Ross Wainwright is Chief Executive Officer of Perceptyx, where he leads company strategy and daily business operations. In this role, Ross is dedicated to helping large enterprises transform their employee experience through AI-powered employee listening and action that accelerates key business outcomes.
Ross brings to Perceptyx a proven 30-year record of fast-tracking ideas that disrupt existing markets and deliver incremental business value to customers. Most recently, he was CEO at Alida, a global leader in community insights. While at Alida, Wainwright led a transformation of the business, including a full company rebrand, expanding its go-to-market strategy and market positioning, and delivering over 20 new products and 190 enhancements to its Total Experience Management Platform.
During Ross's tenure with Alida, the company was repeatedly recognized for its innovation and people-first culture, including being named as A Great Place to Work, a Best Workplace in Canada, and one of The Best Workplaces™ for Today's Youth. Alida was also recognized by Comparably for "Best Company Outlook," "Best Company Culture," "Best CEO," "Best CEO for Women," and "Best Company for Diversity" among small/mid-sized companies in North America.
Prior to Alida, Wainwright was CEO of Americas for Dimension Data/NTT and spent 15 years in progressive executive leadership roles at SAP, including Chief Customer Officer for the S/4Hana Cloud business unit and Global Head of Financial Services. Early career experience includes more than 8 years with PTC in various leadership positions.
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