Who is the CIO of Workday?

Rani Johnson is the Chief Information Officer of Workday, as of August 2026. Rani reports to Aneel Bhusri.

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Rani Johnson Chief Information Officer, Workday

Rani Johnson is chief information officer at Workday, overseeing the global information technology organization and the internal deployment of Workday products, the practice the company calls being customer zero. Before joining Workday she was chief information officer at Cloud Software Group, responsible for the vision and overall business strategy of the IT organization, and before that chief information officer at TIBCO, senior vice president and chief information officer of SolarWinds, and chief information officer at the Lower Colorado River Authority. She began her career as an intern at NASA Johnson Space Center, on a team that had code deployed on the International Space Station.

EducationGeorgia Institute of Technology and Spelman College (dual degrees in electrical engineering and general engineering)
Reports toAneel Bhusri
Contact••••@workday.com (reveal in Sheets with Derrick)

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Who is Rani Johnson?
Rani Johnson is the Chief Information Officer of Workday (as of August 2026). You can see their background and career history above.
What is Rani Johnson's background?
Rani Johnson is chief information officer at Workday, overseeing the global information technology organization and the internal deployment of Workday products, the practice the company calls being customer zero. Before joining Workday she was chief information officer at Cloud Software Group, responsible for the vision and overall business strategy of the IT organization, and before that chief information officer at TIBCO, senior vice president and chief information officer of SolarWinds, and chief information officer at the Lower Colorado River Authority. She began her career as an intern at NASA Johnson Space Center, on a team that had code deployed on the International Space Station.
How can I contact Rani Johnson at Workday?
You can find and verify Rani Johnson's professional email and direct phone number with Derrick, straight from Google Sheets. Workday's addresses generally follow the first.last@workday.com pattern, but that individual address is not verified here, so confirm it before reaching out.
Who does Rani Johnson report to?
Rani Johnson reports to Aneel Bhusri. See the full org chart on the Workday executives page.

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