Kate Russell Head of Industry and Strategy

Kate Russell is Workday’s Head of Industry Strategy. In this role, she oversees a team of strategists supporting product vision and strategy for every major industry vertical at Workday. Kate also serves as the business lead for industry innovation and expansion initiatives, and in this capacity, she leads strategy for Public Sector, and Higher Education outside the US. For the past three years Kate led many of Workday Student’s strategic growth investments and new product launches. This includes leading the expansion to global markets such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Previously at Workday, Kate was part of the Professional Services organization, where she operationalized best practices from early deployments to form a repeatable Workday Student implementation methodology. Prior to joining Workday, Kate served as a higher education consultant at Huron Consulting Group, and as an Associate Director at the Education Advisory Board (EAB), where she ran the services implementation team. She has a passion for supporting students on their educational journeys and has also worked in an academic advising office as a student success coach. Kate has an Ed.M. with a concentration in Higher Education Administration.