# Gary Lerhaupt

> Gary Lerhaupt is VP of Product Architecture at Salesforce leading Agent Interoperability and Orchestration for Agentforce. He co-founded Clockwise, the AI calendar company used by Uber, Netflix, and Atlassian, and was a founding engineer at RelateIQ (acquired by Salesforce for ~$390M). Earlier in his career he created DKMS, the Linux kernel module framework still baked into most Linux distributions today. He holds a BS from Ohio State and an MS in Computer Science from Stanford.

- **Role:** VP, Product Architecture at Salesforce
- **Organizations:** Salesforce, Clockwise, RelateIQ, SalesforceIQ, Ludic Labs, NivNav, Prodigem, Dell
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S., Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, M.S., Computer Science, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Created DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support), a widely-used open-source Linux framework still bundled with major Linux distributions, Published author in Linux Journal (2003) on kernel module technology, Founded Prodigem (2005), one of the first BitTorrent-based non-DRM media marketplaces

## Career timeline

- **1997-2001** — Undergraduate studies at The Ohio State University, BS in Computer Science and Engineering
- **2001-2004** — Software Engineer, Linux Dev Team at Dell - created DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support)
- **2003** — Published 'Kernel Korner - Exploring Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS)' in Linux Journal
- **2004-2006** — Graduate studies at Stanford University, MS in Computer Science
- **2005** — Founded Prodigem, a BitTorrent-based, non-DRM media marketplace, one of the first of its kind
- **2006** — Prodigem acquired by MoveDigital; joined MoveDigital as Software Engineer
- **2007-2010** — Software Engineer at Ludic Labs (later acquired by Groupon)
- **2010-2011** — Founded NivNav / HackerTable, a last-minute restaurant reservation platform
- **2011-2016** — Joined RelateIQ as founding engineer, rose to VP of Engineering; RelateIQ acquired by Salesforce for ~$390M in 2014
- **2016** — Co-founded Clockwise with Matt Martin and Mike Grinolds (former RelateIQ colleagues)
- **2019** — Launched Clockwise on Product Hunt; achieved major enterprise customer adoption (Uber, Netflix, Atlassian)
- **2024** — Launched Clockwise Prism, an AI calendar with natural language scheduling
- **2025** — Left Clockwise; joined Salesforce as VP of Product Architecture for Agentforce
- **2026** — Led Salesforce acquihire of Clockwise engineering team; Clockwise product shut down March 27, 2026

## Achievements

- Created DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support), a widely-used open-source Linux framework still bundled with major Linux distributions
- Published author in Linux Journal (2003) on kernel module technology
- Founded Prodigem (2005), one of the first BitTorrent-based non-DRM media marketplaces
- Founding engineer at RelateIQ, acquired by Salesforce for approximately $390 million in 2014
- Co-founded Clockwise, an AI calendar that created 8 million hours of focus time and rescheduled 23 million meetings
- Clockwise recognized by Fast Company as one of the most innovative companies for its AI Scheduler
- Co-inventor on US patent US20190227724 (calendar/scheduling technology)
- Led Salesforce's contribution of the Agent Card concept to the A2A (Agent2Agent) protocol alongside 50+ technology partners including Google
- Championed MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration into Agentforce
- Led agent interoperability and orchestration strategy for Salesforce Agentforce

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Led Salesforce acquihire of the entire Clockwise engineering team for Agentforce; Clockwise product shut down March 27, 2026
- **2025-04** — Contributed Salesforce's Agent Card concept to the A2A (Agent2Agent) protocol, partnered with Google and 50+ vendors
- **2025** — Joined Salesforce as VP, Product Architecture leading Agent Interoperability and Orchestration for Agentforce
- **2025** — Published multiple articles on Salesforce Blog about MCP integration, agent orchestration, and agentic interoperability
- **2024-10** — Published 'Microdosing on Low-Hallucinogenic AI' on Unite.AI about enterprise AI automation

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lerhaupt/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/lerhaupt
- GitHub: https://github.com/lerhaupt

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Last updated: 2026-04-30