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Continuing in our series in which you get to meet and learn more about the Cloud Galacticos team, say ‘hello’ to our MuleSoft Architect, Francis Muthuswamy . I caught up with Francis to ask him a few questions.

Francis Muthuswamy, MuleSoft Architect

Hi Francis, can you give us a bit of background about yourself and your work history?

I’m Indian by origin and hail from a beautiful place called Kulasekharam. It has a lot of tourist attractions and is located in the southern part of India in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu. I’m passionate towards computers and did my graduation in Computer Science and Engineering in my hometown. 

I am a Mulesoft Certified Integration Architect with 17 years of experience in architecting, designing, developing and deploying the integration solutions using Mulesoft and IBM Integration tools. I’ve worked in top Indian MNCs such as Wipro, HCL, Tata Elxsi and Tech Mahindra apart from French based Capgemini and US based IBM. I have also worked across globe in the UK, South Africa, Malaysia, Belgium, Germany, Saudi Arabia and Australia.

What’s your story behind joining the Cloud Galacticos team?

There are multiple reasons which made me join the Cloud Galacticos team. My spouse was doing her Masters in Computer Science and I travelled to the UK as a dependent. I was looking for a remote job in Mulesoft where I can grow myself in technology and spend time with my family on work. I found that the Cloud Galacticos is more focussed on Salesforce and understood about their customers on their website. As Mulesoft will go hand in hand with Salesforce, I found it interesting to establish a Mulesoft Integration Platform for the Salesforce customers.

I was also looking for an organisation with a good work life balance. I like to spend more time on sporting activities. More importantly, the Cloud Galacticos is one of the few organisations that provides sponsorship which have helped me immensely in planning my future.

What is your role as a MuleSoft Architect at Cloud Galacticos, and what do you enjoy about it?

As a Mulesoft Architect, I worked for a retail client in the UK. In the past six years, I have had accountability for the Solution Architecture and design of integration solutions for multiple clients. This is the only opportunity which gives additional responsibility to deliver the project end to end from Solution Architecture to Production Deployment in the AWS Cloud.

I enjoyed the remote way of working and it gives the balance between work and life. It gives us more flexibility to spend time with family at work. I had a nice time meeting the colleagues once every three months by getting together. I enjoyed the adventurous team challenge that happened in Manchester Crystal Maze. It was amazing. In the other co-working event, I got an opportunity to prepare pizza which was fun.

Have you passed any Salesforce certifications recently and/or do you plan to take any in the near future?

Recently, I got certified as a MuleSoft Integration Architect. I am planning to do MuleSoft Platform Architect. This will give me the knowledge on how to set up a new on-premise or Cloud based MuleSoft Platform for the Cloud Galacticos customers.

At Cloud Galacticos, we’re a remote work focused company. What advice would you give people to make the most of working remotely and staying motivated?

The Cloud Galacticos is doing the best to motivate their employees by having Coffee Catch up every Wednesday, meeting the colleagues in person every three months and an annual meeting in December. 

My advice to motivate the employees will be “recognise the best team of the quarter based on the customer feedback or the team which solved the complex technical challenge”.

Favourites:

– Food: South Indian Parotta and Beef

– Drink: Kanyakumari Special Sarbath

– Music: AR Rahman

– TV Show: The Crown on Netflix

– Film: Guru Movie by Maniratnam

– Animal: Cat

– Place to visit: Switzerland, New Zealand and Ireland

About Cloud Galacticos

Cloud Galacticos is a Salesforce consultancy with a growing all-star team. We are user and developer group leaders, bloggers, MVPs and all round Salesforce nerds. Our company has people all over the UK including Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield, and London.

So if you are looking for a Salesforce partner with experience to help you make the most of your org, why not get in contact?

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