Salman Ahmed

About Salman Ahmed

As Head of Business Value at Datadog, I led a global team that translates customer investments into measurable business outcomes by quantifying ROI, crafting executive-ready value narratives, and building financial justification and value frameworks that accelerate customer expansion. I helped shape and scale Datadog’s Business Value function from the ground up, embedding value-based engagement across the customer lifecycle and strengthening enterprise revenue expansion as the company scaled from ~$600M to $3.5B ARR.I partnered closely with Pre-Sales, Customer Success, Technical Post-Sales, and Sales leadership to integrate value-focused programs and methodologies across the customer lifecycle from discovery, POVs, renewal, and expansion to scale the ethos of value selling across the organization and drive results at scale.Previously, I worked as an operator at DoorDash to help incubate and scale new retail verticals, driving profitability, improving unit economics, and launching new product features to capture incremental revenue. I also worked as a strategy consultant advising customers across multiple industries with growth initiatives including market entry strategies, portfolio optimization, and building business cases.

Experience

1. Value Engineering Lead

   OpenAI

   Feb 2026 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Leading and scaling the Value Engineering practice at OpenAI

Education

• Ramaiah Institute Of Technology

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering

• Duke University

  Masters of Engineering Management, Engineering Management