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Kossi Daklou

Kossi Daklou

Elgin,TX

Summary

Dedicated Salesforce OneCRM DevOps and Deployment engineer with with 3 years and 7 months at General Motors, playing a key role in the successful deployment and managing end-to-end deployment processes, directly contributing to improved business processes and user adoption. I am passionate about my work. I've learned to be more mindful of my responsibilities as team member. I try to prioritize and delegate my tasks better to avoid committing to too much work and falling behind on my tasks.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Salesforce OneCRM DevOps

General Motors
06.2024 - 08.2025
  • Provided salesforce OneCRM support by performing deployment into lower and production environment and performing Post deployment task. Compile code with no merge conflicts. Make sure pull request has minimum of approvers and validation pass before merging the code.
  • Helped create Copado release and continuous Deployment.
  • Helped developer to resolve code deployment issue.
  • Provided non-production support and participate on call incident with the appropriate resources.
  • Created internal support document for request applications access and maintain necessary technical documentation.
  • Increased collaboration between development and operations teams through cross-functional workshops, trainings, and communication channels.
  • Implemented monitoring dashboards to provide real-time visibility into system health metrics for both technical staff and business stakeholders alike.

IT Rapid Response Team (Deployment engineer)

General Motors
01.2022 - 06.2024
  • Deployed OnStar legacy applications for North America, South America and in Middle East by GM private cloud.
  • Performed shutdown, startup, restart of servers and failover to support innovation teams and help accomplish their goals. keeping applications up and healthy for testing in production & non-production environments.
  • Running smoke testing suites after production & non-production application deployments and reporting results to development teams.
  • Provided production support for various applications and managed applications troubleshooting with the appropriate resources.
  • Created internal support document for request applications access and maintain necessary technical documentation.

Education

Master of Science - Business Analytics

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
12.2021

Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems

Iowa State University
Ames, IA
05.2019

Skills

  • Python programming
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Tableau
  • Oracle SQL
  • Machine Learning
  • Azure data bricks
  • Smoke Test
  • Deployment Process
  • Agile Methodology
  • Production Support
  • Troubleshooting
  • Salesforce DevOps
  • Continuous deployment
  • Documentation management
  • Best practices implementation
  • DevOps principles
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Attention to detail
  • Monitoring and logging
  • Release management

Accomplishments

  • Achieved near-zero post-deployment defects by executing Salesforce OneCRM and legacy OnStar deployments with meticulous testing and release procedures.

Language

French
English

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Analysis: Using Python programming in statistical projects and an Excel analysis project proved an aptitude for managing descriptive, predictive, exploratory analysis.
  • Team Player: Shows leadership skills working on projects in a team of four to five. Ability to guide, communicate and transfer knowledge. Collaborates well with others and offers flexibility when needed.
  • Attention to Detail: Capable of diagnosing and analyzing problems, collaborating with others when necessary to source, root cause and plan a sustainable solution.
  • Time Management: Dependable with a creative way of organizing and streamlining processes and procedures obtaining higher productivity within strict cutoff dates – ability to multi-task and manage changing priorities.
  • Reporting: Basic knowledge gaining experience in this area via writing up reports on scenarios and projects. Managed and generating reports on data quality.
  • Takes Direction: A good listener; ability to understand and interpret direction. Not afraid of asking questions to clarify when necessary.

VOLUNTEER WORK

· Participated in community clean-up initiatives by picking up trash along Lake, helping to preserve the natural beauty of the area

Timeline

Salesforce OneCRM DevOps

General Motors
06.2024 - 08.2025

IT Rapid Response Team (Deployment engineer)

General Motors
01.2022 - 06.2024

Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems

Iowa State University

Master of Science - Business Analytics

University of Iowa