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10 Workday executives
These ten current and former Workday executives hold or have held chief officer, president or SVP titles at Workday, including the CFO, CIO and CTO. Readers can ask them how Workday makes executive decisions on product, technology, sales, legal, talent and finance.
Professionals to explore
01—10Carolyn Horne
LinkedInExperience: Snr VP EMEA Strategic Customer Engagements · Workday
Snr VP EMEA Strategic Customer Engagements at Workday since October 2022; the profile says she leads a team of advisors for Workday's largest customers and prospects in the region, and that as President of EMEA she more than tripled the European customer base. Her other Workday roles shown are EMEA President (2019–2022) and Regional Vice President - Workday UKI, Nordics & South Africa (2015–2019).
Chris Ernst, Ph.D.
LinkedInExperience: SVP Talent, Chief Learning Officer · Workday
SVP Talent, Chief Learning Officer at Workday since April 2025. His other Workday roles shown are Chief Learning Officer (2021–2025) and Vice-President of Leadership Organizational Effectiveness (2019–2021), and he was Global Head, People & Organization Potential at the Gates Foundation (2015–2019) and Vice President, Leadership & Organization Effectiveness at Juniper Networks (2013–2015).
Gabe Monroy
LinkedInExperience: Chief Technology Officer · Workday
Chief Technology Officer at Workday since April 2026 and SVP GM Platform at Workday from 2025 to 2026; the profile says he is focused on evolving Workday's technology stack to be more open, extensible and AI-native, while also harnessing AI to accelerate Workday's pace of innovation. At Google he was VP GM Cloud Runtimes (2025) and VP of Developer Experience (2023–2024).
Gerrit Kazmaier
LinkedInExperience: President Product & Technology · Workday
President Product & Technology at Workday since March 2025, in the Product department according to the profile. He was Vice President & General Manager for Database, Data Analytics & Looker at Google (2021–2025), and at SAP he was Executive Vice President (2021), President, SAP HANA & Analytics (2020–2021) and Executive Vice President, SAP HANA & Analytics (2018–2020).
John Lombard
LinkedInExperience: President APAC · Workday
President APAC at Workday since July 2026, based in Singapore; the profile says he leads Workday's regional go-to-market strategy, commercial operations and continued expansion across the region. He was Chief Executive Officer - Asia Pacific at NTT DATA Asia Pacific (2016–2026), Senior Vice President at SAP (2014–2016) and CEO and Managing Director at Crowe Horwath International (2011–2013).
Maxwell Wessel
LinkedInExperience: SVP of Growth · Workday
SVP of Growth at Workday since August 2025; the profile says his growth team is responsible for global expansion and acceleration of Workday's Medium Enterprise segment. He was Co-CEO of Degreed (2024–2025) and Executive Vice President, SAP Learning at SAP (2020–2024), and has been a Board Member at ActivTrak since 2022.
Patrick Blair
LinkedInExperience: Chief Revenue Officer · Workday
Former Chief Revenue Officer at Workday (December 2024–April 2026), and Executive in Residence at Accel since May 2026. His other Workday roles shown are President, Global Sales (2023–2024) and President, Americas Sales (2022–2023), both in the Sales department, and he was President, CRM at C3 AI (2021–2022).
Rani Johnson
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Workday
Chief Information Officer at Workday since March 2023, a C-Level role in the Engineering and Technical department according to the profile. She was Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer at SolarWinds (2017–2020), and the profile also lists Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer at TIBCO from October 2020 with no end date.
Rich Sauer
LinkedInExperience: Chief Legal Officer & Head of Corporate Affairs · Workday
Chief Legal Officer & Head of Corporate Affairs at Workday since April 2021, based in San Francisco according to the profile. He was Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at Workday (2019–2021), and at Microsoft he was Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Artificial Intelligence & Research Human Rights (2018–2019) and Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Global Sales, Marketing & Operations (2013–2018).
Zane Rowe
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Workday
Chief Financial Officer of Workday since June 2023; the profile says he is responsible for accounting, business finance, investor relations, tax and treasury, in addition to advising on Workday business strategy and product development. He was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at VMware (2016–2023) and Interim CEO of VMware in 2021, and has been a Member Board of Directors at eBay since 2024.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Workday decide which product and AI investments to prioritize across its HR and finance applications?
- 02What does a partner or vendor need to show before it is adopted in Workday's go-to-market motion or internal technology stack?
- 03How do Workday's finance, sales and product leaders agree on pricing and packaging changes?
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