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10 Salesforce procurement leaders
These ten current and former Salesforce procurement leaders, including Salesforce's Chief Procurement Officer, hold or have held procurement, sourcing and procurement operations roles from director to chief procurement officer at Salesforce. A reader can learn how procurement leaders build and run their teams in enterprise software companies.
Professionals to explore
01—10Aashish Talwar
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Technology Sourcing & Procurement · Salesforce
Vice President - Technology Sourcing & Procurement at Salesforce since March 2024. Former Vice President - Technology Sourcing at AIG (2022–2024), Executive - Software & Digital Sourcing at GE HealthCare (2019–2022) and Software & IT Services Sourcing Leader at GE (2014–2018).
Brian McKinney
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director - Strategic Sourcing · Salesforce
Sr. Director - Strategic Sourcing at Salesforce since August 2019. Former Director - Strategic Sourcing (2015–2019) and Sr. Manager - Strategic Sourcing (2013–2015) at Salesforce, and former Sr. Manager - Global Procurement Organization at SAP (2007–2013); the profile mentions sourcing a variety of categories and directing teams to meet cost, quality and service objectives.
Chris Hong
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Technology Sourcing, Supply Chain and Procurement · Salesforce
Former Sr. Director, Technology Sourcing, Supply Chain and Procurement at Salesforce (2014–2019), where the profile says the role managed 60+ team members globally, including the Supply Chain Management team. Former Director of Strategic Sourcing at Salesforce (2011–2014). Vice President, Global Sourcing and Procurement at Workday since 2019.
Cliff Haynes
LinkedInExperience: Director, Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain Management - Technology · Salesforce
Former Director, Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain Management - Technology at Salesforce (2017–2019), where the profile says the role created the sourcing and supply chain function for Salesforce's global network needs. Head of Global Enterprise Procurement (CPO) at Intuitive since 2024 and former Sr. Director, Head of Sourcing & Procurement at Splunk (2019–2024).
Craig Cuffie
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Salesforce
Former Chief Procurement Officer at Salesforce (2017–2022), a C-Level operations role based in San Francisco. Former Vice President of Operations at Jawbone (2014–2015) and former Chief Procurement Officer and VP Supply Chain Management at Clearwire (2010–2013), and former Managing Director at Eagle Island Advisors, LLC (2015–2017).
Gregg Linder
LinkedInExperience: Global Director Procurement & Sourcing · Salesforce
Former Global Director Procurement & Sourcing at Salesforce (2019–2025), where the profile describes leading global procurement and sourcing for real estate, corporate security, sustainability and technology. The listing also shows a Director of Procurement row at Salesforce (2019–2025). Former VP of Corporate Services at Bradley Company (2016–2018).
Jennifer Browne
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer and Head of Shared Services · Salesforce
Senior Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer and Head of Shared Services at Salesforce since June 2022. Former Vice President - Global Indirect Sourcing & Procurement Programs, Operations & Enablement (2020–2022), Senior Director, Global Procurement and Supply Chain Operations (2018–2020) and Director, Procurement Operations, Enablement & Programs (2015–2018) at Salesforce.
Melissa Fardanesh
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Procurement Enablement · Salesforce
Senior Director, Procurement Enablement at Salesforce since August 2022; the profile says the role leads the Procurement M&A Integration team and Project and Change Management teams. Former Director, Procurement Enablement (2018–2022) and Sr. Manager, Global Procure-to-Pay Operations (2010–2018) at Salesforce.
Monica Porter
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Procurement Operations · Salesforce
Vice President, Procurement Operations at Salesforce since February 2025; the profile says the role leads a customer zero team working on agentic AI transformation in enterprise procurement. Former Senior Director, Procurement Operations at Salesforce (2022–2025); the listing also shows Director, Procurement Operations at Salesforce and Director, Procurement Operations (ProcOps) and Travel at Tableau, both from December 2012 with no end date.
Paul Kristek
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director Technology Sourcing - Infrastructure · Salesforce
Sr. Director Technology Sourcing - Infrastructure at Salesforce since August 2023; the profile describes leading a global Technology Sourcing team covering data center infrastructure. Former Director Technology Sourcing (2021–2023) and Director Procurement and Supply Chain Operations (2018–2021) at Salesforce.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's category to your question, since technology and infrastructure sourcing works differently from indirect, corporate services or procurement operations work. Check whether each Salesforce role is current or past before asking about how the company buys today.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How should a software company organize sourcing for data center, cloud and hardware spend versus corporate services?
- 02What does a procurement operations and enablement team own, and how does it measure its impact?
- 03How does procurement handle supplier contracts and systems when the company integrates an acquisition?
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