Workday Names Ex-Google Cloud Marketing Chief Sarah Kennedy Ellis as CMO
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Pleasanton, Calif. – September 15, 2026 -- Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY) has appointed Sarah Kennedy Ellis as chief marketing officer, effective October 5, 2026, tasking her with driving the enterprise software vendor's brand strategy for the AI era.
Kennedy Ellis arrives from Google Cloud with two decades of enterprise marketing experience
Kennedy Ellis will report directly to co-founder, CEO, and chair Aneel Bhusri and take charge of Workday's global marketing and communications organization. She joins from Google, where she led global marketing for Google Cloud and Google Workspace, contributing to what the company describes as one of enterprise technology's fastest-growing businesses.