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Ariel Kelman (Salesforce) | Leading the Charge in AI Innovation

Ariel Kelman (Salesforce) | Leading the Charge in AI Innovation

Update: 2025-09-10
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Fall is here, which means back to school, football season, crisp apples, and the world’s biggest blend of tech conference and music festival: Dreamforce. Now in its 22nd year, Dreamforce 2025 returns to San Francisco on October 14th to the 16th, featuring headline speakers like the CEOs of Google and Starbucks, plus musical guests Metallica and Benson Boone.

In this week's episode, Jim welcomes Ariel Kelman, President and Chief Marketing Officer of Salesforce, to talk about the power of Dreamforce, what it’s like working under visionary founders like Marc Benioff and Jeff Bezos, and why rethinking organizational design with agentic AI at the core is critical for the future. 

With Salesforce leading the charge in cloud-based CRM and now AI innovation, Ariel shares his unique journey—from his early days at Salesforce, to Amazon Web Services, to Oracle, and back again—offering lessons in marketing leadership at scale.

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Ariel Kelman (Salesforce) | Leading the Charge in AI Innovation

Ariel Kelman (Salesforce) | Leading the Charge in AI Innovation