James Hallett vs Carl Eschenbach

James Hallett

CEO of KAR Auction Services

BIO: Mr. James P. Hallett, also known as Jim, has been the Chief Executive Officer of KAR Auction Services, Inc. since September 08, 2009 and Chairman of the Board since December 31, 2014. Mr. Hallett serves as Chief Executive Officer and President of ADESA Missouri Redevelopment Corporation, Adesa Of Lexington, Inc and ADESA Ohio, LLC. He serves as Chief Executive Officer, President and Manager of ADESA Virginia, LLC, ADESA Washington, LLC, ADESA Florida, LLC. Mr. Hallett serves as a Member of the Management Board at Kar Holdings II, LLC. He serves as Manager of CarBuyCo, LLC, ADESA Mexico, LLC and ADESA-South Florida, LLC. Mr. Hallett has significant experience in the automotive auctions industry. He served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Tri-State Auction Co., Inc., Zabel & Associates, Inc. and Adesa Texas Inc. He served as Chief Executive Officer and President of A.D.E. Of Ark-La-Tex, Inc., ADESA Sioux Falls, ADESA Mexico, LLC and ADESA-South Florida, LLC. He served as Chief Executive Officer and President of ADESA New York, LLC since April 2007. He served as Chief Executive Officer, President and Manager of Auto Dealers Exchange Of Concord, LLC, Dent Demon, Inc., ADESA Phoenix, LLC, ADESA Pennsylvania, LLC, ADESA New Jersey, LLC, ADESA Oklahoma, LLC, ADESA California, LLC, ADESA Lansing, LLC, ADESA Arkansas, LLC, ADESA Missouri, LLC, Adesa Des Moines, ADESA Wisconsin, LLC, Adesa Atlanta, Llc, ADESA Colorado, LLC, Adesa Southern Indiana, Inc, ADESA Charlotte, LLC, ADESA Ark-La-Tex, LLC and A.D.E. of Knoxville, LLC. He served as Chief Executive Officer and President of ADESA San Diego and Auto Dealers Exchange of Memphis, LLC. He was the President of the Columbus Fair Auto Auction. He served as Chief Executive Officer and President of ADESA Auctions since April 2007 until September 2009. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of ADESA Canada Corp. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of KAR Holdings Inc. since September 8, 2009. He served as Chief Executive Officer and President of ALLETE Automotive Services Inc. since November 5, 2001. He served as Chief Executive Officer and President of ADESA, Inc. from April 2007 to September 2009. He served as President of ADESA, Inc. (also known as ADESA Corporation) since January 30, 2004. He served as Executive Vice President and Manager of ADESA Corporation. He served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Adesa Auction Birmingham since April 2007. He served as an Executive Vice President of Adesa Inc. from May 2004 to May 2005 and its Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since March 2004. He served as the Chief Operating Officer of Adesa Corporation LLC. from August 1996 to October 2001 and from January 2003 to March 2004. He served as an Executive Vice President of Allete, Inc. from April 23, 1997 to May 2004. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Allete Automotive Services Inc., a subsidiary of Allete, Inc., from November 5, 2001 to January 2003. From October 2001 to July 2003, he served as the Chairman of Adesa Inc. He has been a Director of Insurance Auto Auctions Inc. since April 2007 and of United Way of Central Indiana Inc. since November 5, 2015. He serves as a Director of ADESA Ohio, LLC. He serves as Director of ADESA Missouri Redevelopment Corporation, ADESA Sioux Falls, Tri-State Auction Co., Inc., ADESA, Inc., Automotive Finance Corporation and ALLETE, Inc. He has been a Director of Kar Auction Services Inc. since April 2007. He serves as a Director of AutoVIN Inc. and Adesa Indianapolis, Inc. Mr. Hallett served as a Director of Adesa Texas Inc., Auto Dealers Exchange of Memphis, LLC, Par, Inc., and A.D.E. Of Ark-La-Tex, Inc. He served as a Director of ADESA New York, LLC, ADESA Auctions and Zabel & Associates, Inc.

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.