Who is in the Workday mafia?

Notable members include Mike Speiser (Pure Storage), Eric Rowell (Uiflow), Shashank Saxena (Pantomathé), Sol Eun (Vertical Bar), Mike Arpaia (Kolide), Tom Bogan (Adaptive Insights), David Clarke (VCola), James Cross (Tenor), among 44 tracked members.

What companies did Workday alumni found?

Companies founded by Workday alumni include Pure Storage, Uiflow, Pantomathé, Vertical Bar, Kolide, Adaptive Insights, VCola, Tenor, eqtble, Expent Inc.

The Workday Mafia

44 people came through Workday and went on to found or lead other companies.

Mike SpeiserMember Board of DirectorsFounded Pure Storage +1 Eric RowellPrincipal UI and Data Visualization EngineerFounded Uiflow +2 Shashank SaxenaGeneral ManagerFounded Pantomathé +1 Sol EunSenior Product Manager, Prism AnalyticsFounded Vertical Bar +1 Mike ArpaiaPrincipal Machine Learning EngineerFounded Kolide Tom BoganExecutive Vice PresidentFounded Adaptive Insights David ClarkeSenior VP EngineeringFounded VCola James CrossVice President, Workforce ProductsFounded Tenor Gabe HorwitzData Product & Engineering, ParadoxFounded eqtble Harikrishna NarayananML/AI Product and Engineering LeaderFounded Expent Inc Ethan VeresEngineeringFounded eqtble Sahil HasanAssociate Application Development InternFounded Dots 💸Isaac EavesAssociate Product ManagerFounded Joon Health Arnold VillatoroSoftware Development Engineer llFounded SpecCheck Henry HengDirector, FlowiseFounded FlowiseAI Kevin SchaichSoftware Engineering InternFounded Darkgrade Derek YeSoftware EngineerFounded Maximal Ray FitzgeraldSoftware EngineerFounded Bloom Alexander BergholmSenior Associate Machine Learning EngineerFounded Klarify Krish RamineniAssociate Product Manager InternFounded Fireflies Ai Brandon KotaraSenior Machine Learning EngineerFounded Brightwave Charlie FranklinHead of People M&A and Global MobilityFounded Compa Charles KimSoftware Development EngineerFounded Vibranium Yamini RanganVice President, Sales Strategy and OperationsFounded HubSpot Joe GonzalezIntegration & DevOps EngineerFounded Vernius Systems, Inc.Nader KhalilSoftware Engineer IFounded Paneau David ConnorsVice President, Product StrategyFounded Hipp Health Catherine ZhangAssociate Manager, Product ManagementFounded Narrable Erin YangVP, Platform Technology Product & StrategyFounded Sol Jon RuggieroSenior Software EngineerFounded Sol Adam GodsonGM, Talent Acquisition ProductsFounded Paradox Shanthi ShanmugamProduct Manager InternFounded Casap Tom SikoraDirector, Mobile Engineering and ProductFounded Equivalent Bryan RosensteinChief Of Staff, Spend ManagementFounded Levelpath Kairui ZengApplication Developer InternFounded DeepScribe Alan MiegelStrategic Account ExecutiveFounded BetterComp Sameer GulatiFinancials Product ManagerFounded Ordway Mike ConoverPrincipal Machine Learning EngineerFounded Brightwave Alexander FongSoftware Engineering InternFounded Plural Joe CaineyDirector of ScienceFounded Sunbeam Katie HoldenVice President I and II, Platform TechnologyFounded Slider Joe McCunneySenior Director, Globalization Architect - Global Growth Engineering TeamFounded 株式会社Scalar Luke BarwikowskiSoftware Application EngineerFounded Pixels Private Charlie StiglerPrincipal Product StrategistFounded Tenor

Frequently asked questions

What is the Workday mafia?: The Workday mafia is the network of 44 people who came through Workday and went on to found or lead other companies, including Pure Storage, Uiflow, Pantomathé, Vertical Bar, Kolide.
Who is in the Workday mafia?: Notable members include Mike Speiser (Pure Storage), Eric Rowell (Uiflow), Shashank Saxena (Pantomathé), Sol Eun (Vertical Bar), Mike Arpaia (Kolide), Tom Bogan (Adaptive Insights), David Clarke (VCola), James Cross (Tenor), among 44 tracked members.
What companies did Workday alumni found?: Companies founded by Workday alumni include Pure Storage, Uiflow, Pantomathé, Vertical Bar, Kolide, Adaptive Insights, VCola, Tenor, eqtble, Expent Inc.