Charlie Ballard is a VP of Architecture for RelationEdge. His role is to be the technical lead in the pre-sales process, ensuring the proposed solution’s technical architecture and requirements are properly defined and transitioned to delivery. Charlie has been in the Salesforce industry since 2013, as both a customer as an administrator and multiple technical leadership roles as a partner, and holds 18 certifications across Salesforce, Mulesoft, and Heroku.

A truck driver of seven years turned Salesforce Admin. I celebrate my story / Salesforce Path (See what I did there?) with whomever I can. I spent 2 1/2 years developing my skills to finally arrive as a Solo Admin for CloudOne. It is my desire to encourage others to change their stars and take hold of the available career opportunities in Salesforce. I enjoy tackling epic projects. I wrote a religious fiction novel which was good enough to be picked up by Barnes and Noble. I recorded/produced my own original music album and self published my own board game. (It's way better than The Cones of Dunshire.) I am not opposed to playing rockabilly music on Saturday nights, unless I'm too tired/sore from playing Pickleball Saturday morning. I teach Sunday School classes online from time to time when called upon by my church. I have a beautiful wife, four sons under the age of 13 and one cute baby girl of 13 months. My interests are vast and my time is far spent!