Salesforce.com Appoints Doug Dennerline as EVP Enterprise Sales Americas

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the enterprise cloud computing company, today announced the appointment of Doug Dennerline as executive vice president, Enterprise Sales Americas. Dennerline brings over 20 years of sales leadership experience to the company, having served most recently as senior vice president and general manager of the Collaboration Software Group at Cisco, which includes its software-as-a-service strategy and products, and all WebEx conferencing and collaboration offerings. He will report to Frank van Veenendaal, president, worldwide sales, and chief sales officer at salesforce.com.

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"It's a pleasure to welcome Doug to salesforce.com," said Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO, salesforce.com. "He is one of the best leaders I have ever worked with in enterprise sales."

"We welcome Doug to the salesforce.com team; one that he is already familiar with as part of the original team at Cisco that selected our service years ago," said van Veenendaal. "Doug's proven track record of sales leadership success and firsthand knowledge of the benefits of cloud computing will accelerate us in our pursuit to free businesses from the constraints of traditional software."

Dennerline has close to ten years of leadership experience at Cisco. Prior to serving as senior vice president and general manager of the Collaboration Software Group at Cisco, he was senior vice president, U.S. Commercial, where he was responsible for all field sales, systems engineering, marketing programs, and operations necessary to achieve Cisco's projected growth in this market segment, which resulted in double digit year-over-year growth. Previously, Dennerline was senior vice president of the U.S. Enterprise, Commercial and Federal Sales group, responsible for nearly half of Cisco's revenue. Before joining Cisco, Dennerline spent 10 years at 3Com Corporation where he held numerous leadership positions.

"It's a great time to join salesforce.com. Businesses are more open than ever to how cloud computing can help them achieve their business goals," said Dennerline. "Having been a salesforce.com customer for years, I can attest to the benefits salesforce.com's cloud computing solutions bring to sales specifically. I look forward to joining the team in its pursuit towards the End of Software."

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