ScaleUp Architects

Who We Are

Since becoming a Certified Technical Architect, Melissa Shephard noticed a lack of women and other underrepresented groups at her various meet-ups and community events. Since then, she has joined up with other CTA’s and Salesforce Architects to create a program providing support, mentorship, and coaching to those who would otherwise not have such avenues of support.

Scale Up Architects is adding another layer of learning and support on top of the successful Architect Ohana Slack channel. We will focus on building an architect mindset to upskill candidates from Application Architect onwards. The journey may be straight up to the top of the CTA pyramid, but it may also lead to System Architect, B2B Solution Architect, B2C Solution Architect or anywhere in between!

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Architect Candidates

After two successful pilots, we have decided to create two separate levels of cohorts. An ideal candidate for either level will be a member of an underrepresented group who does not currently have support developing their architect skills.

There is no cost for this program, but you should be aware and ready for the time investment to be successful before committing to the program. Your success is our success and it does take work!

Level 1 is a 10 week program consisting of weekly sessions, homework and a capstone project. We will focus on the soft skills and toolkit necessary to develop an architect’s mindset. Architect certifications will be helpful, but are not mandatory. You should have at least 3 years of Salesforce experience to fully benefit from the program.

APPLY TO LEVEL 1

Level 2 will include bi-weekly sessions focused on building out the architect skillset loosely based on the seven sections of the Certified Technical Architect exam.* You should already have successfully attained Application Architect and are looking at taking the next step on your architect journey.

APPLY TO LEVEL 2

Volunteer Coaches

If you are an architect of any type and looking for a way to give back to the community, let us know! We’ll be looking for more like-minded individuals to join our mission as the program develops as coaches and mentors.

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Not Quite Sure Yet?

MEET THE ADVISORY BOARD

Vicki Moritz-Henry

A true life-long learner at heart, Vicki is the co-founder of Telosofi, a nonprofit consultancy, and a Salesforce Certified Instructor. She specializes in architecture across core, marketing automation and data, weaving change management and business transformation into her engagements. She has worked extensively in the workforce development space and has a past life as a virtual English teacher.

Drawn to the nonprofit space, she gives back as a founding member of ScaleUp Architects, a steering committee member for The Technical Collective, coaching with RAD Women, through the MVP & Marketing Champions program and mentoring. Outside the Salesforce world, she is a mom of three, avid bookworm and loves to hike around her home in France.

Walter Spinrad

Walter Spinrad is a Managing Director at Crowe LLP, where he leads the Salesforce Architecture team. He is a Salesforce Certified Technical Architect with 30 years of experience in systems and enterprise architecture and serves as a business transformation advisor helping organizations align technology strategy, enterprise architecture, and Salesforce capabilities to drive meaningful business outcomes.

Prior to Crowe, Walter served as a Salesforce architect team lead, bringing deep experience in platform strategy, solution architecture, and enterprise delivery. He is an active leader in the Salesforce architect community as Co-Lead of the Tampa Salesforce Architect Community Group, an Architect Dreamin’ presenter, and a Salesforce Architect Ambassador. Walter is also a mentor and coach with a strong passion for paying it forward by helping others grow, build confidence, and advance in their architecture careers.

Sam Wadhwani

Sam is a UK-based Salesforce CTA and experienced Salesforce enterprise architect with more than 12 years in the ecosystem. Sam currently focuses on the Financial Services sectors, but has previously worked in Telecommunications, Consumer Goods and Healthcare/Life Sciences industries.

Apart from a passion to understand how technology works together to solve complex problems and improve people’s lives, Sam likes getting outdoors for various sports, DIY, travelling and drawing.

MEET THE FOUNDERS

Nadina D. Lisbon

As a CRM Enterprise Architect (EA), Nadina designs, develops, and maintains enterprise information systems with a focus around Salesforce Accountable for CRM frameworks and adherence to industry best practices and standards. She holds multiple professional certifications and a Masters in Computational Science; her main goal is to solve complex enterprise problems while staying actively involved in the Salesforce community, mentoring and helping others further their careers.

When she is not working she volunteers her time as a coach for the Radical Apex Developers (RAD) Women’s Organization, is a MuleSoft Mentor, a content creator, volunteers for #100DaysOfTrailhead which is a Platform Champion alumni, co-leads the Salesforce Austin Developer User Group, and is the committee Chair for Platform Power Hour.

Angela Mahoney

Angela Mahoney has been a Salesforce platform enthusiast since her first implementation in 2006. Starting as an Admin, deploying a 100% mobile solution in a bi-lingual environment, Angela grew her skillset into managing implementations of larger, coded, integrated projects across a variety of industries.

She soon realized she loves helping create opportunities for others to grow their skillsets and as part of her Salesforce journey, cofounded RADWomen (an organization that teaches women to code on the Salesforce platform), Forcelandia (a community-sponsored, developer-focused community event), the Portland Salesforce Developer Group, and the Portland WIT Group. Angela became a Salesforce MVP in 2014, and was recognized in 2019 by Salesforce with an Equality Award, and a Golden Hoodie at TrailheaDX 2019. She’s spoken at multiple Dreamforces and Salesforce community events around the world, in English and Spanish.

Susannah Plaisted

Susannah Plaisted is a Colmbian-American Architect Evangelist at Salesforce. She is passionate about empowering and inspiring Architects and ensuring they have the tools and skills they need to build better solutions. Susannah believes that everyone should have access to the resources they need to become as technical as they want to be.

In her spare time, Susannah enjoys sharing her love for technology with others as a co-lead of Ladies Be Architects. Susannah is a Golden Hoodie Recipient, a former 2x Salesforce MVP and is 23x Salesforce certified.

Allison Park

Allison is Principal Enterprise Architect at Salesforce. This role is truly her dream job and feels she owes a huge debt of gratitude to RAD Women. As a former IT Leader and AS/400 Programmer, Allison wants to help others to update their skills and grow into the Architect they hope to become.

Allison has been in IT for 20+ years and is excited to channel her experience into growing future leaders on the Salesforce Platform. She is the former co-leader of the Chicago WIT group. You can find Allison enjoying yoga, micro-breweries, and Salesforce (preferably all three at the same time) on any given weekend.

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