About Me


I'm a Venezuelan interested in all things technology has to offer.

I'm a Salesforce certified Technical Architect and a TOGAF 9 certified enterprise architect.

With a degree of Computer Science engineering, this has been my career progression:
  • I started as a web developer, eCommerce mainly.
  • Then I progressed to developing bespoke CRM solutions with a stint in project management.
  • I then moved to Spain, working on Siebel as a developer
  • I changed my aim to Salesforce and have never looked back: from developer, Senior Developer, Technical Architect, Senior Technical Architect and now Head of Architecture!
Currently, I specialise in Salesforce.com and everything related to it, but I have a wider interest in all things computer science, especially on Cloud Technologies, DevOps and systems integration.

I'll be writing about all of this and probably some more! Oh, and all views are my own.

On the personal side, I'm a family man and the thing I love most in the world is spending time with my beautiful wife Katherine and daughter Valentina, not forgetting my dog Pichis!

I love travelling and eating (also reading, sports, TV and film!), so who knows, might be posting some things on that as well.

You can find me on twitter @ivanesalmeida

Comments

  1. Katherine2 August 2018 at 07:27

    We love you!!

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  2. Gaurav6 August 2018 at 21:24

    Read through all the posts so far! Great work and I hope you can keep up the pace in the weeks & months to come!

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  3. Unknown11 September 2018 at 03:31

    Good to find your thoughts and valuable knowledge laid in this blog Ivan. Thanks for sharing that with us all.

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