Steve Lucas vs Carl Eschenbach

Steve Lucas

CEO of iCIMS

BIO: As CEO, Steve Lucas is responsible for setting iCIMS' mission, vision and corporate strategy. Steve comes to iCIMS with 20 years of experience in senior executive roles at SAP, Salesforce.com, and BusinessObjects. In 2016 Lucas stepped in as CEO of Marketo, where he tripled the value of the company, resulting in the sale of Marketo to Adobe in 2018, the largest acquisition in Adobe's history. Lucas holds a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Colorado, is a published author and serves on multiple philanthropic and education boards including the American Diabetes Association, Children's Diabetes Foundation and the University of Utah Eccles School of Business advisory board.

Carl Eschenbach

CEO of Workday

BIO: Carl Eschenbach is CEO at Workday, and has been a member of the company’s board of directors since 2018. Carl joined Workday in December of 2022, serving as Co-CEO alongside Co-Founder Aneel Bhusri before becoming sole CEO in February of 2024. Carl has more than 35 years of experience leading and scaling successful technology companies. Prior to Workday, Carl was a general partner for more than six years at venture capital firm Sequoia Capital. Previously, Carl spent 14 years at VMware, Inc. in various roles including president, chief operating officer, acting chief financial officer, and executive vice president of worldwide field operations. Prior to joining VMware in 2002, Carl held various sales management positions with Inktomi, 3Com Corporation, Lucent Technologies, Inc., and EMC.