Aravind Kumar Thalakokkula

About Aravind Kumar Thalakokkula

As a Senior Salesforce Architect with over 12 years of experience, I have developed and implemented scalable and efficient solutions for various clients. I am a 4X certified Salesforce Consultant and CPQ Specialist. I am actively working towards becoming a certified Salesforce Solution Architect. I am highly experienced and familiar with the SaaS industry as a whole, and primarily work with growing tech companies needing a skilled and big-picture thinker. The Salesforce products I primarily work with are Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Revenue Cloud (including Salesforce Billing, Advanced Approvals, Conga Quote/Invoice Gen) Having 10+ years in IT industry comprising of full stack development, Salesforce development. Had been consistent achiever thus far continuous learner, and Agile collaborator and contributor. Avid learner.I am passionate about leveraging technology to solve real-world problems and improve business processes.

Experience

1. Senior Salesforce Architect(Cpq & Billing)

   Avalara

   Jun 2023 — Present

   Designed And Built End-to-End solutions involving Salesforce CPQ features for Quote 2 Cash project.2. Redesigned complex product catalog with nested bundles, Product Features and Product Options.3. Built Custom pricing logic using Price Rules, Lookup Tables, and Discount Schedules to support tiered, Usage-based products4. Implemented Advanced Approvals to streamline multi-layer approval flows based on region, discount level, and product type.5. Built Product Rules to Automate the Product Selection selection process and related configuration validations. Extended Complex Pricing calculations using QCP script. Integrated Salesforce CPQ with Boomi Integration platform and NetSuit ERP systems, enabling seamless handoff for invoicing, compliance checks, and order management.8. Ensured data synchronization between CPQ and downstream systems (e.g, order management).9. Maintain Confluence Pages for each Solution Design. Validate all Epics/Stories created to perform the asks in Solution Design.

Education

• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

• Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

  Master's degree, Computer Science

  2014 — 2015