I’m a Principal Salesforce Consultant who has completed over 60 implementations for small businesses, financial services organizations and nonprofits. I love helping customers solve complex problems and scaling their business using the Salesforce.com platform.
I took the initial Partner 201 class in the summer of 2008 having NEVER used Salesforce. That first day of the training was really rough (I liken it to teaching preschooler multiplication tables) but I got through it and started doing part time Salesforce work.
Fast forward to the summer of 2012. I was doing 10-20 hours of configuration for larger Salesforce implementation firms as a contractor. While I had the technical skills, I didn’t have the industry-wide recognition that a Salesforce.com certification brings. After getting certified as both an Administrator and then Sales Cloud Consultant, I was able to market myself as a Salesforce Consultant.
Within a month, I doubled my salesforce contracting work (now doing 25-40 hours a week) and increased my hourly by 25%. Both of these changes were a direct result of my Salesforce.com certifications.
In March of 2014, just prior to my full-time employment at a new consulting firm, I got both the Service Cloud and Developer Certifications within a week. In the summer of 2016 I added Pardot and the Marketing Cloud Email Specialist to my certification list. I went from believing that I would never be a full-fledged member of the Salesforce echo system to having half a dozen certifications. Whether you’re looking for a career change, a pay increase or to increase your skills, I highly recommend getting Salesforce.com certified.
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