ENDA DOWLING
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Achieving true crossplatform automation The ultimate promise of modern enterprise IT is seamless automation where you can trigger, execute and finalise work across multiple systems without requiring manual human intervention at every turn.
“ For years,‘ automation’ meant scripting inside individual applications,” explains Enda Dowling, Senior Vice President of Product Engineering at Workday.“ What’ s changed is that we now have platforms that understand the full context of the organisation – people, structures, policies, approvals, business processes and transactions – and can orchestrate work across multiple systems.
“ In Workday, AI agents can read and act on unified HR and finance
ENDA DOWLING
TITLE: SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, PRODUCT ENGINEERING
COMPANY: WORKDAY INDUSTRY: SOFTWARE
Enda leads Workday’ s Product Engineering teams, including 2,500 engineers across more than 10 GEOs. He’ s been at Workday for 12 years, after a nine-year stint at fintech firm Sentenial.
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data, follow end‐to‐end workflows and call out to other enterprise apps – all while staying within enterprise controls. That’ s what finally makes seamless, cross‐platform automation possible: one intelligent platform, not a patchwork of chatbots and fragmented systems.”
Looking towards a more human workplace By solving these deeply technical core architecture, security and crossplatform orchestration challenges, Workday is ultimately clearing the path for a more human-centric workplace.
When AI agents handle the heavy lifting, such as routing approvals, reconciling transactions and updating employee records securely, business leaders and employees are freed from administrative burden. They can spend their time on strategic work to actually drive organisational growth.
In Workday’ s vision, the future of work isn’ t about replacing human oversight but rather about empowering humans with an intelligent platform they can entirely trust.
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