{"id":21024,"date":"2011-10-20T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-09-18T00:38:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T00:38:24","slug":"burke-norton-joins-salesforce-com-as-executive-vice-president-and-chief-legal-officer","status":"publish","type":"sf_press_release","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/press-releases\/2011\/10\/20\/burke-norton-joins-salesforce-com-as-executive-vice-president-and-chief-legal-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Burke Norton Joins Salesforce.com as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 Oct. 20, 2011 \u2013 Salesforce.com [NYSE: CRM], the enterprise cloud computing (http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/cloudcomputing\/) company, today announced that Burke Norton has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer. Reporting to Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff, Norton is an accomplished general counsel and business executive with more than 16 years of experience in the technology industry.<br \/> <br \/> Comments on the News:<br \/> \u2022 \u201cWe are thrilled to have someone with Burke\u2019s expertise join the salesforce.com team,\u201d said Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO, salesforce.com. \u201cThe combination of his legal, corporate and government affairs, and business experience in the technology industry make him a perfect match.\u201d<br \/> \u2022 \u201cAs the leader in cloud computing, salesforce.com and its social enterprise solutions have a tremendous opportunity ahead of them,\u201d said Burke Norton, EVP and CLO, salesforce.com. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to become part of the team creating the future of the technology industry.\u201d<br \/> <br \/> Burke Norton\u2019s Role at Salesforce.com:<br \/> \u2022 In his role as Chief Legal Officer for salesforce.com, Norton will lead the teams responsible for all legal affairs of the company including corporate and securities law, litigation, intellectual property, regulatory affairs, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, employment law and corporate governance matters.<br \/> \u2022 As an Executive Vice President, Norton will join the executive leadership team in driving salesforce.com\u2019s strategic direction.<br \/> <br \/> Background on Norton:<br \/> \u2022 Prior to joining salesforce.com, Burke served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Expedia since October 2006. <br \/> \u2022 Before Expedia, he was a partner at the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &amp; Rosati P.C. where he practiced corporate and securities law for 11 years, representing emerging growth and technology companies.<br \/> \u2022 Norton holds a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law.<br \/> <br \/> Additional resources<br \/> \u2022 Follow @salesforce on Twitter.<br \/> \u2022 Become a fan of salesforce.com on Facebook: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Salesforce.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 Oct. 20, 2011 \u2013 Salesforce.com [NYSE: CRM], the enterprise cloud computing (http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/cloudcomputing\/) company, today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"sf_subhead":"SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 Oct. 20, 2011 \u2013 Salesforce.com [NYSE: CRM], the enterprise cloud computing (http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/cloudcomputing\/) company, today","sf_i18n_disclaimer":false,"alternateThumbnailId":0,"sf_product_cta_id":0,"footnotes":""},"sf_content_type":[1755,1776],"sf_theme":[1912],"sf_topic":[1726,1763],"sf_product":[],"sf_industry":[],"sf_role":[],"sf_multimedia_asset":[],"sf_location":[1724],"sf_collection":[],"sf_visibility":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-21024","sf_press_release","type-sf_press_release","status-publish","hentry","sf_content_type-press-releases","sf_content_type-press-releases-corporate","sf_theme-digital-transformation","sf_topic-digital-transformation","sf_topic-innovation","sf_location-amer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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