeamManagementContainer.jsx
+++ b/src/projects/detail/containers/TeamManagementContainer.jsx
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import { connect } from 'react-redux'
 import { withRouter } from 'react-router-dom'
 import _ from 'lodash'
 import {
-  ROLE_CONNECT_COPILOT, ROLE_CONNECT_MANAGER, ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR,
-  PROJECT_ROLE_COPILOT, PROJECT_ROLE_MANAGER, PROJECT_ROLE_CUSTOMER, AUTOCOMPLETE_TRIGGER_LENGTH
+  ROLE_CONNECT_COPILOT, ROLE_CONNECT_MANAGER, ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR, ROLE_CONNECT_ADMIN,
+  PROJECT_ROLE_COPILOT, PROJECT_ROLE_MANAGER, PROJECT_ROLE_CUSTOMER,
+  AUTOCOMPLETE_TRIGGER_LENGTH
 } from '../../../config/constants'
 import TeamManagement from '../../../components/TeamManagement/TeamManagement'
 import { addProjectMember, updateProjectMember, removeProjectMember,
@@ -221,12 +222,14 @@ class TeamManagementContainer extends Component {
 }
 
 const mapStateToProps = ({ loadUser, members }) => {
-  const powerUserRoles = [ROLE_CONNECT_COPILOT, ROLE_CONNECT_MANAGER, ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR]
-  const managerRoles = [ ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR, ROLE_CONNECT_MANAGER ]
+  const adminRoles = [ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR, ROLE_CONNECT_ADMIN]
+  const powerUserRoles = [ROLE_CONNECT_COPILOT, ROLE_CONNECT_MANAGER, ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR, ROLE_CONNECT_ADMIN]
+  const managerRoles = [ ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR, ROLE_CONNECT_ADMIN, ROLE_CONNECT_MANAGER ]
   return {
     currentUser: {
       userId: parseInt(loadUser.user.id),
       isCopilot: _.indexOf(loadUser.user.roles, ROLE_CONNECT_COPILOT) > -1,
+      isAdmin: _.intersection(loadUser.user.roles, adminRoles).length > 0,
       isManager: loadUser.user.roles.some((role) => managerRoles.indexOf(role) !== -1),
       isCustomer: !loadUser.user.roles.some((role) => powerUserRoles.indexOf(role) !== -1)
     },
diff --git a/src/projects/list/components/Projects/Projects.jsx b/src/projects/list/components/Projects/Projects.jsx
index a9b293c23..4b79bd018 100755
--- a/src/projects/list/components/Projects/Projects.jsx
+++ b/src/projects/list/components/Projects/Projects.jsx
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ import ProjectsCardView from './ProjectsCardView'
 import { loadProjects } from '../../../actions/loadProjects'
 import _ from 'lodash'
 import querystring from 'query-string'
-import { ROLE_CONNECT_MANAGER, ROLE_CONNECT_COPILOT, ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR } from '../../../../config/constants'
+import {
+  ROLE_CONNECT_MANAGER,
+  ROLE_CONNECT_COPILOT,
+  ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR,
+  ROLE_CONNECT_ADMIN
+} from '../../../../config/constants'
 
 // This handles showing a spinner while the state is being loaded async
 import spinnerWhileLoading from '../../../../components/LoadingSpinner'
@@ -172,7 +177,7 @@ class Projects extends Component {
 
 const mapStateToProps = ({ projectSearch, members, loadUser }) => {
   let isPowerUser = false
-  const roles = [ROLE_CONNECT_COPILOT, ROLE_CONNECT_MANAGER, ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR]
+  const roles = [ROLE_CONNECT_COPILOT, ROLE_CONNECT_MANAGER, ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR, ROLE_CONNECT_ADMIN]
   if (loadUser.user) {
     isPowerUser = loadUser.user.roles.some((role) => roles.indexOf(role) !== -1)
   }