About

Akashdeep Arora is an experienced Salesforce enthusiast and Evangelist with a rich global experience working in the Salesforce ecosystem. He has lived in London, Paris, Switzerland, and India, and brings a zeal to improve business logic and processes to take organizations to the next level consistently. Akash is always ready to add value to organizations, taking initiatives to do something innovative for their growth and leaving no stone unturned to serve the best outcomes and services to global international clients and customers. As the Technical Lead of Salesforce Practice at Cognizant, Akash is dedicated and committed to his work, with a demonstrated history of working in the Salesforce industry. He is skilled in Apex, Triggers, Data Loader, configuration and customization, Non-Profits, Training, Agile Methodologies, and Public Speaking. Akash is a strong business development professional and one of the top active Trailblazers of Salesforce community in the world. He is also the Founder of #BeASalesforceChamp & #MakingChampion campaign at Salesforce itself across the globe to guide and mentor the upcoming generation of Salesforce Trailblazers in the ohana. Akash has multiple certifications in his bucket, including Salesforce, Fonteva, Administration, Development, Consultant, Salesforce DevOps, and many more, with expertise as a Certified Sales Cloud and Non-Profit Cloud Consultant. He is also recognized across the globe as #LightningChampion from Salesforce itself because of his key efforts to empower the Salesforce generation in the ohana. Akash has done his Bachelor's of Technology from MIT, and has worked as a Technical Lead - Salesforce and Associate Lead - Salesforce Practice at Hytechpro in the past. He has led multiple projects, worked on third-party integration apps, and was responsible for the ROI of the organization for Salesforce Department. He has also worked on Jira tool and used Agile Methodology. Akash is a great example of dedication towards Trailhead, with over 600 badges and lakhs of points earned on Trailhead, and has reached the highest rank of 6X Ranger on Trailhead. He is a blend of multiple skillsets that can be seen on Salesforce official community user groups, where he mentors, guides, volunteers, and organizes multiple Salesforce events/campaigns across the Trailblazer Community since years. As a Senior Associate - Projects and Technical Lead / Release Manager at Cognizant, Akash is handling Salesforce integration and lightning projects, building the architectural model and ERD to perform