Talent Hub Talk

Daniel Sanchez on the power of Slack

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. 

Nadina D. Lisbon on understanding your ”why” for the CTA journey and paving the way forward

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. 

Sam Hoult on his journey scaling Dataimporter and the story of the last 12 months

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.

Georgii Saveliev on Salesforce Industries and the benefit of having a specialisation

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.

How is the ANZ Salesforce market shaping up for 2023?

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

Highlights from 2022 on Talent Hub Talk

In today's episode, we look back on some of the highlights from 2022.

Thank you to all of our awesome listeners and amazing guests, we hope you have enjoyed the episodes as much as we have.

Topics discussed:

(00:48) Entrepreneurial Spirit & Goal Setting;

(06:31) Giving Back To The Community & Helping Others;

(11:59) The Salesforce Community & Togetherness;

(17:07) Mental Health & Maintaining a Worklife Balance;

(22:07) Reactions to Passing the CTA Exam;

(25:00)Tips for Success.

A look back at the ANZ Salesforce market through 2022

In today's episode, Ben shares some insight into how he saw things play out in the ANZ Salesforce market through 2022.

Cedric Savarese on building FormAssembly and how their relationship with Salesforce has evolved

In today's episode, we are delighted to be joined by Cedric Savarese, the Founder and CEO of FormAssembly.

Having had FormAssembly as a Talent Hub Talk podcast sponsor, it was awesome to sit down and hear more about the origin and evolution of the business. Cedric shares where the idea came from, how they identified Salesforce as a partner, and how that relationship has evolved.

Cedric also provides some insight into the current challenges that businesses are facing with data, and what the differences are between data ownership and data stewardship.

Finally, Cedric talks us through how he has approached retaining and attracting talent as well as what excites him most about what is still to come from FormAssembly.

We hope you enjoy the episode.

Roman Gorbatov on his Salesforce journey and finishing the CTA review board at 5 a.m.

In today's episode, we are delighted to be joined by Roman Gorbatov, a Salesforce CTA and Principal Architect.

Roman provides some insight into his early career and how he initially discovered the Salesforce ecosystem. Having joined his current company 11 years ago, Roman explains the different roles that he has taken on over that time and how and why he decided he wanted to focus on the Architect role.

Roman spent his first few Salesforce years working on projects in Russia, so gives a glimpse into what it was like working there and what he noticed was different about the expectations in Russia compared to the US market, when he relocated to New York.

Finally, Roman talks us through why he wanted to become a CTA, how he prepared and how important having structure and guidance from FlowRepublic was. Roman also shares a story about why he ended up sitting the review board between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., unbeknown to the panel at the time.

You can connect with Roman on Linkedin.

We hope that you enjoy the episode.

Arthur Backouche on breaking into the Salesforce Marketing Cloud market

In today's episode, we are delighted to be joined by Arthur Backouche, a Salesforce Marketing Cloud Consultant based in Sydney.

Arthur talks about his early passion for start-ups and initial exposure to the world of programming and digital marketing. Arthur explains how he came to know of Salesforce, what interested him about moving into this ecosystem and what the limitations were with some of the other platforms he had worked with previously.

Many hiring managers struggle to find Salesforce Marketing Cloud professionals, so Arthur gives his view on what skills and knowledge managers should look for when they are considering candidates from other digital marketing roles.

Having successfully landed a Salesforce Marketing Cloud role, Arthur shares what he found most challenging in the new role as well as talking candidly about the difficulties he faced with his job search.

Finally, Arthur explains what he is most enjoying working with, from a Salesforce Marketing Cloud perspective, why he is posting his personal journey online and what he hopes to achieve in the future.

You can connect with Arthur on his Linkedin page.