Workiva Announces Julie Iskow as Chief Executive Officer
February 21 2023 - 4:15PM
Business Wire
Marty Vanderploeg to Serve as Non-Executive
Chair of the Board of Directors
Workiva Inc. (NYSE: WK), the company powering transparent
reporting for a better world, announced today that Julie Iskow,
current President and Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed
to succeed Marty Vanderploeg as Chief Executive Officer, effective
April 1, 2023. Vanderploeg is stepping down as CEO, but will remain
with the company in the role of Non-Executive Chair of the Board of
Directors.
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Workiva Inc. (NYSE: WK) Announces Julie
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Current Board Chair and prospective Lead Independent Director
Dave Mulcahy said, “The Board is delighted to appoint Julie Iskow
to Chief Executive. She is a strong, respected, and values-driven
leader with an impressive and proven track record of delivering
consistent high-quality performance through her relentless
commitment to our customers and to our people. Julie has played an
instrumental role in Workiva’s success over the last three years.
She is an engineer, technologist, and strategic operator, whose
innovation-first mindset has created a differentiated product
offering and sustainable rigor around Workiva’s platform and
solutions. The Board is confident in Julie’s ability to lead
Workiva through its next stage of growth.”
Of her new role, Iskow said, “Workiva is one of the most
relevant and innovative technology companies of our time. We have a
transformative platform, unbridled potential, and an enduring
foundation on which to build our future. I consider it a distinct
privilege to succeed Marty and work with our incredibly talented
team to move Workiva’s legacy forward into our next phase of growth
and impact.”
Mulcahy said, “We would like to thank Marty for his steadfast
leadership. During his tenure, he transformed Workiva into the
leading multi-solution platform company for assured integrated
business reporting, serving 5,600 customers across the globe. Marty
has been an exceptional leader for Workiva, championing an employee
culture of progress, product innovation, customer focus, and
achieving strong shareholder value. We look forward to working with
him in his expanded Board leadership role.”
“As a co-founder of Workiva, I have had the good fortune of
working with a talented team for the past 15 years, five of those
as CEO,” said Vanderploeg. “Now is the right time for me, and for
Workiva, to make this change. Since day one of Julie’s arrival,
she’s made our organization better. Julie has spent the past three
years thoughtfully building and shaping our remarkable leadership
team and operational strategy as we progress toward a long-term
goal of $1 billion in revenue. I look forward to supporting her in
my new role as Non-Executive Chair.”
About Julie Iskow
Julie Iskow joined Workiva in 2019 as EVP and Chief Operating
Officer. She has extensive experience scaling enterprise SaaS
companies with strong, profitable growth and has a robust
background in product development and optimizing operations. Iskow
was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer in March 2022
and has been overseeing day-to-day operations with global
responsibility for technology, product, sales, partners, marketing,
services, and customer and partner experience. This transition
allows her and the Workiva team to continue with their excellence
in execution.
Before joining Workiva, Iskow served as EVP and Chief Technology
Officer at Medidata Solutions, creator of cutting-edge SaaS
technology and analytics solutions for life sciences. Prior to
Medidata, she was the Senior Vice President of Product Development
and Chief Information Officer at WageWorks, a SaaS platform for
consumer directed benefits solutions. Before WageWorks, she spent
over a decade in engineering and technology leadership positions,
responsible for automation and robotics software used in high-tech
manufacturing.
She currently serves on the board of directors of Workiva Inc.
and Five9, a leading provider of cloud software for contact
centers. She has a bachelor of science degree from the University
of California, Berkeley and a master of science degree from the
University of California, Davis.
About Workiva
Workiva Inc. (NYSE:WK) is on a mission to power transparent
reporting for a better world. We build and deliver the world’s
leading cloud platform for assured integrated reporting to meet
stakeholder demands for action, transparency, and disclosure of
financial and non-financial data. Workiva offers the only unified
SaaS platform that brings customers’ financial reporting,
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), and Governance, Risk,
and Compliance (GRC) together in a controlled, secure, audit-ready
platform. Our platform simplifies the most complex reporting and
disclosure challenges by streamlining processes, connecting data
and teams, and ensuring consistency. Learn more at workiva.com.
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