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Michigan Economic Development Corporation

Modernize Salesforce platform to accelerate innovation, improve governance, and prepare for Agentforce

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Meet The Client

About Michigan Economic Development Corporation

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) is the state's lead economic development organization, focused on growing Michigan's economy by attracting investment, supporting businesses, creating jobs, and promoting tourism. Through partnerships with communities, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders, MEDC delivers programs and services that foster economic growth, encourage innovation, and strengthen Michigan's competitiveness.

MEDC

The Challenge

After more than 15 years on Salesforce, Michigan Economic Development Corporation's environment had accumulated technical debt and outdated development processes that slowed the organization's ability to deliver new capabilities.

Immature DevOps practices, inconsistent governance, and growing security and platform health concerns limited the pace of innovation and made it more difficult to adopt emerging technologies such as Agentforce.

MEDC needed a strategic approach to modernize its Salesforce program, improve operational efficiency, and establish a stronger foundation for future innovation.

The Solution

Summit partnered with MEDC to modernize its Salesforce ecosystem by improving platform governance, strengthening security, advancing DevOps maturity, and enabling innovation. Working alongside the client, Summit implemented the following:

  • Conducted a comprehensive Salesforce architecture and security assessment to identify technical debt and prioritize remediation efforts

  • Optimized governance by establishing standardized project intake, prioritization, and IT resource allocation processes

  • Implemented an enterprise-grade DevOps process and supporting toolset to improve development efficiency, quality, and deployment speed

  • Established an Innovation Center to develop, pilot, and deploy new Agentforce use cases that drive business value and modernize operations

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Results for Our Client

Summit transformed MEDC's Salesforce delivery model by introducing a modern software development lifecycle that increased speed, accountability, and operational efficiency.

Within four months, the organization implemented a mature DevOps process, remediated 80 Salesforce Org Health and Security findings, successfully deployed four Agentforce use cases, and eliminated the need for an additional Full Copy Sandbox—reducing Salesforce licensing costs by 20% while creating a stronger foundation for continued innovation.

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