# Dan Adika

> Dan Adika is the co-founder and CEO of WalkMe, the enterprise software company that turned on-screen guidance into the digital adoption platform category. A former IDF programmer and HP software engineer, he led WalkMe from a small apartment to a Nasdaq listing and, in 2024, a $1.5 billion acquisition by SAP; his current focus is connecting digital adoption with AI-assisted work.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at WalkMe, an SAP company
- **Organizations:** WalkMe, SAP, Hewlett-Packard, Israel Defense Forces, Sababa
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Known for:** Co-founded WalkMe and helped establish the digital adoption platform category., Led WalkMe to a Nasdaq initial public offering in June 2021., Led WalkMe through SAP's approximately $1.5 billion acquisition, completed in September 2024.

## Career timeline

- **2005-2010** — Served as a computer programmer in the Israel Defense Forces.
- **2010-2011** — Worked as a software engineer at Hewlett-Packard.
- **2011-2012** — Co-founded WalkMe; began serving as CEO and a director in March 2012.
- **2021** — Led WalkMe through its Nasdaq initial public offering.
- **2021-2022** — Served as chairperson of WalkMe's board in addition to CEO.
- **2024** — Led WalkMe through its approximately $1.5 billion acquisition by SAP, completed in September.
- **2025-2026** — Continued leading WalkMe inside SAP, focusing publicly on digital adoption, enterprise AI and UI-native agents.

## Achievements

- Co-founded WalkMe and helped establish the digital adoption platform category.
- Led WalkMe to a Nasdaq initial public offering in June 2021.
- Led WalkMe through SAP's approximately $1.5 billion acquisition, completed in September 2024.
- Built WalkMe from an early-stage startup into a global enterprise software business used across major business applications.
- Was named among the Top 100 Customer Success Strategists in Tech in 2017, according to his published company biography.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Published 'Why We Built Haiku,' introducing an AI step-by-step guide creator connected to WalkMe's enterprise experience.
- **2026-01** — Published 'Why UI-First AI Agents Will Win the Enterprise,' arguing that enterprise agents need to understand interfaces as well as protocols.
- **2025-09** — Published 'AI agents need an orchestrator. That's DAP,' positioning digital adoption as a coordination layer for enterprise agents.
- **2025-07** — Reflected publicly on WalkMe's integration into SAP products and Joule following the acquisition.
- **2024-09** — SAP completed its acquisition of WalkMe for an equity value of about $1.5 billion.

## Links

- Website: https://www.walkme.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danadika

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Last updated: 2026-08-22