Jitendra Zaa is a Salesforce Certified Technical Architect and seasoned technology leader with 12+ years driving digital transformations for Fortune 500 clients, now serving as CTO for Communications and Industrial Markets at IBM. He has progressed through progressive architecture and leadership roles—leading IBM’s North America Salesforce Architect community and previously heading CRM and service technical practices—blending hands-on engineering roots with strategic product and delivery stewardship. A consistent public-facing evangelist, he has shared expertise at Dreamforce, World Tours, user groups, blogs and YouTube, and was a Salesforce MVP from 2014–2022, underscoring his community influence. Jitendra’s background includes founding a software shop and early engineering roles across GlobalLogic, Cognizant and Oracle Financial Services, giving him rare perspective from startup to enterprise scale. Known for pragmatic, user-centric solutions, he focuses on maximizing business impact through streamlined architectures that accelerate adoption and measurable outcomes. Based in the Atlanta metro area, he pairs deep Salesforce technical mastery with a track record of mentoring architects and building high-performing teams.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Chief Technology Officer, Chief Technology Officer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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