Chief Executive Officer / Workday
Carl Eschenbach is the Chief Executive Officer of Workday, a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources. Before his current role, he served as a Partner and Venture Partner at Sequoia Capital and spent 14 years at VMware, where he was President and COO, scaling the company from 200 to 20,000 employees. He is also a board member for several high-growth technology companies, including Palo Alto Networks.
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Chief Executive Officer
Board Member
Co-CEO
Venture Partner
Partner
President and Chief Operating Officer
VP, North America Sales
Global Accounts Executive
Sales Director
Regional Sales Director
System Engineer
Electronics Technician
Core technical and professional competencies derived from over 25 years of executive leadership, venture capital, and scaling high-growth technology companies.
A summary of Carl Eschenbach's career, focusing on his executive roles at Workday and VMware, his tenure at Sequoia Capital, and his board affiliations.
During his 14 years at VMware, where he served as President and COO, he helped scale the company's employee base from approximately 200 to 20,000.
He served as a Partner and Venture Partner at Sequoia Capital from April 2016 until December 2022, prior to his return to Workday.
Yes, he is a current board member for Palo Alto Networks, in addition to serving on the boards of other high-growth technology companies.
Yes, his educational background includes attendance at DeVry University.
Enterprise Cloud Applications (HCM/Finance), SaaS, Venture Capital, Cloud Infrastructure
Technology Executive Leadership, Organizational Scaling, Board Membership
Visionary, Results-Oriented, Transformational, Collaborative, Experienced Leader
Growth, Technology, Enterprise, People-Centric, Future of Work
