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The Brains Behind Salesforce’s Cloud-Computing Prowess

Salesforce played a significant role in cloud-computing. It’s not only because the former Oracle executive turned Salesforce founder Marc Benioff was a visionary genius. He also had a lot of the heavy lifting done by his brilliant lieutenants. In this fourth roundup blog post, let’s tip our hats off to Benioff and his fellow cloud-computing visionaries within Salesforce according to Business Insider.


Salesforce played a significant role in cloud-computing. It’s not only because the former Oracle executive turned Salesforce founder Marc Benioff was a visionary genius. He also had a lot of the heavy lifting done by his brilliant lieutenants. In this fourth roundup blog post, let’s tip our hats off to Benioff and his fellow cloud-computing visionaries within Salesforce according to Business Insider.

Marc Benioff, Founder and CEO, Salesforce.com

“Benioff helped invent a whole new category of tech called “software-as-a-service,” where companies rent their software over the Internet, instead of installing it on computers. It was not an instant success. He launched shortly before the Internet bubble burst and most of the early cloud companies burst with it. But Benioff persevered, and now every major software company is chasing him and trying to move into the cloud. Along the way he and his co-founders also created a new form of corporate philanthropy, known as the 1-1-1 model, where the company donates 1% of its equity, 1% of its time and 1% of its products to charity.”

Scott Dorsey, CEO, Salesforce ExactTarget Marketing Cloud, Salesforce.com

“Scott co-founded the email marketing company ExactTarget in 2000 and led the company from startup to a huge $1 billion IPO. Salesforce bought ExactTarget in July 2013 for $2.5 billion, its biggest acquisition ever. Following that, Dorsey was named the CEO of the unit that ExactTarget joined, Marketing Cloud, which includes his company plus other acquisitions including Radian6 and Buddy Media.”

Alex Dayon, President, Applications and Platform, Salesforce.com

“Besides the main Salesforce.com product, the company offers a lot of other cloud applications and even lets companies write their own apps. Dayon is responsible for those products including the ultra-important new Salesforce1 platform, which hosts apps for mobile devices and the Internet of Things. He came to Salesforce.com in 2008, when it acquired the company he co-founded, InStranet. It became part of Salesforce’s Service Cloud, plus he holds several patents.”

Leyla Seka, Senior Vice President and GM, Desk.com, Salesforce.com

“Seka leads a cloud product at Salesforce.com called Desk.com, originally called Assistly when it was acquired by Salesforce.com in 2011, reportedly for $80 million. Desk.com helps small businesses manage their help desk/customer service needs and has been used by companies like Yelp, Snapchat, Fitbit, Bonobos, and Disqus. Seka is a rising star at Salesforce and this is a new role for her, as of February. Prior to leading Desk, she was a vice president responsible the Salesforce AppExchange platform, an app store for Salesforce.com customers.”

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