SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21, 2017 —Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the global
leader in CRM, today named Bret Taylor
President and Chief Product Officer, and named Alex Dayon President and Chief Strategy Officer.
Taylor will be responsible for driving Salesforce's global product
vision, design and development, and go-to-market strategy. Dayon
will lead strategic initiatives, working closely with Salesforce's
customers on product direction and transformation. Both executives
will report to Chairman and CEO Marc
Benioff.
"We are fortunate to have two such exceptional technology
leaders in Alex and Bret to help lead Salesforce's next wave of
growth, innovation and customer success," said Benioff.
Taylor is the co-founder and CEO of Quip, which was acquired by
Salesforce in 2016. He has spent his career building widely used
products for businesses and consumers. Prior to founding Quip,
Taylor served as the CTO of Facebook, which he joined in 2009 after
it acquired his social networking company, FriendFeed. Bret also
spent several years at Google, where he co-created Google Maps.
Dayon joined Salesforce in 2008, when the company he founded,
InStranet, was acquired by Salesforce. During his nine-year tenure
in Salesforce's product organization, Dayon led the growth,
expansion and evolution of Salesforce's product
portfolio—transforming the company from a disruptor in sales force
automation to the global leader in CRM with market leading
solutions across sales, service, marketing, commerce and more.
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