Who are Dayforce's decision-makers?
Dayforce's executive surface includes David Ossip, Noemie Heuland, Joe Korngiebel, Stephen H. Holdridge. Buying decisions vary by workflow, but finance, security, procurement, and the functional owner usually matter for larger contracts.
- CEO
- David Ossip
- CTO/key exec
- Joe Korngiebel
- Founded
- 1992 roots; Dayforce platform acquired in 2012
- Employees
- Approximately 9,000 before 2026 take-private
- HQ
- Minneapolis, MN and Toronto, ON
- Prior exit/Notable
- Private company owned by Thoma Bravo as of February 2026
- David OssipChair and Chief Executive OfficerCEO through public period and take-privateProduct-focused founder/operator associated with Dayforce's platform strategy.
- Noemie HeulandChief Financial OfficerCFO since 2020Leads finance, reporting, and integration into private-equity ownership.
- Joe KorngiebelChief Product and Technology OfficerProduct/technology leaderOwns product and technology direction for the global HCM platform.
- Stephen H. HoldridgePresident and Chief Operating OfficerExecutive leadershipRuns operating execution across customer, revenue, and delivery functions.
Who leads Dayforce?
David Ossip is Chair and Chief Executive Officer; Noemie Heuland is Chief Financial Officer; Joe Korngiebel is Chief Product and Technology Officer; Stephen H. Holdridge is President and Chief Operating Officer. The leadership pattern is typical of a scaled software company: CEO strategy, CFO capital allocation, product/technology leadership, and functional operators for GTM and people.
Who actually makes buying decisions at Dayforce?
The buyer depends on category. Engineering, product, security, finance, marketing, HR, revenue operations, or IT may sponsor the need, while procurement, legal, security, and finance govern the approval path.
For enterprise tools, sellers should map both the budget owner and the control owners. A champion without security, finance, or procurement alignment is unlikely to move a larger contract quickly.
How is Dayforce organized as it scales?
Dayforce operates at $1.76B FY2024 revenue; $481.6M Q3 2025 revenue before acquisition close scale, so teams are specialized by product, GTM, finance, legal, security, people, and customer operations. Public or recently acquired status adds reporting discipline, operating metrics, and more formal vendor-management expectations.
As of June 2026.Sources:Dayforce acquired pageThoma Bravo completion announcementDayforce SEC 2024 10-K
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