Our Rainmakers
Thunder was founded with a mission to help organizations of all sizes love Salesforce, forever. Meet the leadership team that puts this approach at the heart of every project.
Adam Secada
Director, AI Practice
An Accenture alumnus, Adam comes to Thunder with over 15 years of IT Consulting Experience. He is passionate about process automation and giving enterprises the most valuable thing you can possibly give: time.
Anthony Castro
CFO & COO
Anthony is an executive with an emphasis on finance and operations who focuses his strengths on scaling up high-growth companies and maintaining operational rigor. He has over 15 years Finance and Operations experience and 7+ years in the Salesforce ecosystem.
Alison Burchette
AVP, Sales
Ali is a dynamic Sales Vice President with proven track record driving growth and exceeding organizational targets year over year. She is skilled in helping C-Level Executives successfully realize their goals through Digital Transformation, and is an experienced people leader.
Arleen Saluja-Westerkamp
Delivery Director
Arleen is an experienced Salesforce consulting Practice Director who is passionate about leading teams with emotional intelligence, while helping organizations achieve their CRM goals. She is 5x Salesforce Certified with 12+ years in Salesforce ecosystem. Arleen is a SME in Sales, Service, and B2B Marketing and specializes in the HLS domain.
Carter Wigell
CEO
Carter is a proven executive with 20 years of experience in all areas of business operations. He has a diverse background of leading large-scale sales organizations for public technology companies and building/scaling GTM functions for early stage SaaS companies to successful IPO exits.
Carolyn Peys
Head of PMO
Experienced Senior Management Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the management consulting industry. Passionate and dedicated Project Manager and Program Lead. 10+ year focus on project and program leadership in the mobile delivery space.
Casey Styer
Delivery Director
Casey’s experience ranges from system configuration and solution design to leading complex implementation programs. She partners with clients to solve business challenges with Salesforce solutions. Casey maintains 8 Salesforce certifications, and has Agile and Enterprise Design Thinking credentials.
Christopher Dryden
Senior Director, Billing Practice
Chris has 6+ years experience in the Salesforce Ecosystem, and is an experienced Revenue Cloud Practice Director with hands on experience implementing complex CPQ and Billing solutions. He maintains 9 Salesforce credentials including Salesforce Certified CPQ Specialist and Accredited Revenue Cloud Consultant.
Dan Magner
VP, Delivery
Prior to Thunder, spent 10+ years working in the Salesforce industry becoming a platform SME and delivering successful projects for 100+ clients over the course of his career. Dan has been building successful delivery teams for the past 12 years and continues to recruit / train / mentor / grow best-in-class talent in the salesforce space.
Dave McCall
VP, Innovation
Dave has over 20 years experience leading CRM implementations, with 6 years of dedicated Salesforce experience. He has long-term contact center experience including CRM, telephony, process, management, and measurement. Dave has deep software system architecture experience especially centered around the customer experience and CRM, with vertical experience in Retail, Financial Services, Health Care, Public Sector, High Tech, Manufacturing, and Education.
Eryn McHugh
VP, Talent and People Ops
Eryn considers herself to be in the business of “People Care.” Having led Talent Acquisition, Employer Branding – and served as owner of a boutique retained Executive Search firm – over the last 18+ years, she brings deep experience in supporting various employee populations across consulting, tech and energy/sustainability, and not-for-profit sectors. Eryn is passionate about helping Thunder build an incredible culture that seeks to prioritize the wellbeing of our people over everything.
Lauren Noonan
VP, Marketing Cloud Practice & AI GTM
Lauren has helped brands transform their marketing strategies for the last 13 years by harnessing the power of technology, analytics and automation. She successfully built a Global Top 10 Salesforce Marketing Cloud practice and cultivated Salesforce relationships to remain at the forefront of emerging marketing technologies. Lauren is passionate about utilizing innovation to drive marketing effectiveness and elevate the marketer experience while putting the consumer at the heart of marketing..
Samantha Smith
SVP, Delivery Operations
Sam is a Senior Operations Executive with 13+ years of progressive leadership experience building
professional services startups from early growth phases to final sale. On two occasions, she has
transformed and developed startup organizations to generate 9-figure sales to global industry leaders. She considers her people-first approach to leadership to be an asset in her operations strategy work.
Sarah Sutton
Associate VP, Revenue Cloud Practice
Sarah has over 8 years experience in the Salesforce ecosystem, implementing over 30 CPQ projects. She is an Accredited Revenue Cloud Consultant, Certified Sales Cloud Consultant, Certified CPQ Specialist and Salesforce Certified Administrator.
Steve Hupp
Director, Field Service Practice
Steve, a.k.a. ‘The Field Service Guy’, is a Salesforce Alumnus (twice) and former Delivery Practice Leader, Steve brings extensive ecosystem experience across Pre-Sales, Delivery, and Customer Success. His passion is helping Field Service Customers align to both industry and product best practices. Steve is 5X Salesforce certified with over 7 years in the Salesforce ecosystem.
Susan Jaggers
VP, Activation
Susan has 25 years experience leading Sales and Ops teams, and over 9 Years in Salesforce ecosystem, with focus on building best in class Change Programs. She is an Executive Leader with a deep passion for enabling employees to deliver delightful customer experiences.
Tyler Philpot
VP, Solutions
A builder by nature, Tyler enjoys building high-functioning teams, programs, and solutions that delight stakeholders. Tyler’s methodical approach starts with the end in mind to ensure his comprehensive solutions meet or exceed the targeted business outcomes. He has 10+ years in Salesforce consulting and 21 Salesforce certifications.
Yaron Wilf
VP, Service Cloud Practice
Yaron has over 14 Years leading Salesforce Cloud Implementations and 6 years of Contact Center Management. He believes in providing excellent service that increases customer satisfaction, loyalty, and retention. Yaron is a member of the Association of Support Professionals, an InformationWeek 500 Top Innovator, a Dreamforce Speaker, a presenter for Salesforce + Forrester and a Lightning Bolt Award winner.
Adam Secada
Senior DevOps Architect
Enabling DevOps in Salesforce as transformative change, showing people it’s far more than just a set of tools you buy.
Anthony Castro
CFO & COO
With more than a decade of accounting and executive leadership experience behind me, I seek to improve finance and operating processes within a company by adhering to my philosophy of “Get It Done.” In business, every question, problem, and/or complication has a solution; I work diligently to research and identify what those solutions are and how to best implement them into our company’s practices.
Carter Wigell
CEO
Proven executive with 20 years of experience in all areas of business operations. Diverse background of leading large-scale sales organizations for public technology companies and building/scaling GTM functions for early stage SaaS companies to successful IPO exits.
Casey Landry
Engagement Lead
Casey’s experience ranges from system configuration and solution design to leading complex implementation programs. She partners with clients to solve business challenges with Salesforce solutions. Casey maintains 8 Salesforce certifications, and has Agile and Enterprise Design Thinking credentials.
Dan Magner
VP, Delivery
Dan has been in the Salesforce Ecosystem for 10+ years, delivering value and best-in class experiences to customers of all shapes & sizes. He values a people-centric approach to problem solving both on and off the platform.
Daniel Barnett
VP, Marketing
I enjoy marketing. I love how creative it is, and how it pushes you to think analytically. As a successful marketer, you always need to think one step ahead of your customer to influence their next actions.
Kelly Wasden
CRO
I’m a recruiting/talent lead on a biz-dev chassis, having started my early career in sales. I’m passionate about effective recruiting, authentic candidate experience, and disruptive talent strategy. See also: “semi-retired” singer/songwriter and collector of design ephemera, based in Nashville, TN.
Kelly
Proven sales leader & entrepreneur with 20+ years of experience in SaaS & Software industry. Passionate about growing software technology disruptors, building amazing companies and delivering success to our customers.
Susan Jaggers
VP, Change Management
I am an Executive Leader with a deep passion for enabling employees to deliver delightful customer experiences.
Tyler Philpot
VP, Solutions
A builder by nature, Tyler enjoys building high-functioning teams, programs, and solutions that delight stakeholders. Tyler’s methodical approach starts with the end in mind to ensure his comprehensive solutions meet or exceed the targeted business outcomes.
Yaron Wilf
VP, Service Cloud Practice
I love transforming the way companies engage with their customers to deliver innovative customer service experience.
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