Salesforce Org chart
This Salesforce org chart highlights the company’s organizational structure and leadership team, including key executives such as Marc Benioff (Chairman & CEO) , Dean Robison (Svp, Office Of The CEO) , and Parker Harris (Co-Founder, Salesforce & Chief Technology Officer, Slack) . It provides a clear overview of the leadership team’s roles and how they work together to achieve organizational goals and ensure effective management across all functions.
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Salesforce Leadership Team
Executives
Profile Summary
Marc Benioff is Chair, CEO, and Co-Founder of Salesforce and a pioneer of cloud computing. Under Benioff’s leadership, Salesforce is the #1 provider of customer relationship management (CRM) software globally and one of the world's fastest-growing enterprise software companies. Benioff founded Salesforce in 1999, and it is now a Fortune 150 company with 75,000 employees, guided by four core values — trust, customer success, innovation, and equality. The company has been recognized as the Most Innovative Company by Forbes, a Best Place to Work by Fortune, and the 10th Most Admired Company in the World by Fortune. Benioff was named “Innovator of the Decade” by Forbes and is recognized as one of the World’s 25 Greatest Leaders by Fortune, one of the 10 Best-Performing CEOs by Harvard Business Review, and as the CNN Business CEO of 2020. For his leadership on equality, Benioff has been honored by GLAAD, the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative, and Variety Magazine with its EmPOWerment Award. Building a different kind of company, Benioff created Salesforce to not only develop great products, but also to have a positive impact on the world. On day one, Benioff created the 1-1-1 model of philanthropy, which leverages the resources of Salesforce to improve communities around the world. Today, more than 12,000 companies have adopted the 1-1-1 model through the Pledge 1% movement. Benioff and his wife, Lynne, have focused their philanthropy on healthcare, the environment, public education, and homelessness. The Benioffs have given more than $250 million to the University of California, San Francisco, to build UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals in San Francisco and Oakland. The Benioffs have also established the Benioff Ocean Initiative at the University of California, Santa Barbara, the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, the UCSF Benioff Initiative for Prostate Cancer Research, and the UCSF Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine, and they have provided the initial funding for the Stanford Microbiome Therapies Initiative. A member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) board of trustees, Benioff co-founded 1t.org — the global movement to conserve, restore, and grow 1 trillion trees — and the WEF Friends of Ocean Action. He also serves as the inaugural chair of WEF’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in San Francisco. Benioff is the owner and co-chair of TIME, and the founder of TIME Ventures — a leading investment firm with over 200 investments. Benioff is author of the New York Times bestseller “Trailblazer: The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change.” Before launching Salesforce, Benioff spent 13 years at Oracle, where he was the youngest vice president in company history. When he was 14 years old, he sold his first piece of software, “How to Juggle,” for $75. He founded his first company, Liberty Software, which created video games, at the age of 15. Benioff received a B.S. in business administration from the University of Southern California, where he is on its board of trustees. In 2014, USC awarded Benioff an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters.
Dean Robison
Svp, Office Of The CEO
Dean Robison currently serves as Senior Vice President in the Office of the CEO at Salesforce since September 2023. Prior to this role, Robison was with ServiceNow, where leadership spanned multiple roles including Senior Vice President of Customer Outcomes and Senior Vice President of Technical Support, emphasizing operations management and strategic oversight of global support teams. Experience also includes serving as Chief Customer Officer at InsideSales.com, where Robison expanded the customer support team and significantly improved retention and customer satisfaction metrics. Earlier career highlights comprise significant leadership positions at Salesforce.com, focusing on M&A integration and growing consulting services, as well as serving as a Field Artillery Officer in the United States Marine Corps. Robison holds a Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering from the United States Naval Academy and an MBA from Santa Clara University.
Previous or Current Companies (Board, Advisor, Employer)
InsideSales.com
Parker Harris
Co-Founder, Salesforce & Chief Technology Officer, Slack
Drives technology vision and architecture across Salesforce. He is also a member of the company’s Board of Directors. Parker founded Salesforce along with Marc Benioff, Dave Moellenhoff, and Frank Dominguez in the spring of 1999. Prior to Salesforce, Parker developed cloud computing expertise at Left Coast Software, a company he co-founded in 1996, and sales force automation expertise at Metropolis Software, an early pioneer in field sales force automation, subsequently acquired by Clarify. Parker developed a love of math, science and computer programming at an early age, but also developed the other side of his brain with a fluency in French and a degree in English Literature from Middlebury College.
Kendall Collins
Chief Business Officer & Chief of Staff to Marc Benioff
Kendall Collins is Chief Business Officer and Chief of Staff to Marc Benioff at Salesforce. He’s responsible for leading strategic company initiatives and customer relationships for the Office of the Chair and CEO, along with overseeing the global communications team. Kendall was an executive at Salesforce from 2004 to 2016, where he held roles across sales, product, and marketing, including as EVP and CEO of Salesforce Cloud, EVP and GM for Collaboration, and Global CMO. He and his teams led Salesforce customers through a period of rapid innovation, as the company expanded its portfolio of clouds and developed groundbreaking social, mobile, and AI technologies for CRM. He drove the launch of multiple company milestones, including Salesforce One (Lightning), Salesforce Communities, Service Cloud, AppExchange, and the brand shift to cloud computing. Kendall was previously CMO of Okta, CMO of AppDynamics (Cisco), and GM for Enterprise Software at WeWork. He has also served as Executive in Residence at Accel Partners and was previously appointed to the digital advisory board for Obama for America. He graduated with a B.S. in commerce with distinction from the University of Virginia, a concentration in East Asian studies, and studied at National Taiwan University.
Previous or Current Companies (Board, Advisor, Employer)
Algolia
WeWork
Ironclad
Okta
Airtable
Accel
David Schmaier
President & Chief Strategy Officer
David has over three decades of experience building cloud-, CRM-, and industry-specific vertical software companies as an executive, entrepreneur, board member, and investor. David is President and Chief Product Officer, responsible for Salesforce’s global product team, strategy, and vision. He and his organization partner closely with industry leading companies on their digital transformations to connect with and serve their customers in entirely new ways. Prior to Salesforce, he worked as the CEO and Founder at Vlocity (www.vlocity.com) — a three-time Forbes Cloud 100 company (2017, 2018, 2019) and strategic Salesforce ISV — delivering industry-specific cloud and mobile software with embedded digital, omni-channel processes for six industries. Vlocity was Salesforce’s fastest growing ISV out of 5,000 and was acquired by Salesforce in June 2020. Prior to Vlocity, David worked on the Founding Executive Team and as Executive Vice President at Siebel Systems, a pioneering company in the CRM space. He helped build the company from an idea to a public company of 8,000 people and $2 billion in revenue. He continues to serve as a strategic advisory board member for Genstar Capital, a leading private equity firm. David worked previously in a variety of sales and marketing roles at Oracle Corporation and also at Braxton Associates (now part of Deloitte Consulting). He also served as COO and as an advisory board member for C3.ai, a leading provider of enterprise AI applications, and on the board of directors for Inxeption, a fast-growing industrial ecommerce software provider, as well as TravelClick, a leading hospitality software company. He also served on the board of trustees of Town School for Boys and The Hamlin School, both independent schools in San Francisco. David graduated with an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Previous or Current Companies (Board, Advisor, Employer)
C3 AI
Steve Fisher
President & Chief Product Officer
Sabastian Niles
President & Chief Legal Officer
Previous or Current Companies (Board, Advisor, Employer)
Wachtell Lipton
Robin L. Washington
President & Chief Operating and Financial Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Gilead Sciences Inc.
Ariel Kelman
President & CMO
Ariel Kelman is a seasoned marketing executive with extensive experience in leading marketing strategies for prominent technology companies. Currently serving as President and CMO at Salesforce, Ariel previously held the position of Chief Marketing Officer at Fireblocks and EVP, Chief Marketing Officer at Oracle. Additional roles include VP of Worldwide Marketing and Head of Worldwide Marketing at Amazon Web Services, as well as various positions at Salesforce.com, where responsibilities ranged from Vice President of Platform Product Marketing to Director of Product Marketing. Ariel holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, earned between 1991 and 1995.
Previous or Current Companies (Board, Advisor, Employer)
Fireblocks
Nathalie Scardino
President & Chief People Officer
Nathalie Scardino serves as President & Chief People Officer at Salesforce, with previous roles including Interim Chief People Officer and EVP, Global Head of Recruiting, Onboarding & Employee Learning. Nathalie is also an Advisory Board Member for CHRO Academy and a Board Member at San Francisco Youth Theatre. Additionally, Nathalie contributes as a Student Mentor for Year Up. Educational background includes a BA (Hons) in Theatre History from Goldsmiths, University of London, and previous studies in Business Studies and Sociology at Greenhead College.
Previous or Current Companies (Board, Advisor, Employer)
Year Up
Anthony Fernicola
President & Chief Customer Officer
Anthony Fernicola is an experienced executive with a diverse background in leadership roles within the technology sector. Currently serving as President and Chief Customer Officer at Salesforce, Anthony has also held the position of President of Global Enterprise Sales at the same company. Prior to Salesforce, Anthony was Senior Vice President at Oracle and Vice President at Unisys. Anthony holds a degree from Manhattan University, where studies took place from 1974 to 1978.
Previous or Current Companies (Board, Advisor, Employer)
Unisys
Dave Rey
President, Global Public Sector
Dave Rey has extensive experience in the technology sector, having worked with Salesforce since August 2013. Currently serving as the President of Global Public Sector, Dave is responsible for all public sector sales in North America. Prior to Salesforce, Dave held leadership roles at Oracle Corporation from 1996 to July 2013, where Dave was the Group Vice President for North America Public Sector Hardware. With a Masters of Science in Business from Central Michigan University and a BS in Business from Towson University, Dave brings a strong foundation of education and experience to their roles in the industry.
Previous or Current Companies (Board, Advisor, Employer)
Srini Tallapragada
President & Chief Engineering Officer
Srini Tallapragada is a seasoned executive in the technology sector, currently serving as President and Chief Engineering Officer at Salesforce. Prior roles include President and Executive Vice President - Engineering at Salesforce, as well as Sr Vice President positions at both Oracle Corporation and SAP Labs. Previous experience at Oracle Corp includes roles as Vice President of Applications Development, Sr Director of Applications Development, and Sr Dev Manager. Srini's career began at Infosys as a Project Manager. Educational qualifications include a BTech in Computer Science from the National Institute of Technology Warangal and a PGDPMIR in Systems Engineering and Organizational Behaviour from XLRI Jamshedpur.
Miguel Milano
President & CRO
Suzanne DiBianca
EVP ESG/Sustainability & Chief Impact Officer
In this role, Suzanne leads Salesforce’s stakeholder capitalism strategy—including the company’s global corporate relations and sustainability efforts, driving positive social and environmental impact through innovative initiatives and dynamic partnerships. She leads the company’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategy and reporting with a depth of focus on climate action programs on the global journey to net zero emissions. Through the Salesforce Ventures Impact Fund, she invests in nextgen, diverse cloud companies driving positive change across sustainability, education, equality and social sector technology solutions. She drives Salesforce’s workforce development efforts, with a focus on upskilling and hiring of the military community and other nontraditional talent. Suzanne has worked at Salesforce for more than twenty years and was previously co-founder and president of the Salesforce Foundation and Salesforce.org. Under Suzanne’s leadership, Salesforce pioneered the 1-1-1 model of integrated corporate philanthropy, which dedicates 1% of Salesforce’s equity, employee time and product back into the community. More than 12,000 companies in 130 countries have joined Pledge 1%. She serves on multiple councils for the United Nations and the World Economic Forum, has been named one of Inside Philanthropy’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Philanthropy, and is a member of the San Francisco Business Times’ Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business hall of fame. She currently serves as a board director and trustee at the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, and serves on the advisory boards of Classy, Inc., Twilio.org, Pledge 1%, and the DocuSign IMPACT Fund. Suzanne is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Previous or Current Companies (Board, Advisor, Employer)
South Pole
Todd Machtmes
EVP & General Counsel
Todd Machtmes is General Counsel, leading the company’s global legal, ethics and integrity, and compliance organizations, helping guide the company to respond to the wide variety of matters that come with an increasingly complex global environment. Having joined Salesforce in 2005, Todd Machtmes has been a vital part of the legal department ever since, and a part of some of the company’s biggest and most influential milestones. He’s helped guide Salesforce through its tremendous growth and provided counsel on many of the company’s most transformational commercial transactions. Prior to Salesforce, Todd worked at Adobe Systems Incorporated structuring large customer transactions, and he previously worked in private practice at the law firms of Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley, and Miller, Starr & Regalia. Todd has a J.D. from University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and a B.A. in political science with high honors from California State University, Chico.
Paula Goldman
EVP & Chief Ethical & Humane Use Officer
Paula Goldman is the current Chief Ethical and Humane Use Officer at Salesforce. Prior to this, they served on the Supervisory Board at Pymwymic, an impact investment fund, from January 2017 to April 2019. From January 2015 to December 2018, Paula was the Vice President, Global Lead - Tech and Society Solutions Lab at Omidyar Network. In this role, they helped tech companies and civil society better anticipate societal risks arising from new technology. Paula has also been a Social Impact Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business from January 2015 to June 2016. Furthermore, they have served as faculty at Mills College from January 2009 to December 2009 and at UC Berkeley from January 2008 to December 2009. Paula has also been a member of the National AI Advisory Committee. Finally, they were the Executive Director of the U.S. National Advisory Board on Impact Investing from December 2013 to December 2014. Paula Goldman has a PhD from Harvard University in their dissertation on how unorthodox ideas become mainstream. Paula also has a Masters from Princeton University in Public Affairs and International Development, and they are a Nomura Public Affairs Fellow. Finally, they have a B.A from UC Berkeley in Political Economy.
Previous or Current Companies (Board, Advisor, Employer)
UC Berkeley
Mills College
Omidyar Network
