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  "markdown": "CEO and President.\n\nDennis Woodside is chief executive and president of Freshworks, which he joined as president in 2022. He was previously chief operating officer of Dropbox and spent more than ten years in sales and strategy roles at Google, including as CEO of Motorola Mobility after Google bought it.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-woodside-341302\n\n## What Dennis builds\n\n- [Freshdesk API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/freshdesk.md), graded D, 48.6/100, in Customer support \u0026 helpdesk. REST API (v2) for Freshdesk, the Freshworks helpdesk. CEO and President, researched 2026-10-29.\n- [Freshsales API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/freshsales.md), graded E, 40.7/100, in CRM \u0026 customer platforms. REST API for Freshsales, the Freshworks sales CRM. CEO and President, researched 2026-10-29.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Girish Mathrubootham](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/girish-mathrubootham/), Co-founder, stepped down as executive chairman in December 2025\n- [Murali Swaminathan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/murali-swaminathan/), Chief Technology Officer\n- [Ryan Manning](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ryan-manning/), Chief Product and Technology Officer\n- [Shan Krishnasamy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shan-krishnasamy/), Co-founder\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Dennis Woodside?\n\nDennis Woodside is chief executive and president of Freshworks, which he joined as president in 2022. He was previously chief operating officer of Dropbox and spent more than ten years in sales and strategy roles at Google, including as CEO of Motorola Mobility after Google bought it.\n\n### What does Freshworks make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Freshdesk API + MCP and Freshsales API from Freshworks. REST API (v2) for Freshdesk, the Freshworks helpdesk.\n\n### How are Dennis's tools graded?\n\nFreshdesk API + MCP is graded D, 48.6 out of 100; Freshsales API is graded E, 40.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.freshworks.com/theworks/company-news/freshworks-golden-birthday-13/\n- https://www.freshworks.com/company/leadership/\n- https://x.com/mrgirish\n- https://in.linkedin.com/in/khuntiaminakshi\n- https://in.linkedin.com/in/sanjay-sharma-sb\n- https://www.freshworks.com/freshdesk/\n- https://support.freshworks.com/support/home\n- https://www.freshworks.com/company/about/\n- https://support.freshdesk.com/support/home\n- https://www.freshworks.com/support/\n- https://www.google.com/search?q=Ryan+Manning+Freshworks+linkedin\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rpmanning2\n- https://www.freshworks.com/crm/sales/\n- https://crmsupport.freshworks.com/en/support/home?cloud=freshsales_suite\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshworks\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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