Craig Cuffie of Salesforce: This Moment Can Be a Movement If Were Bold Enough to be Uncomfortable
Shortly after the social protests broke out in response to the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, I had a the opportunity to do a LinkedIn Live conversation with Dr Kamau Bobb \u2013 Google\u2019s Global Lead for Diversity Strategy & Research, and Senior Director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Constellations Center for Equity in Computing \u2013 on if this moment in time has the opportunity to lead to structural change and more opportunities for blacks to participate in executive positions in tech companies, given they only fill 2.7% of those positions currently according to a recent post from The Information.\n\nThe conversation with Dr. Bobb was as real and honest a discussion I\u2019ve had recently, and left me wanting to get some additional perspective from Craig Cuffie, Salesforce\u2019s Chief Procurement Officer and one of those 2.7% of black tech executives. Salesforce has been a corporate leader in the areas of inclusion and diversity over the last several years, and Craig\u2019s 30+ years working at the highest levels of a number of Fortune 500 companies provided me with unique insights that puts the current moment in perspective.