# Srini Tallapragada

> Srini Tallapragada is Special Advisor to the CEO of Salesforce and a GoDaddy board member. He joined Salesforce in 2012, became President and Chief Engineering Officer in December 2019, and added customer success responsibilities in 2025 before moving to an advisory role in August 2026. His engineering leadership spans enterprise applications, cloud infrastructure and AI adoption.

- **Role:** Special Advisor to the CEO at Salesforce; Board Member at GoDaddy
- **Organizations:** Salesforce, GoDaddy, Oracle, SAP Labs, Avalara
- **Education:** BTech in Computer Science, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), XLRI, Jamshedpur
- **Known for:** Led Salesforce engineering during the development of Lightning, Einstein, Hyperforce and Data Cloud., Brought engineering, customer success and professional services together in his expanded Salesforce role., Appointed to the GoDaddy board in January 2023.

## Career timeline

- **1997-02** — Moved to the Bay Area and joined Oracle as an engineer in its Server Technologies division.
- **2000-2009** — Held engineering and applications development leadership roles at Oracle.
- **2009-02** — Became Senior Vice President at SAP Labs.
- **2011-04** — Returned to Oracle as Senior Vice President of Engineering.
- **2012-05** — Joined Salesforce as Senior Vice President of Engineering.
- **2014-03** — Became Executive Vice President of Engineering at Salesforce.
- **2018-06** — Became President, Technology at Salesforce.
- **2019-12** — Became President and Chief Engineering Officer at Salesforce.
- **2021-07 to 2022-10** — Served on the Avalara board until the company became private.
- **2023-01** — Appointed an independent GoDaddy director, effective January 25.
- **2025-02** — Became President and Chief Engineering and Customer Success Officer at Salesforce.
- **2026-08** — Stepped down from operational leadership effective August 6 and transitioned to Special Advisor to the CEO.
- **2026-10** — Nominated for election to the Broadridge board at its upcoming 2026 annual meeting.

## Achievements

- Led Salesforce engineering during the development of Lightning, Einstein, Hyperforce and Data Cloud.
- Brought engineering, customer success and professional services together in his expanded Salesforce role.
- Appointed to the GoDaddy board in January 2023.
- Published detailed accounts of Salesforce engineering’s adoption of AI tools and governance infrastructure.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Broadridge announced his nomination for election to its board on October 1; this was a nomination, not a completed election.
- **2026-08** — Transitioned to Special Advisor to Salesforce’s CEO effective August 6, with an advisory arrangement through August 6, 2027, subject to its terms.
- **2026-05** — Published a progress report on AI-driven changes to Salesforce engineering workflows.

## Links

- Website: https://www.salesforce.com/company/srini-tallapragada-bio/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stallapr

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