10 Workday IT leaders
Chief Information Officer, VP Global Business Technology, Vice President, IT Applications - Global Sales Technologies and Director - Business Technology, IT Service Management are among the titles held today by these ten Workday IT leaders. A reader can learn how IT leaders work at Workday from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Aaron An
LinkedInExperience: Former Director of Information Technology · Workday
Aaron An is a former Workday IT leader who was Director of Information Technology at Workday from May 2024 to June 2026, based in the United States. Aaron An was Senior Information Technology Manager at Docusign (2018 to 2024) and Information Technology Manager at Zscaler (2012 to 2018).
Archana Deshpande
LinkedInExperience: Former VP, Business Technology - Data and Analytics, Enterprise Architecture · Workday
Archana Deshpande is a former Workday IT leader who was VP, Business Technology - Data and Analytics, Enterprise Architecture at Workday from August 2020 to April 2024 and Sr. Director, Business Technology there from 2019 to 2020. Archana Deshpande has been Vice President, Information Technology at Qualcomm since April 2024, based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Ashleigh McCord
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Enterprise Technology Services · Workday
Ashleigh McCord has been SVP, Enterprise Technology Services at Workday since June 2025, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ashleigh McCord was SVP, Strategy & Enablement at Salesforce (2022 to 2025) and, at ExxonMobil, Head of Public Cloud (2020 to 2022) and Head of Argentina IT (2018 to 2021).
Bhushan Jawale
LinkedInExperience: Director- IT, Go To Market · Workday
Bhushan Jawale has been Director- IT, Go To Market at Workday since January 2026, based in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area. At NetApp, Bhushan Jawale was a Senior Manager (2021 to 2026) and an Applications Architect (2018 to 2021), and Bhushan Jawale was a Senior Managing Consultant at IBM (2012 to 2018).
Jessie McKay
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, IT Applications - Global Sales Technologies · Workday
Jessie McKay has been Vice President, IT Applications - Global Sales Technologies at Workday since June 2025, based in San Francisco. At NetApp, Jessie McKay was VP IT Business Applications, GTM (2024 to 2025), Sr. Director Business Applications Sales (2017 to 2024) and Senior Manager - IT Service Management (2013 to 2017).
Marina Derbina
LinkedInExperience: Director - Business Technology, IT Service Management · Workday
Marina Derbina has been Director - Business Technology, IT Service Management at Workday since June 2024 and also lists a Sr. Director, Engineering Platform Services row there since May 2026, based in Denver, Colorado. Marina Derbina was Sr. Manager, Platform Automation at TIBCO (2021 to 2024).
Rani Johnson
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Workday
Rani Johnson has been Chief Information Officer at Workday since March 2023, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Rani Johnson was Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer at SolarWinds (2017 to 2020) and also lists a Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer row at TIBCO open since October 2020.
Sheri Rhodes
LinkedInExperience: Chief Customer Officer · Workday
Sheri Rhodes is a former Chief Information Officer at Workday (April 2019 to February 2022) and has been Chief Customer Officer at Workday since February 2022. Sheri Rhodes was EVP and Global CTO at Western Union (2018 to 2019) and SVP Engineering (CTO) there (2017 to 2018), and lists a Board Member seat at FormFactor Inc. since December 2019.
Udesh Naicker
LinkedInExperience: VP Global Business Technology · Workday
Udesh Naicker has been VP Global Business Technology at Workday since November 2025, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Udesh Naicker lists Group Vice President Enterprise Applications at Docusign (2021 to 2025), VP Enterprise IT at Pandora (2014 to 2021) and Senior Director Enterprise Applications at Electronic Arts (2010 to 2011).
Umesh Deshpande
LinkedInExperience: Director, Business Technology Engineering - GTM Platforms (Salesforce Ecosystem) · Workday
Umesh Deshpande has been Director, Business Technology Engineering - GTM Platforms (Salesforce Ecosystem) at Workday since May 2025, based in San Jose, California. At Cisco, Umesh Deshpande was Sr. Manager IT - Technical Systems Engineering - Cloud Platforms (2022 to 2025), Senior Technical Program Manager- CX Applications, Data, and Platforms Engineering (2010 to 2022) and IT Project Manager (2005 to 2010).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you change first when you took on your IT role at Workday, and why?
- 02How do you decide which business applications to standardize and which to leave to individual teams?
- 03What has your own work taught you about making the case for IT investment to business leaders?
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