Speiser, an AI Pioneer, Brings Deep Experience
Building High Growth Companies and World-Class
Teams
PLEASANTON, Calif., June 20,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDAY), a
leading provider of solutions to help organizations manage their
people and money, today announced the election of Michael Speiser as an independent director of
its Board of Directors. With more than three decades' experience as
a technology leader and venture capitalist, Speiser has a proven
track record of building some of the fastest growing companies in
the world, developing industry-leading products, and incubating
some of the most pivotal AI technologies in the tech industry. His
appointment to the Workday Board represents Workday's commitment to
AI innovation and continued global expansion – and the opportunity
Speiser sees for the company to deliver on both.
Speiser is a managing director at Sutter Hill Ventures, and
serves on the boards of several private companies and unannounced
projects. From 2012 to 2014, Speiser served as the part-time CEO of
Snowflake, Inc., and he's served as a director since the company's
inception in 2012. He also served as founding CEO at Augment,
Observe, Pure Storage, Inc., and others; and held executive
leadership positions at Bix, Inc., Veritas Software, and
Yahoo!.
Comments on the News
"I'm deeply passionate about
helping engineering teams transform to embrace AI," said
Michael Speiser, independent
director, Workday board of directors. "In its early days, Workday
bet big on the cloud and now it's doing the same with AI. It's
because of that, and the leadership of Carl and Aneel, that I'm
most looking forward to working with the company's leadership to
support the next phase of Workday's growth."
"Workday has the opportunity to be one of the most enduring
software companies of our time, and having the best innovators and
leaders in our corner will help make that a reality," said
Carl Eschenbach, CEO, Workday.
"Mike's election to our board is a prime example of that. Through
our work together at Snowflake Inc., I've seen firsthand his
unparalleled expertise in AI, operations, and leadership, and I
know Workday will benefit greatly from his skill set."
"I've known Mike for a long time and he's a builder at his
core," said Aneel Bhusri, co-founder
and executive chair, Workday. "He has an incredible track record of
building products that stand the test of time in addition to
exceptional operations and venture capital expertise that will help
us further accelerate our AI efforts. He also fully embodies
Workday's core values, with an emphasis on innovation and
integrity, which is why we are thrilled to have him join our
board."
About Workday
Workday is a leading enterprise
platform that helps organizations manage their most important
assets – their people and money. The Workday platform is built with
AI at the core to help customers elevate people, supercharge work,
and move their business forever forward. Workday is used by more
than 10,500 organizations around the world and across industries –
from medium-sized businesses to more than 60% of the Fortune 500.
For more information about Workday, visit workday.com.
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