A 30 year veteran of the IT industry, Keir is the CTO of BrightGen, a Salesforce Platinum Partner in the United Kingdom. He has been building solutions and applications on Salesforce since 2008 and holds multiple certifications including the coveted Technical Architect. He is 10x Salesforce MVP, author of the Visualforce Development Cookbook, frequent blogger on all things Salesforce and speaker at events such as the Salesforce World Tour and Dreamforce.

When I thought of doing a CTO series, it was obvious that Keir was going to be a part of it. In this episode we discuss his beginnings as a consultant and then climbing up the ladder to reach the top job in tech world. Continuing on that, we discuss what are his job-responsibilities as a CTO and is it important for a Salesforce CTO to be a CTA?

Later we discussed our main common love Salesforce Functions and how that can be a game-changer (i.e., if Salesforce gives it the right price). Lastly, he shared how he leads the team and nurtures upcoming talents at BrightGen.

This is Part I of the CTO series sponsored by Proton Text. Proton Text is a complete SMS solution, built exclusively for Salesforce. Place the component on any page or in the utility bar. Link your conversations to any standard or custom record. Maintain security and enable team collaboration.

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