# Vaughn Paladin

> Vaughn Paladin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Arcsona, a Salesforce consulting and IT services firm headquartered in Campbell, California. He co-founded Arcsona in 2010 alongside Stephan Thomsen, drawing on 15 years of consulting experience at Ernst & Young and as CEO of FocusFrame. Under his leadership, Arcsona has grown to 83 employees across three continents, completed over 200 Salesforce implementations, and shipped Spark - a no-code tool for Salesforce Experience Cloud - on the AppExchange.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Arcsona
- **Organizations:** Arcsona, FocusFrame, Ernst & Young
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Arts, Washington University in St. Louis (Olin Business School), MBA, Washington University in St. Louis (Olin Business School)
- **Known for:** Co-founded Arcsona in 2010, growing it to 83 employees across North America, South America, and Europe, Built Arcsona into a firm with 200+ Salesforce implementations without any outside venture capital, Led development of Arcsona's proprietary Testing Accelerator framework for enterprise CRM testing

## Career timeline

- **1995** — Joined Ernst & Young as Senior Manager
- **2000** — Left Ernst & Young after 5 years; became CEO of FocusFrame
- **2000-2010** — Served as CEO of FocusFrame for a decade
- **2010** — Co-founded Arcsona with Stephan Thomsen; became CEO
- **2012** — Arcsona established formal presence in Campbell, California
- **2024-2025** — Launched Spark - no-code Salesforce Experience Cloud tool on AppExchange
- **2026** — Arcsona reaches 83 employees across 3 continents, 200+ Salesforce implementations

## Achievements

- Co-founded Arcsona in 2010, growing it to 83 employees across North America, South America, and Europe
- Built Arcsona into a firm with 200+ Salesforce implementations without any outside venture capital
- Led development of Arcsona's proprietary Testing Accelerator framework for enterprise CRM testing
- Shipped Spark on the Salesforce AppExchange - a no-code tool for Experience Cloud site customization
- Rebuilt Arcsona's own website using Spark, validating the product in production
- Grew the firm to 57 certified Salesforce experts and 30 Salesforce-verified projects
- Led Arcsona to a ranked position (91st of 690 active competitors) in enterprise application testing

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Promoted Spark on LinkedIn as a no-code Salesforce Experience Cloud styling tool available on AppExchange
- **2026-04** — Arcsona confirmed at 83 employees, continuing global expansion across three continents

## Links

- Website: https://arcsona.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vaughn-paladin-b80b3255
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Arcsona
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/Arcsona

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Last updated: 2026-05-14