Presentation given by Atul Gupta at Jaipur User Group Dreamforce 2017 Global Gathering where he was invited as a Guest Speaker. He spoke about his career and how he got around starting a his company CloudVandana Solutions. He talked about his Dreamforce Experience, some tips on what goes into going to Dreamforce and some career tips.

1. Atul Gupta
My Success Story & Dreamforce Experience
LEARN . SHARE . CELEBRATE . SALESFORCE

2. Thank you !!
Thank you Jaipur User Group Community and Yogesh
Sharma.

3. About Me
● Founder and CEO of CloudVandana Solutions
● 4x Certified Salesforce Consultant
● More than 6 years of experience in Salesforce
Domain
● Leader of New Delhi Salesforce Developer Group
● Started SalesforceSaturday in India which was 3rd or
4th Group in the world.

4. About CloudVandana
● Vandana is my Mom’s Name
● Started in February of 2016
● More than 100 Salesforce Implementation Projects delivered in Industries
like Human Resources, Construction, Telecommunications and many
more
● Team size is 5 with the extended Team size of 15

5. About New Delhi Salesforce DG
● First Revival Meetup in February 2016
● We started with 240 Members
● We are now more than 1,250 members

6. What is SalesforceSaturday
● Started by Stephanie Herrera in Austin, Texas
● Meetup every Saturday in a Coffee Shop or
anywhere to share and learn about Salesforce
● It’s now a global phenomena with more than 25
SalesforceSaturday Group over 5 Continents
● For India, it comprises of Online Knowledge
Sharing sessions and Trailhead Challenges

7. GlobalSalesforceSaturday
● Recently we organized Global Salesforce Saturday
● 25 Groups from all over the world joined including 5 Groups from India
● 3 hours of Trailhead Challenge

8. My beginnings
● B.Tech in Biotechnology from Amity University,
Noida
● Started my career in IT from Accenture,
Bengaluru
● Worked in Accenture for 4 years, before starting
CloudVandana
● Started out with no to very less knowledge about
IT and Programming

9. Dreamforce

10. Dreamforce

11. Dreamforce

12. Dreamforce

13. Dreamforce

14. Dreamforce

15. What goes into getting to Dreamforce
● Salesforce Developer and User Group Leaders
get a free Dreamforce Pass => $1,700
● Flight tickets of at least => $1,000
● Stay in Hostel => $50-100/day
● Shopping => on you

16. Is it worth going to Dreamforce
● Is it worth Starting a Blog?
● Is it worth Sharing your knowledge with others?
YES

17. Career Tips
● You don’t need a degree in IT to work in
Salesforce, just hard work and determination
● Focus on Certifications
● Start sharing your knowledge with the world
● Help your local Community in any way possible
● Take Trailhead seriously
● Make your Supervisor/Project Lead your best
friend

18. Follow Atul Gupta
Twitter
@atul31gupta
Website
www.cloudvandana.com
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/atul31gupta/

19. Follow New Delhi Salesforce DG
Twitter
@newdelhisfdcdug
Meetup.com
http://www.meetup.com/New-Delhi-Salesforce-Platform-
Developer-User-Group
Success Community
http://sforce.co/1oc0lQA