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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based VP’ operating in the CRM space. If you think a VP’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
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Greg Schott
EVP, Emerging API Initiatives of Salesforce
Greg Schott is the EVP of Emerging API Initiatives at Salesforce. Prior to that, Greg served as the chairman and CEO of MuleSoft Inc. He holds an MBA degree from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a BS in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University.
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Elizabeth Pinkham
EVP, Global Real Estate of Salesforce
Elizabeth Pinkham is the EVP, Global Real Estate at Salesforce.
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Judith Platz
Senior Vice President, Service Cloud Support of Salesforce
Judith Platz brings over 25 years of in-depth customer support experience to TSIA. Most recently, she was Senior Vice President of the Global Customer Success team for Approva Corporation. Judith was responsible for supervising & coordinating multiple functional, strategic, organizational development & technical work streams, including Technical Support, Account Management, Business Consulting, implementation management, and Training. Judith developed and nurtured a world-class professional services, support & training culture. She led the recruitment and motivation of a talented management team & staff. She led her team to three consecutive TSIA STAR Awards. Prior to Approva, she spent seven years at Oracle in a number of critical customer service positions where she led a team that developed and implemented customer confidence programs focused on increasing customer satisfaction and retention for highly complex global accounts. In this role, she was recognized by the Oracle Applications User Group (OAUG) for her sustained efforts advocating on their behalf and educating and communicating with the Oracle user community. Judith brings significant systems integration and operations experience to TSIA. Prior to her tenure at Oracle, Judith worked at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) where she supervised support operations across three continents and developed and implemented information technology standards to achieve quality improvements. Judith also has extensive experience in computerized learning in both the public and commercial sectors.
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Ben Brantly
VP of Product of Salesforce
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Parker Harris
Co-Founder, EVP Technology of Salesforce
Parker Harris founded salesforce.com along with Marc Benioff, Dave Moellenhoff and Frank Dominguez in the spring of 1999. As Executive Vice President, Harris oversees the development of all software for salesforce.com. Prior to founding salesforce.com, Harris developed web application and salesforce automation expertise at Left Coast Software, a private consulting company he co-founded, as well as at Metropolis software, an early pioneer in field sales force automation subsequently acquired by Clarify. Harris has over twelve years of software engineering and management experience. He graduated from Middlebury College with a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature.
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Clarence So
EVP of Salesforce
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Adam Gilberd
Senior Vice President, Commercial Sales of Salesforce
Adam is Senior Vice President of Commercial Sales at Salesforce. In his eight years at the company, Gilberd has served in a variety of sales leadership roles, across multiple customer segments in the U.S., Canada, and Latin America markets.
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Jessica Ross
EVP of Finance and Chief Transformation Officer of Salesforce
Jessica Ross is the EVP of Finance and Chief Transformation Officer at Salesforce.
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Bill Patterson
EVP & GM, CRM Applications of Salesforce
Bill Patterson is an EVP and General Manager, CRM Applications at Salesforce.
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Lynne Zaledonis
Executive Vice President, Industry Marketing of Salesforce
Lynne is a former Senior Director of Product Marketing at Salesforce who helps drive product marketing and sales enablement for Sales Cloud, the world’s leading sales app.
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Lidiane Jones
Executive VP, Commerce Cloud GM of Salesforce
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Pascal Yammine
Senior Vice President & General Manager Salesforce CPQ + Billing of Salesforce
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Robin Glinton
SVP & Data Intelligence of Salesforce
Robin Glinton is the SVP & Data Intelligence at Salesforce.
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Tyler Prince
Executive Vice President – Worldwide Alliances & Channels of Salesforce
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Sherrick Murdoff
Vice President, Partner Investments of Salesforce
Sherrick Murdoff is the Board Observer of AllCloud.
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Thimaya Subaiya
SVP, Marketing & Operations of Salesforce
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Liam Doyle
Senior Vice President Product Management and GM, MuleSoft Composer of Salesforce
Senior Vice President Product Management, MuleSoft at Salesforce.
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Michael Peachey
Senior Vice President & Global Marketing of Salesforce
Michael Peachey is the SVP & Global Marketing at Salesforce.
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John Carney
Senior Vice President and GM for Global Telecom and Media of Salesforce
John Carney oversees all aspects of Motorola’s Mobile Devices global sales operations. Prior to joining Motorola Mobility, John most recently was at Sprint Nextel, where he was senior vice president of Consumer Marketing. During his three years with Sprint Nextel, John delivered 10 consecutive quarters of year-over-year customer growth and led a customer retention turnaround via a multi-billion consumer marketing effort. Prior to working at Sprint Nextel, John was president and CEO for wireless carrier Affinity Mobile, a private equity-backed start-up, which he helped build and launch in the U.S. and where he built a customer list from scratch. Before joining Affinity, John spent nearly a decade at T-Mobile USA, where he ran the sales organization. John was responsible for building out T-Mobile’s retail network (opening more than 1,000 stores), and had revenue accountability for tens of billions of dollars. John is a Chicago-area native and will be based in Libertyville after relocating from Kansas City. John holds an MBA in Marketing from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a bachelor’s in Marketing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Rob Garf
VP of Industry Strategy & Insights, Retail and Consumer Goods of Salesforce
Rob Garf is VP of Industry Strategy and Insights and the Chair of the Client Advisory Board at Salesforce Commerce. With 25 years of global retail experience as a practitioner (Lids, Marshalls, Hit or Miss), an industry analyst (AMR Research), a strategy consultant (IBM), and a software leader (Salesforce), he is no stranger to the industry and the challenges retailers face. He currently guides product strategy, develops industry research, and advises senior executives globally on unified commerce strategies. Rob is also a frequent industry speaker and a member of NRF’s Digital Council.
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Mike Rosenbaum
EVP Product of Salesforce
Mike Rosenbaum is the CEO at Guidewire Software.
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Theresa Ludvigson
Vice President, Onboarding & Employee Connection of Salesforce
Theresa Ludvigson is the Vice President, Onboarding & Employee Connection at Salesforce.
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Sarah Patterson
SVP, Product Marketing & Strategy of Salesforce
Sarah Patterson leads the messaging, positioning and go-to-market strategy for Service Cloud, Sales Cloud and EMEA product marketing at Salesforce. Since joining Salesforce in 2008, Sarah has worked on several major initiatives including SMB product marketing and helping to launch Chatter. She started running Service Cloud Product Marketing in 2013, and took over responsibility for Sales Cloud and EMEA product marketing in 2018. Sarah brings more than 15 years of experience in IT consulting, M&A finance, research, and marketing to Salesforce and has held a variety of positions at McKinsey & Co., Broadview International, and the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City. Sarah holds a BA in Economics from Wellesley College, an MBA from Stanford
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Phil Komarny
VP and Innovation of Salesforce
Highly social, entrepreneurial, award winning senior executive with a 20+ year track record of delivering innovative, high value solutions by aligning existing problems with emerging technologies. Experienced as a c-level executive within higher education that has leveraged entrepreneurial instincts, a broad technical skillset, and a very strong reputation for developing and motivating teams at all levels to integrate new technologies that create value for the organization. Comfortable serving as the voice of the business and building a strong rapport with management, colleagues, vendors, stakeholders and technical specialists.
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Michael Maoz
Senior Vice President, Innovation Strategy of Salesforce
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Emma Chalwin
EVP & Global Field Marketing of Salesforce
Emma Chalwin is the Executive Vice President & Global Field Marketing at Salesforce.
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Ernest Ng
VP, Global ES Strategy and People Analytics of Salesforce
VP, Global ES Strategy and People Analytics at Salesforce.
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Katrin Ribant
SVP product Management of Salesforce
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Jim Green
Senior Vice President of Salesforce
Jim Green is the Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Policy forSalesforce. He oversees the company’s government relations and policy initiatives around the world. Prior to joining Salesforce in 2014, Jim founded T4A.org, a non-profit organization that works to create a network of entrepreneurs committed to redefining the public-private sector relationship. Jim has worked on four U.S. Presidential campaigns, including the 2012 re-election of President Barack Obama. Jim founded and led Tech4Obama and organized the technology industry for the re-election campaign. Jim has more than 20 years of experience in bringing together politics, policy, technology and the non-profit sector. He resides in San Francisco with his wife Cammy, son James Jr., and daughter Mavis.
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Jon Suarez-Davis
SVP, Marketing Strategy & Innovation, Salesforce of Salesforce
Jon Suarez-Davis is the Chief Strategy Officer of the Marketing Cloud at Salesforce, where he is responsible for developing technology solutions that empower marketers to deliver connected, personalized, and real-time brand experiences across channels and throughout the consumer journey at scale. Previously, Jon was Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer, Krux, where he oversaw global marketing communications and brand-building initiatives designed to elevate the Krux brand and accelerate growth across key customer segments. The category-leading data management platform (DMP) Krux was acquired by Salesforce in October 2016. Jon joined Krux after six years at the Kellogg Company, where he was Vice President of Global Media & Digital Strategy. At the Kellogg Company, Jon was responsible for building the media and digital marketing team within the Capability & Commercialization Organization (CCO), and for providing strategic leadership for the Global Marketing organization across paid, owned and earned channels. In addition, Jon led the North America media strategy and social media management teams. Before his career at the Kellogg Company, Jon was SVP of Digital Strategy and Planning at Leo Burnett/Starcom, where he was a member of the leadership team responsible for the global Kellogg account. Previously, he played a leadership role in building Biggs|Gilmore —now VML— into one of the most awarded and recognized digital agencies in North America. As VP of Digital Strategy, he led the strategy group responsible for developing integrated marketing communications for Johnson & Johnson, Kimberly-Clark, DuPont and Kellogg. Jon is a frequent speaker at industry events including ANA, IAB, CES, and The Festival of Media, and The Internationalist named him an Internationalist of the Year in 2014, as well as to their “100 Marketing Leaders” list in 2013 and 2014.
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Raj Vemulapalli
Executive Vice President, Software Engineering of Salesforce
Senior Technology Executive with experience in leading and building award winning Consumer/Enterprise products and with expertise in IoT, Big Data, Analytics, Data Science, Search, Mobile, Large Scale, High Performing, Fault-Tolerant, Reliable Distributed systems, and Saas/PaaS * Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, Search, Analytics, AI, Data Science, Machine Learning and Scalable Distributed Storage Systems at Salesforce.com * Led and built Mobile products and platforms that process $3.5+ Billions in transactions per year * Head of Engineering and one of the Co-Founders of Yahoo! Real Time Communications groups and the most used products in the world including Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Chat, Yahoo! Mobile Messaging, Yahoo! Real Time Notification Platform, Y! Voice and Video, Yahoo! IM Integrations with Facebook, Twitter, Google Talk and Microsoft, and open APIs * Advisor at Salesforce Ventures and Limited Partner at Morado Ventures * Architected and built complex multi-tier distributed and scalable systems that handle 300+ million active users and deliver 300+ billion real time messages per month with 99.99% up-time * Filed 9 patents and published 3 papers in distributed systems, communications and social networking * Board of Director, Technology, Product and Strategic Advisor at technology startups * Experience in due diligence, acquisition and integration of companies to help accelerate the roadmap * Judge for TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon 2011 held in San Francisco (http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/08/techcrunch-disrupt-hackathon-details/) * Company’s spokesperson for products. Widely interviewed and quoted in media, magazines and blogs * Won prestigious awards at Salesforce and Yahoo! Specialties: * Consumer Internet * Enterprise * Internet of Things (IoT) * Big Data and Analytics * Data Science and Machine Learning * SaaS/PaaS * Mobile * Search * Cloud computing * Large scale systems – Scalability and Reliability * Real Time Platforms
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AJ Kiefer
Vice President, Transformation Services International of Salesforce
AJ Kiefer is the Vice President, Transformation Services International at Salesforce
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Peter Coffee
VP for Strategic Research of Salesforce
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Kylie Fuentes
Vice President, Product of Salesforce
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Robert DeSisto
Chief Value Officer, Senior Vice President of Salesforce
Robert DeSisto is Vice President of Global Customer Transformation at Salesforce. Previously, he was Vice President and Distinguished Analyst in Gartner Research where he was responsible for managing the software as a service (SaaS) research agenda, CRM sales agenda, and business application research community.
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Marco Casalaina
SVP Product Management, Einstein of Salesforce
Marco S. Casalaina is VP Product Management of Salesforce Einstein. His mission is to make complex products usable, and is currently focused on bringing the benefits of artificial intelligence to everyone. Marco is an expert in cloud computing, with years of experience bringing the power of the cloud to artificial intelligence, call center and unified communications applications. He was previously VP of Applications at RingCentral, where he ran RingCentral’s contact center and collaboration business units. Prior to that he was VP Products at machine learning startup KXEN, which was acquired by SAP AG in 2013. This is Marco’s second stint at Salesforce – during his first term at Salesforce, from 2005 to 2010, he was one of the original developers of the Service Cloud product and then its product manager. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Cornell University.
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Eric Loeb
Executive Vice President of Salesforce
Eric Loeb joined Salesforce as Executive Vice President, Government Affairs in July 2018. He was previously Senior Vice President, International External and Regulatory Affairs for AT&T, where he supported AT&T’s international external and regulatory affairs team, which is responsible for advocacy to international departments of the US government, and all branches of government outside the US, including executive, legislative and regulatory agencies, and for international external affairs affecting AT&T and its Affiliates.
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Matthew Westover
VP, Product Management, Marketing Cloud of Salesforce
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Jason Lee
Vice President of Salesforce
Jason Lee is the Vice President of Security Operations at Salesforce which includes companywide network and system security, incident response, threat intel, vulnerability management, intrusion detection, identity and access management, and the red team. He has 20 years of experience in technology with a primary focus on information security and cryptography. Prior to his current role, he held the position of Principle Director of Security Engineering for the Windows and Devices division in Microsoft with the charter of protecting the online services of Windows Update, XBOX live, and the Microsoft online store. He also was Senior Director of Developer Services where he was responsible for the design and management of the mission critical PKI for all products across Microsoft. This included cryptographic services baked in boxed products such as Windows and SQL Server, and cloud services such as Azure and Office 365. Additionally, Jason was responsible for the codesigning and anti-malware services supporting Microsoft in that role. Previous roles included leading various security functions such as application security, attack and penetration testing, security strategy and architecture, and regulatory compliance.
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Robert Amezaga
Vice President Product Marketing of Salesforce
Robert Amezaga is the Vice President Product Marketing at Salesforce.
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Jashojit Roy
Vice President, Innovation Consulting, Office of Innovation of Salesforce
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Joel Martin
Regional Vice President, Customer Success & Strategic High Tech of Salesforce
Joel Martin is the Regional Vice President, Customer Success & Strategic High Tech at Salesforce.
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Lars Hofhansl
Principal Architect, VP of Salesforce
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Nasi Jazayeri
EVP/GM – Next Generation Platform of Salesforce
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Christian Posse
Vice President, Data Science and Engineering of Salesforce
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Phil Cooper
VP, Product, Tableau CRM of Salesforce
VP, Product, Tableau CRM (formerly Einstein Analytics) at Salesforce.
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Brion Schweers
VP, Revenue Cloud Solutions of Salesforce
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Brad Wright
VP, Product Management – Data & Identity of Salesforce
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Trey Ford
VP, Strategy and Trust of Salesforce
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Christophe Coenraets
VP, Developer Relations of Salesforce
Christophe Coenraets is a Developer Advocate for Salesforce.com where he focuses on mobile application development. Prior to joining Salesforce.com, Christophe was a Developer Advocate for Adobe where he worked with the PhoneGap and Cordova team to help Enterprise customers design, architect and implement their strategic mobile applications. Prior to Adobe and Macromedia, Christophe managed Java and J2EE Evangelism at Sybase and Powersoft, and held different software development and architecture positions.
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Peter Schwartz
Senior Vice President Strategic Planning of Salesforce
Peter Schwartz is the Senior Vice President Strategic Planning at Salesforce.
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Peter Johnson
VP of Product of Kustomer
Peter Johnson is a product innovator that is passionate about crafting beautiful, intuitive products. PJ was previously a Product Manager for Airtime, a video social network founded by Sean Parker.
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Yoni Rubin
Vice President of Business Operations of Pypestream
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Rick Hernandez
Commercial Innovation Leader & Vice President of Global Business Development of Pitney Bowes
Rick Hernandez leads Commercial Innovation and Business Development for Pitney Bowes. He launched Pitney’s Shipping API business and is responsible for guiding Pitney’s Global Fulfillment, Shipping and Returns strategy. A graduate of Stanford University, Rick previously led Research & Development, Customer Service and Business Development at Endicia, where he transitioned the business from a $10M startup to a $100M powerhouse. Rick has held leadership positions in Product Management and Client Services for successful startups that have been acquired by Sungard, Travelocity/Sabre, Infor, Newell Rubbermaid, and Stamps.com. He has been awarded eight patents and currently serves on a volunteer basis as a Planning Commissioner in Half Moon Bay, where he lives with his family.
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Gary Johnson
Vice President, Global Technical Operations, Planning & Support of Pitney Bowes
Gary Johnson is the Vice President, Global Technical Operations, Planning & Support at Pitney Bowes.
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Manish Choudhary
Senior Vice President, Global Product Management & Strategy of Pitney Bowes
As the SVP for SMB Products & Strategy at Pitney Bowes, Manish has responsibilities of the SMB Shipping & Mailing portfolio that generates over $1.7B in annual revenues. He is responsible for product and market positioning & strategy including equipment and SaaS offerings, SMB financial results, customer experience, driving market competitiveness and delivering client value to a base of 700k clients globally. He is leading a team that is at the center of transformation of the legacy mailing business of PB and is responsible to drive new value offerings with capabilities in IOT, cloud, data & analytics & AI. He is also building domain-relevant developer communities, ecosystem & partner marketplaces in shipping, mailing and ecommerce industry. Manish has held a variety of leadership roles in his 17 years at Pitney Bowes. Most recently, Manish was the SVP for Global Innovation where he led a global team of over 900 people, across 5 countries, 12 locations to create products and technologies for driving digital and physical commerce for Pitney Bowes clients worldwide. He founded PB Bowes India office in 2007, moving from Albany NY, as the first employee and grew it to 800 people. Pitney Bowes has been named one of India’s Top Workplaces consistently for the past 6 years. Manish also launched the Pitney Bowes Startup Accelerator Program in 2014 that has incubated 23 starts up and has been named one of Top 15 Startup incubators. He regularly participates in policy and decision making with Indian and US business councils evangelizing Pitney Bowes brand and solutions in the global ecosystem. He is also one of the key founding Board Members of Catalyst, a global nonprofit organization that promotes inclusive workplaces for women. Manish is an MBA from the Anderson School of Management, UCLA, Los Angeles, an MS from Ohio and a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture. He also has an executive MBA from NUS Business School, Singapore and received executive education at Harvard Business School and MIT.
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Steven Green
Vice President, Finance & Chief Accounting Officer of Pitney Bowes
Steven Green is the VP Finance & CAO at Pitney Bowes.
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Michael McComb
Senior Vice President Of Sales of Pitney Bowes
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Ralph Kasuba
Vice President & General Manager of Pitney Bowes
Ralph Kasuba is the Vice President & General Manager at Pitney Bowes.
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Debbie Salce
Vice President & Treasurer of Pitney Bowes
Debbie Salce is the Vice President & Treasurer at Pitney Bowes.
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Phil Landler
Vice President Strategy of Pitney Bowes
Philip Landler is the Vice President Strategy at Pitney Bowes.
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David Schwartz
VP, Customer Solutions of Pitney Bowes
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Joseph Schmitt
SVP & Chief Information Officer of Pitney Bowes
Joe Schmitt is the SVP & Chief Information Officer at Pitney Bowes.
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Jason Dies
EVP & President, Pitney Bowes Sending Technology Solutions of Pitney Bowes
Jason Dies is the EVP & President, Pitney Bowes Sending Technology Solutions at Pitney Bowes.
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Johnna Torsone
EVP, HR of Pitney Bowes
Johnna Torsone is the EVP, HR at Pitney Bowes.
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Michael Fellers
Vice President of Sales, Global eCommerce of Pitney Bowes
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Daniel Goldstein
EVP, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer of Pitney Bowes
Daniel Goldstein is the EVP, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer at Pitney Bowes.
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Christoph Stehmann
EVP & President , Enterprise Solutions Group of Pitney Bowes
Christoph Stehmann is the Corporate Strategy & Corporate Development at Pitney Bowes.
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Mark Armenante
Vice President of Sales of Siebel Systems
Mark Armenante is a Founder and Director at Vlocity. He was previously Founder and Director of Veeva Systems. Prior to founding Veeva, Mark spent over 10 years with Siebel Systems. Mark was Siebel’s first Vice President of Sales and held several Group Vice President roles managing Alliances, Operations and Siebel’s OnDemand division. Prior to Siebel, he was President of PharmaSystems, Inc., an early innovator in pharmaceutical sales force management. PharmaSystems automated sales forces at Ciba-Geigy, Sandoz, Warner Lambert, Schering-Plough and other pharmaceutical manufacturers. Mark joined Oracle in 1987 to form the pharmaceutical vertical sales organization in addition to other pioneering vertical product lines. Prior to Oracle Corporation, Mark spent seven years with Information Resources, Inc., as Senior Vice President, Sales, which served the consumer products and pharmaceutical industries. Mark holds an MBA in Finance from Ohio University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from Case Western Reserve University.
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Tao Ma
VP of Language Technology Group of ASAPP
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Ajoy Krishnamoorthy
Vice President, Platform Strategy of Acumatica
Ajoy Krishnamoorthy heads the Cloud xRP Division of Acumatica, a leading cloud ERP platform provider for mid-sized customers. In this role he is responsible for the Vertical ISV ecosystem, Platform business P&L and developer marketing. He is also responsible for strategic alliances and product incubation with strategic partners including DocuSign, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft. Prior to Acumatica, Ajoy spent 10 years at Microsoft driving business success across a wide range of product management, alliance and marketing roles. Ajoy has co-authored half a dozen books on various MS technologies including ASP.NET and Visual Studio. Ajoy has a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering, Masters in Computer Science and also earned his MBA from The Ohio State University.
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About Acumatica: Acumatica is a provider of cloud business management software that empowers small and mid-size businesses to unlock their potential.
Richard Duffy
VP Partner Strategy and Enablement of Acumatica
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About Acumatica: Acumatica is a provider of cloud business management software that empowers small and mid-size businesses to unlock their potential.
Leslie Lorenz
VP of Data and Data Products of Chord
Leslie Lorenz is the VP of Data and Data Products at Chord Commerce.
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About Chord: Chord offers a commerce-as-a-service software that provides businesses with technology and products to access meaningful data.
Greg Howard
VP of Marketing of Vivun
Greg Howard serves as the VP of Marketing at Vivun. He was the former VP of Marketing for Risk I/O. Prior to Risk I/O, Greg was VP of Marketing for Grand Rounds, a fast-growth healthcare IT company. Before that, he ran marketing at AppDynamics where he helped the company grow to a $100 million run rate and become a Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader in only a few year’s time. Greg also oversaw the marketing team at HR outsourcing provider TriNet. Greg has a Ph.D. in English from Tufts University and a B.A. from UC Davis.
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About Vivun: Vivun provides the world’s first AI-Powered PreSales Intel & Ops platform
Jonathan Ross
VP of Sales of Vivun
Jon Ross has been in Software as a Service (SaaS) his whole career. He saw the shift to the cloud first hand in the marketing automation space from 2008-2010. Seeing the need to monetize on subscriptions, he moved to Zuora the leader in subscription management and billing. In his time at Zuora (NYSE: ZUO), he went from being the top AE to being the VP of North American Commercial Sales as the company grew from 5M to 180M in revenue. Currently is the Head of Global Sales at Vivun, the first platform for Presales Engineers.
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About Vivun: Vivun provides the world’s first AI-Powered PreSales Intel & Ops platform
Nick Illobre
Vice President Product Strategy, Crossix Analytics of Veeva
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About Veeva: Veeva Systems is a provider of cloud-based business solutions for the global life sciences industry.
Darren Farrugia
Vice President, User Experience & Product Design of Veeva
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About Veeva: Veeva Systems is a provider of cloud-based business solutions for the global life sciences industry.
Cory Haynes
VP, Financial Services Strategy of Talkdesk
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About Talkdesk: Talkdesk offers an enterprise contact center platform that allows companies to make the customer experience a competitive advantage.
Wendy Close
Vice President Product Marketing of Talkdesk
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About Talkdesk: Talkdesk offers an enterprise contact center platform that allows companies to make the customer experience a competitive advantage.
Wendy Close
Vice President Product Marketing of Talkdesk
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About Talkdesk: Talkdesk offers an enterprise contact center platform that allows companies to make the customer experience a competitive advantage.
Sharon Mills
SVP, Customer Success Operations & Chief Customer Officer of Blue Yonder
Sharon Mills is JDA’s Chief Customer Officer, leading the company’s customer strategy, ensuring that JDA develops programs that deliver profitable results for customers, increase their satisfaction and promote loyalty. Mills works cross-functionally to drive customer-focused initiatives that align the company’s solutions and engagement models with the strategic needs and values of JDA’s customers. This customer-first strategy streamlines and optimizes how customers engage with JDA across all aspects of the customer journey. In tandem, she and her team work to ensure customers are obtaining the maximum value from their JDA investments, while delivering innovation that drives profitability through a seamless supply chain. Prior to being appointed CCO, Mills worked as GVP, Professional Services at JDA, leading the company’s global teams for strategic services, education services, program management office and services engineering. Since joining JDA in 1998 Mills has also held leadership positions in the company’s strategic services and product organizations. She came to JDA with a solid retail background as General Merchandise Manager for the Delstar Companies. Mills has a bachelor’s degree with a dual major in mathematics and philosophy from Calvin College.
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About Blue Yonder: Blue Yonder is a digital supply chain and omni-channel commerce fulfillment platform.
Martin Felli
EVP, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer & Corporate Secretary of Blue Yonder
Martin Felli, JDA’s Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary, is responsible for providing leadership on all legal matters for JDA, including corporate governance, compliance, litigation and risk management, acquisition activity and commercial transactions. He joined JDA in October 2013 as General Counsel for Corporate Matters, a position he held for 10 months. Prior to joining JDA, Felli held positions as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of ECOtality, Inc., Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc., and Senior Counsel for Home Box Office (HBO). Felli started his legal career in New York as an associate with the corporate group of the law firm of Latham & Watkins. He holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania where he was a member of the Inns of Court, and a B.A., magna cum laude from Baruch College, New York, New York. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the New York Bar Association.
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About Blue Yonder: Blue Yonder is a digital supply chain and omni-channel commerce fulfillment platform.
David Rye
Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development of Blue Yonder
As Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development, David Rye ensures that JDA is on point strategically and performing well operationally, while also exploring investment and partnership opportunities to accelerate the company’s growth. He is responsible for shaping JDA’s corporate strategy around its portfolio, services, cloud and go-to-market approach, and operationalizing this strategy cross-functionally. David joined JDA in April 2017 from Informatica Corporation, where he served as SVP of corporate development, responsible for strategy, corporate and business development, strategic investments, and operational transformation initiatives. At Informatica, he played a pivotal role in helping drive the company’s revenue growth from $390 million to $1.1 billion, overseeing the company’s organic growth strategies and the acquisition and integration of numerous companies. Prior to spending nine years in the software industry at Informatica and Hyperion Solutions, he spent over five years as a private equity investor at Thayer Capital Partners and Atlas Venture. David began his career in investment banking at Robertson Stephens & Co. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Princeton and a Master of Business Administration from Stanford Graduate School of Business. If not orchestrating game-changing deals with Blue Yonder and MuleSoft, David would be a helicopter ski guide. On the weekends, he can often be found with this family, coaching his kids’ sports and when time allows, either skiing or cycling.
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About Blue Yonder: Blue Yonder is a digital supply chain and omni-channel commerce fulfillment platform.
Mark Morgan
SVP North America Sales of Blue Yonder
As Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, Mark Morgan is responsible for leading global sales. Morgan has been with JDA for nearly 20 years, and has most recently served as senior vice president of sales for JDA’s North American operations. Prior to that, he served as regional vice president of sales for the company’s EMEA operations and as vice president leading the JDA’s North American manufacturing sales organization. Morgan served in a variety of presales, sales and consulting roles at i2 Technologies from 1999 until the company’s acquisition by JDA in 2010. Prior to joining i2, he worked in consulting at Manugistics (eventually acquired by JDA) and had multiple roles within supply chain at Ford Motor Company. Morgan holds a bachelor of science degree in logistics management from Michigan State University and an MBA in finance from University of Detroit Mercy.
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About Blue Yonder: Blue Yonder is a digital supply chain and omni-channel commerce fulfillment platform.
Duane Kotsen
Senior Vice President Professional Services of Blue Yonder
Behind every successful JDA go-live is a global team of expert consultants, strategists and education professionals led by Duane Kotsen, JDA’s Senior Vice President of Professional Services. His team solves some of the most complex supply chain challenges for some of the biggest companies in the world, making sure they get the most value out of their JDA software investments. His interest in solving tough business challenges – and learning about a variety of different industries, geographies and cultures – is what turned Duane’s first consulting job into a lifelong career. He joined JDA from Deltek, where he was SVP of Global Consulting Services, developing a tiered implementation methodology that significantly improved margins and customer outcomes. Prior to that, Duane spent four years as JDA’s SVP of America Services and SVP of Global Consulting Services, where in both roles he integrated sales and delivery models across the services teams, improving customer satisfaction and outcomes. He was SVP of Global Services at QAD and PeopleSoft and also held positions at Extraprise Group and Oracle. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in computer and information sciences from Leigh University and a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania. If not successfully designing, launching and implementing software for JDA customers, Duane would be on the road as a professional athlete or an outdoor adventurist. In his downtime, he can often be found cheering on his four kids at their various activities.
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About Blue Yonder: Blue Yonder is a digital supply chain and omni-channel commerce fulfillment platform.
Desikan Madhavanur
Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer of Blue Yonder
As JDA’s Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer, Desikan Madhavanur leads a team of engineers and product managers passionate about leveraging new innovative technologies to create an optimal customer experience. His team is investing in and developing JDA’s current market-leading planning, execution and retail solutions to harness the collective power of cloud, IoT, analytics and big data to bring new solutions to market that deliver real-time, actionable insights and customer value. Desikan honed his experience in modern application delivery, deployment, management, user adoption and profitable monetization at CA Technologies, where he served as Senior Vice President and Business Center head for Data Center Orchestration. Prior to CA, Desikan served as GVP of Engineering, Emerging Technologies and GM of Products & Strategy at E2Open. He has also held leadership positions at JP Morgan and i2 Technologies, where he spent four years as the lead product manager for collaborative supply and demand planning solutions. He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Annamalai University in India, a master’s degree in systems and industrial engineering from the University of Arizona and an MBA from the University of Texas. If not designing products that will accelerate JDA’s vision of the Autonomous Supply Chain™, he would be an adventure tour guide, providing unique travel experiences such as balloon rides over Patagonia, hiking the Inca trail in Peru, or tracking tigers while riding elephants in India. In his downtime, he can often be found taking his kids from one activity to another and catching up on his reading.
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About Blue Yonder: Blue Yonder is a digital supply chain and omni-channel commerce fulfillment platform.
Jeff Reekers
VP Marketing of Aircall
Jeff Reekers has over 8 years of experience developing and growing pipeline and marketing contributed revenue across high-growth startups such as Handshake to enterprise organizations like Forbes. Currently, Jeff is Director of Demand Generation at Handshake, which has raised over $23M in funding to date. In this role, Jeff oversees the organization’s lead and early-stage pipeline targets, as well as its overall outbound and inbound marketing & sales development strategy. During this time, Handshake has seen a 300% increase in leads and 250% increase in pipeline. Prior to Handshake, Jeff led demand generation and channel marketing at ThinkHR, a rapidly growing SaaS platform based out of the Bay Area that’s used by over 80K businesses, and was an early employee at Lawline.com, where he grew to the role of CMO/COO and helped lead its growth as an industry leader and over 100K customers. Additionally, Jeff holds a Master of Science in Management and Systems from New York University and is an active endurance athlete that competes in Ironman Triathlons and marathon racing.
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About Aircall: Aircall is a cloud-based call center software that integrates with CRM, productivity, and helpdesk tools.
Collin Cadmus
VP Sales of Aircall
CRO at Zeni | Founder at collincadmus.com
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About Aircall: Aircall is a cloud-based call center software that integrates with CRM, productivity, and helpdesk tools.
Spencer Burke
VP of Growth of Braze
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About Braze: Braze is a customer engagement platform that delivers messaging experiences across push, email, in-product, and more.
Marissa Aydlett
SVP, Marketing of Braze
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About Braze: Braze is a customer engagement platform that delivers messaging experiences across push, email, in-product, and more.
Will Crocker
Vice President, Customer & Partner Marketing of Braze
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About Braze: Braze is a customer engagement platform that delivers messaging experiences across push, email, in-product, and more.
Kyle Butts
Head Of Strategic Relations and Vice President of Sales of CINC
Kyle (“KB”) joined CINC in 2014 and is responsible for sustaining and evolving key relationships within the CINC community and other strategic partnership opportunities. KB began his career in radio as an Account Executive and on air personality, and later became Manager of West Coast Sales at Turner Broadcasting. A native of Los Angeles, KB is a die-hard Lakers, Raiders, and Dodgers fan; with love for the Braves and Atlanta United. KB is a graduate of Morehouse College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing and holds an MBA in Strategic Marketing.
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About CINC: CINC provides an integrated buyer lead generation and management solution for top-producing real estate brokers and agents.
Steve Murnin
Head Of Client Services and Senior Vice President of CINC
Steve is responsible for the client experience at CINC. This includes onboarding, training, MasterMinds, CINC Summit, and the daily experience of each CINC family member. Steve’s background includes changing the culture of a Fortune 300 real estate related organization with over 2,200 sales executives by identifying, creating, developing, and implementing “value ad” sales solutions. Steve has 40 years of experience in real estate and over 25 years in technology sales and service. Steve and his wife Lori have been married for forty years. The have three wonderful daughters and six amazing grandchildren.
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About CINC: CINC provides an integrated buyer lead generation and management solution for top-producing real estate brokers and agents.
Dan Lott
VP of Client Marketing of CINC
Dan leads the strongest real estate lead generation team ever assembled. The team delivers the industry’s best cost per lead, using Google, Facebook and other channels to support over 2,000 satisfied CINC clients. Dan has more than 16 years of experience in search marketing and online advertising, mostly developing SEM lead generation programs for startups. He joined CINC in 2012, when he launched the online advertising department he continues to lead. Dan earned a BA in Economics from American University and an MBA in eCommerce Marketing from Vanderbilt. When not looking at his Google account, he’s usually found with his wife and two kids floating in a pool or talking about Vandy football.
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About CINC: CINC provides an integrated buyer lead generation and management solution for top-producing real estate brokers and agents.
Ed Chuang
Vice President, Marketing and Business Development of ClearCare
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About ClearCare: ClearCare is a web-based software solution that helps home care agencies efficiently focus on what’s important: providing better care.
Saritha Katikaneni
Co-Founder and VP Marketing of Zenoti
Saritha Katikaneni is a Co-Founder and the Vice President of Marketing at Zenoti.
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About Zenoti: Zenoti is a provider of cloud-based software for the spa and salon industries.
John Laino
Vice President, Customer Success of ServiceTitan
John Laino is the VP of Customer Success Management at ServiceTitan in Glendale, CA. With over 20 years of technology and relationship management expertise, he specializes in optimizing customer experience and fostering long-term relationships. Most recently, John led the Enterprise Account Management team at ZipRecruiter. He took on that role after being part of the leadership team at Velocify in El Segundo, a vertical SaaS company that was successfully acquired in October 2017. During his 3 years at Velocify, John drove the evolution of the Account Management & Customer Success organization that resulted in higher customer adoption of the solution, reduction in churn, and greater productivity for the team. Prior to ZipRecruiter and Velocify, John held various roles in Sales Operations, Services, and Account Management at NetApp, Cisco Systems, XM Sirius Satellite Radio, and Accenture. He has a degree in Economics from the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Originally an East Coaster, John moved to Northern California in 2002 and landed in Los Angeles in 2014. In his spare time, John likes to go for a run along the beach, jump on his bike for a ride, or take on another home renovation project that usually goes over budget.
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About ServiceTitan: ServiceTitan is a service management software that helps home services businesses generate more leads and close more sales.
Rajaram Kudli
Vice President of Analytic Engineering of Valgen
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About Valgen: Valgen provides analytic consulting services, data and SaaS applications to serve the commercial fleet market.
Michael Lightfoot
Vice President of Operations & General Counsel of Valgen
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About Internet Law Services, Valgen: Valgen provides analytic consulting services, data and SaaS applications to serve the commercial fleet market.
Cynthia Mason
Senior Vice President of Global People of Postclick
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About Postclick: The world’s leading solution for improving digital ad conversions-creating digital experiences that optimize and increase return on ad spend
