Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield is also departing, along with some other product-focused execs.
The departing execs championed Salesforce's product strategyThe departures of Taylor, Butterfield, and Nelson come as Salesforce's strategy comes under the microscope on Wall Street.
With Slack and Tableau, Salesforce already had a lot to prove.
Salesforce has already said that Lidiane Jones, an executive VP, will take over for Butterfield as Slack CEO.
What it does mean, however, is that Salesforce, Slack, and Tableau are all losing the biggest champions of the integrated product strategy right as the company faces hard questions.