David Schmaier

David Schmaier is the President and Chief Product Officer at Salesforce, where he is responsible for the company’s global product team, strategy and vision. David also oversees Salesforce Ventures along with Corporate Development at the company. With more than three decades of experience in cloud, CRM, and industry-specific software, David helps customers map and realize their visions for digital transformation — and do so with speed, flexibility, and scale.

Before his appointment in February 2021, David was the CEO for Salesforce Industries. David joined Salesforce through the company’s acquisition of Vlocity, where he was the Co-Founder and CEO from 2014 to 2020. Before founding Vlocity, David was a founding executive and EVP at Siebel Systems.

David serves as a strategic advisory board member for Genstar Capital. He is a cabinet board member for the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard and also serves on the Board of Dean's Advisors for Harvard Business School. He holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Harvard Business School.