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Leya Kurian

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Senior Vice President at Salesforce
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Leya Kurian is the Senior Vice President of Customer Success at Salesforce, where she blends over 20 years of engineering leadership from Dell with customer-centric strategies to drive loyalty and growth. She holds an MBA from the Indian School of Business and certificates from Wharton and Kellogg. People often describe her as determined, supportive, and technically excellent.

Based in Bangalore with her husband and two children, Leya is passionate about empowering girls through education and works with several NGOs to support this cause. She enjoys exploring the world with her family and experiencing new things through her childrens eyes.

Unique fact: Leya successfully pivoted from a distinguished 20+ year career in engineering to become a global leader in customer success.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
Senior Vice President
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Customer Success
Her role is centered on crafting strategies that build customer trust, drive loyalty, and foster revenue growth for Salesforce's Service Cloud.
Women in Tech
A vocal advocate for workplace equality, she actively participates in events like the "Trailblazing Women Summit" to inspire the next generation of female leaders.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
Senior Vice President
Salesforce
8-2022 - 2-2025
Vice President, Customer Success Group
Salesforce
3-2021 - 8-2022
Senior Director
Salesforce
2-2011 - 2-2021
Director Software Engineering
Dell Technologies
9-2001 - 2-2011
Engineering Manager
Sonata Software Ltd
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Education
B.Tech
Mahatma Gandhi University
PGPMAX
Indian School of Business
Strategic Value Addition through financial analysis; Ethics and Stakeholder Communication
Kellogg Executive Education
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