About

Mika Yamamoto joined Freshworks in November 2023 as Chief Customer and Marketing Officer, leading the company's global marketing and customer experience organization.

She was named Chief Integrated Customer Growth Officer effective January 1, 2026, a role she held until March 2, 2026, and remained with the company in an advisory capacity until April 2, 2026 to transition her responsibilities.

Before Freshworks she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Customer Engagement Officer at F5, where she led data, marketing, digital transformation and customer experience across all products, segments, channels and geographies. Earlier she held senior marketing and go-to-market leadership roles at Adobe (following its acquisition of Marketo, where she had been Global President), SAP, Amazon, Microsoft, Gartner and Accenture.

Roles

Freshworks Inc.
Former Chief Integrated Customer Growth Officer · Current role
2023–present
Freshworks Inc.
Chief Customer and Marketing Officer · Joined November 2023; later named Chief Integrated Customer Growth Officer, a role held from January 1, 2026 to March 2, 2026
2023 - 2025
F5
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Customer Engagement Officer · Led the company's data, marketing, digital transformation and customer experience efforts across all products, segments, channels and geographies
Adobe
SVP and General Manager of Marketo · Joined Adobe following its acquisition of Marketo
Marketo
Global President
SAP
Chief Digital Marketing Officer and CMO of SMB
Amazon Books
Senior leadership role
Microsoft
Senior leadership roles (Windows and Stores)
Gartner
Senior leadership role
Accenture
Senior leadership role

External Roles

BlackLine
Board member
Rainier Valley Food Bank
Board member
United Way of King County
Board member

Fixed Compensation

FY 2025
Salary
$436,667
ComponentAnnual base salary
All other compensation
$1,540
ComponentsLife insurance premiums and 401(k) matching contributions
Total compensation
$5,759,237

Performance Compensation

Data from FY 2025

Cash incentive

Annual cash incentive
$457,650
FormCash
Target Opportunity
Evaluation periodFY2025
PlanNon-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation

Stock awards

Stock awards
$4,863,380
FormRSUs and PRSUs granted under our 2021 Plan
VestingRSUs vest in equal quarterly installments over four years; PRSUs subject to revenue and free cash flow targets over a one-year performance period

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