10 Workday finance leaders
With a current and a former Chief Financial Officer, Zane Rowe and Barbara Larson, plus eight finance vice presidents and senior vice presidents, this Workday finance group covers corporate finance, controllership, tax, treasury and investor relations, and product and sales finance; four of the ten held finance roles at VMware. Bring them questions on what a CFO owns, investor reporting and IPO preparation, or finance partnering for product and sales teams.
Professionals to explore
Barbara Larson
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Financial Officer · Workday
Three CFO titles let Barbara Larson compare how the role differs between companies. Barbara was Chief Financial Officer at Workday from February 2022 to June 2023, responsible for accounting, business finance, investor relations and tax, and then an Advisor to Workday (2023); since then, Barbara has been Chief Financial Officer at SentinelOne (2024–2026) and at Workiva since January 2026, and an Independent Board Member at Equifax since 2024.
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Daniel Chiu
LinkedInExperience: Former Vice President Finance · Workday
Daniel Chiu was Vice President Finance at Workday (2020–2025), after Senior Director Sales & Marketing Finance (2018–2020) and Sr. Director WW Sales Finance (2016–2018) there, and has been Vice President, GTM Finance at Freshworks since April 2025. Daniel was also Sr. Director of Finance, WW Customer Operations FP&A at VMware (2014–2016). Suited to questions on sales and marketing finance.
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Julie Gonzalez
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Finance · Workday
Corporate finance and board service are the topics for Julie Gonzalez, Senior Vice President Finance at Workday since April 2023, after Senior Vice President - Corporate Finance (2022–2023) and Vice President - Corporate Finance (2021–2022) at VMware. Julie has also been a Board Member and AC Chair at F5 since 2024 and was on the Board of Trustees of Carondelet High School (2018–2023).
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Kinnari Desai
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Finance · Workday
Kinnari Desai has been Vice President, Finance at Workday since May 2018, leading teams across Corporate Finance, Strategic Finance and cross-functional business partnerships, after Head of Corporate Operational FP&A at Veeva Systems (2016–2018). At Xilinx, Kinnari was Director of Finance, Corporate FP&A and Product Performance (2014–2016) and held Sr. Finance Manager titles for product line performance (2012–2014) and R&D, Product Marketing and CTO (2011–2012). The pick for FP&A and strategic finance questions.
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Melissa Kullander
LinkedInExperience: Former VP Finance, Products & Technology · Workday
Melissa Kullander was VP Finance, Products & Technology at Workday (2022–2024), responsible for financial stewardship of product design and development, engineering, security, product marketing and infrastructure, and has been SVP Finance, Engineering & Customer Success at Salesforce since October 2025. Melissa was also Vice President Finance at Oracle (2015–2021) and VP Finance, Chief Accounting Officer at Hitachi Vantara (2011–2013). Fits questions on finance partnering for engineering and infrastructure.
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Michael Haase
LinkedInExperience: Former VP Finance - Treasurer, Tax and Investor Relations · Workday
IPO preparation is the reason to call Michael Haase, VP Finance - Treasurer, Tax and Investor Relations at Workday (2012–2016) and part of the executive IPO roadshow team for Workday's October 12, 2012 IPO pricing on the NYSE. Michael was also VP Finance - Investor Relations and Treasury at VMware (2007–2012), Director, FP&A and Investor Relations at AMD (2002–2007), Treasurer at XACCT (2000–2001) and VP of Investor Relations at Oracle (1999–2000).
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Michael Magaro
LinkedInExperience: Investor relations and corporate development questions go to Michael Magaro, Senior Vice President, Corporate Growth · Workday
Investor relations and corporate development questions go to Michael Magaro, Senior Vice President, Corporate Growth at Workday since August 2022, after Senior Vice President, Business Finance & IR (2020–2022), Vice President, Business Finance and IR (2019–2020) and Vice President IR (2017–2020). Michael was also Senior Vice President, Corporate Development & Investor Relations at RetailMeNot (2013–2017).
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Patrick Hoynes
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Corporate Finance · Workday
Close, reporting and controllership questions suit Patrick Hoynes, whose Workday titles include VP Controller & Interim CAO (2024), Controller (2022–2024) and Director Of Accounting and Reporting (2018–2022). Patrick has been Vice President of Corporate Finance at Workday since October 2024 and was Head Of Finance at Mettler-Toledo Rainin (2016–2018).
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Teresa Chen
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Tax · Workday
Corporate and international tax is Teresa Chen's area, with three current Workday tax titles: Vice President, Tax since May 2022, Senior Director, Tax since May 2017 and Director, Tax since July 2013. Teresa was earlier Director of International Tax at Polycom (2006–2013) and International Tax Manager at Synopsys Inc (2004–2006).
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Zane Rowe
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Workday
For questions on a CFO's remit at Workday, the first call is Zane Rowe, Chief Financial Officer there since June 2023, responsible for accounting, business finance, investor relations, tax and treasury, and advising on Workday business strategy and product development. Zane was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at VMware (2016–2023), including a stint as Interim CEO (2021), sat on the Sabre board (2016–2024) and has been on the eBay board since 2024.
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Choose the right perspective
Zane Rowe and Barbara Larson are the CFO-level calls, both responsible for accounting, business finance, investor relations and tax at Workday. Patrick Hoynes covers controllership and corporate finance, Teresa Chen tax, and Michael Haase and Michael Magaro investor relations, with Michael Haase on the 2012 IPO roadshow team; Melissa Kullander, Daniel Chiu and Kinnari Desai are the picks for product, sales and FP&A partnering, and Julie Gonzalez for corporate finance at the SVP level.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Workday's finance team split work between corporate FP&A and business finance partners for product and sales?
- 02What does Workday's investor relations team prepare before each earnings call, and who in finance owns each piece?
- 03How does Workday finance plan engineering and cloud infrastructure spend against product roadmaps?
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