Tag: Veterans
Military Innovation Aligning to Salesforce Delivery

Military Innovation Aligning to Salesforce Delivery

Recently, I finished reading General Stanley McChrystal’s book entitled “Team of Teams” which outlines a massive strategic change in how the U.S. Special Forces operates overseas. These changes reflect much of what is happening in the software development world today and within… Read more
Merivis Foundation

Sponsor Spotlight: Capgemni Veterans Employee Resource Group

Merivis Foundation programs are supported entirely by individual and corporate donations; because of that we’re proud to have the support of Capgemni as our program sponsor for Cohort III. Our guest blog written by Nolan Melson, Merivis Foundation board member… Read more
Veterans and South By Southwest 2016

Veterans and South By Southwest 2016

South by Southwest is here again, and for several days in March, Austin will transform itself into the media, technology, movie, and music capital of the world. I have had the opportunity to attend South by Southwest for a few… Read more

Developing New Salesforce Talent

First, I would like to apologize for the long delay between my last blog post and now. There has been a whirlwind of things happening with the Merivis Foundation and I have been focused on our first class. With that in mind,… Read more

Dreamforce 2015 Wrap Up

  Another Dreamforce is done and as we rest our feet from all the walking, standing and being inspired, I wanted to share with you some of my highlights from the event this month. This was my seventh Dreamforce and… Read more

Veteran Events at Dreamforce 2015

  Dreamforce is back! Better than ever!  September 15th – the first full day will be focusing on all aspects related to our military veterans. I am honored to be a part of several VetForce events this year at Dreamforce.  As… Read more

South by Southwest 2015 and Military Veterans

As some of you may know, I have had the privilege to attend South By Southwest in Austin, Texas for the last several years and there is really nothing else like it anywhere. With that background, I thought a post  about “South by… Read more

Salesforce.com and Veterans – Class Dismissed

What an amazing two weeks in March it was in San Francisco.  Salesforce.com along with Veterans2Work brought together 12 US veterans (myself included) to partake in a rigorous formal technical two week class on “Salesforce.com Admin Certification” (ADM 201) .… Read more

Veterans2Work and Salesforce.com

This week I embark on a new adventure partnering and volunteering with a great non-profit called Veterans2Work. I first met John Reynolds (Founder & Executive Director) of Veterans2Work in November 2013 at Salesforce.com’s annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco in which John… Read more