Co-Founder and President Ryan Wong appointed as incoming CEO as Visier celebrates 10 years of business
Visier, the recognized leader in people analytics and planning, announced that Co-Founder and President Ryan Wong has been appointed as CEO by the Board of Directors with immediate effect.
HR Technology News: HR for Health and Henry Schein, Inc. Announce Exclusive Business Relationship to Provide Doctors with New Solutions to Simplify Human Resources & Payroll
The current CEO, John Schwarz will remain the Chairman of the Board.
“Ten years ago, Ryan and I started this company with the ambitious goal of transforming business analytics, to help people see the truth in their data; today that goal has never been more important. COVID-19 has impacted businesses, and most importantly their people, around the world. The organizations that will survive this crisis will be those that are able to execute with unprecedented agility, through data-driven decision making,” said John Schwarz, Visier CEO and Co-Founder. “I am confident that my partner and Co-Founder, Ryan Wong has the vision and energy to guide Visier through these challenging times, and help support our customers with the insights needed to come out of this stronger than before.”
HR Technology News: Codility Raises $22M Series A Investment Led by Oxx and Kennet Partners to Help Enterprises Predict Which Candidates Will Make Stronger Engineering Hires
In addition to being the founding CTO, Ryan has served as President for the last three years. Ryan brings more than twenty years of Business Intelligence (BI) and Enterprise Software expertise having led and contributed to the industry’s leading technologies and products at Crystal Decisions and Business Objects.
“It has been my great pleasure to have started Visier with John, and to have worked alongside him in leading this company through the ten years of growth,” said Ryan Wong. “We have always had a very clear vision for how Visier will help people to see the truth in their data and enable them to build a better future, and that vision remains as powerful today as when we were just a small team in a rented townhouse. Today, we are the market leader in people analytics, and are on a path to bring analytics to every business function.”
HR Technology News: Mercer’s 2019 Global Talent Trends