Vijay Gopalakrishnan

Vijay Gopalakrishnan is an experienced product management professional with a robust background in technology and engineering. Currently serving as Director of Product Management for Data Cloud at Salesforce since August 2022, Gopalakrishnan previously held positions such as Product Lead at Microsoft, overseeing Power BI analytics and Azure Analysis Services, and Senior Product Manager for Amazon Redshift and EC2 at AWS. Gopalakrishnan's prior experience includes strategic innovation roles at ITW, product development leadership at Polaris Industries, and engineering roles at Caterpillar Inc. Gopalakrishnan holds an MBA in Finance and Strategy from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, along with Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and University of Madras, respectively.