Talent Hub Talk

In today's episode of the Talent Hub Talk, we are delighted to be joined by Neha Nagori, a Salesforce CTA based in Dubai. Through the episode, Neha provides insight into her education and how she was assigned to a Testing role when she moved into the workforce, which made her consider moving overseas for further study and to retrain.

Neha shares how she did find her way into a Salesforce Developer role and how she grasped the opportunity and hasn't looked back. She talks about the importance of taking on uncomfortable challenges, how she personally approaches learning and shares some of the resources that have helped her. We also discuss the risk of being overwhelmed by the scale of the Salesforce ecosystem and the speed of change but highlight the importance of understanding the basics and doing them well.

Having passed the CTA Review Board recently, Neha explains how she identified the CTA as a goal and the reasons why it was important to her. Neha highlights how much Salesforce community groups helped her while preparing for the review board, and provides some advice for anyone that may be nervous about participating in these groups.

Finally, Neha talks about life as a Salesforce freelancer, the positives and challenges, as well as the different roles she has to play.

You can connect with Neha on her Linkedin page, as she is very active there.

We hope that you enjoy the episode!

In today's episode, we are excited to be joined by Christopher Hickman and Tiffany Devlin-Drye to discuss the power of being and having a mentor in the Salesforce ecosystem. Chris and Tiffany are both working as Solution Architects and have deep expertise in CPQ.

Through the episode, we discuss how they first came in contact, what made Tiffany stand out to Chris, as someone he wanted to invest time and energy in helping on her career journey, as well as what Chris' time and guidance meant to Tiffany at the time.

We look at how Tiffany has been able to grow her career and understand her own value in the market with Chris' help and insight, and explore how Tiffany has gone on to mentor other people on their own Salesforce journeys.

Finally, we ask Chris and Tiffany for some advice for anyone that may be looking to specialise in the CPQ space, an area that they both know well.

You can follow them both on their Linkedin pages: Chris Hickman and Tiffany Devlin-Drye

 

In today's episode, we are delighted to be joined by Joey Chan, Salesforce MVP and the Founder of Cloud Jedi.

Joey shares what first interested him in a career in IT, how he got started in the Salesforce ecosystem, and what encouraged him to start his own business only one year into his full-time working life.

We discuss the Salesforce ecosystem in the Philippines, how he differentiates his business from others, and what he looks for in new team members to ensure that Cloud Jedi are quality focussed and keep customers coming back for more.

Joey is passionate about continually upskilling and delivering value to clients on both the Salesforce and Mulesoft platforms, so we discuss why more Salesforce Developers aren't learning Mulesoft and Joey shares some insight on the new Hyper Automation Certification that is coming to market, and who it is suitable for.

If you want to connect with Joey, you can contact him on his Linkedin page. 

We hope you enjoy the episode.

In today's episode, we are delighted to welcome back Emily McCowan, Salesforce CTA and Public Sector Solutions Lead.

Since the last time Emily was on the show, she has successfully passed the CTA review board, so we unpick her journey from the beginning to now.

We look at the different roles Emily has held, why she has doubled down on working in the consulting space more recently, how her CTA journey took shape, and who has inspired her along the way.

Emily talks candidly about the CTA not being a race, what needs to align for anyone pursuing it, and how certain groups like Ladies Be Architects, Women In Tech, and FlowRepublic helped her.

Finally, Emily talks about what is important to her now and what she enjoys most about working on Public Sector projects.

You can connect with Emily on her Linkedin page.

In today's episode, we are excited to be joined by Sima Samara, Senior Salesforce Developer and the recipient of the Golden Hoodie at Dreamforce 2022.

Sima shares her brave and inspiring story, from studying for 6 years to be a Pharmacist to arriving in the Netherlands as a Refugee and working as a Cleaner, before finding Blue Road Academy, where her Salesforce journey started.

Sima talks us through what the Salesforce ecosystem means to her, what it was like being awarded the Golden Hoodie during the keynote with Marc Benioff, at Dreamforce 2022, and why she is so passionate about helping others into a career in Salesforce.

You can connect with Sima on her Linkedin page.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

In today's episode, we are delighted to be joined by Daniel Sanchez, Co-Founder of 21b, a Slack Consulting business.

Daniel talks us through his early career, his roles in the Salesforce ecosystem, where he first worked with Slack, and if he saw the Salesforce acquisition coming.

Daniel shares where the idea for 21b came from and what he has seen post-acquisition that has encouraged him to build a consulting business focused on Slack. We discuss what a typical Slack project looks like, what skills are required to implement and support Slack, and what Daniel is seeing as some of the best use cases for the product.

Finally, Daniel explains where he anticipates further enhancements of the Slack platform, how he is enjoying his own entrepreneurial journey, and where he sees opportunities for 21b in the future.

You can connect with Daniel on his Linkedin page. 

In today's episode, I am delighted to be joined by Nadina D. Lisbon, a Salesforce CTA and Enterprise CRM Architect in the US.

Nadina provides insight into why she pursued an education in IT, how she started her career with Salesforce and what some of her early practices were that set her up for success.

We discuss certain career moves that Nadina has made and how she has been strategic with decisions to ensure she is moving towards long-term goals. Nadina explains when the CTA first became a goal for her, why it was important to her, how the journey evolved, and the role that FlowRepublic played.

Nadina describes what the CTA Review Board was like for her, what it felt like to find out she has passed, how she understands the significance of her achievement, and how she hopes it will encourage others on their journeys.

Finally, Nadina talks about the importance of really knowing your "why" and the importance of the Salesforce community to her.

You can connect with Nadina on Linkedin and Twitter. 

In today's episode, we welcome back Sam Hoult, the Founder of Dataimporter.

Sam was on the show around 12 months ago, just as he was launching the product and before he had paying customers. We invited Sam back on the show to hear how the last 12 months have been, what he has learned, how the business has grown and his plans for the future.

Sam is building the business in public, so we recommend following him on Linkedin and Twitter.

In today's episode, we are delighted to be joined by Georgii Saveliev, a Salesforce CTA and Specialist in Salesforce Industries, Communications Cloud.

We discuss Georgii's initial interest in IT, how his Salesforce journey started and what excited him about the opportunity to join Vlocity back in 2018.

Georgii passed the CTA review board while employed by Salesforce, but while specialising in Vlocity, so he explains if this specialisation was a help or a hindrance for his CTA goal at the time.

Georgii provides an overview of Salesforce Industries, Omnistudio, the differences between Salesforce Revenue Cloud and Industries CPQ and explains how he came to specialise in Communications Cloud.

Finally, Georgii provides his view on how the Salesforce Industries space will evolve, what encouraged him to take the leap and leave his role with Salesforce to start his entrepreneurial journey and why he feels it is a smart move to have a specialisation.

You can connect with Georgii on Linkedin and find the Apex Hours content that he mentions here.

In today's episode, Ben shares some insight into how he sees things taking shape in the ANZ Salesforce market this year.