It’s time once again for the Salesforce Trailblazer Community to shine a light on its outstanding leaders, product gurus, and tech innovators.
The latest batch of Salesforce MVPs has just been announced, and given the turbulence of the past year, the class of 2021 are an extra special bunch.
Salesforce MVPs are nominated by the Ohana, and many have made a major impact in both the Salesforce community and in their own communities throughout the global pandemic. The 34 freshman MVPs join a crew of more than 200 professionals who’ve been recognized for their passion, dedication, and their desire to help people succeed through the power of the Salesforce platform.
Let’s meet the newest Salesforce MVPs.
Andre van Kampen
@AndreKampen
Andre is a six-time certified Senior Salesforce Consultant (try saying that fast) from the Netherlands, currently working at YoungBlood. Active in the Salesforce community, Andre is the organizer of community conference YeurDreamin’, as well as EMEA CGL Office Hours and the Amsterdam User Group.
Angelica Buffa
@buffa_angelica
Hailing from Uruguay, Angelica is a Co-Founder at Salesforce custom development firm Modelit, and a Salesforce Architect with over a decade of tech experience. Angelica also founded the virtual Montevideo Salesforce Administrators Group, and has presented at Dreamforce!
Bill Kuehler
@wkuehler
Co-founder and Head of Development at resource management app creators Resource Hero, Bill has worked in the Salesforce world for more than 14 years. Bill also volunteers in the Salesforce Military community, hosting weekly Office Hours and offering advice and support to veterans on Salesforce questions, both technical and career-related.
Cassie Supilowski
@supilowski__c
Cassie is Senior Director of Data Solutions at OneGoal, five-time certified Salesforce pro and a leader in her local Salesforce community. Passionate about helping others kick-start their Salesforce careers, Cassie co-leads the Chicago Nonprofit User Group and has presented at more than 10 Salesforce and Dreamin’ events. She’s also been a Platform Champion since 2019.
Charise Van Liew
@charisevl
As Principal Associate at The Pew Charitable Trusts and co-lead of DC Nonprofit Salesforce Community Group for more than eight years, Charise’s dedication to supporting underrepresented tech professionals is unmistakable. She’s also a Trailblazer mentor, co-leader of the DEI Open Source Community Project, and a Nonprofit Dreamin’ community event organizer.
Chris Pifer
@selfuntitled
Senior Solution Architect at consulting firm Attain, Chris is an eight-time certified Application Architect specializing in nonprofits and education. He’s also part of the Open Source Commons Community Council that provides support and feedback for new open source projects.
David Carnes
@davidpcarnes3
A fifteen-year veteran of Salesforce, David is Chairman and Chief Evangelist at Salesforce Gold Partner OpFocus. David is a participant in Salesforce’s Platform Champion and Trailblazer Mentorship Programs and leads other community events like SaaS RevOps Roundtables and Dashboard Dōjōs. He also teaches Salesforce administration and reporting classes.
Enrico Murru
@Enreeco
The first-ever Italian Salesforce MVP, Enrico is an 18x certified Salesforce MVP and a Solution and Technical Architect at WebResults. He’s also the organizer of the Milan and Cagliari Salesforce Developer user groups, the creator of the ORGanizer for Salesforce browser extension, and a guest author for our blog!
Eric Praud
@ericpraud_p
Eric is a Senior Consultant at PolSource, based in Dublin and boasting over a decade of experience with Salesforce. Eric is a five-time certified Trailhead Ranger—you might’ve heard him sharing his Salesforce know-how on the Salesforce Admins Podcast!
Farah Sherif
@farahsherifgh
Based in Egypt, Farah is a Salesforce Developer at Mantrac Group, one of the largest Salesforce customers in the Middle East. Ten-time certified, Farah shares her knowledge and experience in Salesforce as the Leader of the Cairo Salesforce Community Group.
Gaspar Rodriguez
@RefugeeForce
Gaspar is a seven-time certified Senior Salesforce Consultant and a Co-Founder of RefugeeForce, a social enterprise that helps asylum seekers upskill and develop careers in the Salesforce ecosystem. He’s also spoken at DreamTX 2020 and is a winner of the coveted Golden Hoodie!
Genna Matson
@gemliza
Genna is a Senior Salesforce Marketing Cloud Engineer at digital agency DEG, and Social Admin and Co-founder at HowToSFMC.com, a resource developed by and for Salesforce Marketing Cloud users. Genna has previously been honored as part of the first class of Salesforce Marketing Champions.
Gordon Lee
@SalesforceGLee
Gordon is a Director and Salesforce Solution Architect at nonprofit Common Sense Media. He’s also the co-lead of the San Francisco Nonprofit User Group and is passionate about empowering nonprofits to achieve more by focusing on strategy. Gordon has been working with Salesforce since 2007, and in that time, has racked up four certifications and achieved Trailhead Ranger status!
Grissell Cabrera
@grisscs
Grissell is a Solution Architect at Xertica with more than 13 years of IT experience. Her passion for developing her skills and helping others to do the same led her to her position as a Director of Women Who Code MTY and Leader of the Salesforce Administrators community in Monterrey.
Jigar Shah
@jigarshah189
Jigar is a Director at Technology at Eternus Solutions and a Salesforce Enterprise Architect with experience on over 100 Salesforce implementations over the past 12 years. Boasting five Salesforce certifications, Jigar shares his expertise on his website Learn SFDC With Jigar and as a speaker at worldwide tech events and conferences.
Joey Chan
@CloudJedi__c
Joey is a Founder and Principal Consultant at Cloud Jedi Solutions. Rated as the #1 Developer on the AppExchange, Joey has achieved a whopping 15 certifications in his career, and helps others grow their own Salesforce knowledge as a Trailblazer Community Group Leader and the organizer of PHDreamin’. He has been a featured guest on the Salesforce Developer Podcast and the SalesforceWay Podcast.
Kaoru Minami
@kaorum0420
Kaoru has been a Salesforce Administrator for five years and is currently Section Manager at electric power company Chuo Electric Power Co, where she uses Salesforce to visualize management information. She also manages three Salesforce Communities and is a former Einstein Champion.
Kapil Batra
@iamKapilBatra
Kapil is the Founder of Salesforce Bolt and a four-time certified Full Stack Developer. A prolific knowledge-sharer, Kapil vlogs about Salesforce and shares useful advice, tips, tutorials, and training videos to help others make the most of the platform.
Kathleen Lueckeman
@klueckeman
Kathleen is Chief Strategy Officer at Olivet Nazarene University, a Higher Ed User Group leader, a Higher Ed Office Hours moderator, and the founder of Higher Education Advisory Council and Higher Ed Summit. Kathleen is dedicated to evangelizing and leveraging Salesforce as the platform for innovation in higher education.
Krithika Dharmarajan
@krithikaiyer
Krithika is a Senior Salesforce Consultant at Slalom, based in Washington. She has earned 11 Salesforce certifications to date. In her spare time, she acts as a Curriculum Lead for RAD Women and a Leader of the Seattle Salesforce Saturday User Group, helping others to upskill in tech.
Lara Black
@PardotPro
Lara is a four-time certified Marketing Champion and Pardot power user with almost a decade of experience in marketing automation. Currently Marketing Automation Manager at Safeguard Global, she’s also Co-Leader of the Austin Pardot User Group and has written for the Pardot blog.
Meera Nair
@meeranairtvm
Meera is an 18x (!!) Salesforce certified Enterprise Solutions Architect at UST Global. A Trivandrum Developer User Group Co-Lead and SAIMA (Salesforce Architects In The Making) Co-Organizer, Meera also blogs about her experiences with Salesforce, mentors Trailhead users, and spoke at DreamTX2020 representing India’s Trailblazer Community. She’s also presented at countless local and global community events and user groups.
Melissa Hill Dees
@melissahilldees
Melissa is a Founding Partner at HandsOn Connect Cloud Solutions. Five-time certified Melissa is dedicated to using Salesforce to help community leaders and nonprofits work more efficiently through automation. A past Dreamforce speaking, Melissa is also the co-founder of Nonprofit Dreamin’, a new Salesforce Trailblazer Community-led event.
Michelle Hansen
@mehansen82
Michelle is a 9x Salesforce certified Salesforce Administrator and Application Architect. A Trailblazer Community Group co-leader, Lightning Champion, and a Trailhead Ranger, Michelle has previously spoken at Dreamforce, Midwest Dreamin’, Florida Dreamin’, and North East Dreamin’.
Nadina Lisbon
@Nadina_codes
Nadina is a Systems Capability and Salesforce Architect at Tradeshift with 13 certifications under her belt. A Platform Champion and RAD Coach, she’s also Leader of the Austin, TX Developers Trailblazer Community Group. Nadina shares her experience in Salesforce and the world of retch on her blog, Freshly Squeezed.
Neetu Bansal
@NeetuBansal5
A Salesforce Practice Head at Digital Cues, Neetu is a Salesforce Evangelist who has been developing apps on the platform for a decade. Neetu supports women looking to upskill in Salesforce through her work as Salesforce WIT Leader, Jaipur. She’s also the organizer of several events such as JDF18, JCC19, and WIT Summit and is a regular speaker at tech conferences.
Pat McClellan
@patmcclellan__c
Chief Lightning Officer at Proton 7 Group, Pat is an experienced Developer, Consultant, and the creator of Lightning Component, Proton Text. A Lightning Champion and a Trailblazing Partner, Pat has presented at Dreamforce twice, co-founded Superbadge Sunday, and volunteers as a coach for RAD Women Code.
Rebecca Joffrey
@rebeccajoffrey
Rebecca is an IT Innovation Officer at Cornell University, where she leads the Student Experience Initiative. Rebecca can regularly be found facilitating and speaking at workshops, sharing her experiences using Salesforce to scale service, design user experiences, and enable data-driven decision making.
Robert Sösemann
@rsoesemann
Robert is a Principal Salesforce Architect at Copado, a leading Salesforce DevOps firm. A regular blogger, speaker, and teacher on all things coding, Robert has authored courses on Pluralsight.
Shibu Abraham
@shibua
Shibu is a Marketing Champion and Director at UST in Malaysia, where he leads the APAC practice. He’s earned 17 certifications so far and is passionate about all things Marketing Cloud. Shibu leads the Marketing Cloud Trailblazer Community Group in Cyberjaya, and blogs on Marketing Cloud-related topics.
Shruti Sridharan
@shruti4chess
Shruti is a 14x certified Senior Salesforce Developer currently working at Dazeworks Inc. She’s also Leader of the Kerala Women in Tech user group, an IoT specialist, Einstein Champion, and Dreamforce 2019 speaker who regularly blogs about Salesforce topics.
Thierry Trouin
@thierrytrouin
Thierry is a seven-time certified Application Architect with ten years’ experience in Salesforce. He is currently a Technical Expert at Business & Decision. A Lightning Champion, Thierry is also the Leader of the Toulouse Salesforce User Group.
Toni V. Martin
@tonivallentine
Toni is Managing Director and Senior Salesforce Business Analyst at Systems to Success. A certified Administrator, Service Cloud Consultant, and Sales Cloud Consultant, Toni is an organizer of the Salesforce Business Analyst Virtual Summit and the Salesforce Business Analysts User Group. An accomplished speaker, she has previously appeared at Dreamforce and Southeast Dreamin’.
Vinay Chaturvedi
@vinayforce
Vinay is COO and Architect at Dazeworks and has been awarded Salesforce MVP status five times. An 8x certified Salesforce pro, Vinay is the founder of IndiaDreamin’, NextGenTrailblazers, and leader of the Salesforce Noida Developer Group. He’s also appeared at many tech conferences, including TrailheadX India and Dreamforce.
“The Salesforce MVP program is a reflection of the people and points of inspiration that make up the Salesforce community—being a Trailblazer and inspiring others to do the same!
“My top tip is to help others so that they can, in turn, help others, who will, in turn, help others. Recognition should never be the end game.”
Here are the 49 new Salesforce MVPs for 2019:
“It’s an honor to be included in a list of great professionals with a big commitment to the community. I’m thankful. There’s a lot to do in Latin America regarding Salesforce practice (cultural and technical) and MVPs play an important role in that transformation.”
