Duarte Costa

From the 56k modem to AI agents.
Shaped by the last generation that learned to build things from scratch.
The tools changed. The critical thinking didn't.

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/personal axiom/

My only dogma is relativism.

Question it.
Keep it simple.
Build it.
Keep it honest.
Make it matter.
five imperativesduartecosta / 2026
/who am i/p. 003

Strategymeetsdelivery inthesameroom.

Most BAs translate. I close the loop — discovery, backlog, ceremonies, and stakeholder governance owned end-to-end, so strategy survives contact with the sprint.

Built on 15 years across enterprise Salesforce, B2B/B2C commerce, and operations — now layered with AI-enabled delivery to ship faster without losing rigour.

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Three pillars.

01 / 03

Business Analysis & Governance

Discovery workshops, BPMN process mapping, requirements elicitation, RAID logs, steering committees. The unglamorous work that keeps programmes on the rails.

BPMNUser storiesRAIDStakeholder mgmt
02 / 03

Salesforce Ecosystem

Commerce Cloud B2B/B2C, Sales, Service, Data Cloud, Pardot. Six active certifications and shipped programmes for enterprise clients across Europe.

Commerce B2B/B2CData CloudPardotFlows
03 / 03

AI-Enabled Delivery

Using LLMs to compress discovery, generate test cases, and sharpen stakeholder comms — without trading away accountability. Salesforce AI Associate.

LLM workflowsTest genDoc automation
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Fifteenyears,
onethrough-line.

    Leads B2B and B2C Salesforce Commerce Cloud programmes for enterprise clients across Europe. Owns discovery, backlog, ceremonies, and stakeholder governance.

    Commerce CloudB2BB2CAgileDiscovery

    Delivered Salesforce (Sales, Service, Pardot) implementations for mid-market clients. Bridged design, engineering and business stakeholders.

    Sales CloudService CloudPardot

    Ran day-to-day operations of a family distribution business — P&L, suppliers, logistics, team. The school of how businesses actually work.

    P&LOperationsLogistics

    Opened new accounts and channels.

    SalesChannels

    Retail banking portfolio.

    Retail banking
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Sixactive
salesforcestamps.

salesforce certified
Business Analyst
salesforce certified
Data Cloud Consultant
salesforce certified
Administrator
salesforce certified
AI Associate
salesforce certified
Pardot Specialist
salesforce certified
Associate
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Theagentdidtheeasypart.
Let'stalkabouttherest.

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