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Client work, with the outcomes attached

Every engagement below is real, with the scope, the duration and the client's own words where they gave us one. Open any card to read the full story.

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29 stories
Sep 2025 to Jan 2026 Closed on time build plus advisory, every recommendation costed Advice they could act on, not a report An org reviewed against best practice before more was piled on top, with every recommendation costed so the client chose what to action. 5.0client rating on completion 4 monthsfrom first review to handover Salesforce development and consulting Read the story → Apr 2026 to Aug 2026 4 months from clean-up to a working platform Broker enquiry to funded, no exit A half-built org became a working lending platform: origination, multi-user approvals and document generation all inside Salesforce. End to endorigination to funded, inside Salesforce 5.0client rating Salesforce development, fintech and lending Read the story → Jan 2025 to Feb 2026 3 contracts architecture, administration and NetSuite Two platforms, one accountable team Salesforce and NetSuite held by the same people, which removed the handoff where quote-to-cash usually breaks. 2platforms covered by one team 13 monthsand still running Salesforce and NetSuite Read the story → Jun 2023 to Feb 2026 3 contracts platform build first, then the analytics layer 2.5 years as their head developer Platform capacity first, then the analytics layer: Salesforce and Pardot dashboards fed by Google Ads, Meta and product usage. 2.5 yearscontinuous engagement 5.0rating on every contract Salesforce, Pardot and analytics Read the story → 2025 2 contracts clinical Flows, then LWC development Documentation clinicians actually finish Encounter documentation physicians actually finish, plus LWC work spanning existing and new data models. Guided Flowsencounter documentation clinicians complete 5.0rating on both contracts Salesforce, Flow and Lightning Web Components Read the story → Feb 2024 to Mar 2024 Setup to live a fresh org with drip campaigns running Setup and campaigns shipped together Salesforce setup and multiple drip campaigns designed together, so campaigns were never built on a model that could not segment. 1 monthstart to finish 5.0client rating Salesforce setup and marketing automation Read the story → Jun 2025 to Oct 2025 4 months of discrete, closed-out admin jobs Persistent issues closed the same week Persistent issues identified and closed as discrete jobs, without a project wrapper around every small request. Same weekturnaround on individual requests 5.0client rating Salesforce administration Read the story → Jul 2024 to Feb 2025 7 months of integration work Two-way sync with CI from GitHub Full CRUD against an external CRM over Apex and APIs, redeploying automatically so the integration stayed maintainable. Two-waysync between Salesforce and an external CRM CIautomatic redeployment from GitHub Salesforce integration and Apex Read the story → Jun 2024 to Mar 2025 QA’d flows tested with the team before release 9 months embedded in their scrum team Flows shipped against a complex org with API bridges to other platforms, on a US schedule and their own tracker. 9 monthsembedded in their scrum team 5.0client rating Salesforce flows and development Read the story → Jun 2025 to Jul 2026 4 funnel stages reported end to end A conversion rate they could finally trust Lead to Opportunity, SAO, SQO and Close, each with an accurate conversion rate built on a unified lead count. 3objects aggregated into one lead metric 2 contractsdashboard build plus a configuration retainer Salesforce, HubSpot and reporting Read the story → Feb 2023 to Nov 2025 40% reduction in sales cycle time A sales cycle cut by nearly half Sales Cloud rebuilt, Experience Cloud portals that improved partner onboarding by 55%, and Flow approvals saving 20+ hours a month. 55%improvement in partner onboarding 20+ hrssaved every month on approvals Salesforce, Sales Cloud and Experience Cloud Read the story → Ongoing REST and SOAP integrations to external banking systems A banking CRM held to a regulated bar Apex, LWC and Flow development against a banking org, with REST and SOAP integrations to core financial systems and a security model built to survive review. Audit-readysecurity across profiles, permission sets and sharing Salesforce, Apex, LWC and banking integrations Read the story → Feb 2020 to Mar 2021 14 months as the org's Salesforce developer Loan tracking, end to end Sales Cloud customised for lending with automated lead assignment across a 14-month engagement. End to endautomation from enquiry to funded loan Salesforce, Sales Cloud and lending Read the story → May 2018 to Jan 2020 21 months as the org's admin and developer 1 org behind 3 businesses Subscriptions, ad sales and customer support on one platform, with Lightning pages tailored per department. 3business lines served from one org: subscriptions, ad sales, support Salesforce administration and development Read the story → Ongoing 2 contracts commerce build and marketing programme Commerce and marketing held by one team Figma designs built into NetSuite with UTM tracking, and a full Pardot programme reporting on what the campaigns returned. Figma to livestorefront pages with UTM tracking end to end WeeklyPardot campaigns executed and reported NetSuite, SuiteCommerce and Pardot Read the story → 2026 1 email, built to match the creative exactly Pixel-accurate in every inbox An existing creative rebuilt as responsive HTML for Marketing Cloud and tested against the platform's own rendering. Fixed priceshort, defined engagement Salesforce Marketing Cloud and HTML email Read the story → BCM Ongoing 7 contracts and still running 7 contracts, 6,000 opportunities recovered Acquisition clean-up earned the admin seat, the admin seat earned the architecture, and the architecture earned GTM engineering with Clay. 6,000opportunities reconstructed by hand 5.0rating on every contract Revenue operations, GTM engineering and Salesforce Read the story → 2026 Sheets to CRM events, speakers and sponsors in one org Scattered Sheets became one clean CRM Contacts deduplicated before import, duplicate rules set to keep it that way, and Gmail logging activity without anyone remembering to. 0duplicate records at go-live AutomaticGmail activity logging against contacts Salesforce CRM setup and data migration Read the story → 2026 Both pieces flows fixed and call insight live Failing flows fixed the same week Sales engagement automation restored and Einstein Conversation Insights implemented via Aircall, after platform support had stalled. Same weekstart, as the brief required Salesforce, Aircall and Einstein Conversation Insights Read the story → Completed 3 stages with their own required field pairs The right fields at the right stage Conditional visibility and validation so reps see two fields at a time and cannot advance a half-filled record. Fixed pricesingle defined scope Salesforce opportunity configuration Read the story → Jan 2019 to Mar 2022 75%+ test coverage held through every release 75%+ test coverage held through every release Three years of Apex, LWC and Aura development on a major insurer's org, with REST integrations and asynchronous processing built inside governor limits. 3 yrscontinuous on one enterprise org RESTintegrations and async processing Salesforce development · Insurance Read the story → Butler MC Law Firm 2026 Site to CRM intake wired end to end Enquiries arrive already qualified A consultation form that asks for the company, the parish and the offer received, so the first call starts with facts. Qualifiedenquiries with matter detail attached WordPress and CRM intake Read the story → 2025 to 2026 Advisory ops onboarding, operations and reporting Advisory operations, all on the record Client onboarding and the reporting layer above it, keeping the paper trail on the record instead of in inboxes. 5.0client rating Salesforce and financial services Read the story → 2026 Enquiry to booking follow-up automated end to end Fewer enquiries lost before booking Capture and automated follow-up prioritised over reporting, because that gap is where specialist clinics lose revenue. 5.0client rating CRM and patient intake Read the story → 2024 to 2025 Reporting-ready data hygiene and dashboards kept current Always reporting-ready, never rebuilt Standing administration and data hygiene, so the platform does not degrade quietly between grant cycles. Retainerstanding administration cover Nonprofit · Salesforce administration and reporting Read the story → 2026 Jobs as the spine of the data model, not deals Built for crews and sites, not deals Jobs, crews and sites as the spine rather than a linear pipeline, delivered fixed-price against milestones. Mobilefield capture instead of re-keying later CRM and operations Read the story → 2026 Households at the centre, not lead volume A CRM that follows the relationship Client records, service cadence and reviews at the centre, because advisory work is a relationship, not lead volume. Reviewsand service cadence tracked per client Salesforce and financial services Read the story → 2026 Quote accuracy prioritised over pipeline volume Every high-value enquiry chased properly High-value, low-volume dealership selling, where follow-up discipline matters more than the number of deals. Follow-updiscipline on every high-value enquiry CRM and dealership sales Read the story → 2026 One record application, documents and decision together Nothing lost between intake and decision Documents and the decision held together, which is exactly where spreadsheet-based lending processes break. Intaketo approval without leaving the CRM Salesforce and lending Read the story →

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What clients say about the work

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★★★★★

We have Balaj as our head Salesforce developer. He is great at fast communication, response time, and project timelines.

Emma F. · Co-founder, Dietitian Live
★★★★★

Working with Umer Balaj has been a game changer for our business. We needed a full customization of our Salesforce system.

Bryce R. · Head of Revenue Operations
★★★★★

I have had the pleasure of working with Balaj for over a year, and he has consistently exceeded expectations. If you are looking for a top-tier Salesforce developer, look here.

Mike P. · CEO
★★★★★

Quick to respond, and ready to help out with any request, Umer is a delight to work with. Currently helping us with multiple integrations.

Jody F. · Salesforce & Deployment Systems Manager
★★★★★

He has been very responsive and helpful with great communication and problem solving skills.

Amber H. · Director of Integrations
★★★★★

He has been nothing but helpful and patient with us and our needs. Very flexible and able to get additional team members to help if needed. Would recommend.

Mollie F. · Director of HR
★★★★★

UTECH HUB knows his ways around Salesforce. They were able to quickly identify and fix persistent issues we had.

Mikhail Myzgin · Peritiae Solutions
★★★★★

We have Balaj as our head Salesforce developer. He is great at fast communication, response time, and project timelines.

Emma F. · Co-founder, Dietitian Live
★★★★★

Working with Umer Balaj has been a game changer for our business. We needed a full customization of our Salesforce system.

Bryce R. · Head of Revenue Operations
★★★★★

I have had the pleasure of working with Balaj for over a year, and he has consistently exceeded expectations. If you are looking for a top-tier Salesforce developer, look here.

Mike P. · CEO
★★★★★

Quick to respond, and ready to help out with any request, Umer is a delight to work with. Currently helping us with multiple integrations.

Jody F. · Salesforce & Deployment Systems Manager
★★★★★

He has been very responsive and helpful with great communication and problem solving skills.

Amber H. · Director of Integrations
★★★★★

He has been nothing but helpful and patient with us and our needs. Very flexible and able to get additional team members to help if needed. Would recommend.

Mollie F. · Director of HR
★★★★★

UTECH HUB knows his ways around Salesforce. They were able to quickly identify and fix persistent issues we had.

Mikhail Myzgin · Peritiae Solutions
★★★★★

Helped me solve a problem I had been battling with for days. Balaj is very knowledgeable in Salesforce and is highly recommended.

Diane Chepaka · Rush Technology
★★★★★

Umer is unmatched, his work is amazing and I am excited for the next project with them.

Bryce Reich · BCM
★★★★★

Great communication and execution. Highly recommended.

Shama Rathi · Salesforce project
★★★★★

Balaj has been incredible to work with. His communication is good, he understood the complexities of our SFDC org along with the API bridges to other platforms. One of the best SFDC devs I have worked with.

Mike Potts · Felix and Fingers
★★★★★

Great developer. Very knowledgeable with Salesforce.

Maura Bevilacqua · Revitpay
★★★★★

UTECH HUB was extremely helpful going over this project. Their technical knowledge was top notch and communication was also great. Would highly recommend.

Cormac White · Salesforce project
★★★★★

Helped me solve a problem I had been battling with for days. Balaj is very knowledgeable in Salesforce and is highly recommended.

Diane Chepaka · Rush Technology
★★★★★

Umer is unmatched, his work is amazing and I am excited for the next project with them.

Bryce Reich · BCM
★★★★★

Great communication and execution. Highly recommended.

Shama Rathi · Salesforce project
★★★★★

Balaj has been incredible to work with. His communication is good, he understood the complexities of our SFDC org along with the API bridges to other platforms. One of the best SFDC devs I have worked with.

Mike Potts · Felix and Fingers
★★★★★

Great developer. Very knowledgeable with Salesforce.

Maura Bevilacqua · Revitpay
★★★★★

UTECH HUB was extremely helpful going over this project. Their technical knowledge was top notch and communication was also great. Would highly recommend.

Cormac White · Salesforce project

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