# Tony Sumpster

> Tony Sumpster is the CEO of Provar, the Salesforce-focused test automation company, a role he took on in December 2024. A veteran enterprise-software leader with roughly 25 years across corporate, private equity, and venture-backed companies, he previously ran Worksoft and Data Intensity as CEO and led Hewlett Packard Enterprise's largest software business unit as SVP and GM. He is known for turning around and scaling technology organizations and for building teams around diversity, passion, ability, and belief.

- **Role:** CEO at Provar
- **Organizations:** Provar, Worksoft, Data Intensity, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Tower Software, Datawatch, Moai Technologies, Perot Systems, StorageTek
- **Nationality:** American
- **Known for:** Appointed CEO of Provar in December 2024 to accelerate the company's growth and innovation in Salesforce test automation, Led Worksoft as CEO, supporting global enterprises including PepsiCo, Nike, and Microsoft in de-risking end-to-end business processes, As SVP/GM at HPE, oversaw turnarounds of a $1.2B IT Operations Management division and a $450M IT Service Management business

## Career timeline

- **1990s-2000s** — Held executive roles at StorageTek, Perot Systems, Moai Technologies, Datawatch, and Tower Software
- **2010s** — Served as SVP and GM of Hewlett Packard Enterprise's largest software business unit, including a $1.2B IT Operations Management division and a $450M IT Service Management business
- **Pre-2020** — CEO of Data Intensity, a private-equity-backed managed services provider for hybrid multi-cloud environments
- **2020** — Named CEO of Worksoft, the enterprise business-process automation company (effective January 28, 2020)
- **2024** — Appointed CEO of Provar on December 10, 2024, succeeding co-founder Geraint Waters

## Achievements

- Appointed CEO of Provar in December 2024 to accelerate the company's growth and innovation in Salesforce test automation
- Led Worksoft as CEO, supporting global enterprises including PepsiCo, Nike, and Microsoft in de-risking end-to-end business processes
- As SVP/GM at HPE, oversaw turnarounds of a $1.2B IT Operations Management division and a $450M IT Service Management business
- Served as CEO of Data Intensity, a private-equity-backed hybrid multi-cloud managed services provider
- Built roughly 25 years of leadership experience spanning corporate, private equity, and venture-capital-backed technology companies

## Latest updates

- **2024-12** — Named CEO of Provar, succeeding co-founder Geraint Waters, to accelerate growth and innovation in Salesforce test automation.

## Links

- Website: https://provar.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tonysumpster

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