# Julie Iskow

> Julie Iskow is the President and CEO of Workiva, the cloud platform behind a lot of the world's regulatory, ESG, and financial reporting. A Bay Area engineer who spent her first decade in robotics and automation, she scaled SaaS companies through IPOs and acquisitions before taking over from Workiva's founder in April 2023.

- **Role:** President and CEO at Workiva
- **Organizations:** Workiva, Five9 (Board), Medidata Solutions (former), WageWorks (former)
- **From:** San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S., UC Berkeley, M.S., UC Davis
- **Known for:** President and CEO of Workiva (NYSE: WK), Helped take WageWorks public in 2012, Contributed to Medidata's strategic sale in 2019

## Career timeline

- **early career** — Spent first ~10 years in engineering and technology leadership focused on automation and robotics software
- **pre-2012** — SVP of Product Development and CIO at WageWorks
- **2012** — Helped take WageWorks public
- **pre-2019** — EVP and Chief Technology Officer at Medidata Solutions
- **2019** — Medidata sold strategically; joined Workiva as EVP and COO
- **2022-03** — Promoted to President and COO at Workiva
- **2023-04** — Became President and CEO of Workiva, succeeding co-founder Marty Vanderploeg

## Achievements

- President and CEO of Workiva (NYSE: WK)
- Helped take WageWorks public in 2012
- Contributed to Medidata's strategic sale in 2019
- Grew Workiva's reach to over 85% of the Fortune 1000
- Board director at Workiva and Five9 (NASDAQ: FIVN)

## Latest updates

- **2023-04** — Became CEO of Workiva, succeeding co-founder Marty Vanderploeg
- **2022-03** — Promoted to President and COO of Workiva

## Links

- Website: https://www.workiva.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julieiskow
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/julieiskow

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Last updated: 2026-05-30