Transform Your Business with Salesforce & AWS Excellence
Desert Sandstone Ventures delivers expert Salesforce and AWS consulting, implementation, and optimization to help businesses thrive in the digital landscape.
Not sure where to start? Begin with a Platform Assessment.
A focused 2-week diagnostic that evaluates your Salesforce® org health, AWS infrastructure readiness, integration gaps, and compliance posture. Delivered as a prioritized roadmap with quick wins and strategic recommendations.
How We Work Together
From focused assessments to strategic transformation partnerships. Choose the engagement model that fits your needs.
Quick Wins
"Fast impact, low risk"
4–6 weeks minimum. Tightly scoped implementations with clear deliverables and measurable outcomes.
- Sales Cloud Optimization & Cleanup
- Pardot/Marketing Cloud Account Engagement Setup
- Lightning Migration & UI Modernization
Outcomes
Immediate impact. Agreed scope. Zero scope creep. Ready to scale.
Core Offerings
"Scale without the chaos"
12–16 weeks (3+ months). Standard engagement for organizations ready to integrate, automate, and transform.
- Service Cloud Implementation for Growing Teams
- Partner/Customer Portal (Experience Cloud)
- Quote-to-Cash Lite & Nonprofit Fundraising
Outcomes
25–50% efficiency gains. Integrated systems. Future-ready architecture. Measurable ROI.
Specialty Offerings
"Your Fractional CTO"
16–24 weeks (4+ months). Complex integrations, strategic initiatives, and transformational projects with agreed scope.
- Data Cloud Foundations for Customer 360
- Integration Hub (2–3 System Connections)
- OmniStudio Intake & Application Workflows
Outcomes
Transformational advantage. Strategic competitive positioning. Sustainable innovation engine.
Service Offerings
Three tiers of Salesforce and cloud services. Start with quick wins. Scale to enterprise complexity. Clear timelines, clear scope, clear outcomes.
Tier 1: Quick Wins
2-3 weeks | High repeatability
Sales Cloud Optimization & Full Org Assessment
Audit your existing Sales Cloud, fix broken automation, redesign pipeline stages, improve reporting. Perfect for companies that implemented Salesforce years ago and it's now unmaintainable.
- Comprehensive health audit
- Automation repair & optimization
- Pipeline redesign & best practices
- Reporting dashboards (3-5 dashboards)
Pardot/Marketing Cloud Account Engagement Setup
Configure Pardot properly, build lead scoring, create nurture campaigns, and connect to Sales Cloud. For companies ready to move beyond Mailchimp or HubSpot.
- End-to-end Pardot configuration
- Lead scoring model & automation
- 5-step nurture campaign templates
- Salesforce CRM integration
Lightning Migration & UI Modernization
Migrate from Classic to Lightning, redesign page layouts, build custom Lightning apps for specific teams. Low-lift way to modernize your org.
- Classic → Lightning migration assessment
- Page layout redesign (3-4 key pages)
- Custom Lightning apps (2 custom apps)
- User training & adoption plan
Tier 2: Core Offerings
4-6 weeks | Repeatable patterns
Service Cloud Implementation for Growing Teams
Set up case management, entitlements, knowledge base, email-to-case, and service console. For companies scaling from inbox/spreadsheets to real ticketing.
- Case management workflows & routing
- Entitlements & SLA configuration
- Knowledge base setup & content migration
- Service Console customization
Partner/Customer Portal (Experience Cloud)
Build self-service portals for partners or customers to access cases, knowledge, orders, and documents. For companies with channel partners, franchises, or B2B customers.
- Experience Cloud site design & configuration
- Portal access controls & permissions
- Case, order, and document sharing pages
- User onboarding & training
Nonprofit Fundraising & Program Management
Configure NPSP for donor management, grant tracking, program intake forms, and outcome reporting. For nonprofits scaling from spreadsheets.
- Salesforce NPSP implementation
- Donor management & relationship tracking
- Grant & fundraising tracking
- Outcome & impact reporting
Tier 3: Specialty Offerings
6+ weeks | Complex integrations
Data Cloud Foundations for Customer 360
Connect 2-3 data sources, build unified profiles, create segments for marketing activation. For companies that bought Data Cloud but need help implementing it.
- Data Cloud architecture & setup
- Data source integration (2–3 systems)
- Unified customer profiles & segments
- Marketing activation workflows
Integration Hub (2–3 System Connections)
Connect Salesforce to ERP, accounting, or marketing tools via REST APIs or middleware. Keep scope tight, impact high.
- System integration assessment
- REST API & middleware setup
- Data sync & error handling logic
- Integration monitoring & documentation
OmniStudio Intake & Application Workflows
Build guided intake forms, document collection, and eligibility screening using OmniStudio FlexCards and OmniScripts. For organizations processing applications.
- OmniScript intake forms (3–5 workflows)
- Document collection & storage
- Eligibility rules & conditional logic
- FlexCard dashboards for status tracking
Industries We Serve
We specialize in operational patterns, not just vertical labels. Whether you're managing customer touchpoints, orchestrating supply chains, scaling services, ensuring compliance, or driving mission impact—we solve the integration and automation challenges that hold you back.
Commerce & Customer Experience
Unify inventory, orders, and customer touchpoints across every channel
- Omnichannel order fulfillment (35% faster processing)
- Real-time inventory visibility across locations
- Unified customer view (28% increase in lifetime value)
Operations & Supply Chain
Orchestrate production, logistics, and field operations end-to-end
- Predictive maintenance (40% reduction in downtime)
- Real-time asset & equipment tracking
- Automated scheduling & route optimization
Professional Services & Revenue Operations
Transform billable hours into predictable, scalable revenue
- Lead-to-project-to-revenue automation (45% faster quote-to-cash)
- Resource utilization visibility (30% higher billable rates)
- Real-time project profitability tracking
Healthcare & Financial Services
Secure, compliant client engagement with enterprise-grade trust
- HIPAA/PCI/SOC 2 compliance automation (zero violations)
- Secure client onboarding (50% faster with automated compliance)
- Unified patient/client view across systems
Education & Mission-Driven Organizations
Engage communities, manage constituents, and maximize impact
- Donor & student engagement (42% higher retention)
- Automated fundraising & enrollment workflows
- Constituent relationship tracking across programs
Big-company expertise. Small-company attention.
These projects represent our founder's track record building enterprise-grade systems. Now, we bring that same rigor and reliability to businesses ready to scale, without the enterprise price tag.
Benefits Management System
Developed a Benefits Management system for a federal defense agency with real-time data sync across 8 military branches. Architected platform integrating Salesforce with AWS for 400K+ military relocations.
Enterprise Salesforce Unification
Led enterprise Salesforce unification and integration strategy across sales and product functions. Unified Pardot instances, increasing lead conversion for wealth management by streamlining marketing operations.
Child Welfare Platform
Built a statewide Child Welfare system, increasing interagency collaboration and cutting case processing time by 30%. Focused on compliance, improved outcomes, and front-line worker effectiveness.
Statewide Health Platform
Led a statewide health platform for 1M+ users with 99% uptime and real-time sync to vaccine and AWS IVR systems. Delivered under extreme time pressure with mission-critical reliability.
Grant Management Platform
Designed a Grant Management platform for 58+ jurisdictions, improving throughput by 40% and ensuring compliance. Scaled to handle complex multi-agency workflows and reporting requirements.
Security Monitoring Tool
Built project management tool for a municipal cybersecurity agency, boosting security monitoring and threat visibility by 40%. Enhanced operational awareness for critical city infrastructure protection.
Your Salesforce Platform is Broken. Your Team Knows It. Your Budget Doesn't Have Room for It.
We fix this.
We bring the architecture expertise that powers regulated enterprises. When downtime means regulatory violations or customer impact, you can't afford to learn on the job. Our clients report substantial efficiency improvements through proper architectural foundations—not from complex overhauls, but from doing the fundamentals right at enterprise scale.
When you work with us, you get direct access to the architect who designed your solution, not a project manager reading from a status report. Faster decisions. Transparent communication. Someone invested in your outcome, not just billable hours. The same expertise that keeps billion-dollar platforms running makes your business more efficient, more scalable, and more competitive.
Why Work With Us?
We're intentionally small. Senior architects hands-on from day one. No handoffs. No junior teams. Just proven expertise solving your hardest problems.
How We Work
Your Technical Architects: We design, review, and deliver production-ready Salesforce and AWS systems.
Your Fractional CTO: Strategic direction, architecture oversight, and vendor accountability, without the full-time hire.
Credentials Earned Across 10+ Years of Enterprise Architecture
Salesforce Architecture
10+ Certifications- System Architect
- Application Architect
- Integration Architect
- Data Architect
- Data Cloud Consultant
- Sales Cloud Consultant
- Service Cloud Consultant
- Experience Cloud Consultant
- Platform Developer I & II
- OmniStudio Developer
AWS
3 Certifications- AWS Solutions Architect – Professional
- AWS Developer – Associate
- AWS Cloud Practitioner
Product and Project Management
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Technical Capabilities
Let's Solve Your Challenge
Get a free 15-minute consultation to discuss your Salesforce or AWS needs.