4 minute read COE Roundtable: COE for the CIO Home » Blog » COE Roundtable: COE for the CIO Home » Blog » COE Roundtable: COE for the CIO Round table: COE for the CIO APRIL 2021 Salesforce is becoming strategic and is increasingly owned by the CIO. How do CIOs think a Salesforce Center of Excellence benefits them in the broader IT landscape? Matt Francis Global CTO Salesforce Mark Hill Global CIO Leo Minervini Global CIO Shannon Bates RVP Strategic Accounts It is less about the technology and more about the business, the business process and the people. LEO MINERVINI, GLOBAL CIO DEEPER DIVE If you break it down, it’s (a CoE) just a simple way of delivering incremental regular change to the business and adding ongoing business value quickly. It’s a way of ensuring that business and IT become one, in steering and governance and they get rid of those historic silos. MARK HILL GLOBAL CIO DEEPER DIVE Organizations have all these different business units and they all have Salesforce. They all have autonomy. They make their changes and they live in their little silo. Bringing them together is the biggest challenge. MATT FRANCIS GLOBAL CTO SALESFORCE DEEPER DIVE Marc Benioff’s constant reminder is that if everything is important, nothing is important. SHANNON BATES RVP STRATEGIC ACCOUNTS Sign up for our newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter to stay up-to-date with cutting-edge industry insights and timely product updates. Back to News Share Ian Gotts Founder & CEO 4 minute read Published: 3rd May 2021 Post navigation Why sales and CPQ execution is critical to customer success.PreviousCOE Round Table: COE for RevOpsNext