Maria N. Martinez

Ms. Martinez retired from Cisco Systems, Inc., a multinational digital communications technology company, where she served as executive vice president and chief operating officer from March 2021 until May 2024 and was executive vice president and chief customer experience officer from April 2018 until March 2021. Prior to joining Cisco, Ms. Martinez served in a variety of senior executive roles at Salesforce, Inc., including president, Global Customer Success and Latin America from March 2016 to April 2018; president, Sales and Customer Success from February 2013 to March 2016; executive vice president and chief growth officer from February 2012 to February 2013; and executive vice president, Customers for Life from February 2010 to February 2012. Prior to joining Salesforce, she managed the global services business for Microsoft Corporation, including professional services and customer support for all products. Ms. Martinez has also held a number of other leadership positions at Motorola, Inc. and AT&T Inc., and served as chief executive officer of Embrace Networks, Inc. She currently serves as a director of The Bank of America Corporation and Tyson Foods, Inc. Ms. Martinez has received several distinctions for her leadership, including the No. 2 ranking on the ALPFA (Association for Latino Professionals for America) list of the 50 Most Powerful Latinas. Ms. Martinez holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Puerto Rico and a master’s degree in computer engineering from Ohio State University.