Coverage from CIO, Slack, Salesforce, and the wires. Writing lives on Substack. Talks are on Events.
Topics
Hire starts at stand up production AI agents , then a consultation . The media kit has bios and files for hosts.
A board can lose confidence in 30 seconds if the CIO cannot say what the agents are doing. Slack published that humans and agents already talk there because search, memory, and Salesforce sit in the same thread. I run 200+ production agents. Salesforce Developers Blog ran the 2015 success story, named the Summer 2014 Force.com MVP class, and recorded the 2012 Kochi user-group founding. India Dreamin listed him as co-founder. David Liu's SFDC99 recap is the community record. PR Newswire recorded the CDLTO appointment on 5 August 2025. Entrepreneur One Super 30 is magazine recognition, not a Salesforce honor.
Agent governance
Board-level risk, and Slack as the place humans and agents already talk. I run 200+ production agents.
What are the agents doing?
A board can lose confidence in 30 seconds. All it takes is one question: what are our AI agents actually doing? If the CIO cannot answer, that is an immediate career risk.
Where humans and agents talk
Slack is the natural place for both human and digital workers because it brings together enterprise search, organizational memory, and integrations with Salesforce.
Salesforce record
Official Salesforce Developer Relations pages and community recaps, from the 2012 Kochi group through the 2015 Developers Blog story.
Learning curve into a career
Official Developers Blog success story: from Apex at Groupon to founding Dazeworks, after the Summer 2014 Force.com MVP class.
Salesforce Developers Blog, 3 Jun 2015
Force.com MVP class of Summer 2014
Named in the Summer 2014 Force.com MVP class announcement.
Salesforce announcement, 28 Aug 2014
Kochi Platform Developer User Group
Salesforce Developer Relations named him founding leader of the Kochi group on 25 July 2012. No 2012 session title is public.
Salesforce Developers Blog, 25 Jul 2012
Co-founder listing and SFDC99 recap
The founders and mentors page lists him as co-founder. David Liu thanks him and the Dazeworks team in the 4 October 2017 SFDC99 recap. No 2017 session title is public.
Companies
Appointment and acquisition coverage, including the CDLTO appointment and the iLink majority stake.
CDLTO appointment
Shivanath Devinarayanan has joined as Chief Digital Labor and Technology Officer. Salesforce MVP Hall of Fame. Former CEO of a global Salesforce consultancy partner.
iLink majority stake
Our relationship with iLink Digital is the latest and the biggest yet. Our conversations with iLink stemmed from the remarkable synergies between the company DNAs, company cultures, and leadership values.
Magazine
Magazine recognition, labeled as such. Entrepreneur One Super 30 is a cover profile, not a Salesforce honor.
Super 30 Visionary Leaders
June 2025 cover profile. Named to Entrepreneur One Super 30 Visionary Leaders to Watch in 2025. Magazine recognition, not a Salesforce honor.
SHIVANATH DEVINARAYANAN · SALESFORCE MVP HALL OF FAME ·
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SHIVANATH DEVINARAYANAN · SALESFORCE MVP HALL OF FAME ·
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One documented job. A governed agent.
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