The Networking Strategy of Vala Afshar, Salesforce Chief Digital Evangelist

Vala Afshar is an author, US patent holding inventor, weekly columnist for ZDNET, weekly podcaster, keynote speaker and social media contributor. He is, of course, Chief Digital Evangelist at Salesforce. Vala drops by the Leadership NOW program with Dan Pontefract where they get into the finer points of life, humanity, and being a good person. Vala has nearly a million followers on Twitter, generating billions of impressions per year. His LinkedIn account is through the rough awesome as well. He has written over 250 articles since 2020. His weekly show started in 2016 and is projected to have over 2M viewers this year. He has interviewed over 1,000 senior executives, company founders, bestselling authors and venture capitalists on DisruptTV ... including me! Prior to joining Salesforce in 2015, Vala served as the chief marketing officer and chief customer officer in the technology sector at companies like Enterasys Networks and Extreme Networks. Vala is currently working on a new book called Boundless that will be published in October 2023. Visit http://www.danpontefract.com for more information about Dan and the Leadership NOW program. Visit https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar to connect with Vala Afshar on Twitter