Director Since: August 2022
Independent
Board Committee: Nominating and Corporate Governance
Mr. Walia served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Informatica Inc., an enterprise cloud data management company, from January 2020 to February 2026. Following Salesforce's acquisition of Informatica in November 2025, he continued to lead the organization as a key part of Salesforce's data and AI strategy until his departure. Previously, Mr. Walia served in various roles at Informatica from October 2013 to January 2020, including President, Products and Marketing, where he was responsible for Informatica’s product and market strategy, product management, product development, user experience, cloud operations, strategic ecosystems strategy, partnerships with strategic ecosystems, and global marketing function.
Prior to Informatica, Mr. Walia worked in leadership positions across a variety of functions at Symantec Corporation, a cybersecurity company, Intuit Inc., a business and financial management solutions company, and McKinsey & Company, a management consulting company. He spent the earlier part of his career working for Tata Group, a multinational conglomerate, and Infosys Technologies Ltd, a digital services and consulting company, in India.
Mr. Walia holds a B.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi, India, and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
Mr. Walia was selected to serve on our Board of Directors because of his extensive operations, product, marketing and leadership experience at global technology enterprises in areas of cloud data management, data governance and cybersecurity.