'As we look forward, we are grounded by Slack's mission: to make people's working lives simpler, more pleasant and more productive,' she wrote in a thread. Jones also took to Twitter to announce her new role as Slack CEO. 'She's one of us.'īutterfield referenced Jones's 'enormous credibility' inside Salesforce, adding that she will 'be an effective advocate for Slack's business, customers, and people.' 'She has a deep respect for our approach to product, our customer obsession, and our unique culture,' said Butterfield in his post. 'You're going to love her,' Butterfield wrote of Jones in his post to staff, describing the executive as 'pragmatic, practical, insightful, passionate, creative, kind, and curious.'Ī spokesperson for Salesforce wrote in a statement to Insider that Butterfield was 'instrumental' in choosing Jones as his successor. as vice president of software product management and nearly thirteen years as a software engineer and product manager for Microsoft. She joined the company in 2019 after a stint at Sonos Inc. Jones, who updated her LinkedIn on Monday to reflect her new position, was previously executive vice president and general manager of experience cloud, marketing cloud, and commerce cloud at Slack parent Salesforce. This is good: Lidiane is amazing,' Butterfield wrote in the post, which was viewed and published in full by Insider. 'Slack will have a new CEO: Lidiane Jones. Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield is exiting the company in January, and Salesforce has confirmed that Lidiane Jones will be his successor.īutterfield, who co-founded the workplace messaging platform and oversaw its 2021 acquisition by Salesforce, posted to a company Slack channel on Monday morning that he is leaving next month. 'You'll love her,' Butterfield wrote to staff.Jones was formerly EVP and GM of Salesforce experience, commerce, and marketing clouds.

Lidiane Jones is taking over Stewart Butterfield's role as CEO of Slack.

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