Ciauri exits Salesforce to revamp Google Cloud sales

Chris Ciauri will leave Salesforce Ciauri to spearhead Google Cloud’s sales face-lift

Ciauri has been named at Google’s EMEA cloud president, with a focus on expanding the firm’s commercial potency and reaching more customers.

He was an executive vice president EMEA at Salesforce after ten years at the company. Ciaurihas held sales roles at several tech companies, including Adobe Systems and Peoplesoft. He will lead Google Cloud’s push to improve the way it serves its existing customers.

His predecessor in the role, Sebastien Marotte, is taking on the part of vice president for the channel in EMEA.

Google shook up its remuneration structure in July by reducing the base salary for salespeople and increasing quarterly bonuses for hitting sales targets.