Blue Surf Technology

Enterprise Architecture Consulting with particular focus on Salesforce.

Nature

Who We Are

Blue Surf Technology provides consulting support to companies from start-ups to Fortune 1000 firms. For example, we have worked with Blue Shield of California, Genentech, Barclays Global Investors and Planned Parenthood of California. Our distinguishing focus is the combination of technology expertise with extensive practical business experience. We have a track record of providing creative solutions to address our client's strategic business needs. We offer consulting support from a Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) to address topics beyond those addressed by employees as part of the usual course of business (and, therefore, outside of the constraints of AB5).

Areas of expertise:

  • Enterprise Architecture
  • Salesforce.com
  • Agile / Scrum Project Methodology
  • Data Integration, Master Data Management (MDM)
  • Cloud Computing
  • Project Initiation and Management (PMO’s)
  • Program Management

Links for Deeper Information

  • Blue Surf Technology Overview Deck
    More detailed background on who we are and what makes us unique.
  • Technical Assessment Deck
    One of our most common ways we help clients is to review their use of Salesforce within the context of their wider IT infrastructure and recommend a roadmap plans for future-proofing their systems.
  • Smart Start Deck
    As companies grow they commonly encounter situations where their IT Infrastructure no longer supports their growing needs and this can throttle their success. We can help you ensure that your technology stack is not an obstacle as your company grows. Based on our extensive experience with enterprise companies, we have a solid vision of a suite of possible future IT infrastructures for your company. We work with you to build you a custom IT Roadmap to move your company incrementally forward as evolving company needs warrant over time. They can also help execute against that Roadmap plan by building out specific IT capabilities if needed as well.
  • Integration Consulting Deck
    Information on help we can provide related to integrating IT systems to better meet business needs.

A Few Sample Projects

  • Technical Assessments
    Reviewed client Salesforce org status relative to Salesforce best practices and developed a roadmap plan to address identified challenges (this for several different clients).
  • Product Development
    Designed, coded, tested and deployed a new AppExchange product (for two different clients).
  • Project Management
    Technical Architect supporting a service cloud lightning migration.
  • Project Management
    IT Project Manager for a major new product launch. Despite substantial challenges the project went live on time and 10% under the $5M budget.
  • PMO / Strategic Planning
    Engaged a client’s top strategic initiatives to assess their potential for success and define action plans to address identified concerns. Also provided guidance regarding process improvements related to how the company initiates and executes such efforts.

Brant Hanna
Founder of Blue Surf Technology

Brant’s educational background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Math / Computer Science, a Master’s degree in Computer Science and a MBA, all from UCLA.

Beyond his consulting work, Brant has held full-time positions including Architect roles at Salesforce.com, Slalom Consulting, West Monroe Partners, Etherios and Model Metrics as well as Vice President / Senior Director level positions with Dorado (now CoreLogic), Steelpoint (now Zantaz), Tightlink (now ISmart Panache), Axolotl (now Ingenix) and management positions with American Management Systems (now CGI) and TCSI (now Rocket Software Inc).

Technical Certifications:

  • Salesforce.com Certified Technical Architect
  • Salesforce.com Certified Force.com Developer
  • Salesforce.com Certified Administrator
  • Salesforce.com Certified Advanced Administrator
  • Salesforce.com Sales Cloud Consultant
  • Salesforce.com Service Cloud Consultant
  • ScrumAlliance Certified ScrumMaster
  • AWS Cloud Practitioner
  • Dell Boomi Associate Developer
  • Salesforce.com OmniStudio Consultant

Brant's LinkedIn Profile:
www.linkedin.com/in/branthanna/

Testimonials

  • “My firm was taking over a large and very complex implementation from another large SI. Brant conducted a ground-up technical assessment of the Salesforce solution. His work was quick, objective, and accurate (it was reviewed by several senior architects from Salesforce). Best of all, he operated independently. He is an invaluable asset to any company looking for senior help with Salesforce solutions. I can recommend his work enough."
    Colby Ricker, Director
  • “Brant adds tremendous value to any project he is leading or is a part of. His work is always high quality.”
    Mike Israelite, Senior Director, Blue Shield of California
  • “Brant has a keen insight into the nexus of business and technical planning and execution, and a well honed ability to get projects and organizations focused and on track.”
    Andrew Nygard , Managing Partner, NTA Partners LLC
  • “Brant managed many of our largest relationship through the delivery process and ongoing during the support phase. He has a command of large system deployments, both technically and from a business side. He provided leadership across several teams for projects varying in scope from small change orders to very large multi-million dollar programs."
    Rob Carpenter, CTO, Dorado Corporation