Vala Afshar

Author, digital marketing evangelist, and Twitter storyteller Vala Afshar. At Salesforce.com, Vala serves as the Chief Digital Evangelist. widely considered as a leading influencer in martech and social media (described as one of the best industry thought leaders by Forbes and Gartner amongst others).

Afshar oversaw the company's operations for customer care and support as well as marketing globally for Enterasys Networks. a renowned social technology and customer service operations innovator. In the fields of cloud computing, social collaboration, corporate intelligence, and customer relationship management, Afshar is regarded as a pioneer. Together with this, Vala co-hosts DisrupTV, a weekly show that examines the most recent innovations in business and technology through interviews with Fortune 1000 corporate leaders, start-up founders, VCs, and media and tech personalities. 2012 saw the release of his book, "The Pursuit of Social Business Excellence." He writes for the Huffington Post, INC Magazine, and other media, contributing articles on technology, business, and leadership.