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Mahesh Tyagarajan

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VP, Software Engineering, Hyperforce at Salesforce
📍 San Jose, California, United States

Mahesh Tyagarajan is the VP of Platform Engineering for Hyperforce at Salesforce, leading the GCP and multi-substrate initiatives. A seasoned technology executive with experience at McAfee, Kroger, and eBay, he earned his Master of Science from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. Colleagues describe him as a savvy, organized, and strong technologist.

Mahesh holds a patent for a system that provides enhanced encryption for data storage operations in a network environment.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
VP, Software Engineering, Hyperforce
Job Level
Senior
Location
San Jose, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Mahesh shows up

Confident & Optimistic
Generous
Achievment Oriented

They don’t mind taking a stand if they believe in something. They usually prefer to drive the conversation. They measure a product on its merit but can be influenced by strong testimonials.

Priorities

Topics Mahesh cares about

Platform Engineering
Currently leads platform engineering for Hyperforce at Salesforce, solving complex infrastructure challenges at scale, and has extensive experience in this area from his time at McAfee.
Cloud Transformation
He has led platform transformation at major companies and recently wrote about migrating from monolithic systems to event-driven microservices architecture.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
VP, Software Engineering, Hyperforce
Salesforce
2-2025 - 7-2025
Advisor
Nexaminds
2-2021 - 11-2024
VP, Platform Engineering
McAfee
10-2018 - 2-2021
VP Engineering
Kroger
3-2018 - 10-2018
Chief Product Officer
Blue Cedar
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Media appearances

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Education
1984 - 1989
M.Sc. Hons
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
1984 - 1989
M.Sc. (Tech)
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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