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Ronnie Cola

Salesforce DevOps Release Manager
Cognizant Technologies • Atlanta, GA

Salesforce Release Engineer managing multi-environment CI/CD pipelines for Fortune 100 & 500 clients. Zero production rollbacks. 20+ certifications. Concurrent BA. U.S. Navy Veteran.

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About

Salesforce Release Engineer with 4+ years managing multi-environment CI/CD pipelines, metadata deployments, and release governance using Copado and Git. Delivered SFDC solutions and managed packages — including CPQ, Billing, Advanced Approvals, Conga, and DocuSign — for Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 enterprise clients. Concurrent Business Analyst with proven ability to translate complex technical requirements for non-technical stakeholders. U.S. Navy Gulf War Veteran. When I'm not governing releases, I'm studying martial arts, exploring AI, and sharing the Word of God.

Skills & Expertise

Salesforce DevOps & CI/CD
Copado95%
GitHub Actions90%
Salesforce DX (SFDX)92%
Gearset75%
Salesforce Platform
Metadata API / REST API92%
Apex & LWC80%
Change Sets & Packages95%
Sandbox Management90%
Tools & Ecosystem
Copado Gearset Flosum Git SFDX CLI VS Code Jira Salesforce Flow Data Loader Workbench
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Experience

Release Engineer + Business Analyst (Concurrent)
Cognizant
05/2021 – Present • Remote

Managed 4+ weekly releases across 4-environment pipelines (Dev → QA → UAT → Prod) for Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 enterprise Salesforce clients. Architected CI/CD pipelines and DevOps release plans using Copado, Copado Essentials+, Prodly Moover, and Fusekit — supporting metadata and record data deployments. Maintained zero production rollbacks through rigorous pre-deployment validation at each pipeline stage. Trained 4+ colleagues on Copado DevOps best practices, cutting onboarding ramp time across a 20+ person project team. Concurrently gathered and documented business requirements from 20+ stakeholders, translating complex processes into functional specifications.

Copado Prodly Moover Fusekit Git Metadata Deployment Release Governance Business Analysis
SAP PM Analyst
Vestas
09/2008 – 07/2017 • Remote

Served as SME and SAP Super User managing data KPIs and PM compliance across large-scale wind energy operations. Drove process improvements that reduced operational inefficiencies across multi-site maintenance programs.

SAP KPI Management Process Improvement SME
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Projects & Contributions

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Salesforce Multi-Org Release Framework

Designed a reusable CI/CD framework for Salesforce metadata deployments across multiple orgs using SFDX, GitHub Actions, and Copado. Standardizes branching, validation, and rollback strategies.

SFDXGitHub ActionsCopado

The Career Path Framework

A step-by-step interactive playbook for getting the job you want — skill stacking, interview prep, offers & negotiation, and more.

Career DevSkill StackingJob Search
Dashboard in Work
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Release Governance Dashboard

Custom Salesforce dashboard and reporting suite giving release managers real-time visibility into deployment status, environment health, change backlogs, and audit trails across all orgs.

Salesforce ReportsFlowsLWC
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Speaking & Writing

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Salesforce DevOps Best Practices at Enterprise Scale

Salesforce World Tour ATL • 2024 • Speaker

Covered release governance patterns, metadata deployment strategies, and how to scale Salesforce DevOps across large teams with multiple concurrent workstreams.

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From Change Sets to CI/CD: A Salesforce DevOps Journey

Medium • Q4 2023 • Published Article

A practical guide to transitioning Salesforce teams from manual change sets to automated CI/CD pipelines — covering tooling, org strategy, and team adoption challenges.

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Panel: The Future of Salesforce Release Management

Dreamforce • 2023 • Panelist

Discussion on AI-assisted deployments, the evolution of Salesforce DevOps tooling, and what the future of release management looks like in the Salesforce ecosystem.

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Certifications

🏆 20+ Credentials Earned
Salesforce
Revenue Cloud Consultant
Apr 2026
AI Specialist
Feb 2025
Certified Business Analyst
Nov 2024
Certified Administrator (SCA)
Oct 2022
Copado
Fundamentals I & II SFP
2025 / 2026
Certified Consultant
Jun 2023
Robotic Testing
Sep 2023
Essentials+
Mar 2023
DocuSign
CLM Administration Specialist
eSignature Implementation Consultant
eSignature for Salesforce Specialist
Other
Prompt Engineering Bootcamp
Jan 2025
SQL Bootcamp (Udemy)
Dec 2018
FAA Airframe & Power Plant License
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Get in Touch

Open to new opportunities, collaborations, and conversations about Salesforce DevOps and release management.