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and adjusted to reflect the impacts of negotiations, estimated settlements, legal rulings, advice of legal counsel
and other information and events pertaining to a particular matter. In our opinion, resolution of all current matters
is not expected to have a material adverse impact on our consolidated results of operations, cash flows or
financial position. However, depending on the nature and timing of any such dispute, an unfavorable resolution
of a matter could materially affect our future results of operations or cash flows, or both, of a particular quarter.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
ITEM 4A. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
The following sets forth certain information regarding our current executive officers (in alphabetical order):
Name Age Position
Marc Benioff .................. 47 Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Parker Harris .................. 45 Executive Vice President, Technology
George Hu .................... 37 Chief Operating Officer
Hilarie Koplow-McAdams ........ 48 President, Commercial and SMB Unit
Burke Norton .................. 45 Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Graham Smith ................. 52 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Frank van Veenendaal ........... 52 Vice Chairman
Marc Benioff co-founded salesforce.com in February 1999 and has served as Chairman of the Board of
Directors since inception. He has served as Chief Executive Officer since November 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. Mr. Benioff received a Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration (B. S. B. A.) from the University of Southern California, where he is also on the Board of
Trustees.
Parker Harris co-founded salesforce.com in February 1999 and served in senior technical positions since
inception. Since December 2004, Mr. Harris has served as our Executive Vice President, Technology. From
October 1996 to February 1999, Mr. Harris was a Vice President at Left Coast Software, a Java consulting firm
he co-founded. Mr. Harris received a B.A. from Middlebury College.
George Hu has served as our Chief Operating Officer since November 2011. Previously, Mr. Hu served as
our Executive Vice President, Platform and Marketing from August 2010 to November 2011, our Executive Vice
President, Marketing and Alliances from February 2009 to August 2010, our Executive Vice President,
Marketing, Applications and Education from December 2007 to February 2009, our Chief Marketing Officer
from October 2006 through December 2007, our Senior Vice President and General Manager, Applications from
January to October 2006 and our Vice President, Product Marketing from October 2004 to January 2006. Mr. Hu
has also served in various management positions in marketing since joining salesforce.com in March 2002.
Mr. Hu received an A.B. from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.
Hilarie Koplow-McAdams has served as our President, Commercial and SMB Unit since February 2012.
Prior to that Ms. Koplow-McAdams served as our Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales from July 2008 to
February 2012. Prior to salesforce.com, Ms. Koplow-McAdams was at Intuit, Inc., a provider of business and
financial management software, and served as its Vice President of Direct Sales from 2006 to 2008. In addition
to Intuit, Inc., she served at Oracle Corporation, in various senior sales roles. Ms. Koplow-McAdams holds a
Master’s degree in public policy from the University of Chicago and a B.A. from Mills College.
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