Salesforce promotes Keith Block to COO, rolls out updates
Salesforce on Tuesday promoted former Oracle executive Keith Block to chief operating officer and unveiled several updates to its business cloud software platform.
“I couldn’t be more excited than to have Keith as a core partner in running Salesforce,” CEO Marc Benioff said during a luncheon for customers, reporters and industry analysts to kick off the San Francisco company’s fiscal year.
[...] he becomes Benioff’s second-in-command at cloud computing giant Salesforce, where he leads global sales and adds the responsibility of day-to-day operations.
At his first public appearance in his new role, Block took part in a two-hour event to introduce enhancements to Salesforce’s Lightning platform, released during last year’s Dreamforce conference.
Lars Ulrich and members of rock band Metallica, which is headlining a Salesforce-sponsored pre-Super Bowl concert Saturday at AT&T Park, kicked off the luncheon with a metal guitar version of the “Star Spangled Banner.”