Workday, the enterprise cloud applications provider for finance and human resources announced the appointment of Patrick Blair to the president of the Americas. Patrick will report to Workday Co-President Doug Robinson, who oversees the company's global sales efforts.

In this role, Patrick will lead Workday's North America sales efforts, which includes a continued focus on expanding the company's footprint with the Fortune 500 and increased adoption of Workday's full suite of products across finance, HR, planning, spend management, and analytics. 

Patrick has more than 25 years of enterprise software and sales experience, having most recently served as President of CRM at C3 AI. He has also held sales leadership positions at several other technology companies including Palo Alto Networks and Salesforce.com.

"Patrick's experience and values-based approach to building teams and helping organisations understand the importance of investing in the right technologies will be pivotal in supporting our growth efforts," said Doug Robinson, Co-president, Workday.