Jim Steele

President, Global Strategic Customers, Alliances & Channels, Salesforce

Jim has over 40 years as an accomplished business leader with a strong track record of success in building and leading global sales teams.

Jim served as Salesforce’s President of Worldwide Sales and Chief Customer Officer for over 12 years, from 2002 through 2014 where he led the growth of the company from $22 million to more than $5 billion in revenue. Jim rejoined Salesforce in 2020 as President of Global Strategic Sales with his primary focus to bring the full power of Salesforce to its largest and most strategic customers. Most recently, Jim has also assumed responsibility for Salesforce's Alliances & Channels organization, the Emerging Business operating unit, and Private Equity practice.

Previously Jim served as Chief Revenue Officer and President of Yext, President and Chief Revenue Officer of InsideSales.com (http://insidesales.com/) and President of Worldwide Sales at Ariba.

Jim started his career at IBM where he spent over 22 years in executive leadership and senior sales roles including VP and GM of Sales in Asia, based in Tokyo.

Jim holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University. He lives with his wife Amy and children on a ranch near Park City, Utah.