Steven Cakebread has served in various senior executive roles, including as Chief Financial Officer of Yext from October 2014 to October 2021. He has also served as Chief Financial Officer of D-Wave Systems, a quantum computing company, from March 2013 to September 2014 and as Chief Financial Officer of Pandora Media Inc., a provider of personalized internet radio and music discovery service, from March 2010 to December 2012. From February 2009 to December 2009, Mr. Cakebread served as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, and Chief Financial Officer of Xactly Corporation, a provider of on-demand sales performance management software.

 

Mr. Cakebread also served as President and Chief Strategy Officer of Salesforce, a customer relationship management service provider, from March 2008 to February 2009, and as Chief Financial Officer of Salesforce from May 2002 to March 2008. Mr. Cakebread currently serves on the board of directors of Bill.com, Tunein.com.  and Mews. He previously served as a member of the board of directors of Service Source, Solar Winds, Care.com, and eHealth.com.

 

Mr. Cakebread holds a B.S. in Business from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.B.A. from Indiana University. He is the author of The IPO Playbook.