Francois Ajenstat

Founder

Seattle, Washington, United States28 yrs 4 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Proven track record in leading product strategy.
  • Expert in driving cross-functional collaboration.
  • Strong background in data analytics and product management.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS product leader with extensive experience in data analytics and strategic management.

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Other Skills

Product StrategyProduct ManagementProduct MarketingGo-to-market StrategyProduct PlanningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSCloud ComputingBig DataCross-functional Team LeadershipTechnical PresentationsCompetitive AnalysisStrategyBusiness IntelligenceProduct Lifecycle Management

About

Senior leader with a blend of strategic, product management, marketing, sales and technical skills. Key competencies include driving for results, cross-group collaboration, customer/partner connection, strong communication skills, impact and influence, and strategic thinking/leadership. Specialties: Product Management; Positioning & Messaging; PR and communications; Evangelism and product advocacy; Strategy development and execution; Organizational development and leadership.

Experience

28 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
4 mos
Current Experience

Golden analytics

Founder and CEO

Jan 2026Present · 4 mos

  • Bringing joy back to data and building that analytics that people love.

New enterprise associates (nea)

Venture Advisor

Mar 2024Nov 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos

Amplitude

Chief Product Officer

Nov 2023Nov 2025 · 2 yrs

  • Responsible for Amplitude’s product strategy and execution, leading the product management, operations, design, and growth organizations globally.

Salesforce

Chief Customer Officer, Tableau

Jun 2023Nov 2023 · 5 mos

Tableau software

3 roles

Chief Product Officer

Promoted

Aug 2016Nov 2023 · 7 yrs 3 mos

  • Responsible for Tableau's overall product strategy and oversee the product portfolio including product packaging, pricing and product positioning. Also responsible for evangelizing Tableau's products with customers and partners and incorporating customer and partner feedback into the strategic vision of the Tableau portfolio.

Vice President, Product Management

Promoted

Jan 2015Aug 2016 · 1 yr 7 mos

Senior Director, Product Management

Nov 2010Jan 2015 · 4 yrs 2 mos

  • Responsible for product strategy and product planning combining customer and partner feedback to set the strategic vision and leading the execution of new features and products.
  • Key responsibilities include:
  • + Defining the product strategy and roadmap
  • + Delivering vision and requirements documents with prioritized features and corresponding justification
  • + Working with external third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities
  • + Running beta and pilot programs with early-stage products and samples
  • + Driving competitive analysis and value proposition differentiation
  • + Delivering product demos to customers & prospects
  • + Briefing and training the sales force on new product capabilities and positioning
  • + Managing relationships with technology partners
  • + Collaborating with product marketing on pricing, messaging, and go-to-market strategies
  • + Participating with strategic customers as a trusted advisor to ensure their success and manage escalations, requirements analysis and product planning activities
  • + Delivering press, analyst, and strategic customer briefings
  • + Present Tableau product capabilities, vision, value propositions, and roadmap briefings to customers, prospects, the Tableau sales team, and at other public events

Microsoft corporation

4 roles

Senior Director, Environmental Sustainability

Apr 2008Nov 2010 · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Responsible for defining Microsoft’s overall strategy for Environmental Sustainability; Driving internal and external communications; Developing Sales and Marketing campaigns; Engaging with customers and partners; Integrating efforts with Product Groups and Segments.

Director, SQL Server Product Management

Promoted

Jan 2005Apr 2008 · 3 yrs 3 mos

  • Responsible for overall business and product strategy including accountability for revenue goals and other scorecard metrics. Responsibilities included Product Planning; Messaging and Positioning; Analyst and Press Relations; Advertising; and Awareness and Adoption of key SQL Server technologies.

Group Product Manager, Information Worker Solutions Group

Promoted

Oct 2001Dec 2004 · 3 yrs 2 mos

  • Responsible for building new incubation initiative to make Microsoft Office relevant to Business Decision Makers. Responsibilities included driving overall marketing execution across Office Solution Accelerators; Product Management & Product Planning; Field & Customer engagement programs

Technical Evangelist, Business Intelligence

Oct 2000Oct 2001 · 1 yr

  • Responsible for Product and technology Adoption of BI with ISVs; Field and Partner engagement; Development and planning of future solutions for BI.

Cognos

Technical Specialist, Strategic Alliances

Jan 1998Jan 2000 · 2 yrs

  • Managed technical relationship with strategic alliance partners including Microsoft, IBM, HP and Intel; Managed WW sales support program and RFP response desk.

Omnimark technologies

Customer Solutions Developer

Jan 1997Jan 1998 · 1 yr

  • Worked in the “office of the president” creating proof-of-concept scenarios to evangelize product capabilities; Worked with strategic customers on consulting projects for advanced web development scenarios.

Education

University of Ottawa

Bachelors of Science — Computer Science

Jan 1993Jan 1997

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