Jay Janarthanan

• Create sophisticated solutions for the Insurance sector by leveraging a range of Salesforce products.
• My main focus lies in utilizing Vlocity Omnistudio, BRE, APEX, LWC, CI/CD, Salesforce Functions, UTAM, Data Cloud, and C#.
• Achieved a remarkable 200% increase in productivity compared to the team's average and recognized as a Star Performer in Q4-2022.
• Presented as a speaker at TDX23, delivering talks on three distinct topics.

Designed a comprehensive Salesforce curriculum encompassing Administration, Development, and Omnistudio, and developed training materials for an extensive six-month Salesforce course tailored specifically for BCBSM. Successfully transitioned 25 Java developers into proficient Salesforce developers as a result of this program.

• Created Go to Market plan for Salesforce practice.
• Technical lead on all Salesforce projects.
• Cultivate partners, customers, and team members.
• Responsible for hiring and managing talent for Salesforce Practice.
• Conducted well over 300 interviews, hired a team of 20, and managed them.
• Involved in all pre-sales activities, including customer presentations, pricing, and SOW.
• Conducted technical review on all deliverables, pre, and post-sales.
• Experienced in developing app exchange packages.
• Gained much insight into what works and doesn't work in SF practices.

• As the technical lead for the bank's Salesforce Center for Excellence (C4E), responsible for overseeing multiple Salesforce products and projects, managing one of the most extensive Salesforce organizations in the banking industry.

• Dedicated to optimizing the bank's investment in Salesforce by promoting Salesforce as a versatile platform to the business. This involves creating proof-of-concepts (POCs), facilitating product owner workshops, and introducing innovative offerings from both Salesforce and partner companies.

• Proficiently translate intricate business requirements into well-structured solutions that harness the power of Salesforce, MuleSoft, Marketing Cloud, and third-party products like AWS, Confluent, and Splunk.

• Take the lead in conducting technical design sessions with both internal teams and external vendors for various projects. This includes overseeing vendor selection, reviewing architectural choices, defining statement of work (SOW), and shaping solution designs.

• Offer hands-on, expert-level technical support to developers, assisting them in troubleshooting challenging bugs and guiding junior developers through their learning and growth.

• Play a pivotal role in the candidate and partner selection process, evaluating the performance of developers and partner organizations to ensure alignment with the bank's objectives.

• Participated in one of the most significant Salesforce projects worldwide.
• Focused on architecture, integrations, release management, and coding.
• Selected and implemented development tools such as IDE, Version Control, CI, and Testing.
• Trained and continually mentored about 20 Java developers in Salesforce development.
• Implemented a development culture that values Test Driven Design.

• Moved a large-scale legacy C# / ASP / SQL application to the Salesforce platform.
• Developed APEX code generation tools to reduce development time.
• Built automated Salesforce UI testing and removed manual testing.
• Integrated Salesforce with on-premises systems using C# and REST.