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Workday Appoints Pete Schlampp to Chief Strategy Officer and Sayan Chakraborty to Executive Vice President of Product and Technology
Continued Investment in Strategy and Innovation Leadership to Help Accelerate Company’s Path to $10 Billion in Revenue PLEASANTON, Calif., Oct. 20, 2021
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[{"type":"text","content":"Continued Investment in Strategy and Innovation Leadership to Help Accelerate Company’s Path to $10 Billion in Revenue\nPLEASANTON, Calif., Oct. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, today announced continued investment in strategy and innovation leadership with the appointments of Pete Schlampp to chief strategy officer and Sayan Chakraborty to executive vice president (EVP) of Product and Technology. Pete and Sayan, both of whom have served in leadership roles at Workday for more than five years, each bring over 20 years of experience across strategy, product development, technology innovation, and marketing, and will help execute on the company’s strategic vision and growth strategy on its path to $10 billion in revenue. As chief strategy officer, Pete will oversee Corporate Development and Strategy, Corporate and Solution Marketing, Experience Design and Development, Mergers and Acquisitions Integration, and Workday Ventures. Together, this collective team will further the company’s awareness and strategy efforts as it looks to build on its global momentum and invest in transformational initiatives to grow its customer community of more than 9,000 organizations, including more than 50% of the Fortune 500. Previously, Pete was EVP of Product Development for Workday and joined Workday through the Platfora acquisition as vice president of Workday Prism Analytics. With this transition, Sayan, who currently oversees the Technology organization at Workday, will expand his responsibilities to now include the Product Development organization, which encompasses the teams that innovate and develop core Workday applications including Workday Financial Management and Workday Human Capital Management. With Sayan as EVP of Product and Technology, Workday will look to accelerate the delivery of new innovations – including investments in new products, technology partnerships, and infrastructure – helping customers keep pace in the changing world of work. Sayan joined Workday through the GridCraft acquisition as vice president of software development and later became SVP of Technology, prior to taking on the EVP of Technology role. Both Pete and Sayan will continue to report to Workday Co-Founder, Co-CEO, and Chairman Aneel Bhusri. Comments on the...