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10 Salesforce executives
These ten current and former Salesforce executives include the CEO, the Salesforce CFO, who also serves as chief operating officer, and leaders of product, strategy, sales, legal, people and finance. A reader can learn how Salesforce plans strategy, manages finance and accounting, and runs its go-to-market and corporate functions from people who have led them.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alexa Vignone
LinkedInExperience: President, Chief Revenue Officer · Salesforce
President, Chief Revenue Officer at Salesforce since August 2026. Former Salesforce roles include President, Chief Sales Officer (2026), President, Accelerated Industries (2025–2026), Executive Vice President, Comms, Media & Technology (2022–2024) and Senior Vice President, Communications, Media and Technology (2019–2022).
Darryl Yee
LinkedInExperience: EVP Finance (Global Head of Tax & Insurance and Japan Finance) · Salesforce
EVP Finance (Global Head of Tax & Insurance and Japan Finance) at Salesforce since 2012, a role the profile places in the Finance & Accounting department. The profile also lists Senior Business Leader at Visa (2009–2012), Senior Director at McKesson Corporation (2007–2009) and Executive Director at EY (1991–2007).
David Schmaier
LinkedInExperience: President and Chief Strategy Officer · Salesforce
President and Chief Strategy Officer at Salesforce since 2025. Former Salesforce roles include President and Chief Product Officer (2021–2025) and CEO of Salesforce Industries (2020–2021), and he was CEO & Founder of Vlocity, a Salesforce Company (2014–2020). The profile says he is responsible for strategic priorities from M&A and venture capital to market strategy and monetization.
John Stormer
LinkedInExperience: EVP & COO, Product · Salesforce
EVP & COO, Product at Salesforce since 2020. Former Salesforce roles include SVP & COO, Product (2018–2020), SVP Product Strategy and Operations (2017–2018), Vice President of Product Strategy and Operations (2015–2017) and Senior Director of Product Strategy (2011–2015).
Keith Block
LinkedInExperience: Co-CEO · Salesforce
Former Co-CEO of Salesforce (2018–2020) and former Vice Chairman, President and COO of Salesforce (2013–2018). The profile says he served on the Salesforce board from 2013 to 2020 and as advisor to the CEO through May 2020. He is CEO, Founder at Smith Point Capital since 2022, and the profile also lists EVP North America at Oracle (2002–2012).
Marc Benioff
LinkedInExperience: Chief Executive Officer · Salesforce
Chief Executive Officer at Salesforce since 1999, with the role listed as current, and Chairman at TIME since 2018. The profile summary says he is best known as the co-founder, chairman and CEO of the software company Salesforce, and as the owner of Time magazine since 2018.
Nathalie Scardino
LinkedInExperience: President & Chief People Officer · Salesforce
President & Chief People Officer at Salesforce since 2023. Former Salesforce roles include EVP, Global Head of Recruiting, Onboarding & Employee Learning (2023), EVP, Global Head of Recruiting (2021–2023) and SVP, Recruiting (2020–2021). The profile says she leads global people strategy for 80,000 employees across 50 countries.
Robin Washington
LinkedInExperience: President and Chief Operating & Financial Officer · Salesforce
President and Chief Operating & Financial Officer at Salesforce since 2025, and a Salesforce Board Member since 2013. The profile says she leads Business Strategy and Operations, Global Finance, Employee Success, Global Strategic Customers and Partners, Marketing, Communications, and Real Estate and Workplace Services. She is also listed as a Board Member at Alphabet Inc. since 2019.
Sabastian V. Niles
LinkedInExperience: President and Chief Legal Officer · Salesforce
President and Chief Legal Officer at Salesforce since 2023, a role the profile places in the Legal department. The profile lists Partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (2006–2023), along with summer associate roles at the firm, including in its Corporate M&A Group in 2006.
Sundeep Reddy
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer · Salesforce
Former Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer at Salesforce (2021–2026), and Strategic Advisor at Salesforce since 2026. He is also listed as Board Member and AFC Chair at Make-A-Wish America since 2024, which the profile describes as chairing the board's Audit & Finance Committee.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does the finance organization at Salesforce plan, forecast and report results for a subscription software business of its size?
- 02How are priorities set and shared between the corporate functions and the product and sales leaders during annual planning?
- 03Which Salesforce operating practices would you keep, and which would you change, when applying them at a smaller software company?
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