Eric Dennis

About Eric Dennis

Over twenty (20) years as a top performer and leader in software and solutions sales, self-starter, driving profits, long-term business relationships, and brand awareness. My objective with customers is to get a clear understanding of their of their current challenges gaining a clear understanding of the business from the perspective of the C-level Executives, Line Business Managers, IT Managers and Technical staff. Expertise in the sales process, including product knowledge, competitive landscape, consulting and project management. Career Achievements:• Created an Enterprise Management virtual team across North America which enables increase brand awareness and grew to a multi-million-dollar business at Oracle.• Aligned customer objectives leveraging strategic partners, which resulted in repeat contracts of more than $5M. • As a Sales Engineer in new territories achieved 84% growth in FY16 and 82% growth in FY17.Professional Skills:Cloud ComputingPaaS, IaaS, SaaS Hybrid Cloud Enterprise Management and MonitoringApplication Performance Monitoring (APM)End User Monitoring Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Big Data Machine Learning Log Analytics, IT Analytics Linux, Unix, Windows, AWS, VMware Security, Data Masking, Audit Vault, Database Vault.Net, Java, JSON Sales EngineerConsulting

Experience

1. Sr Enterprise Architect

   Workday

   Nov 2018 — Present · Phoenix, AZ, US

   Workday Enterprise Architect | AI & Innovation StrategyAs a Workday Enterprise Architect, I partner with HR, Finance, and IT leadership to design future-ready organizations powered by Workday’s Agentic AI strategy. I specialize in bridging the gap between core business processes and autonomous innovation, leveraging the Workday platform to move beyond manual workflows into a state of intelligent, self-solving enterprise operations.Core Impact & Strategic FocusAgentic AI & Autonomous Workflows: Architect solutions that leverage Workday Agentic AI to orchestrate complex tasks, moving beyond simple automation to autonomous agents that assist employees, streamline financial close, and optimize talent mobility.Knowledge & Learning Ecosystems: Integrate Sana’s AI-driven learning and knowledge management capabilities with Workday to create a seamless, personalized development experience that surfaces institutional knowledge at the point of need.Platform Extensibility: Utilize Workday Extend to build bespoke applications that fill white-spaced business requirements, ensuring custom innovations remain within the secure, governed Workday ecosystem.Executive Technical Advisory: Lead high-stakes demonstrations for C-suite stakeholders, articulating the ROI of a unified HR & Finance cloud and the competitive advantage of Workday’s \"Human-Centric AI\" approach.Modern Technical Governance: Conduct comprehensive architecture reviews focusing on Integration Cloud, data privacy in the age of AI, and global scalability to ensure alignment with broader Corporate IT strategies.Key Technology & Innovation DomainsAI Strategy: Workday Agentic AI, Predictive Analytics, and Intelligent Automation.Knowledge Management: Sana AI integration, Personalized Learning Paths.Platform Core: Financial Management, HCM, Business Process Framework (BPF).Extensibility: Workday Extend, Prism Analytics, Orchestrate.

Education

• Salt Lake Community College

  Computer Science

  1992 — 1994

• Cerro Coso Community College

  Computer Science

  1997 — 1998

Skills

• Disaster Recovery
• Real Application Clusters
• Database as a Service, Platform as a Service
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Oracle E-Business Suite, Siebel, Peoplesoft Application Management Suite
• Linux
• Backup & Recovery Systems
• Unix
• Oracle Applications
• Oracle E-Business Suite
• Solution Selling
• Data Security
• Business Development
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Real Application Testing
• Vmware
• Leadership
• Solaris
• Oracle Enterprise Manager Diagnostics, Tuning, Life Cycle Management
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Solution Architecture
• Oracle
• Cloud Computing
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Windows
• Pre-Sales
• Virtualization
• Strategic Thinking
• Infrastructure
• Business Intelligence
• Oracle Enterprise Manager
• Data Warehousing
• IT Infrastructure Management
• Managed Security Services
• Exadata
• Account Management
• Hybrid Cloud
• Team Leadership
• Saas