Shadrack Limbua
Salesforce Product Owner
Prague,10
Summary
Skilled professional with 8 years of experience in the technology ecosystem, encompassing Salesforce capabilities (FSC,Sales and Service Clouds) and architecture, azure devops, python, JavaScript, and React programming languages. Equipped with a combination of both business and technical skills that enable smooth alignment business objectives, as well as a strategic overview of product development. I have worked in the insurance and banking industries, fin-tech and nongovernmental organizations, building towards easily adapting to the core basis of any project. The nature of the various roles I have carried out has enabled having a better understanding of how to build around the data model of any respective business process. I enjoy collaborating with people to solve complex problems that deliver value.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
12
12
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Salesforce Product Owner
NN IT Hub
07.2022 - Current
- Product Owner of technical enablers team that is responsible for application life-cycle management from development to testing and release
- Oversaw entire product deployments from vision and creation to rollout and delivery across 4 countries
- Owned and prioritized product backlog.
- Communicating with stakeholders to define business requirements and review delivered features
- Defining and prioritizing product backlog that is aligned with product vision and business strategy.
- Member of product vision steering committee that defines and maintains the product roadmap for the next 2 years.
- Keep up to date with latest industry knowledge and news to maintain and improve enterprise and business platforms.
- Collaboration with cross-functional teams such as IT sec, marketing and legal teams to ensure the product is delivered on time and in line with the company policies and regulatory authorities.
- As a member of the architecture guild, I provide technical proposals to complex implementations in Salesforce from integration patterns best practices to development best practices
- Allocated and approved team resource usage.
Salesforce Developer Senior
NN Prague
06.2018 - 06.2022
- I developed on Financial Services Cloud, Sales and Service cloud to create end to end business processes from lead management to service.
- Created and maintained documentation for Salesforce development processes and best practices
- Developed complex business automations using Apex, Apex Triggers and flows.
- Created architectural intents for development of new business processes on the Salesforce platform.
- Developed a Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline that facilitates automated deployment to multiple Salesforce environments using Salesforce cli and Azure DevOps
- Participating in backlog refinement sessions to interpret and understand business requirements for future implementation.
- Led the design and rollout of release and test management strategy in the COE.
- Configuration and maintenance of WSO2 API gateway for internal systems integrated with Salesforce.
- Mentoring junior developers in salesforce development and learning.
- Continuously assessing Salesforce releases for new features or issues that need to be resolved prior to their release.
- Implemented Salesforce security measures such as data security and sharing, platform encryption and single sign on.
- Developed and maintained Salesforce integrations with third-party web services and APIs
- Built custom user interfaces and enhanced user experience with Lightning components(Aura and LWC) as well as visualforce pages.
Lead Salesforce & Vlocity Developer
Uwazi Consulting
Nairobi
06.2016 - 05.2018
- At Uwazi, I worked as a lead developer consultant designing business solutions using Salesforce features as well as vlocity (omnistudio) capabilities
- Below is a summary of the projects and achievements while at Uwazi:
- Implementation of a guided selling platform on Salesforce for Insurance and banking clients using Vlocity's Omniscript, dataraptors, flex cards and vlocity console.
- Implementation of vlocity calculation procedures and matrices for insurance premium calculations and interests.
- Educate clients' development team on vlocity and Salesforce development for business continuity after rollout as a consultant.
- Train new Vlocity Developers on Vlocity implementation best practices.
- Requirements gathering and stakeholder management for new projects.
- Salesforce integrations with Android Mobile applications using Nodejs and Heroku platforms.
- End users training on newly developed features.
Salesforce Business Analyst
Techfortrade
Nairobi
12.2014 - 06.2016
- Analyse user requirements and mapping out business processes for development teams.
- Maintenance of existing business processes in Salesforce to improve data security, reporting, and user experience through gathering business requirements and creating wireframe designs for developers.
- Salesforce declarative programming where I was involved in customizing business logic through workflows and validation rules, approval processes, reports and dashboards, Field formulas, and User Access Management.
- Led requirements gathering and testing of Salesforce integration to the native Android mobile application.
- Financial management through budgeting and accounting for Software development costs
- User training on new Salesforce functionalities.
Business Analyst
Cardno Emerging Markets(EA)
Nairobi
06.2012 - 11.2014
- Accounts management through the preparation, analysis, and interpretation of financial reports in Sage50 and excel.
- Administration of the information system infrastructure through providing technical assistance to users and monitoring systems performance.
- Deployed as a research assistant on several research projects such as Tullow Oil Impact Economic Impact assessments, Access to Seed Index for Eastern Africa.
- Development and maintenance of project budget monitor to assess profitability, identify variances and deviations and review socio-economic changes that could adversely affect budget implementation.
- Developed financial models to forecast cash flows and assess the financial viability of potential projects
Education
Master of Science - Computer And Information Sciences
Strathmore University
Nairobi 08.2015 - Current
Certified Public Accountant of Kenya (ICPAK) -
KCA University
Nairobi 01.2010 - 01.2014
BsC. Agricultural Economics -
Egerton University
Nakuru 08.2009 - 05.2013
Skills
Agile frameworks
Stakeholder relationship management
Technical Analysis
Apex coding language proficiency
Python coding language proficiency
API design knowledge
Source control systems knowledge
Certification
Professional Scrum Product Owner II
Timeline
Salesforce Product Owner
NN IT Hub
07.2022 - Current
Salesforce Developer Senior
NN Prague
06.2018 - 06.2022
Lead Salesforce & Vlocity Developer
Uwazi Consulting
06.2016 - 05.2018
Master of Science - Computer And Information Sciences
Strathmore University
08.2015 - Current
Salesforce Business Analyst
Techfortrade
12.2014 - 06.2016
Business Analyst
Cardno Emerging Markets(EA)
06.2012 - 11.2014
Certified Public Accountant of Kenya (ICPAK) -
KCA University
01.2010 - 01.2014
BsC. Agricultural Economics -
Egerton University
08.2009 - 05.2013