Zane Rowe

Chief Financial Officer, Workday

Search every verified Zane Rowe interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In a February 2014 appearance on CNBC's *Mad Money*, Workday CFO Zane Rowe discussed the company's competitive position against legacy software vendors. Rowe stated that traditional providers such as SAP and Oracle have not done a good job taking care of customers, attributing this in part to technologies based on "15 to 20-year-old architectures" that are heavily customized and have poor user interfaces. He contrasted this with modern solutions, citing a "new level of user experience and customer satisfaction" as marketplace expectations. Rowe also described the circumstances under which Workday gains new business, citing examples such as a large company facing an upgrade of a legacy system or a merger that creates a need to integrate two different systems. He said that in such situations, Workday can offer a better user interface, lower cost, and a better path for innovation. The appearance followed Workday's quarterly report, which showed revenues up 74.1% year-over-year and a customer base growing 50%.