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Ramya Yadavannavar

Hartford

Summary

Dynamic Salesforce Administrator with over 5 years of experience in optimizing CRM processes and enhancing operational efficiency. Demonstrated expertise in Salesforce configuration, data management, and user training drives impactful system improvements. A strong analytical mindset complements a proven ability to implement effective workflows and foster user adoption through targeted support. Committed to leveraging knowledge in Salesforce administration to facilitate data-driven decision-making, and contribute to overall business success.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Salesforce Administrator

Large Insurance Corporation
05.2021 - Current
  • Responsible for managing and customizing users, profiles, roles, validation rules, permission sets, page layouts, record types, public groups, sharing rules, and custom objects.
  • Spearheaded the migration of CRM data to Salesforce, substantially improving data accuracy and operational efficiency by utilizing the Salesforce Data Loader and implementing validation rules.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define access requirements, developing and maintaining user roles, security settings, and profile configurations to ensure data security for over 5,000 users.
  • Seasoned in Apex programming, Aura/Lightning components, change set deployments, and environment refreshes.
  • Streamlined data entry processes for the sales team by creating mandatory fields and validation checks, reducing manual errors by 25% and improving user adoption.
  • Utilized Agile methodologies with two-week sprints, daily scrums, backlog grooming and sprint reviews, ensuring timely delivery of business-critical Salesforce enhancements and continuous stakeholder engagement.
  • Streamlined project tracking by integrating and migrating story data from Jira into Copado, enabling comprehensive user story component tracking within Salesforce.
  • Managed deployments using Copado by creating pipelines, resolving conflicts, and ensuring smooth migration of features across DEV, QA, UAT, and PROD environments with minimal deployment failures.
  • Worked on Git branch creation and code pushes, followed by team peer code reviews before merging to UAT sandbox, maintaining code quality, version control practices, and collaborative development standards.
  • Collaborated with integration partners such as Mulesoft, IICS, AWS Glue, Talend & AWS Lambda.
  • Built SOQL queries and batch Apex to process to process high-volume insurance data, optimizing performance while maintaining governor limits and supporting large-scale policy and quote processing operations.
  • Enhanced Salesforce system efficiency by optimizing workflows, automating processes, and streamlining data management.
  • Configured and automated Email-to-case and Web-to-case functionalities with assignment rules and entitlement SLAs, to improve efficiency and ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Developed and maintained reports and dashboards to provide insights into sales performance.
  • Refresh and configuration of Sandboxes of different teams.
  • Administered Salesforce platform, including the implementation and ongoing management of OwnBackup for automated data and metadata backup and recovery, ensuring data integrity and business continuity.

Salesforce Admin/Developer

Ruckus Networks
07.2010 - 10.2015
  • Tailored Salesforce functionality by developing custom objects, fields, page layouts, validation rules, and workflow rules, approval process, and metadata configurations, resulting in a streamlined user experience.
  • Developed and customized Salesforce applications to enhance user experience and streamline operations.
  • Implemented role hierarchies, profiles, field-level security, OWDs and sharing rules to safeguard sensitive data.
  • Utilized the Data Import Wizard to perform bulk imports and exports, enhancing data accuracy through meticulous field mapping and de-duplication.
  • Documented system configurations and user guides to facilitate better understanding and adoption of the CRM.
  • Managed user stories, tasks, and sprint backlogs in Jira, ensuring timely delivery of Salesforce development milestones.
  • Participated in Agile development processes, contributing to sprint planning and daily stand-ups for project alignment.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

VTU
05.2010

Skills

  • Salesforce Development & Customization: SOQL, SOSL, Salesforce Flows, Process Builder, Workflow Rules, Custom Metadata Types, Lighting Web Components(LWC), Aura Components
  • Salesforce Clouds: Sales Cloud & Service Cloud
  • Administration & Security: User Setup, Profiles, Roles, Permission Sets, Sharing Rules, Organization-Wide Defaults(OWD), Record Types, Page Layouts, Validation Rules, Reports & Dashboards, Data Loader, Data Import Wizard
  • CI/CD & Version Control: Copado, AutoRABIT, Jenkins, GitHub, Salesforce CLI
  • APIs: REST, SOAP, BULK
  • Tools: Data Loader, Inspector, Visual Studio, JIRA, Service Now

Certification

  • Salesforce Certified Administrator
  • Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder
  • Salesforce Certified Developer


Link - Certifications

Timeline

Salesforce Administrator

Large Insurance Corporation
05.2021 - Current

Salesforce Admin/Developer

Ruckus Networks
07.2010 - 10.2015

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

VTU