Blake International Management LLC

Chief Executive Officer

I’m Falan Blake a nursing student and CNA with a vision to bridge psychiatry, neurology, and nursing research. My journey into healthcare is deeply personal. I’ve lost loved ones to stroke and heart disease, and my child lives with a serious mental illness that changed the course of our lives. 

What drives me is the question why…why the brain and body respond the way they do, and how we can move beyond treating symptoms to addressing root causes.

My focus is pediatric neurology and mental health nursing, with long-term plans to pursue a dual PHD/DNP and position myself as a nurse scientist. I believe nursing can play a greater role in reshaping how we understand brain health from advocating for advanced imaging in psychiatric care to exploring new pathways for trauma-informed recovery.

This isn’t just a career shift; it’s a lifelong mission. My platform will document my academic journey, share insights at the intersection of psychiatry and neurology, and build awareness for research-based nursing care.

If you’re interested in the future of brain health, nursing research, or cross-disciplinary collaboration, let’s connect here and on (Twitter)


Falan Blake

Last year was our first Thanksgiving together as adults. I cooked the “traditional” way at first.

We grew up in New York City. His family leans more Latin/Irish in their holiday food traditions, and mine leans more African American. But I never actually spent Thanksgiving with the Latin side of my dad’s family, so our foods were always different anyway.

I went on to become a chef, and by the time I had my own home, I was done with typical Thanksgiving food. Working in restaurants and casinos meant spending the entire week cooking hundreds of turkeys. By the time the holiday arrived, the last thing I wanted was more turkey.

So we decided to create our own version of the day. A blended, non-traditional dinner built around foods we actually love.

I don’t cook professionally anymore, but I still cook for friends and family when they’re nearby. This year, my neighbor already requested his own skillet of southern cornbread. My daughter wants pot roast. And Kevin will eat whatever I put on the table.

As for me, I want crab legs. But honestly, that’s every day for me.

If you’re not doing the usual menu this year… what are you having?

Falan 🦀

Falan N. Blake

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My kid and I LOVE this place. I’m so happy I feel better to eat today. 🤣

I was too sick to eat yesterday. Saved my calories for today. 

Happy Friday. 🫶🏼

Omg yes! I have pneumonia. I found out day before yesterday. 

What is going on?

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I ✅ Did it. I finished my first college class — English 101 — with an A.

I’ve always been a strong writer, but editing…that’s another story. Structural editing has never been my strength and that’s okay!

Huge thanks to Marie S., who red-marked my drafts to death and listened to me spiral for an entire semester, and to Kevin, my other half, who slept maybe five hours over two days helping me fact-check and research my 12-page Partisan Essay.

Let’s just say, as a criminal defense lawyer, he found the topic far more exciting than I did and I still don’t fully understand what I wrote. 😭🤣😭🤣🤷🏻‍♀️

If it weren’t for the two of them, that A would’ve looked a lot more like a C.

We all have our strengths. Mine isn’t editing or political commentary and that’s perfectly fine.

Whew! 

Glad it’s over. 

Falan 🤓

Digital Commerce Advisor

The mid-market and Enterprise focused commerce consulting firm and Salesforce Commerce Cloud, and Shopify Plus partner. Helping brands, retailers, and B2B companies realize their digital goals with the most robust commerce solutions. 

Founded Digital Commerce Advisor in 2018 with more than 10 years experience in digital commerce. 

We have a talented TEAM of Certified Developers, Architects and Consultants who have delivered successful solutions for dozens of B2C and B2B brands and retailers.

Founder & CEO

XG-Commerce

XG COMMERCE is a global eCommerce solution that helps brands sell more and with a better performance to key target markets. Selling internationally requires always more, to achieve the best Return on the Investment. XG COMMERCE is an end-to-end solution from eCommerce Localization to seamless global logistics management.

Co-Founder

Self Employed

Entrepreneur

I help brands and retailers with the customer experiences. I've been +10 years in the industry, helped various sizes of businesses and networked with industry-leading solution providers. 

2018, I founded Digital Commerce Advisor, a full service Salesforce Commerce Cloud, and Shopify Plus consulting company. We have +60 certified experts at your service. 

Our priority is to help our clients to realize their full potential in the commerce. We offer B2C, B2B and B2B2C eCommerce implementation, solution consulting, strategic consulting, and maintenance and support services for brand, retailers and third-party application providers. 

Outside of the digital commerce, I help start-ups and growing businesses to find investments and other financial instruments, through Alpha Capital Holding Limited to help them to scale their business. 

Specialities: Solution consulting, commerce applications, composable commerce, international sales, customer experiences, marketplaces, and digital strategy.

Pasi Pietarinen

Lately, I've seen a lot of cases where migration from SFCC to Shopify increases conversion and loyalty.

This is not completely true, actually not even half.

Those cases have migrated from SiteGenesis to Shopify. SiteGenesis is SFCC's legacy version, which is not even very mobile friendly.

Salesforce launched Storefront Reference Architecture (SFRA) back in 2018. SFRA is mobile friendly and actually includes dozens of out-of-the-box features that make mobile shopping easy.

In 2021, Salesforce launched the first version of PWA Kit, also known as Composable Storefront, for B2C Commerce.

But still, some merchants are on SiteGenesis, which was launched by Demandware in 2009. Salesforce no longer offers support or new innovations for this legacy storefront.

If you're still on SiteGenesis, it's literally like leaving money on the table.

What I've seen is that migration from SiteGenesis to SFRA gives much better results than migration to Shopify.

For example, a 50% increase in mobile conversion rate and 70% faster page load time.

CEO at Digital Commerce Advisor | Customer Experience | Cloud solutions | Data + AI for Commerce

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