# Sireesh Bodireddygari

> Sireesh Bodireddygari is Executive Vice President of Software Engineering at Salesforce, where he leads a global team of 1,000+ engineers building Tableau and CRM Analytics products. Promoted to EVP in March 2025 after nearly a decade of rising through Salesforce's analytics engineering ranks, he is the engineering force behind Tableau Next — an AI-native, full-stack agentic analytics platform unveiled at Tableau Conference 2025. A 25-year software veteran who started at L&T Infotech and cut his teeth at Yahoo! and DIRECTV before joining Salesforce as Director of Wave Analytics, he has become one of the most consequential engineering leaders in enterprise data and AI.

- **Role:** Executive Vice President, Software Engineering at Salesforce
- **Organizations:** Salesforce, Tableau, Yahoo!, DIRECTV, Wright Express, Accenture Technology Solutions, L&T Infotech
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Engineering (with Distinction), University of Mysore, Behind & Beyond Big Data (Professional Course), Stanford University
- **Known for:** Promoted to EVP, Software Engineering at Salesforce in March 2025, Leads a global engineering team of 1,000+ engineers at Salesforce, Key engineering leader behind Tableau Next - an AI-native, full-stack agentic analytics experience unveiled at Tableau Conference 2025

## Career timeline

- **~1999-2004** — Software Engineer at L&T Infotech (Project Intern) and Accenture Technology Solutions
- **~2004-2008** — Senior role at Intermediasoftech
- **~2008-2012** — Manager / Technology Lead at Wright Express
- **~2012-2015** — Senior engineering role at Yahoo! Inc.
- **~2015-2017** — Senior engineering role at DIRECTV
- **2017-2019** — Joined Salesforce as Director, Wave Analytics; built query engine with Redis integration
- **2019-2021** — Promoted to Senior Director then VP, Tableau CRM (Einstein Analytics)
- **2021-2022** — VP, Product & Engineering, Tableau Analytics
- **2022-2024** — SVP, Software Engineering - Intelligent Apps & Business Analytics
- **2024-2025** — SVP & Head of Engineering, Tableau
- **2025-present** — Promoted to EVP, Software Engineering at Salesforce (March 2025)

## Achievements

- Promoted to EVP, Software Engineering at Salesforce in March 2025
- Leads a global engineering team of 1,000+ engineers at Salesforce
- Key engineering leader behind Tableau Next - an AI-native, full-stack agentic analytics experience unveiled at Tableau Conference 2025
- Drove Tableau's integration with Salesforce's Agentforce AI platform
- Built and scaled Salesforce's CRM Analytics (Einstein Analytics / Tableau CRM) query engine from director-level up
- Over 25 years of progressive software engineering experience across consumer, media, enterprise, and CRM sectors
- Stanford professional development course in Big Data (2016)
- Graduated with distinction from University of Mysore

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Featured as key engineering leader at Tableau Conference 2025 (TC25), presenting Tableau Next
- **2025-03** — Promoted to Executive Vice President, Software Engineering at Salesforce
- **2024-09** — Showcased Tableau's Agentforce integration at Dreamforce 2024 (DF24)
- **2024-08** — Named SVP & Head of Engineering, Tableau

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sireeshreddy/

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Last updated: 2026-04-30