CPO Rising Series: Products That Count Resident CPO on AI’s Transformative Impact on Product Development

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  • April 28, 2025
David Schmaier

Salesforce, President & Chief Product Officer

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Are you ready to discover how AI is revolutionizing product management? In this episode of the CPO Rising Series hosted by Products That Count Resident CPO Renee Niemi, Salesforce President and Chief Product Officer David Schmaier will be speaking on AI’s transformative power in product leadership in enterprise software. David shares groundbreaking insights from Salesforce’s AI journey, revealing how generative AI is reshaping customer experiences and product development at unprecedented speeds.

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In this episode hosted by Renee Niemi, David Schmaier shares groundbreaking insights on AI's transformative power in product leadership.

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David Schmaier
Salesforce, President & Chief Product Officer

President & Chief Product Officer for Salesforce responsible for Salesforce's global product team, strategy and vision at the world's #1 CRM company. David also oversees Salesforce Ventures, which has invested in and partnered with over 400 of the most promising enterprise software & cloud companies from inception to IPO, along with Corporate Development at the company. Prior to his current role, he worked as CEO of Salesforce Industries. Prior to Salesforce, David worked as CEO & Founder at Vlocity, a three time Forbes Cloud 100 company (2017, 2018, 2019). Vlocity was acquired by Salesforce in 2020. Prior to Vlocity, he worked as COO at enterprise AI innovator C3.ai and as a founding executive at CRM pioneer Siebel Systems. Over three decades of experience building successful cloud, CRM, and industry-specific vertical software companies as an executive, entrepreneur, board member and investor.

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Renee Niemi
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