011 — Blanca Leon-Carter: The State of Salesforce DevOps

Blanca Leon-Carter is a DevOps Architect and Principal Consultant at Slalom. Blanca has experience working with teams of all shapes and sizes with varying complexities of DevOps challenges. She is based in Chicago and is a Salesforce MVP, Golden Hoodie Recipient, Architect User Group Leader and advocate for diversity and women in tech.

In this episode Jack chats with Blanca about her journey through the technology space, and how she came to be the pillar of the Salesforce ecosystem that she is — traversing the world of non-profit organizations, higher-education, and eventually consulting via RAD Women Code. Blanca also shares with us how she gives back to the community that she has benefited from and become invested in, and how the community revitalized her career.

Blanca gives her take on some of the biggest findings from the State of Salesforce DevOps 2023 report. She predicts what we can expect from Salesforce DevOps and the wider ecosystem this year, as well as some of the challenges that Salesforce teams practicing DevOps are facing and how to overcome them.

Useful Links:
RAD Women Code: https://radwomen.org
The State of Salesforce DevOps Report: https://grst.co/3od3uUR 

Blanca:
https://twitter.com/blancavleon
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bvleoncarter/ 

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