Workday Administrative System
Many of the university’s core administrative needs in human resources, finance, and budget on each campus can be streamlined in a single platform, Workday.
The Ithaca campus utilizes a previous version of Workday for its Human Resources system. To distinguish the university-wide Workday platform for administrative service from Ithaca’s HR-only module, the new solution is sometimes referred to as Workday Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Workday Administrative System.
Approach
Early in the CEMI readiness activities and before a vendor was selected, a core working group coordinated the research and requests for proposals. That group of Cornell community members invested an enormous amount of time in the selection process.
Shifting from Readiness to Implementation
With both a vendor, Workday, and a system integrator, Huron, on board, the university’s responsibilities are being shared among more Cornell community members who will provide their functional expertise to guide the implementation phase of the Workday ERP workstream.
Key Update
Quarter 3, January-March 2025:
- Completed first Workday tenant build, March 27.
- Completed Architect and Configure phase kickoff, March 30-31.
- Started design sessions for initial modules.
Next Steps
Quarter 4, April-June 2026:
- Qatar kickoff, April 28
- Expand infrastructure and data conversion efforts; HIPAA considerations & collaboration
- Continue integration decisions and design.
- Advance decisions on how tools will evolve to support Workday.
Functional and Technical Leadership
Guiding the overall Workday ERP workstream are Cornell leaders with broad views of the university’s overlapping budget, finance, and human resources systems and data. Refer to each focus area for the team leading that aspect of the Workday ERP workstream.
ERP Governance
John Chalet
Workday ERP Principal Project Manager
Cornell-wide
Sean Courser
Huron Project Manager
Stephen Burke
CEMI Program Director
Devaki Ginde
CEMI Program Manager
Harish Chava
CEMI Program Tech
Maggie Blackwell
CEMI Program Administration
Blèouchi Sisso
CEMI Program Administration
Technical Leadership for Workday
Jerry Phillip
Workday ERP Technical Lead
Cornell-wide
Tim Pollard
Huron
Change Management Leadership for Workday
Trish Davis
Change Management Lead
Cornell-wide
Beth Goelzer
Communications and Readiness Lead
Cornell-wide
Amy Parmley
Training Lead
Cornell-wide
Lindsay McCann
Huron
Sophie Proebsting
Huron