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Interviewing the Experts - Focus Cloud GroupInterviewing the Experts: Alexis Baker - People Analytics LeaderIn our Interviewing the Experts series, our Recruitment Specialists sit down with leaders across the Workday ecosystem to uncover insights, tips and truths you won't hear anywhere else. What does it take to build a game-changing People Analytics function within Workday? In this episode, we’re joined by Alexis Baker, Head of People Analytics, with almost 20 years of experience across HR systems and data-led transformation. With two Workday implementations under her belt and a genuine passion for turning data into actionable insights, Alexis unpacks what it really means to harness Workday’s tools for people-driven business strategy. Thi...
2025-08-1133 min
Interviewing the Experts - Focus Cloud GroupInterviewing the Experts: Angela Schroeder - Workday Customer Success Manager & Wellness LeaderIn our Interviewing the Experts series, our Recruitment Specialists sit down with leaders across the Workday ecosystem to uncover insights, tips and truths you won't hear anywhere else. In this episode, Joel Kirkland, Managing Director at Focus on WD, is joined by Angela Schroeder, Workday Customer Success Manager & Wellness Leader. Angela is a seasoned Workday professional with two decades of experience across consulting, teaching, project management, and customer success. She’s now deeply focused on integrating wellness into high-performance work environments, drawing from her background in yoga, meditation, Ayurvedic practice, and reflexology to support the mental and phy...
2025-08-1126 min
Interviewing the Experts - Focus Cloud GroupInterviewing the Experts: Jessica Wolf - Founder & Workday ExpertIn our Interviewing the Experts series, our Recruitment Specialists sit down with leaders across the Workday ecosystem to uncover insights, tips and truths you won't hear anywhere else. In this episode, Joel Kirkland, Managing Director at Focus on WD, is joined by Jessica Wolf, Founder of The Mentor Mission and a Workday powerhouse with over a decade of experience across Absence consulting, solutioning, engagement management, sales, alliances and programme leadership. Jessica brings a rare 360-degree perspective on the Workday landscape, and together they cover: ✅ The current state of the Workday job market ✅ Wh...
2025-08-1123 min
Interviewing the Experts - Focus Cloud GroupInterviewing the Experts: Jonathan Moss - Transformation Programme DirectorIn our Interviewing the Experts series, our Recruitment Specialists sit down with experts in their fields to discuss all the pressing topics in the ecosystem. If you're looking for answers to your burning questions, you've come to the right place! Joel Kirkland, Managing Director here at Focus on WD, gathered some invaluable insights from Jonathan Moss, Transformation Programme Director. Jonathan has an impressive record of HR Transformation leadership success. He started his career in electronics engineering, before transitioning to IT. From there, he specialised in leading large-scale change and transformation initiatives, initiating and recovering global ER...
2025-08-1135 min
Interviewing the Experts - Focus Cloud GroupInterviewing the Experts: Jess Hawkins - HRIS LeaderIn our Interviewing the Experts series, our Recruitment Specialists sit down with experts in their fields to discuss all the pressing topics in the ecosystem. If you're looking for answers to your burning questions, you've come to the right place! Joel Kirkland, Managing Director here at Focus on WD, gathered some invaluable insights from Jess Hawkins, HRIS Leader. Jess is an expert in maximising ROI from Workday systems in the post-live period. She has been part of the Workday ecosystem for over a decade, across the US and EMEA, originally working on implementations, before she found her p...
2025-08-1127 min
Interviewing the Experts - Focus Cloud GroupInterviewing the Experts: Rena Ghatoaura - Workday Financials ExpertIn our Interviewing the Experts series, our Recruitment Specialists sit down with experts in their fields to discuss all the pressing topics in the ecosystem. If you're looking for answers to your burning questions, you've come to the right place! Joel Kirkland, Managing Director at Focus on WD, sat down to pose a few questions to Rena Ghatoaura, Workday Financials expert. Rena started her career in finance as an end-user, working across multiple industries such as music, media, theatre and financial services. After spending 5 years supporting another ERP system, Rena moved into the Workday space as a F...
2025-08-0820 min
Interviewing the Experts - Focus Cloud GroupInterviewing the Experts: Darryl Bannan & Fergus GallagherIn our Interviewing the Experts series, our Recruitment Specialists sit down with experts in their fields to discuss all the pressing topics in the ecosystem. If you're looking for answers to your burning questions, you've come to the right place! Joel Kirkland, Managing Director at Focus on WD, sat down to pose a few questions to Darryl Bannan, Workday Financials Solutions Architect, and Fergus Gallagher, Workday HCM Implementation Lead. Darryl and Fergus have worked together on full platform implementations, and are both experts in their fields. Collectively, they have over 35 years' experience in ERP implementations. Jo...
2025-08-0734 min
Interviewing the Experts - Focus Cloud GroupInterviewing the Experts: Shafique Barabhuiya - Finance Transformation SpecialistIn our Interviewing the Experts series, our Recruitment Specialists sit down with experts in their fields to discuss all the pressing topics in the ecosystem. If you're looking for answers to your burning questions, you've come to the right place! Joel Kirkland, Managing Director here at Focus on WD, sat down to pose a few questions to Shafique Barabhuiya, Finance Transformation Specialist and Workday Financials expert. Shafique has an impressive history leading finance transformations for global companies, and experienced his first Workday Fins programme in 2016. They cover the full spectrum of Financials implementations, inc...
2025-08-0729 min
Interviewing the Experts - Focus Cloud GroupInterviewing the Experts: Anand Iyer - Global HRIS Operations DirectorIn our Interviewing the Experts series, our Recruitment Specialists sit down with experts in their fields to discuss all the pressing topics in the ecosystem. If you're looking for answers to your burning questions, you've come to the right place! Nick Donovan, Global Recruitment Director at Focus on WD, spent some time interviewing Anand Iyer, Global HRIS Operations Director and true Workday specialist. Anand started his career in general IT, before moving into the HR Tech space. He has successfully managed global HR for organisations across a number of industries, including Life Sciences, FinTech, Retail, Food Services, H...
2025-08-0729 min
Interviewing the Experts - Focus Cloud GroupInterviewing the Experts: Sam Bullen - Workday HRIS DirectorIn our Interviewing the Experts series, our Recruitment Specialists sit down with experts in their fields to discuss all the pressing topics in the ecosystem. If you're looking for answers to your burning questions, you've come to the right place!Simon Hill, Workday UK Team Manager at Focus on WD, spent some time interviewing Sam Bullen, Workday HRIS Director and a veteran of the platform.Sam has been in the Workday ecosystem for 15 years, and has worn many hats in that time. He's been a Consultant, a contractor, a...
2025-08-0723 min