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Venkatesh Kakolu

Charlotte,NC

Summary

Innovative Salesforce Technical Architect with proven success in software project consultancy and solutions implementation. Multi-talented systems architect with knowledge and determination to deliver actionable and effective business solutions. Thrives in deadline-driven environments with focus on quality and accuracy.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
7
7
Certificate

Work History

Salesforce Tech Lead

NextEra Energy Resources
Juno Beach, Florida
09.2023 - Current
  • Designed and developed forward-thinking systems that meet user needs and improve productivity.
  • Achieved shorter release cycles by streamlining continuous integration and delivery pipeline.
  • Enhanced application performance by identifying bottlenecks and optimizing code.
  • Conducted data modeling, performance and integration testing.
  • Advocated for and implemented scalable cloud solutions, improving infrastructure flexibility and cost-efficiency.
  • Collaborated with product managers to define technical requirements and develop innovative solutions for complex problems.
  • Designed and implemented scalable applications for data extraction and analysis.

Salesforce Technical Architect

LendingTree
Charlotte, NC
08.2021 - 09.2023
  • Collaborated with business to determine project specifications and scope.
  • Provided technical leadership to team members during system design.
  • Developed network and system architecture according to business needs.
  • Performed quality code review and removed technical debt and security vulnerabilities.
  • Provided current best practices and third-party solution alternatives when necessary for functional design documentation.
  • Worked closely with customers, internal staff and other stakeholders to determine planning, implementation and integration of system-oriented projects.
  • Provided 3rd level technical support and troubleshooting to internal and external clients.

Senior Salesforce Developer

LendingTree
Charlotte, NC
12.2017 - 08.2021
  • Designed, developed, modified 8 different Sales and Service Cloud applications.
  • Maintained existing applications and designed and delivered new applications.
  • Worked closely with business to establish specifications and system designs.
  • Contributed ideas and suggestions in team meetings and delivered updates on deadlines, designs and enhancements.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional development team members to analyze potential system solutions based on evolving business requirements.
  • Involved in refinement meetings for requirements analysis, designing data model, identifying customization and Technical discussions
  • Integrated Salesforce with internal systems to fetch consumer data and interaction history of consumer for any sales or service requests
  • Created APIs in MuleSoft to integrate with other systems like Workday, Kafka and SQL database
  • Implemented customizations using Lightning components, Apex controller classes, Triggers and Lightning events.
  • Implemented best practices to avoid governor limits by writing repeated code in triggers and apex classes.
  • Used GitLab to set up Continuous integration and Continuous deployment to seamlessly deploy code to multiple Sandboxes and production environment in Salesforce.

Salesforce Developer

LendingTree
Charlotte, NC
06.2017 - 12.2017
  • Tested functionality, performed debugging and carried out modifications to conduct quality checks.
  • Updated programs as per user needs and developed codes that were in accordance to specifications.
  • Designed and Implemented Custom Business objects, Entity Relationship data model, Page layouts, custom tabs and custom Lightning Components to meet needs of application
  • Written apex unit test classes for Trigger, Apex classes to meet 75% of code coverage to migrate to Production instances
  • Designed and developed User Interface for Salesforce users as per requirements

Education

Master of Science - Information Technology

Valparaiso University
Valparaiso, IN
12.2016

Skills

  • Technical Architecture Design
  • Salesforce Lightning
  • Apex Programming
  • MuleSoft
  • Methodolgies : Agile
  • Contact Center Technology
  • Team work
  • Build Releases
  • Code Reviews
  • Technical Integration
  • Critical Thinking
  • Bug Fixes

Accomplishments

GSD Award winner at LendingTree

Certification

Platform Developer 1

Platform Developer 2

Platform App Builder

Administrator

Advanced Administrator

Sales Cloud Consultant

Service Cloud Consultant

Timeline

Salesforce Tech Lead

NextEra Energy Resources
09.2023 - Current

Salesforce Technical Architect

LendingTree
08.2021 - 09.2023

Senior Salesforce Developer

LendingTree
12.2017 - 08.2021

Salesforce Developer

LendingTree
06.2017 - 12.2017

Master of Science - Information Technology

Valparaiso University

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