Workday Names a New President to Drive Further Fortune 500 Adoption

Workday has revealed that Patrick Blair has taken on a new role as its President for the Americas. Blair is now the enterprise finance and HR cloud applications company's new top sales exec for the region and will report directly to Co-President Doug Robinson.

As the President of the Americas, Blair has been tasked with expanding the adoption of Workday's full suite of products among the Fortune 500—currently, the company's software can be found in use at more than half of Fortune 500 companies.

Blair will also likely build on the company's momentum in the retail space as the company looks to expand the footprint of its finance, HR, planning, spend management and analytics products. Workday has seen a boom in adoption among retail companies in the last couple of years, with nearly 50% of the 2021 NRF Top 100 Retailers using its products.

To further Workday’s already-dominant position, Blair will lean on his 25 years of enterprise software and sales experience, including his most recent role as the President of CRM at C3 AI. He also brings sales leadership expertise from Yext, Palo Alto Networks and Salesforce.

"Patrick's experience and values-based approach to building teams and helping organizations understand the importance of investing in the right technologies will be pivotal in supporting our growth efforts," Robinson said in a press release. "We have a great opportunity in front of us and I am confident that Patrick's leadership will help extend the value we bring to some of the world's largest organizations."

Workday is set to release its Q4 and fiscal year 2022 (which ended January 31, 2022) financial results later this month, but according to a previous earnings statement, the company expects Q4 subscription revenue of around $1.2 billion, up 21% from the year before.