Technology >> CEO Interviews >> October 22, 2002
STEVE CAKEBREAD joined salesforce.com, Inc., as the company's
chief financial officer with over 25 years experience in the
financial industry. As CFO, Mr. Cakebread reports directly to
Chairman, and CEO Marc Benioff and is responsible for overseeing
saleforce.com's global financial initiatives as it moves to the
next level of delivering software as a service. Mr. Cakebread
came to salesforce.com from Autodesk, where he served as senior
vice president and chief financial officer and was responsible
for all of the company's accounting and corporate finance
functions. He also ran the company's strategic information
technology systems and business development. Prior to joining
Autodesk, Mr. Cakebread was vice president of finance for Silicon
Graphics World Trade, for which he managed accounting and
finance, information systems, sales and service administration.
He also held many key positions at Hewlett-Packard, where he
gained experience in global finance for high technology. He holds
a BS from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA
from Indiana University. Profile
Salesforce.com?
Mr. Cakebread: The company itself was founded in 1999 and we've
had progressively steady growth over the last couple of
