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Meet Lee Johnson,
Security Engineer, MuleSoft, A Salesforce Product
by DJ Pollard
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Lee Johnson hunts bugs. Not the kind with six legs, but flaws in computer code. He’s living his life’s dream as a security engineer working on MuleSoft, a Salesforce product, in Phoenix. “This is my passion. I’ve always loved trying to hack into things,” says Johnson.
One of his first assignments was running a penetration test on a company that Salesforce had recently acquired as part of MuleSoft. “I was hacking the web application to see if there were vulnerabilities I could identify,” he says. He found 18 holes in the web application. Now he’s writing a penetration test report so software engineers can update the code. “If an outside hacker had found those, he could have easily taken over the system or exfiltrated user data,” Johnson says.
A member of the Navajo Nation from Kaibito, Ariz., Johnson has high hopes. His five-year goal is to be a senior product security manager so he can review and approve the work he’s now doing, which includes writing software updates, incident responses, and Python coding scripts that automate daily tasks.
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Create Access To Tech Careers for the Indigenous Community
As we continue to talk about advancing racial equality around the globe, it is important to support and elevate Indigenous communities.
by Esau Sanchez-Diaz
Director, Customer Success
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As we work to create a world where our workplaces reflect society, we recognize that as an industry, there is still more to do. Black, Latinx, and especially Indigenous people are underrepresented in the tech sector. That’s why it’s important to widen access to opportunities at tech companies and launch and scale programs to drive equality forward, especially for our Indigenous communities, while fostering a culture of inclusion in the workplace.
July is WINDforce’s (Worldwide Indigenous Network of Diversity) champion month, a time when we highlight the work of our employee resource group (ERG) for Indigenous employees and allies. At Salesforce, we honor and uplift Indigenous employees year-round, but this month especially. As the global president of WINDforce, I have the honor of building community and providing support for our Indigenous employees and allies around the world and across our global network. We, at Salesforce, also recognize that representation of Indigenous employees, both at the company and in the tech industry, is low and so, for me personally, the initiative to increase representation is a necessity. My journey to get here in the tech industry was challenging. It shouldn’t have been. It doesn’t need to be. I was fortunate to have managers that believed in me and my potential. We can make it easier for others who look like me to get through the door. That’s what this is all about — making it easier for future generations of leaders.
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Leveraging Your Passion to Inspire Change
Doing your part to tell the story of your identity and what struggles you face as an Indigenous person is more important than ever.
by Jasmine Edison
Sr. Specialist, Equality Comms & Content
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Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is an Indigenous artist and environmental activist who uses his platform for change. He previously served as the youth director for Earth Guardians — an intergenerational organization that trains diverse youth to be effective leaders in the environmental, climate, and social justice movements across the globe. He is also a hip-hop artist, who makes music with this important message: community, power, and action will usher in a restored future for us all.
Here at Salesforce, we understand that bold climate action is the only way forward. Rampant wildfires, diminishing rainforests, melting ice caps, increasing natural disasters, and fogging air and water supplies are narratives that can be overwhelming and weigh heavy on us all. Martinez focuses on shifting the perspective from that which is overwhelming to empowering communities. When people know they have the ability to shift our future, they begin building relationships, investing in their community, and mobilizing to create the future they want to see.
Martinez spoke at Representation Matters, our fourth annual racial equality summit in July, where he shared his insights on using your platform for change. As he discussed the value of combining your passion with your purpose to drive change, Martinez offered insights into how we can all shape our craft for the good of the world around us.
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About Futureforce University Recruiting
Our Futureforce University Recruiting program is dedicated to attracting, retaining, and cultivating talent. Our interns and new graduates work on real projects that affect how our business runs, giving them the opportunity to make a tangible impact on the future of our company.
With offices all over the world, our recruits have the chance to collaborate and connect with fellow employees on a global scale. We offer job shadowing, mentorship programs, talent development courses, and much more. For more
information, visit Salesforce.com/futureforce.
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SHARPEN YOUR SKILLS
Sign up and register for Salesforce Fundamentals, a free, three-week course designed to help you build the skills that could help you define your career. It’s the first step to getting started in our ecosystem and learning about the Salesforce community. Select “Advancing Indigenous People in STEM” as your Workforce Development Association when registering to ensure you receive
additional training recommendations, such as Trailhead courses, after the completion of the program. We look forward to working with you in August!
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IN THE NEWS
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• Addressing climate change: Read this blog authored by Dr. Whitney Johnston, Director of Ocean Sustainability at Salesforce, about the company’s new policy priorities to protect the ocean.
• Quarterly Equality Update: Equality is a core value at Salesforce. Learn more about the progress that has been made in support of the company’s equality pillar in this blog shared by Lori Castillo Martinez, Chief Equality Officer.
• A Surprising Skills Gap: Gen Z is creative and innovative–but a large percentage feels unequipped to thrive within our evolving, digital-first culture. Do a deep dive into Salesforce’s 2022 Global Digital Skills Index to better understand the research behind this data, and learn why researchers remain optimistic about addressing this topic.
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