About

VJ (Vineeth Abraham) is a highly accomplished engineering leader with over 15 years of relevant experience in the technology industry. He is currently serving as the Senior Manager for Tech Enablement and Product Innovation in the Asia-Pacific region for Salesforce. In this role, VJ is responsible for driving and monetizing innovation, emerging technologies, and long-term strategy. He is a thought leader and accomplished speaker with a strong background in software technologies such as storage, networking, and artificial intelligence. VJ is known for actively engaging with the external ecosystem, including customers, partners, and industry peers. He is a startup mentor and tech jury for many unicorn pitches. VJ works closely with senior leadership teams, including senior vice presidents and general managers, for strategic projects. He is an innovation evangelist who manages an open innovation community. Before joining Salesforce, VJ held a vice president position at Swiss Re, where he created a roadmap and drove engagement on tech transformation initiatives. He leveraged internal and external tech partnerships, collaborated with internal teams to develop appropriate use cases, and successfully discovered and developed solutions working with the start-up ecosystem. VJ also developed tech-related university collaborations and drove a commercially aware innovation mindset internally to empower and engage employees. He conceptualized and deployed a digital transformation strategy. Prior to his position at Swiss Re, VJ was the head of innovation at Dell. He designed and developed an innovation portfolio of long-range breakthrough programs and spearheaded engineering collaboration and connect between services and products to have customer-focused innovations. He led the global innovation and tech council for global collaborations and established programs to inculcate innovation DNA for 25,000 employees and created touch bases of about 45k engineers. VJ cracked the myth of AI by introducing the AI Academy, which helps engineers learn and become real-time practitioners of AI. VJ's tech stack includes Salesforce, senior software engineer, and AI. He is a highly motivated and results-driven individual with a passion for innovation and technology. VJ's extensive experience and knowledge make him a valuable asset to any organization.