As promised last week, Salesforce today announced the replacement of Slack CEO Lidiane Jones, who resigned last week after 10 months on the job to become CEO of dating app Bumble.
in Share on X (The social platform formerly known as Twitter) This morning, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff made the announcement Dennis Dresser, A long-time Salesforce employee with a lot of executive experience will fill this role.
“I couldn’t be more excited to share the news that Denise Dresser is the new CEO of Slack! Denise is an incredible business leader who has excelled at every level in her career at Salesforce,” Benioff wrote on X.
writing On LinkedInShe wasted no time in changing her title on LinkedIn to CEO of Slack, and Dresser also expressed her excitement at the promotion. “I am extremely excited to announce that I will be joining the Slack team as CEO,” she wrote.
Her official Salesforce bio describes it this way: “As a 12-year Salesforce veteran, Dresser has excelled in leadership roles that increase responsibility while building high-performance, mission-driven teams. She has a passion for delivering product-driven customer success, collaborative leadership, and mentoring leaders Future women and top talent should be able to start with this background and understanding of how Salesforce works.
Like Jones, she should be able to act as a bridge between Slack, the company that Salesforce acquired for nearly $28 billion in 2021, and the Salesforce family of products. But like its predecessor, it has to walk the narrow line between maintaining Slack’s independence, while finding ways to integrate it more tightly when it makes sense. She also has to keep longtime employees happy, while listening to customers and Salesforce executives about Slack’s direction.
It won’t be easy, but Benioff expressed confidence in her abilities, based on her extensive experience at Salesforce.
“Her track record of success, most recently as President of Accelerated Industries and before that as Executive Vice President of Enterprise Sales, includes driving some of our clients’ most significant successes ever. Denise is a pioneer in collaborative technology that brings teams together and has inspired me and so many of us,” Benioff added on X. With its deep commitment to our values, our customers, and the spirit of innovation.”
The change was necessary when Jones, who was only hired at the end of last year to replace co-founder and CEO Stuart Butterfield, announced she would take over as CEO of Bumble, a meteoric rise from little-known Salesforce executive to Slack CEO to corporate leader. General.
Benioff expressed her excitement for Jones and wished her well in her new job in a public statement. “We recognize what a great opportunity this is for Lidiane to become CEO of a public company. Even more so at Bumble, which is a truly great company, with great values that we deeply value.
Dresser takes over immediately, although Jones indicated she will stay on until the end of the year to help with the transition.