Deidre Paknad

Deidre Paknad is the CEO & Co-founder at Workboard, a company they previous held the position of Vice President, Information Lifecycle Governance Solution business at IBM. Deidre has also been the CEO of PSS Systems and Business & Growth Innovation Network (BGIN).

Deidre has been in the industry for over 25 years and has been instrumental in advancing governance practices. Deidre has authored the CGOC Maturity Model and several benchmark reports and significantly contributed to the IGRM model. Her work has had a lasting impact on the domain.

Deidre Paknad has a B.A. in Politics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a law degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.

Some direct reports include Abbie Mcbride - Chief Revenue Officer, Deepak Bahree - Chief Marketing Officer, and Daryoush Paknad - CTO & Co-Founder.