Workday Named Leader for 8th Consecutive Year in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud HCM Suites for 1,000+ Employee Enterprises
We continue to innovate to help our customers thrive.
Group General Manager, Product, Office of the CHRO
Read BioDavid Somers is Workday’s group general manager of product for the office of the CHRO, responsible for leading the strategy and development of the Workday Human Capital Management suite of products.
David brings more than 20 years of technology and consulting experience to his current role. David joined Workday in 2018 through the acquisition of Rallyteam, where he was co-founder and CEO for three years. Prior to Rallyteam, David served as vice president of global alliances and strategic initiatives at Cornerstone OnDemand, and previously held positions at Ariba, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Replicon, and The Walt Disney Company.
David holds a master's in business administration from UCLA Anderson School of Management and a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University.
We continue to innovate to help our customers thrive.
We are happy that Workday is named a Leader in “The Forrester WaveTM: Human Capital Management, Q2 2023.” Read on to learn more about how our technology enables transformative HR to chart and navigate a new path.
We’re thrilled that Workday has been named as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud HCM Suites for 1,000+ Employee Enterprises. We believe being named as a Leader for the seventh consecutive year demonstrates that we consistently enable our customers with the power to adapt.
At Workday, we believe understanding employees’ skills is essential to operating a business and imperative for the future of work. We’re introducing next-generation technology that amplifies the impact of Skills Cloud, helping our customers strengthen their foundation as a skills-based organization.
With Workday and VNDLY, a Workday company, organizations can create a holistic talent strategy that maximizes their extended pool of talent.
With human resources playing a critical role in nearly every strategic business decision this past year, we’re honored to once again be recognized as a leader in the human capital management (HCM) market for our completeness of vision and ability to execute.
David Somers, Workday’s general manager for talent optimization, interviews Peakon's Phil Chambers on the value of analytics in continuous listening, and driving meaningful employee experiences.