Let's make it a litlle warmer and a little more "me":
Hi, my name is Alesia, and I am the proud founder of Hmara Solutions. My journey as an immigrant and a "woman in tech" hasn't always been easy, but every challenge has shaped who I am today. More importantly, it has shaped who we are as a team at Hmara, what we stand for, and the values we uphold.
From a young age, I was passionate about solving problems. Technology fascinated me, but growing up, I was often told that it was a field meant for men. Despite this, I found joy in coding and designing user interfaces for websites whenever (limited) opportunities presented themselves.
When I moved to the US, I was incredibly fortunate to have supportive managers who recognized my hard work. I still remember my first day in a corporate job in finance, where I was introduced to Salesforce. As the Salesforce Admin explained the system, I thought, "This is what I want to do. I want to work with Salesforce." I am not exaggerating when I say that it was truly “love at first sight”. I knew this platform was doing exactly the kind of work I cared about - making people's lives easier through technology.
I taught myself everything I could. I moved from end user to admin, from admin to architect, from architect to leading a large Salesforce team inside a real organization with real pressure - budgets, timelines, leadership expectations, team morale. I've sat in the same room as you, watching a report that no one trusted drive a decision that cost the business. I know what it feels like when the system is supposed to be helping and it's quietly making everything harder.
Over the next decade, I became a speaker and mentor in the Salesforce User Group community. And the same story kept surfacing: organizations buying the tools and not seeing the return. Smart, capable teams being let down by systems that were never properly built, or consultants who disappeared after go-live, or junior admins stretched far beyond what any one person can handle alone.
That's why I built Hmara Solutions. Not to implement features. To restore systems that leaders can finally rely on.
The name "Hmara" means "cloud" in my native language -Belarusian. This is a nod to my heritage and to the people who shaped me. I am proud to lead a team that reflects where I've come from: talented people who have built their expertise from the ground up, including young women from Belarus and beyond who are establishing themselves in the field. We bring the same care to our team that we bring to every client, because the way we work matters as much as what we build.