About

Fifteen years of making sure things don’t fall over

I started in data management at BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, where I became the Salesforce platform owner and learned early that getting the data right is what everything else sits on. From there I moved through more technical roles: building integrations, consolidating 50 CRM and ERP systems at IRIS, and designing product architecture at CloudApps.

In 2020 I joined Own Company as a founding member of its Technical Account Management team, and spent four years helping enterprise customers recover from, and prepare for, the worst. That’s where DR3™ and the patent-pending recovery-time algorithm came from. When Salesforce acquired Own in 2025, I moved into its Trusted Services team, working with customers around the world.

Away from work, I’ve spent 18 years volunteering with Scouts. I’ve led and managed Scout groups and teams up to District level, including running the 103 Oxford Road Scout Group, with 200+ young people and 40–50 volunteers. It’s taught me as much about building resilient teams and staying calm in a crisis as any enterprise programme has.

Kris McCabe

At a glance

Based inReading, UK
WorksInternationally
Experience15+ years
Certifications25
PatentUS, pending
Volunteering18 years, Scouts

Skills

What I’m good at

Grouped by the work I do, with the credentials that back each one up.

Regulation & compliance

Expert knowledge of the rules that shape how data and AI can be used, and how to build recovery and governance that stand up to them.

GDPRCCPADORAEU AI ActHIPAAGxPPCI DSSNIST CSF 2.0

Cyber security & threat intelligence

Certified ArcX threat intelligence analyst, which sits neatly alongside the resilience work: knowing how attacks happen and how to recover from them.

Threat intelligenceInformation securityIncident responseNIST CSF 2.0Recovery readiness

Data resilience & recovery

Recovery readiness, incident response and designing plans organisations can actually use.

DR3™Recovery planningRTO / RPONIST CSF 2.0Incident commandHIPAA / GxP

Architecture & integration

Designing Salesforce orgs and the systems around them so they last.

SalesforceNetSuiteAWSAzureGoogle CloudJitterbitMuleSoftREST & SOAP

AI & data

Practical AI on the platform, and the models behind my own algorithms.

AgentforceData CloudGenerative AIAgentic AIPrompt engineeringLLM selectionClaude CodeMachine learningPredictive modellingAI governanceEU AI ActAI securityPython

Leading & supporting customers

Technical account management, customer success and growing the people who do it.

Technical account managementCustomer successMentoringEscalation managementTraining

Building

I write code when it helps, mostly JavaScript and Apex these days.

JavaScriptApexPythonSuiteScriptC#LWC

AI

AI, in practice

I use AI every day to build real things, and I care just as much about making it trustworthy, recoverable and compliant.

Shipped

Nine free tools, built with Claude Code

Recoverly, Redline, Schema Explorer, Tabletop, Drillmaker, Traceability, AI-SHIELD, Flare and Agent-Impact. I design them, direct the build with Claude Code, and ship each as a single static page with no backend.

Every day

Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT and Gemini

I use all four daily to build solutions and apps that deliver real value for businesses, and I know which model is the right one for the job.

Building

Agentic AI on Salesforce

I design and build agents on the platform, backed by Agentforce Specialist and Data Cloud Consultant certifications.

Craft

Prompt engineering and LLMs

Advanced prompting and a deep understanding of how large language models behave, where they shine and where they fall over.

Inventing

DDRTP and machine learning

An AI-driven recovery-time algorithm trained on historical incidents (US patent pending), after earlier machine learning work on SuMo at CloudApps.

Securing

AI-SHIELD and Flare

Two of the Lab tools aimed at AI risk itself: an 18-question security and trust maturity assessment, and a checker that tests the AI libraries you depend on against live vulnerability advisories.

Responsible

AI governance and the law

Expert knowledge of the EU AI Act, GDPR and DORA, so what gets built can also be defended.

Competencies

How I measure my skills: SFIA

SFIA, the Skills Framework for the Information Age, is the global standard for describing digital skills. Each skill is rated from level 1 to 7, so you can see how much responsibility someone really carries, rather than just which tools they have touched. These are drawn from the projects in my portfolio.

Level 4 is Enable, 5 is Ensure and advise, 6 is Initiate and influence, 7 is Set strategy.

7Level

Set strategy, inspire and mobilise

Where my work shapes how other organisations approach the problem.

Information securitySCTYContinuity managementCOPL
6Level

Initiate and influence

Where I set direction and carry accountability for outcomes.

Solution architectureARCHConsultancyCNSLInformation governanceIRMGClient service managementCSMGTechnical adviceTECHService level managementSLMORelationship managementRLMT
5Level

Ensure and advise

Where I deliver, assure and advise others on how to do it well.

Data managementDATMBusiness process improvementBPRESystems integrationSINTTestingTESTRequirements definitionREQMChange implementationCIPMSoftware developmentPROGSystems designDESNIT infrastructureITOPBusiness risk managementBURMAnalyticsINANIT governanceGOVNKnowledge managementKNOWBusiness analysisBUANInformation assuranceINAS
4Level

Enable

Hands-on delivery that I now lead or review.

Data analysisDTANTechnical documentationDOCUApplication supportASUPIntegration and buildINBU

Credentials

25 professional certifications

12 from Salesforce and 13 from AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud, ServiceNow, PagerDuty, DocuSign, Zendesk, ISC2 and ArcX. Check any of them: Trailblazer profile ↗ · Credly ↗

Salesforce architecture

3
Application ArchitectPlatform Sharing & Visibility ArchitectPlatform Data Architect

Salesforce platform

4
Platform DeveloperPlatform App BuilderPlatform AdministratorPlatform Administrator II

Salesforce data, AI and cloud

5
Data 360 Consultant (formerly Data Cloud)Agentforce SpecialistAgentforce Sales ConsultantAgentforce Service ConsultantMarketing Cloud Account Engagement Specialist

Security

2
Cyber Security Threat Intelligence Analyst (Nov 2025)ArcXCertified in Cybersecurity (CC)ISC2

Cloud and infrastructure

4
Certified Cloud PractitionerAWSAzure FundamentalsMicrosoftCloud Digital LeaderGoogle CloudCertified System AdministratorServiceNow

Incident management

2
Incident ResponderPagerDutyIncident CommanderPagerDuty

Business applications

5
Power Platform FundamentalsMicrosoftDynamics 365 Fundamentals (CRM)MicrosofteSignature Administration SpecialistDocuSigneSignature for Salesforce SpecialistDocuSignSupport Administrator Expert IZendesk

Trailhead

52

52 superbadges, 230 trails, 1,500+ badges. All Star Ranger, and Agentblazer Legend in both 2025 and 2026. Superbadges prove hands-on skill in a real scenario rather than a multiple-choice exam.

SecurityAgentforce and AIDevelopmentPlatform and data quality
MBCS BCS, The Chartered Institute for ITAdvanced RITTech registeredIDM Data Management Award 2013Drucker School MBA EssentialsTrailhead All Star Ranger · Agentblazer Legend

Career

Where I’ve worked

Feb 2025 – present
London / remote
Success Architect → Senior Success ArchitectSalesforce · Trusted Services

Advising enterprise customers around the world on resilience, architecture and AI. Joined when Salesforce acquired Own Company for $1.9B, and promoted to Senior Success Architect in August 2026, a leadership-level individual contributor role equivalent to Senior People Manager and Principal level. I'm the most senior point of escalation for other individual contributors in my domains, and a subject matter expert for Salesforce's incident command centre. Trained incident commander on a regular incident duty roster, leading blameless after-action reviews and building incident management plans, runbooks and recovery operations plans.

Oct 2020 – Jan 2025
London
Principal Technical Account ManagerOwn Company

Founding member of the TAM function, grown to a team of 26. Co-created DR3™ and co-developed DDRTP, the patent-pending recovery-time algorithm. Trained incident commander on a regular incident duty roster, leading blameless after-action reviews and building incident management plans, runbooks and recovery operations plans. Helped win deals with global pharma, retail, automotive, financial services, insurance, government and energy and utilities organisations.

Jul 2017 – Oct 2020
Winnersh
Lead Technical ConsultantCloudApps

Technical discovery and design for SuMo, a managed package that became an AI/ML product on AWS.

Jun 2016 – Jul 2017
Datchet
Lead Application ArchitectIRIS Software Group

Senior technical stakeholder on a £2M programme consolidating 50 CRM and ERP systems.

Jan 2015 – Jun 2016
Reading
Salesforce AdministratorOpsview

Automations and ETL across Salesforce, Marketo and Intacct. Data Protection Officer for the UK and US.

Mar 2010 – Jan 2015
Swindon
Group Data Manager & Salesforce AdministratorBCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

Salesforce platform owner. Where the whole Salesforce career started.

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