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Mark Hawkins

Strategic Advisor, Board Member, Former Salesforce President & CFO Emeritus

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• Join Ari Kaplan and Ben Taylor in this webinar on the 10 keys to AI Success in 2022 to understand how businesses can put their #data to work by…

  

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Experience

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  Strategic Advisor & Board Member

  Technology companies

  Nov 2021 - Present3 months

  Trusted strategic advising to help elevate growth, scale and total company performance

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  Board Member

  Toast, Inc.

  Apr 2020 - Present1 year 10 months

  Greater Boston

  Lead Director.
  
  Toast empower the restaurant community to delight guests, do what they love, and thrive.

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  Board Member

  Plaid

  Oct 2021 - Present4 months

  Plaid is focused on democratizing financial services through technology. We build beautiful consumer experiences, developer-friendly infrastructure, and intelligent tools that give everyone the ability to create amazing products that solve big problems.

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  Board Member

  DataRobot

  Sep 2021 - Present5 months

  Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  DataRobot enables organizations to leverage the transformational power of AI by delivering the world’s only trusted enterprise AI platform combined with an AI-native strategic success team to help customers rapidly turn data into value.

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  Board Member

  Secureworks

  Apr 2016 - Present5 years 10 months

  Greater Atlanta Area

  Secureworks® is a leading global cybersecurity company that protects organizations in the digitally connected world. NASAQ: SCWX

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  NYSE Listed Company Advisory Board

  NYSE

  Mar 2019 - Present2 years 11 months

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  Salesforce

  7 years 4 months

  • President & CFO Emeritus

    Feb 2021 - Nov 202110 months

  • President and CFO

    Aug 2017 - Feb 20213 years 7 months

  • EVP & CFO

    Aug 2014 - Aug 20173 years 1 month

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  Board Member

  Plex Systems, Inc.

  Apr 2014 - Aug 20217 years 5 months

  Troy, Michigan

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  CFO, EVP

  Autodesk

  Apr 2009 - Jul 20145 years 4 months

  San Francisco Bay Area

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  Board Member

  BMC Software

  May 2010 - Sep 20133 years 5 months

  Houston, Texas Area

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  CFO, SVP

  Logitech

  Apr 2006 - Apr 20093 years 1 month

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  Dell

  6 years 3 months

  • VP of Finance, WW Procurement & Operating Council

    Aug 2005 - Mar 20068 months

    Austin, Texas Area

  • VP of Finance, Dell Home Systems & Dell International Services

    Jan 2000 - Jul 20055 years 7 months

    Austin, Texas Area

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  Hewlett-Packard

  18 years 6 months

  • WW Group Controller / Business Unit CFO

    Nov 1996 - Dec 19993 years 2 months

    San Francisco Bay Area

  • Executive and Management Positions

    Jul 1981 - Oct 199615 years 4 months

    San Francisco Bay Area, United Kingdom, Colorado

Volunteer Experience

• Board Member

  Board Member

  The Ocean Cleanup

  Environment

• Chairman of A4S Global Advisory Council

  Chairman of A4S Global Advisory Council

  The Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S)
• Chair of JDRF City of San Francisco One Walk

  Chair of JDRF City of San Francisco One Walk

  JDRF Northern California Chapter

  2017 - Present5 years

  Health

  Achieved record breaking $1,200,000 in fund raising.

Licenses & Certifications

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  Stanford Directors College (2021, 2014, 2012, 2010)

  Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford

  Issued Jan 2021

Publications

• 20 C-Suite Sustainability Champions in 2020

  GreenBiz.com  January 6, 2020

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• Accounting for Sustainability Launches U.S. Chapter of Its CFO Leadership Network

  Wall Street Journal  April 18, 2019

  Helping to launch HRH Prince Charles' A4S Accounting for Sustainability CFO Leadership Network in the USA.

  See publication

• Salesforce CFO explains why companies need to meet the fourth industrial revolution head-on

  itbusiness.Ca  May 4, 2018

  See publication

• Salesforce to Invest $2.2 Billion in its French Business Over Five Years

  Salesforce.com  April 24, 2018

  See publication

• Meet the Salesforce power players who are helping Marc Benioff take his $87B empire to the next level

  Business Insider  April 15, 2018

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