About Me

Hello and welcome. I am so glad you are here.

Introduction:

Hi! My name is Rakesh Gupta. Thank you for being a part of my community! After reading the introduction you will be convinced, beyond doubt, that in life, nothing is impossible, if you put your heart and mind to it! This is far from a cliché – I am living proof!

I will achieve my objective if, after reading about me, you begin doubting your doubts – about yourself, your skills, and your ability to achieve heights beyond your expectations!

A peek into my childhood:

I am a graduate of SRM University, Chennai, with a degree in information technology. I previously worked at iGate Computer System Ltd (now a part of Capgemini).

I come from a small village (where people still walk a few miles to find a good school) of Sonaili (District – Katihar) Bihar and live in Mumbai, India.

Life has not been easy, to say the least. There have been many ups and downs – especially, a healthy dose of the latter, during my childhood. I am deeply grateful to my dad, mom, and my sister, for shielding me, as much as possible from life’s hardships, by bestowing on me their love, dedication, and disproportionate sacrifices.

⭐ Star alert! Have you met 6x Salesforce MVP, @rakeshistom? Rakesh is a leader in the Mumbai Trailblazer Community, a @Pardot expert, and an awesome Trailblazer! Check out Rakesh’s story: https://t.co/IqkOvur9tg #TrailblazerTuesday pic.twitter.com/kjWUbEmOUf

— Trailhead (@trailhead) March 10, 2020

My dad is a retired teacher. To-date, I remember my dad walked for miles, on rainy days during floods, due to the scanty irrigation system, to go to his ‘office’ (i.e. School). I will never ever forget those days when my dad did not get paid on time (sometimes, he would not get paid for 6 months).

Our situation became so dire that, at the age of 13, for the first time, I took up a small job to earn money to contribute towards buying food for the family. My dad took loans from others to pay for my education. My parents refrained from buying basic necessities for themselves, even things like clothes, to save money so my sister and I could go to a good school and a better college.

Not only did we not have any good schools in my village, but there was no English Medium school for miles. As a result, I did not receive any formal training in English. Consequently, occasionally, I still struggle to write blogs. Writing in English continues to be a challenge for me. However, fortunately, my desire to help others – to achieve mastery in Salesforce – is stronger than the challenge!

My Salesforce Journey:

I am a six-time Salesforce MVP, evangelist, Author, Salesforce coach, and avid blogger! I have been working on the Salesforce.com platform for over 10 years.

I am Mumbai based Salesforce MVP, an evangelist with experience in Salesforce as a Developer, Consultant, and Solution Architect. Best known as an automation champion in the Salesforce ecosystem, I have penned over 250 articles on Salesforce Flow and Process Builder to show how someone can use Salesforce Flow and Process Builder to minimize code usage. Furthermore, I am a principal team member of a biweekly online webinar, Automation Hour (http://www.automationhour.com).

Recently, I was featured on Salesforce corporate website. Check it out here: https://www.salesforce.com/products/salesforce-advantage/

In addition to the above, I offer online and corporate training for various Salesforce certifications. I have trained more than 1000 individual professionals around the globe and conducted corporate workshops.

I offer training for various courses such as Salesforce Administrator, Salesforce Advanced Administrator, Platform App Builder, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Platform Developer I, Platform Developer II, Pardot, Marketing Cloud, and Salesforce Flow.

I am boundlessly passionate about the Salesforce platform! I frequently share my insights through various channels including Salesforce Trailblazer Community, lead user groups, and, continue to get certified in as many Salesforce Certifications as possible.

Read my complete story here:

Honors & Awards:

Thank you Mr. Benioff. — Thank you, Mr. Benioff.

Salesforce happens to be an app builder platform that, in addition to doing it so well, builds careers and develops mentors! It has played a pivotal role in my, and the lives of many others. I am grateful for the same, as are many others.

I am indebted to Salesforce for bestowing on me, for four consecutive years, the honor of #SalesforceMVP! Thank you! Today, however, I am speechless!

I am pleasantly surprised, honored, and humbled to be selected as one of Mason Frank’s 30 recommended bloggers! Thanks again!

Below is a glimpse of my various involvement in the community:

Leader of several User Groups as listed below:

Salesforce Architect Group Mumbai

Mastery in the following areas of Salesforce Platform:

Salesforce Certified Administrator
Salesforce Certified Advanced Administrator
Salesforce Certified Force.com Developer
Salesforce Certified Sales Cloud Consultant
Salesforce Certified Service Cloud Consultant
Salesforce Certified Community Cloud Consultant
Salesforce Certified Nonprofit Cloud Consultant
Salesforce Certified Tableau CRM and Einstein Discovery Consultant
Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder
Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I
Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II
Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Account Engagement Specialist
Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Account Engagement Consultant
Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Administrator
Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Email Specialist
Salesforce Certified Sharing and Visibility Designer
Salesforce Certified Data Architecture & Management Designer
Salesforce Certified Application Architect
Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle & Deployment Designer
Salesforce Certified Identity and Access Management Designer
Salesforce Certified Integration Architecture Designer
Salesforce Certified Certified System Architect!
Salesforce Certified User Experience Designer
Salesforce Certified Field Service Consultant
Salesforce Certified Business Analyst Certification
Salesforce Certified JavaScript Developer I
Salesforce Certified Associate
Salesforce Certified AI Associate
Salesforce Certified Sales Representative
Salesforce Certified Strategy Designer

About My Blog:

If this is your first visit to my website, you might want to start with my tutorials. Here are the tutorials that I have published so far:

Getting Started With Process Builder – helps you get started with Process Builder by solving real-world problems – one problem at a time.
Getting Started with Salesforce Flow – teaches you an easier way to solve complex business problems using clicks, not codes.
Getting Started with Pardot – helps you to get started with the Salesforce B2B marketing automation tool by explaining the real-world example.
Salesforce Releases (Quick Summary) – do not have time to read the Salesforce release notes (500 pages)? Check out the quick summary written by me.
App Review – is a collection of my favorite apps that help you to solve a few Salesforce problems and save your precious time.
Getting Started with Apex – is for anyone who wants to learn Apex programming or to start programming for the first time.

You can also check my latest blog posts or use the search function on the sidebar.

In addition to my blogs, I penned the following books:

Furthermore, I have been a technical reviewer of the following books:

Speaking engagements:

Dreamforce’15
Dreamforce’16
Netherlands Nonprofit User Group
Southeast Dreamin’17
Midwest Dreamin’17
Dreamforce’17
Atlanta Developer User Group – April’17
North Fulton Salesforce User Group – July’17
Dreamforce’18
Dallas Developer User Group– March’19
TrailheaDX’19
Texas Dreamin’19
Midwest Dreamin’19
Salesforce Saturday – Dallas – August’19
Austin, TX Administrators Group – September’19
San Antonio, TX Administrators Group – January’20
Salesforce Saturday – Dallas – September’20
Dreamforce 2021
ParDreamin’2021
Singapore Dreamin’2021
NorthEast Dreamin’2022

Upcoming Speaking engagements:

Pakistan Dreamin’2022

Currently, in addition to offering online and corporate training for various Salesforce certifications, I am working as a Salesforce solution/Technical architect.

In light of the above, I hope, by now, you have begun doubting your doubts – about yourself, your skills, and your ability to achieve heights beyond your expectations!

Why not take the next step and Contact Me!? Or, follow me on Twitter: @rakeshistom / @automationchamp

Thank you for reading!
_______________
Rakesh Gupta
– Salesforce MVP | Author | Coach
– Founder AutomationChampion.com, AutomationHour.com, and Virtual Dreamin.

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Sreenivas V

June 11, 2019 at 1:43 AMs Reply

Hi,
Very nice, truly inspiring… I too started with Admin certification and cleared PD1 recently. I am aiming for solutions architect in an year (Goal). Thanks a lot for process builder posts. I loved those posts.
WizIT

February 12, 2019 at 11:26 PMs Reply

Great Work, Keep it Up !
Rishabh Agrawal

July 30, 2017 at 5:09 AMs Reply

Great work Rakesh!!! Blog contains a lot of information and your story is really inspiring..
1. Rakesh Gupta
  
  August 7, 2017 at 12:32 PMs Reply
  
  Thanks for the feedback Rishabh.
  I am so glad you liked it!
Parul Tripathi

June 29, 2017 at 9:44 AMs Reply

Hi Rakesh,

Your story is very inspiring . I have recently started my Salesforce journey after being 6 years in IT . I look forward taking inspiration for your posts and learning Salesforce.
1. Rakesh Gupta
  
  June 30, 2017 at 12:39 AMs Reply
  
  Thank you so much!
  
  There are tons of documentation available on WWW, but start your Salesforce career with Trailhead.
  
  Good luck!
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Amrin

August 20, 2016 at 7:46 AMs Reply

Hi Rakesh,

I hope you remember me. 🙂 Awesome work you are doing, seriously very appreciating one! We had started when Salesforce has just come up in the market, never knew you will go so far in such a small duration. Hats Off!! Saying perfectly suits you “When there is a will there’s a way”. Keep up the good work going.

Regards,
Amrin
Anil

August 16, 2016 at 5:03 PMs Reply

superb blog…very nice information
1. Rakesh Gupta
  
  August 7, 2017 at 12:35 PMs Reply
  
  Thanks Anil!
Amarjit

March 22, 2016 at 2:59 PMs Reply

very nice information
1. Rakesh Gupta
  
  August 7, 2017 at 12:35 PMs Reply
  
  🙂
Miranda

October 13, 2015 at 4:01 PMs Reply

You are automation guru. Keep up your good work 🙂
1. Rakesh Gupta
  
  August 7, 2017 at 12:34 PMs Reply
  
  🙂
Sagar K

July 21, 2015 at 7:16 PMs Reply

Hey Rakesh!

I started following your blog and i felt like you are giant in salesforce:-)

I appreciate you sharing all this great information with us
1. Rakesh Gupta
  
  July 21, 2015 at 7:17 PMs Reply
  
  Thanks for your kind words 🙂
Imran

July 6, 2015 at 1:15 PMs Reply

Hi Rakesh,

I have implemented “Display notice when users log in to Salesforce” using Flow and Login Flow. By mistake I had inactivated Login Flow due to this I am not able to login in my developer edition. Its showing me below message

Flow not found
Flow “flow_Name” is not found or doesn’t have an active version. Please contact your administrator for more information.

Could you please help me out on this issue.

Thanks,
Imran
1. Rakesh Gupta
  
  July 6, 2015 at 1:19 PMs Reply
  
  Deadlock…..:(
  Please raise a case with Salesforce support.
  1. Imran
    
    July 6, 2015 at 1:53 PMs Reply
    
    thank Rakesh for quick reply…
    1. Rakesh Gupta
      
      July 6, 2015 at 1:54 PMs Reply
      
      🙂
krishna

April 6, 2015 at 3:37 PMs Reply

@rakesh Sir,
Thank you sir 🙂
krishna

April 2, 2015 at 7:59 PMs Reply

@rakesh Sir,
Is it not possible using Process Builder or using Apex ?
1. Rakesh Gupta
  
  April 2, 2015 at 8:25 PMs Reply
  
  No, you can’t download chatter post from PB
krishna

April 1, 2015 at 5:45 PMs Reply

Hello Sir.
I am a big follower of your blog and hats off to you. I have read all your chatter feed post through process builder and its amazing .

. An interesting scenario came to my mind that how to download all chatter feeds posted by User. Is it possible to Do?
1. Rakesh Gupta
  
  April 1, 2015 at 6:12 PMs Reply
  
  Thank you! I think you can use Data Loader to export data from FeedItem object
Paul S.

February 4, 2015 at 8:23 PMs Reply

Just wanted to drop a note to say how much I enjoy this blog. I appreciate you sharing all this great information with us.
1. Rakesh Gupta
  
  February 4, 2015 at 9:01 PMs Reply
  
  Glad to know that. Thank you 🙂
suresh

February 4, 2015 at 12:17 PMs Reply

Very nice blog rakesh, keep update…
1. Rakesh Gupta
  
  February 4, 2015 at 1:16 PMs Reply
  
  Thank 🙂
Praveen Muppri

December 23, 2014 at 3:34 PMs Reply

Nice blog, you are doing a lot towards building a better community, thank you and keep it up
1. Rakesh Gupta
  
  December 23, 2014 at 3:38 PMs Reply
  
  Thanks Praveen 🙂
Prasanth

December 16, 2014 at 1:56 PMs Reply

Hi, this site is very helpful and have great content.
1. Rakesh Gupta
  
  December 16, 2014 at 3:55 PMs Reply
  
  Thanks Prasanth 🙂
Radhika Das

November 3, 2014 at 1:08 PMs Reply

You are awesome sir. Thanks for your help
1. Rakesh Gupta
  
  November 3, 2014 at 1:14 PMs Reply
  
  Thanks!
Rakesh Gupta

August 22, 2014 at 11:13 AMs Reply

Thanks Komal!
Nageswar

August 8, 2014 at 2:36 AMs Reply

Rakesh, the site and content are excellent for learners. Biggest in this I see is explanation about the topic. I have seen the mass transfer of chatter files.
1. Rakesh Gupta
  
  August 8, 2014 at 2:38 AMs Reply
  
  Thanks Nageswar 🙂
Smruti Ranjan

July 3, 2014 at 4:06 PMs Reply

Great to be introduced with you
1. Rakesh Gupta
  
  July 3, 2014 at 4:13 PMs Reply
  
  Thanks Smruti!
Harish CG

June 25, 2014 at 5:46 PMs Reply

Superb Blog and you are contributing a lot to the salesforce community. Keep going Rakesh !!!
1. Rakesh Gupta
  
  June 25, 2014 at 5:55 PMs Reply
  
  Thanks!
Ayusha Mohapatra

February 6, 2014 at 12:43 PMs Reply

It was nice visiting this site …….wonderful achievment 🙂
1. Rakesh Gupta
  
  February 6, 2014 at 12:44 PMs Reply
  
  Thanks Ayusha!! 🙂
2. Vineet Parolia
  
  May 18, 2014 at 9:27 AMs Reply
  
  great site…keep up yr good work
  1. Rakesh Gupta
    
    August 29, 2014 at 12:11 PMs Reply
    
    Thanks Vineet!!

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