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10 Workday consultants
These ten Workday consultants and implementation specialists have designed, configured and rolled out Workday Financials, HCM and Payroll for clients as independent consultants and through consulting firms. Readers can learn how to scope a Workday implementation, plan configuration and data conversion, and support the system after go-live.
Professionals to explore
01—10Ailin X.
LinkedInExperience: Founder And Workday Finance Architect · Qinova Consulting
Founder And Workday Finance Architect at Qinova Consulting since 2025, with a profile headline describing a Workday Finance solution architect working as an independent contractor and currently deploying global Workday Financials projects. Prior rows at PwC Canada are Senior Manager - Workday Finance Solution Architect - R2R Product Lead (2024–2025) and Manager, Workday Financials - Record To Report Implementation Architect (2017–2024).
Brenda Yost
LinkedInExperience: Workday Payroll Solution Architect · Independent Consultant
Workday Payroll Solution Architect as an independent consultant since 2020; her profile headline describes her as an independent Workday business and technology payroll implementation strategist. She was Solution Architect - Payroll at Accenture (2020) and at Sierra-Cedar (2013–2020), and a Managing Consultant at Collaborative Solutions, LLC (2012–2013).
Chris Cox
LinkedInExperience: Independent Workday Financials Architect Consultant · ClearPath Cloud Consulting
Independent Workday Financials Architect Consultant at ClearPath Cloud Consulting since 2025, and formerly Manager, Workday Financials Architect & Team Lead (2024–2025) and Senior Principal Consultant (2022–2024) at Cognizant, and Senior Consultant (2021–2022) and Consultant (2018–2021) at Deloitte. The profile cites hands-on Workday implementation experience across Spend Management, Procure-to-Pay, Financial Accounting, Grants Management and FDM.
David Brown
LinkedInExperience: Independent Workday Consultant · Self-employed
Independent Workday Consultant (self-employed) since 2017; his profile describes him as an independent Workday implementation professional delivering consulting to Workday customers across the HCM platform, with experience across industries and modules. He was a Workday HCM Senior Consultant at DayNine (acquired by Accenture) from 2013 to 2017.
Dominic DeRosa
LinkedInExperience: Workday Consultant · Independent Consultant
Independent Workday Consultant since 2017; his profile says he has guided clients through the end-to-end process of designing and configuring Workday, with experience in HCM, compensation, advanced compensation, security, data conversion, talent and reporting. He was a Workday Solution Architect at Tesla (2016–2017), Workday HCM Manager, Advisory at KPMG (2013–2016) and a Workday Consultant at Meteorix (2012–2013).
Joseph E. Preston
LinkedInExperience: Workday Financials Solution Architect Independent at Preston, Edwards & Associates, LLC · Preston, Edwards & Associates, LLC
Workday Financials Solution Architect Independent at Preston, Edwards & Associates, LLC since 2019; his profile cites Workday work with multinational, government, university and nonprofit clients in project manager, team lead and senior consultant roles. He was Project Manager and Sr. Workday Financials at Navigator Management Partners (2019) and Principal Financials Consultant at Sierra-Cedar (2016).
Julie Christenson
LinkedInExperience: Director (Workday Advisory, Implementations, Business Development) · PwC
Consultant Advisor (Workday Implementations & Optimization -- Financials, PSA, Full Platform) since 2016, and formerly Director (Workday Advisory, Implementations, Business Development) at PwC (2014–2016) and Manager (Workday Advisory, Implementations, Business Development) at Deloitte (2012–2014). Her profile describes her as a Workday Certified Deployment Consultant for Financials, Procurement, Projects/Billing, PM and Accounting Center, and an architect for full platform scope.
Kerry Remulla
LinkedInExperience: Workday Financials Project Manager Consultant SME - Contract · Independent
Workday Financials Project Manager Consultant SME on contract (independent) since 2017. The profile describes an experienced project manager and financial systems implementation consultant specializing in Workday, including project manager work on a global Workday Financials implementation. Other rows include Workday Finance Report Writer Project Administrator Solution Support (CoE) at Cushman & Wakefield (2015–2016).
Mark Way
LinkedInExperience: Workday Financials Architect · MGW Solutions
Workday Financials Architect at MGW Solutions since 2015, specializing in Workday Finance design and architecture for PSA, revenue, projects and resource management, per his profile. He was Manager, Workday Financials at Alight Solutions (2019–2021), a Senior Workday Consultant at Collaborative Solutions, LLC (2015–2019) and Senior Director, IT Solutions Architect at RSM US LLP (2021–2023).
Ray Nahlen
LinkedInExperience: Independent Sr Workday Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking Consultant · Nahlen Consulting
Independent Sr Workday Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking Consultant at Nahlen Consulting since 2021. He was a Payroll Managing Consultant at TopBloc (2020–2021), Senior Payroll, Abs, Time Tracking Consultant at Alchemy.us (2018–2020) and a Sr Principal Consultant at DayNine (acquired by Accenture) (2014–2018); his profile lists HRMS work across PeopleSoft, SuccessFactors and Workday, including SaaS HCM implementation experience.
Choose the right perspective
Match the consultant's module focus to your project, since Workday Financials, HCM and Payroll work call for different expertise. Ask each candidate which phases they have led, from design and configuration to testing and post-production support, and how recent their hands-on Workday work is.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How would you scope and phase a Workday Financials or HCM implementation for a company of our size?
- 02What data conversion and testing steps most often delay a Workday go-live, and how do you plan for them?
- 03What should we set up internally to support and optimize Workday after the implementation partner leaves?
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