Cornerstone Hires Michael Pawlyszyn, Former SAP SuccessFactors Executive as EVP and Chief Revenue Officer, Americas

Appointment comes on the heels of workforce agility platform launch, 14-city Connect Live World Tour, and two key acquisitions in the XR and skills data space

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cornerstone OnDemand Inc., a leader in workforce agility solutions, today announced Michael Pawlyszyn as its new EVP and Chief Revenue Officer, Americas. Pawlyszyn joins Cornerstone from SAP SuccessFactors where he served as SVP, Chief Revenue Officer North America, responsible for driving Human Experience Management sales and go-to-market strategy, as well as overseeing core operations including pipeline development, demand management, revenue growth and acceleration. Prior to SAP SuccessFactors, Pawlyszyn held sales and strategic leadership positions at Oracle and Salesforce.

In the role of EVP and Chief Revenue Officer, Americas at Cornerstone, Pawlyszyn will lead and expand the high-growth Americas sales team.

“We have been on tour with Connect Live these past few weeks and the tenor has been meeting customers where they are in their journey and guiding them where they want to go,” said Himanshu Palsule, Chief Executive Officer at Cornerstone. “Pawlyszyn’s experience and proven track record will make him a fantastic addition to the Cornerstone executive team bringing out the best in our customers as they look to us as their strategic partner on their transformation journeys.”

“I’ve been in enterprise technology for nearly three decades and have had my eye on Cornerstone,” said Michael Pawlyszyn, EVP and Chief Revenue Officer, Americas at Cornerstone. “Cornerstone’s current market position, product innovation around Cornerstone Galaxy, workforce agility and their recent strategic acquisitions in the XR and skills data space make this a very exciting time to join their team.”

This announcement comes on the heels of the Cornerstone Galaxy launch, an AI-powered workforce agility platform, aimed at solving the workforce readiness gap, key product innovations and two acquisitions. Cornerstone continues to gain momentum with its 14 city, Connect Live World Tour, which picks back up in Tokyo and Singapore in September.

About Cornerstone

Cornerstone powers the potential of organizations and their people to thrive in a changing world. Cornerstone Galaxy, the complete AI-powered workforce agility platform, meets organizations where they are. With Galaxy, organizations can identify skills gaps and development opportunities, retain and engage top talent, and provide multimodal learning experiences to meet the diverse needs of the modern workforce. More than 7,000 organizations and 125 million users in 186 countries use Cornerstone Galaxy to build high-performing, future-ready organizations and people today.