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10 Workday partnerships leaders
These ten current and former Workday partnerships leaders have held director, senior director, head and managing director roles in partnerships, alliances and partner strategy at Workday. A reader can learn how partnerships leaders work at Workday from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Bill Gough
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Software Alliances · Workday
Sr. Director, Software Alliances at Workday from February 2022 to February 2025, and Sr. Director, Innovation Business Development at Workday since 2025. Before Workday he was Senior Director, Office of the CEO, Global Business Development and Ecosystems at SAP (2014–2022) and Senior Director, Mobility, Corporate Business Development at SAP (2012–2014).
Fiona Smith
LinkedInExperience: Director, Strategic Alliances APJ · Workday
Director, Strategic Alliances APJ at Workday since January 2021, based in Singapore, after serving as Director, APAC Alliances (2019–2021) and Director, Alliances (2015–2019) at Workday. Her profile describes extensive experience managing channels and alliance partners in the Asia Pacific region. She previously worked on SAP's global systems integrator partners.
Francesca Codrea Bergsman
LinkedInExperience: Principal Software Alliances Director, Business Development and Strategic Partnerships · Workday
Head of Global Public Cloud and Strategic Advisors Strategy & Business Development at Workday since October 2024, after serving there as Global Public Cloud GTM Director (2024) and Principal Software Alliances Director, Business Development and Strategic Partnerships (2022–2024). She was previously Vice President, Global Alliances & Channels at Genpact (2021–2022).
Michelle Merali
LinkedInExperience: Director, Healthcare Alliances · Workday
Director, Healthcare Alliances at Workday (2020–2022), then Director of Partner Programs (2022–2026) and North America KPMG Alliance Leader at Workday since April 2026. Her profile says she owns one of Workday's most strategic GSI partnerships in North America, driving joint go-to-market, co-innovation and practice growth with KPMG.
Ryan Oder
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystem Ventures · Workday
Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystem Ventures at Workday since June 2025; his profile says he drives strategic partnerships in Workday's Global Partner Organization and acts as partnership liaison to the Workday Ventures team. Earlier Workday roles include Sr. Director, Japan Partnerships & Business Development (2024–2025) and Senior Director, Business Development and Strategic Partnerships (2021–2024).
Sanjiv Jain
LinkedInExperience: Software Alliances Sr Director · Workday
Software Alliances Sr Director at Workday since September 2022, based in the Detroit area. His profile describes him as a software alliances leader driving growth through solution partnerships and working with diverse partners to align objectives. He previously held partner ecosystem roles at Sage (2019–2022) and IBM (2013–2019).
Sarah Hertzberg
LinkedInExperience: Director, Software Alliances · Workday
Director, Software Alliances at Workday since April 2025, after serving as Senior Manager, Software Alliances at Workday (2023–2025). Her profile describes cultivating strategic partnerships across product and technology partners, global systems integrators, consultants and HCM vendors. She was previously Head Of Partnerships at Gem (2022–2023) and Director, Technology Partnerships at Visier (2021–2022).
Sartaj Grover
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Partner Strategy · Workday
Global Head of Partner Strategy at Workday from August 2024 to March 2026, and Sr. Director, Sales and Strategic Partnerships at Workday since April 2026. He previously held partner strategy and sales strategy roles at Cisco, including Director, Customer Experience (CX) and Services Partner Strategy (2018–2021), where his profile says he developed a partner vision and go-to-market model with Cisco's partner ecosystem.
Tim Roberts
LinkedInExperience: Strategic Alliances Director · Workday
Former Strategic Alliances Director at Workday (2019–2025), based in the Greater Oxford Area. His profile describes a background in business development, client relationship management, sales and sales leadership across public and private sectors. He previously held managing director roles in the public sector at Cable & Wireless Worldwide and in central government at Liberata.
Tim Russell
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Global Partnerships · Workday
Managing Director, Global Partnerships at Workday since September 2017, after serving as Director, Business Development at Workday (2014–2017). His profile describes him as an enterprise SaaS partnerships executive who builds global systems integrator ecosystems, with a focus on go-to-market strategy and alliances.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does an enterprise software company decide which software partners to build alliances with?
- 02What makes a system integrator partnership productive for both sides?
- 03How do partnership teams at a large SaaS company share pipeline and goals with direct sales?
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