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From Afghanistan to Austin: How 2 Army Veterans Landed Their First Salesforce Roles
By Joan Brothers and Roger Miranda Every veteran asks themselves the same question when they leave the military, “What am I going to do now?” Transitioning from a military career to a corporate career is scary because everything you do in the military, you do as a member of a team and the criteria for Learn More »
Find Your Trail! How to Pass Your Salesforce Administrator Exam
I was originally introduced to Vetforce in late 2016. At the time, I was newer to the Seattle area and looking for my next career move. A gentleman I was introduced to told me to think about getting into the Salesforce ecosystem. I checked out Vetforce, didn’t fully understand how everything fit together, so I Learn More »
My Trail into the Salesforce Ohana and Passing the Salesforce Admin Exam
Background In 2015 I was introduced to Salesforce, or one could say Salesforce was thrown onto my lap. I started working for a start-up non-profit immediately after my Navy retirement. I didn’t know what Salesforce even was, nor did I know about the training opportunities, Vetforce, Trailhead, or any other organizations/resources. But like any motivated Learn More »
Alumni Profile Jerry Markham, #LoveTitos and the Merivis 3 Year Reunion
On a clear brisk Saturday evening in October, over 125 Merivis alumni and their families (for many it was the first time to introduce their spouses or family to Merivis and it’s mission), recruiters, past and current sponsors, friends and supporters gathered in Austin Texas to celebrate three years of Merivis. We met to celebrate three Learn More »
The Only Impossible Journey – Five Things Vets and Their Families Should Know about the Merivis Foundation (and Salesforce!)
“The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” Tony Robbins I just finished the in-class week of Salesforce Administrator training with the Merivis Foundation. Buoyed by this experience, I started imagining how I would present this opportunity to my brothers in law at the upcoming Army/Navy game; all three USMA grads, and Learn More »
DF18 Recap: “Merivis is ‘a family within a family'”
By: Roger Miranda with contributions from Nick Charles, Johanna Ciezczak, Misty Fierro, Clayton Mitchem, and Daniel Weyant This year, over 170,000 people came to Dreamforce ’18 in San Francisco, CA. Can you even imagine that many people? That’s enough to fill AT&T Stadium twice! Within the endless sea of Salesforce Ohana, 50 of Learn More »
The Next Mission – Salesforce Platform App Builder Class
Over the past 3 years Merivis has helped veterans and spouses transition from military life to corporate america as a veteran service provider (VSP) in the Salesforce Vetforce program. Merivis helps our students by delivering virtual and in-person Salesforce training, by providing individual coaches to help provide real-world context to the training content, by creating Learn More »
Lauren Zolp: “My top tips for passing your first Salesforce Certification”
My hands trembled and I stared at the cursor, watching it make a circle as I waited for one of two words to come up: pass or fail. My heart skipped a beat when I saw: PASS. I hadn’t felt quite ready to take the exam, as you hear so many people talk about failing Learn More »
Merivis at TrailheaDX ’18
As Merivis continues to grow its alumni over the years, VetForce has been kind to invite each of the last two years a few of our alumni to Salesforce’s TrailheaDX conference in San Francisco. TrailheaDX is Salesforce’s developer conference and a great way for attendees to take a few trails, get a certification or two Learn More »
Merivis and VetForce take on SXSW 2018!
Authored by Stephanie Herrera, Nolan Melson and Hector Perez Merivis was at South by Southwest in full force this year. For the first year, both Merivis and Vetforce presented on a panel discussion (Transitioning Vets: From Battlefield to Tech Career) and we hosted a Merivis community mixer with all our friends and supporters in Austin. Learn More »
Merivis and Vetforce at SXSW 2018!
It’s that time of year again! We all love the free BBQ events, tech startup happy hours, and corporate sponsored concerts with Grammy award winning artists performing at your local Austin dive bar, however, more importantly SXSW Interactive brings some of the world’s biggest thought leaders across multiple industries and sectors. The Merivis Foundation is so excited Learn More »
Alumni Spotlight: Sheldon Simmons
Sheldon was in the Merivis Foundation’s inaugural cohort 1 back in the Fall of 2015. Since then Sheldon has stayed the course, become Salesforce certified and has been an example of whats possible when you connect the dots of Salesforce, the community and drive. We are proud of you Sheldon and thanks for sharing your Learn More »