{"id":75302,"date":"2024-02-26T14:10:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T22:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/David.jpg"},"modified":"2025-06-18T14:17:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T21:17:36","slug":"david","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/david\/","title":{"rendered":"David Schmaier, President &#038; Chief Strategy Officer, Salesforce"},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"sf_subhead":"","sf_i18n_disclaimer":false},"sf_topic":[],"sf_media_collection":[12206],"class_list":["post-75302","attachment","type-attachment","status-inherit","hentry","sf_media_collection-leadership"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>David Schmaier, President &amp; Chief Strategy Officer, Salesforce - Salesforce<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/David.jpg\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"David Schmaier, President &amp; Chief Strategy Officer, Salesforce - Salesforce\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"David Schmaier is President and Chief Strategy Officer at Salesforce. 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He is responsible for spearheading strategic priorities that advance Salesforce\u2019s industry leadership, from M&#038;A and venture capital to market strategy and monetization. David also oversees the company\u2019s stakeholder capitalism and corporate philanthropy efforts as well as the Office of Ethical and Humane Use.<\/p>\n<p>David has more than three decades of experience in cloud, CRM, and industry-specific software, helping customers map and realize their visions for AI and data-powered digital transformation at scale. He previously served as Salesforce\u2019s Chief Product Officer, leading the company\u2019s agentic AI efforts, and as the CEO for Salesforce Industries. He joined Salesforce through the company\u2019s acquisition of Vlocity, where he was the Co-Founder and CEO from 2014 to 2020. Before that, David served as a founding executive and Executive Vice President at Siebel Systems.<\/p>\n<p>David serves as a strategic advisory board member for Genstar Capital. 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