Steve Simpson

About Steve Simpson

Steve brings over 30 years experience with enterprise software engineering, architecture, and technical leadership with the last 17 years focused on the Salesforce ecosystem.As a Certified Technical Architect (CTA#231), he holds the highest level of certification in the Salesforce ecosystem and is an expert in the Platform. He is a CTA Instructor for Salesforce Trailhead. For the last 6 years, Steve has taught Architect Bootcamps and Classes and he has prepared candidates for the CTA exam, for which he is also a judge.Steve is the group leader for the Phoenix Salesforce Architect Group, and the co-founder of Cactusforce a community conference, hosted annually in Phoenix.Steve has successfully designed, developed, and deployed mission critical applications across a multitude of industries and technologies in North America and Europe. Projects include cloud development (Salesforce, Heroku, MuleSoft, AWS, Azure), mobile (IOS and Android), IOT (award winning solutions), IT infrastructure, disaster planning, technical security and application development. He has been a presenter and speaker at multiple technical conferences. Recently, Steve was the Founder, President and CTO of Ethos Solutions, a professional services firm specializing in Salesforce Consulting, which he led for 15 years. Ethos was subsequently acquired by Apps Associates, where Steve served as Vice President, Technology for over 2 years.Past professional experiences include serving as CTO of BMS Practice Solutions, a provider of physical therapy EMR, billing, and practice management solutions. Also, as a Technical Director of a previous international professional services firm, Steve worked on projects in many of the major cities in the United States and worked for two years in various European cities. His experience includes projects with Fortune 500 companies such as Merrill Lynch, Renault, BMW, Toyota, Wellpoint, Kaiser, Genentech, Amgen, Pacific Bell, PG & E and 20th Century Fox.Steve leverages his teaching abilities in other facets of his life. He holds a 5th Degree Black Belt & Master Instructor in Tang Soo Do, a Korean Martial Art. He is a PADI Open Water SCUBA Diving Instructor.

Experience

1. Certified Architect Instructor

   Salesforce

   Nov 2017 — Present

   Proud to be on my 7th year as an architect instructor for Salesforce Trailhead Academy. I\'m certified to teach the following architect classes (and Bootcamps):Prepare for your Technical Architect Credential (CTA601)Design and Build Integration Solutions (ARC101) Data Architecture (ARC201)Sharing and Visibility Architect (ARC202)Build Application Architect Expertise (ARC901)Build System Architect Expertise (ARC902)

Education

• UC San Diego

  BA, QEDS (Computer Economics, Chemistry)

  1985 — 1990

Skills

• Soa
• Saas
• Project Management
• Business Analysis
• Software Development
• Xml
• IT Strategy
• Mobile Devices
• Architectures
• Cloud Computing
• Architecture
• E-Commerce
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Product Management
• Sql
• Integration
• Software as a Service (Saas)