# Sanish Mondkar

> Sanish Mondkar is the founder and CEO of Legion Technologies, an AI-powered workforce management company founded in 2016. Previously an EVP and Chief Product Officer at SAP and Ariba, he built Legion around improving labor efficiency and hourly employees’ experience together, using customer research and a Philz Coffee pilot to shape its early product.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Legion Technologies
- **Organizations:** Legion Technologies, SAP, Ariba, SirionLabs
- **Education:** Bachelor of Computer Engineering, Pune University, Master of Science in Computer Science, Cornell University
- **Known for:** Led SAP procurement and business network products representing more than $1 billion in annual revenue., Built Legion from an early Philz Coffee partnership into an international workforce management business., Legion earned five consecutive Inc. 5000 appearances from 2022 through 2026.

## Career timeline

- **2000-2012** — Worked at Ariba, progressing through engineering and product leadership roles to EVP and Chief Product Officer.
- **2012-2015** — EVP and Chief Product Officer at SAP, responsible for procurement and business network products and technology.
- **2016** — Founded Legion Technologies.
- **2017** — Legion announced a $10.5 million Series A led by Norwest; Philz Coffee had deployed the platform to 40 locations and 1,000 hourly employees.
- **2021** — Legion raised a $50 million Series C nine months after its $22 million Series B.
- **2024** — Legion raised $50 million in growth investment in May and received $50 million in SVB financing in December, bringing announced total funding to $195 million.
- **2026** — Marked Legion’s tenth anniversary and discussed AI verification, customer feedback and employee experience.

## Achievements

- Led SAP procurement and business network products representing more than $1 billion in annual revenue.
- Built Legion from an early Philz Coffee partnership into an international workforce management business.
- Legion earned five consecutive Inc. 5000 appearances from 2022 through 2026.
- Legion won the 2026 SaaS Awards category for Best SaaS Solution for HR and Workforce Management.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Legion released its sixth annual State of the North American Hourly Workforce report; Mondkar emphasized explainable, auditable AI and manager accountability.
- **2026-08** — Legion ranked No. 1,916 on the Inc. 5000 with 179% three-year revenue growth and won the SaaS Awards HR and Workforce Management category.
- **2026-04** — Published a tenth-anniversary founder Q&A on customer lessons, leadership and AI verification.
- **2026-02** — Wolt selected Legion to modernize workforce management across 20 EMEA countries, with full deployment planned for 2026.
- **2026-01** — Legion announced a warehouse labor management partnership with Rebus.

## Links

- Website: https://legion.co/blog/author/sanish/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanish

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