Sr Director, AI Solutions · Salesforce AI Center of Excellence

Enterprise Software & AI Executive

I build and scale the teams, programs, and deployment practices that turn enterprise AI strategy into measurable customer outcomes. My leadership spans Product, Platform, Customer Success, Alliances, Professional Services, Architecture, and AI — with hands-on credibility across Agentforce, Data Cloud, RAG, multi-agent systems, and enterprise integration.

Executive Leadership AI Transformation Product Strategy Customer Success Partner Ecosystems Agentforce & Data Cloud RAG & Agentic Systems
OperatorLed global customer-facing technical organizations
AdvisorExecutive workshops, roadmap alignment, escalations
BuilderAI enablement, field readiness, partner programs
TechnologistAgentforce, Data Cloud, RAG, enterprise architecture

Always open to exchanging ideas with executives, founders, partners, and builders shaping the next era of enterprise AI.

Executive leadership at the AI frontier

A rare blend of product, architecture, customer success, alliances, and professional services leadership — focused on practical AI adoption and measurable enterprise outcomes.

What I’m known for

Leading AI adoption from strategy to execution, while connecting executive priorities to field-ready deployment patterns.

  • Advise CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, and VPs on AI roadmaps and architecture
  • Turn emerging AI capabilities into field-ready enablement and deployment frameworks
  • Lead workshops, executive sessions, and architecture reviews for complex customers
  • Influence product direction through customer, partner, and field feedback loops

Where I create impact

Customer-facing technical organizations and adoption motions that scale across products, regions, and partner ecosystems.

  • AI enablement for Agentforce, Data Cloud, RAG, and enterprise AI strategy
  • Customer success, adoption, consumption, renewals, and expansion outcomes
  • Partner enablement, advisory boards, and global readiness programs
  • Escalation leadership for complex deployments and red accounts

VP-level leadership with builder credibility

My differentiation is the combination of executive operating range and hands-on technical judgment: I can lead the organization, influence the product, advise the customer, and understand the architecture deeply enough to make the right tradeoffs.

Build and scale teams

Develop high-performing technical organizations across consultants, architects, developers, customer success teams, and partner ecosystems.

  • Team development, mentorship, capacity planning, and operating cadence
  • Cross-functional leadership across Product, Success, Alliances, Architecture, and Services
  • Enablement systems that turn expert knowledge into repeatable execution

Drive customer and business outcomes

Connect enterprise strategy to adoption, consumption, renewal, expansion, and measurable business value.

  • Executive alignment for complex transformations and regulated-industry deployments
  • Adoption and escalation leadership for strategic accounts and red-account recovery
  • Outcome orientation across AI, platform modernization, CPQ, Lightning, and service transformation

Influence product and strategy

Bridge product teams, customers, partners, and the field to turn market feedback into practical roadmaps and deployment guidance.

  • Outbound product leadership for AI, Agentforce, and Data Cloud adoption
  • Partner advisory programs, field readiness, and executive workshops
  • Feedback loops that improve product maturity and enterprise readiness

Scale AI responsibly

Help organizations move beyond demos by balancing innovation with governance, data grounding, integration, and operational readiness.

  • Reference architectures for agentic AI, RAG, data libraries, and integration
  • Governance, guardrails, identity, privacy, and deployment maturity
  • Executive-to-practitioner enablement that accelerates adoption safely

Technical depth that strengthens executive leadership

This section intentionally keeps the technical signal. For AI leadership roles, credibility comes from knowing how enterprise AI actually ships: data, architecture, integration, governance, and operations.

Agentic systems

Designing multi-agent workflows that operate safely across enterprise systems.

  • Orchestration patterns (async workflows, retries, fallbacks)
  • Tool integration and structured actions
  • Context hygiene and state/session strategies

Data grounding (RAG)

Making outputs trustworthy through retrieval quality and data discipline.

  • Chunking & transformation strategies
  • Vector indexing, search grounding, relevance tuning
  • Evaluation thinking for retrieval + generation

Interoperability (MCP / A2A)

Standards-first approach to connecting agents with tools and systems.

  • Interface patterns for tools, data sources, and actions
  • Consistency, composability, and operational simplicity

Enterprise integration

AI systems are distributed systems — security, latency, and reliability apply.

  • API-first + event-driven integration patterns
  • Identity, access, and privacy controls
  • Observability & operational readiness mindset

Business outcomes, scale, and credibility

Metrics selected to support executive positioning without exposing customer names or internal segmentation labels.

20+ yrs
Enterprise SaaS, CRM, cloud, product, and customer-facing technical leadership
10+ yrs
Salesforce leadership across AI, Customer Success, Alliances, Architecture, and Platform
24x
Salesforce certifications across AI, Data Cloud, Platform, and Architecture
35%
AI-driven call deflection outcome enabled through Service Cloud and Einstein adoption
$1.6M+
Documented enterprise expansion support across major transformation programs
5+
Industries served including financial services, healthcare, communications, manufacturing, and public sector
Global
AI programs supported across Customer Zero, Hero Agent, partner advisory, and field readiness motions
Events
Dreamforce, TrailblazerDX, Connections, Strategic Innovation Centers, and executive workshops

Selected executive highlights

  • Act as outbound product leader and executive technical advisor for Salesforce AI, Agentforce, and Data Cloud.
  • Support global enterprise AI programs through executive workshops, architecture reviews, deployment guidance, and escalation management.
  • Authored and co-authored Agentforce and AI guides covering RAG, session tracking, multilingual agents, data libraries, and interoperability.
  • Led partner AI enablement, advisory board engagement, and global field readiness programs for enterprise AI adoption.
  • Supported business outcomes including AI-driven call deflection, platform modernization, CPQ expansion, renewal alignment, and red-account recovery.

Career journey

Progressive leadership across enterprise software, product management, consulting, customer success, partner ecosystems, architecture, and artificial intelligence.

Partner Success Director, AI & Platform
Salesforce
2023 — 2024
  • Owned the Salesforce Generative AI partner roadmap and led global AI partner enablement strategy.
  • Chaired the Partner AI Advisory Board and translated partner/customer feedback into readiness programs.
Director, Success Management
Salesforce
2017 — 2021
  • Owned portfolio health, adoption, renewals, and expansion for enterprise customers across the Americas.
  • Supported AI-driven call deflection, Lightning transformations, CPQ expansions, and red-account recoveries.
Regional Success Architect — LATAM
Salesforce
2013 — 2015
  • Delivered executive-level technical enablement for Salesforce customers and partners across Latin America.
  • Led architecture initiatives across SSO, Communities, platform scalability, and partner readiness.
Consulting Solution Director
Oracle
2015 — 2017
  • Led enterprise cloud transformation initiatives, solution architecture, staffing, delivery governance, and executive advisory.
Senior Principal Product Manager, Oracle Cloud CRM
Oracle
2011 — 2013
  • Led cross-functional teams delivering Oracle Fusion CRM from concept to release, informed by customer implementation insights.
Regional Manager & Technical Architect
Siebel Systems / Oracle
2006 — 2011
  • Managed multi-region technical teams across the U.S. and Latin America, including growth, capacity, budget, and customer satisfaction.

Certifications & proof of craft

Kept compact for readability — built over many years of hands-on deployment work.

Salesforce certifications (24x)
Salesforce Certified AI Specialist Data Cloud Consultant AI Specialist Application Architect System Architect Integration Architecture Designer Identity & Access Management Platform Dev I Platform Developer II …and more
Badges & programs
Agentblazer Legend All Star Trailhead Ranger AWS ML Foundations Pro Bono Ranger Leadership development programs
Industry depth
Financial Services Healthcare & Life Sciences Communications Manufacturing Public Sector
Talks & workshops

Presented and delivered workshops globally, including Dreamforce, TDX, and Connections. Hosted Strategic Innovation Center sessions with enterprise customers across executive and technical audiences.

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