Michael Speiser joined Workday’s board of directors in June 2024. Michael brings to the board more than three decades’ experience as a technology leader and venture capitalist, including a proven track record of building some of the fastest growing companies in the world, developing industry-leading products, and incubating some of the most pivotal AI technologies in the tech industry.
Michael has been a managing director at Sutter Hill Ventures, a venture capital firm, since 2008, and serves on the boards of several private companies and unannounced projects. From 2012 to 2014, Michael served as the part-time chief executive officer (CEO) of Snowflake Inc., and he’s served as a director since the company’s inception in 2012. He also served as founding CEO at Augment, Observe, Pure Storage, Inc., and others; and held executive leadership positions at Bix, Inc., Veritas Software, and Yahoo!.
Michael holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Arizona, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.