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ITEM 4A. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
The following sets forth certain information regarding our current executive officers as of March 1, 2016 (in
alphabetical order):
Name Age Position
Joe Allanson ................... 52 Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller
Marc Benioff ................... 51 Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Keith Block .................... 55 Vice Chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer
Alexandre Dayon ............... 48 President, Products
Parker Harris ................... 49 Co-Founder
Mark Hawkins .................. 56 Chief Financial Officer
Maria Martinez ................. 58 President, Sales and Customer Success
Burke Norton ................... 49 Chief Legal Officer
Cindy Robbins .................. 43 Executive Vice President, Global Employee Success
Amy Weaver ................... 48 Executive Vice President, General Counsel
Joe Allanson has served as our Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller since February 2014 and
our Senior Vice President, Chief Accountant and Corporate Controller since July 2011. Prior to that,
Mr. Allanson served as our Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller since July 2007, and served in various
other management positions in finance since joining Salesforce in 2003. Prior to Salesforce, Mr. Allanson spent
four years at Autodesk, Inc. and three years at Chiron Corporation in key corporate finance positions. Previously,
he worked at Arthur Andersen LLP for 11 years in its Audit and Business Advisory Services group. Mr. Allanson
graduated from Santa Clara University with a B.S. in Accounting.
Marc Benioff co-founded Salesforce in February 1999 and has served as our Chairman of the Board of
Directors since inception. He has served as our Chief Executive Officer since 2001. From 1986 to 1999,
Mr. Benioff was employed at Oracle Corporation, where he held a number of positions in sales, marketing and
product development, lastly as a Senior Vice President. Mr. Benioff also serves as Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the Salesforce.com Foundation, and as a member of the board of trustees of the World Economic
Forum. In the past five years, Mr. Benioff served as a member of the Board of Directors of Cisco Systems, Inc.
Mr. Benioff received a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Southern California, where he is
also on the Board of Trustees.
Keith Block has served as our Vice Chairman, President and as a Director since joining Salesforce in June
2013. As of February 1, 2016, Mr. Block additionally became Chief Operating Officer. Prior to that, Mr. Block
was employed at Oracle Corporation from 1986 to June 2012 where he held a number of positions, most recently
Executive Vice President, North America. Mr. Block serves on the Board of Trustees at the Concord Museum,
the Board of Trustees at Carnegie-Mellon University Heinz Graduate School and the President’s Advisory
Council for Carnegie-Mellon University. Mr. Block received both a B.S. in Information Systems and an M.S. in
Management & Policy Analysis from Carnegie-Mellon University.
Alexandre Dayon has served as our President, Products since March 2014. Prior to that, he was President,
Applications and Platform from December 2012 to March 2014, Executive Vice President, Applications from
September 2011 to December 2012, Executive Vice President, Product Management from February 2010 to
December 2012, and Senior Vice President, Product Management from September 2008 to January 2010.
Mr. Dayon joined Salesforce through the acquisition of InStranet, a leading knowledge-base company, where he
was a founder and served as CEO. Prior to InStranet, Mr. Dayon was a founding member of Business Objects SA
where he led the product group for more than 10 years. Mr. Dayon, who holds several patents, is focused on
creating business value out of technology disruption. Mr. Dayon holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering
from Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité (SUPELEC) in France.
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