DevOps Diaries
DevOps Diaries, brought to you by Gearset, is the podcast for Salesforce professionals to hear stories from folks in the Trailblazer ecosystem responsible for delivering awesome Salesforce implementations — the trials, tribulations, and successes. Hosted by Jack McCurdy.
Episodes
39 episodes since 2022
039 — Steve Fouracre: How AI will eradicate Salesforce development as we know it!
Steve Fouracre is the founder of Self Evolving Software (SES), and Head of Salesforce Delivery at Metacube. Steve started his career in the Salesforce ecosystem as a Salesforce Developer, and grew to managing Salesforce development teams for so...
September 05, 2024
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Episode 39
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35:44
038 — Julián Duque: How to use Heroku for connected customer experiences!
Julián Duque is Principal Developer Advocate for Heroku at Salesforce. His background in Node.js allows him to think objectively about development on the Salesforce platform and how it scales. His work with Heroku gives him a unique perspective...
August 22, 2024
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Episode 38
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46:00
037 — Kevin Boyle: Growing Gearset, the CEO's Story!
Kevin Boyle, CEO of Gearset, joins Jack on this episode of DevOps Diaries. Kevin’s career has taken him from software engineering intern at Microsoft, to leading one of the most successful Salesforce ISV’s as CEO. His background gives him a uni...
August 08, 2024
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Episode 37
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45:45
036 — Daisy Garcia & Hannah Kahn: Women, give yourself permission to fail and learn!
Jack is joined by Daisy Garcia, CEO and founder of ImagineCRM, and Hannah Kahn, CRO at ImagineCRM. Daisy and Hannah share a love for philanthropy, and driving foundations and nonprofits to success through technology. Their love for their missio...
July 25, 2024
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Episode 36
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39:36
035 — DevOps Diaries best bits: Highlights from 2024 so far!
Over thirteen episodes in 2024, we’ve learnt a whole lot. About Salesforce, leadership, DevOps, and personal growth. To mark the half-way point in the year, Jack has compiled some of the best snippets from all thirteen episodes!Strap in...
July 11, 2024
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Episode 35
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50:49
034 — Abi Claus: Language is the API of the brain!
Abi Claus has been in the Salesforce ecosystem since 2011. She is passionate about spreading her knowledge to empower women in technology. She’s grown from a Salesforce admin to a Salesforce platform owner and director, and is now dedicated to ...
June 27, 2024
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Episode 34
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43:26
033 — Jason Lantz: Modern Salesforce development is modular!
Jason Lantz is a prominent figure in the Salesforce ecosystem, known for his contributions to Salesforce DevOps and open source tooling. He is the founder and CEO of MuseLab, a company that enhances Salesforce ISVs' product lifecycles, and is t...
June 13, 2024
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Episode 33
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53:34
032 — Nathen Harvey: Using DORA to measure your team performance with confidence!
Nathen Harvey is Developer Advocate and the lead for DORA at Google Cloud, their DevOps Research and Assessment unit. For ten years Nathen has spearheaded tech communities and authored several reports that now form the industry standard for mea...
May 30, 2024
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Episode 32
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37:05
031 — Jolene Mair: Protecting your Salesforce data, and your sanity!
Jolene Mair is a Salesforce Application Engineer at cybersecurity company, HackerOne. She is also a Gearset DevOps leader. Jolene has six-years of experience in the Salesforce ecosystem, is 11x Salesforce certified, and brings technical experti...
May 16, 2024
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Episode 31
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31:58
030 — Derek Bisson: How to uncover your native genius and lead teams with humility
Derek Bisson is a senior technology leader. He’s worked in the Salesforce ecosystem for 14 years, and cares deeply about how he can get the most out of his teams while leaving them feeling fulfilled and motivated. In this episode Jack a...
May 02, 2024
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Episode 30
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47:15
029 — Melissa Hill Dees: "Do more good!". Creating a technology landscape that supports EVERYONE
Melissa Hill Dees is an innovator. She is committed to the Salesforce community, no more so than the non-profit community — she shares her warmth and energy with everyone that’s fortunate enough to cross her path. And we’re lucky enough to have...
April 18, 2024
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Episode 29
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47:03
028 — Joy Shutters-Helbing: Parenting and Salesforce consulting aren't all that different!
Joy Shutters-Helbing is a Senior Manager at CapTech Consulting. She is also a wonderful mom! In this episode Jack and Joy consider where life and work intersect and how the skills we develop in our personal lives are applied to our profession.<...
April 04, 2024
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Episode 28
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39:55
027 — Lauren Krcatovich: Product-led thinking creates better Salesforce orgs!
Lauren Krcatovich is CRM Development Manager at Cision. Her journey in tech has been shaped by business analysis and product management before taking the reins for overall Salesforce development. In this episode of DevOps Diaries, Laure...
March 21, 2024
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35:15
026 — Jeremy Foster: My Salesforce DevOps Journey. Always Be Learning!
Jeremy Foster is a software engineer by trade, and now Manager of Salesforce Development at Pilot Company. Jeremy and his team have been on a DevOps transformation for 5 years, and he’s joined Jack on DevOps Diaries to tell us about the journey...
March 08, 2024
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Episode 26
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40:20
025 — Rob Cowell: The journey from developer, to architect, to published author! Find your niche
Rob Cowell is a DevOps advocate, Salesforce architect, and published author. Rob’s Salesforce career has spanned 13 years. He’s recently shared his knowledge and dedicated expertise in DevOps with the world via his new book, Salesforce DevOps f...
February 22, 2024
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Episode 25
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48:39
024 — Eric Dreshfield (Founder, Midwest Dreamin’): Founding the first Dreamin’, success without certifications, and Kevin Bacon!
Eric Dreshfield is a veteran of the Salesforce sphere. Spanning 15 years, Eric has held a number of roles across organizations that have shaped him into one of the most thoughtful, engaging personalities that you’ll find when you’re out and abo...
February 08, 2024
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45:27
023 — Luke Harris (VP, Customer Success): “There is direct correlation between the most successful organizations and those that invest in education for their teams”
Luke is a global Customer Success leader and current VP Customer Success at Gearset. Luke started his career as a Salesforce Admin and has become obsessed with providing amazing experiences for customers through education, strategy, and technol...
January 25, 2024
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Episode 23
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42:52
022 — Laurel Jones (Senior Product Manager, Amazon): “I've wasted a year of my life deploying change sets”
Laurel Jones is a Senior Product Manager at Amazon. Working for the Amazon Air team, Laurel is blazing trails for women in a male-dominated field. Laurel operates in the heart of the technology that is critical to Amazon’s success. Tune in to f...
January 11, 2024
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Episode 22
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51:21
021 — Meri Williams (CTO Pleo, Ex-CTO Monzo): A CTO’s advice on building harmonious team cultures, how to be a leader that empowers, and the importance of culture add over culture fit
Meri Williams is the CTO of Pleo, and ex-CTO of influential challenger bank, Monzo. Meri has held technical leadership roles for the last 10 years, and over that time has developed a deep understanding of what it takes to build high-performing ...
December 29, 2023
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Episode 21
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40:46
020 — Jack McCurdy: Artificial intelligence isn’t the be-all end-all, business value is back, and Salesforce security is more important than ever
In this episode Jack reflects on 2023, sharing insight from across the year. Taking insight from The State of Salesforce DevOps survey, Jack dives into the response from the ecosystem; where we were, where we got to, and where we’re headed in 2...
December 15, 2023
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Episode 20
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27:30
019 — Randy of “Salesforce Cha Cha”: Michael Jordan is more applicable to your job than you think!
Randy is a Salesforce Consultant and one of the voices behind the popular Salesforce newsletter, Salesforce Cha Cha. Randy has a knack for simplifying technical content and injecting humour to make typically heavy concepts fun and digestible. S...
November 30, 2023
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Episode 19
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24:42
018 — Julian Joseph: A DevOps Engineer’s guide to testing and DevOps strategy
Julian Joseph is a Salesforce DevOps Engineer that has built hugely valuable experience during his time at Salesforce, Salesforce customers, and partners. Julian has built his career following best practice engineering principles and believes t...
November 17, 2023
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Episode 18
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43:11
017 — Nadina Lisbon: Introversion is a superpower and the Salesforce CTA journey
Nadina Lisbon is a Salesforce Certified Technical Architect and Golden Hoodie recipient, She is a pillar of the Salesforce community, supporting a number of great organizations focussed on skills, knowledge, and building great relationships to ...
November 03, 2023
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Episode 17
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33:05
016 — Lorenzo Frattini: Advice on automated testing for Salesforce and the future of AI from a CTA
Lorenzo Frattini has been a Salesforce Certified Technical Architect since 2016. He is also the founder of automated testing platform, Clayton.io. With extensive consultancy experience, having worked with some of the largest Salesforce implemen...
September 26, 2023
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Episode 16
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45:18
015 — Hayley Tuller: Transitioning to tech with a veteran
Hayley Tuller is a United States Navy veteran, having served for 20 years as an Aircrewman, building deep technical knowledge and leadership expertise that has shaped an incredible Salesforce career transition. She is co-founder of Salesforce c...
June 28, 2023
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Episode 15
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44:00