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Sriram Iyer

GM | Head of Product | B2B | SaaS | GenAI

San Francisco Bay Area

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

2020

  • GM / Head of Strategy, Product & Partnerships

    2020

    The Digital Video, Audio, Motion Graphics, and Character Animation group in Creative Cloud are makers of iconic flagship products like Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Character Animator and Media Encoder. Our teams develop market-leading applications and solutions for video and audio editing and motion graphics design on Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android, as well as Cloud and AI/ML services supporting the broader Adobe product line.

  • Investor | Advisor

    2022

    Support founders from the ground up. Firsthand Ventures is a community started by acquired founders and executives who have learned a lot during our Salesforce time. By uniting the force of our friends who are notable founders, operators, and investors, we like to be helpful to great founders building the future of B2B.

  • Investor | Member

    2021

    Propelling early-stage technology startups across the globe.

2008 - 2020

  • Senior Director Product Management

    2016 - 2020

    Built products that grew rapidly at scale and used by millions of customers, exceeding revenue targets year on year. Lead Salesforce Inbox, Email, Calendar and Mobile for Sales Cloud, re-defining the Intelligence, Productivity and Integration experience with Lightning and Einstein (Machine and Deep Learning Platform). Spearhead product partnerships with Microsoft and Google, and analyst relations with key vendors like Gartner, Forrester, and IDC. Featured speaker at industry events like Dreamforce and World Tours. Grew Inbox & Einstein from $10M to $100M+ in 3 Years. Sales Cloud grew 500% in 10 years to $5B+. 13 years in a row Gartner #1.

  • Director Product Management

    2014 - 2020

    Led core Sales Cloud products like email, calendar, sync solutions, sales gamification, coaching, and performance.

  • Senior Product Manager

    2012 - 2020

    Led Engineering & Ops centric products, including GUS - Salesforce’s agile delivery mechanism at scale.

  • Product Manager

    2008 - 2020

    Led various Sales & Service products and AppExchange solutions.

2011 - 2012

  • Product Team Manager

    2011 - 2012

    Led Deloitte’s Front Office Transformation team for the Salesforce practice. Worked closely with senior Partners in establishing the practice from scratch and winning key deals to help cement Deloitte’s leadership in the CRM space.

2007 - 2008

  • Pre Sales Consultant, Sales Engineer

    2007 - 2008

    Founding member of the Salesforce practice, a team that grew from 5 to 150+ in a year. Won key deals like Cisco and Seagate. Led digital transformation initiatives for strategic enterprise customers.

  • Associate Consultant

    2005 - 2007

    Worked across Asia in countries like India, SriLanka, Thailand and UAE. Diversified cultural & industry experience spanning Telecom, Manufacturing and Banking & Insurance Digital Transformation Initiatives.