Summary
Sam Tokheim is a seasoned Salesforce engineering leader with 13 years of experience building scalable Salesforce.com solutions and leading cross-functional teams across healthcare, logistics, and SaaS. Currently Manager of Salesforce Engineering at Interwell Health, he blends servant-leadership and Scrum practices to deliver robust, production-ready systems while coaching teams to improve velocity and quality. His background includes senior leadership roles at Invitae, Fitbit, and Castlight Health, where he shifted between hands-on architecture, solution design, and people management. He holds an MIMS from UC Berkeley and an MBA from Wisconsin, pairing product-minded business acumen with deep platform expertise. Notably, his early work managing Fair Trade USA’s Salesforce implementation was recognized by Salesforce as a success story, reflecting a long-standing ability to translate mission-driven needs into technical systems. Based in California, he brings a pragmatic mix of technical depth, stakeholder empathy, and operational rigor.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MIMS Information Management and Systems, MIMS Information Management and Systems at UC Berkeley School of Information
MBA General Management, MBA General Management at Wisconsin School of Business
BA French, BA French at University of Minnesota Morris
Liceo Scientifico Antonio Gramsci - Ivrea, Italy
English, Italian, French