The Codeless Test Automation Solution For The Modern Enterprise.

Matthew Schwartz is a seasoned executive with over 28 years of experience in the technology industry, specializing in the SAP ecosystem.

Before joining Worksoft, Matthew led the Global SAP Alliance and Partner Network at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he played a pivotal role in shaping strategic initiatives and fostering key partnerships within the SAP community. His career includes senior executive roles at IBM, SAP, Ernst & Young, and other leading technology companies, where he consistently delivered transformative technology solutions that optimize operations, reduce costs, improve profitability, and accelerate growth for global enterprises.

Matthew is widely recognized as a thought leader and has been a regular speaker at major SAP conferences including SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd, ASUG, SAPInsider, and numerous customer and analyst events. He is passionate about leveraging SAP, cloud computing, enterprise software, emerging technologies, and strategic partnerships to drive innovation and deliver value to customers.

Richard is a finance executive with experience scaling software businesses as a CFO, private equity investor and board member. He brings to Worksoft over a decade of experience in the financial services industry and a strong background in financial planning and analysis, transformative mergers and acquisitions, debt refinancings and cross-functional business strategy. At Worksoft, Richard supports the company’s vision for growth by driving financial rigor and harnessing data analytics to enable strategic decision-making across the organization.

Prior to joining Worksoft, Richard served as a Vice President at Marlin Equity Partners, where he led private equity investments and served as a board member across a range of software and technology-enabled services businesses, including TaxSlayer, Mapp Digital and AppRiver. Richard began his career as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley focused on mergers and acquisitions.

Aftab joins Worksoft as Chief Product Officer, bringing over twenty years of experience in enterprise software. His career is marked by deep expertise in DevOps, automated testing, and product leadership, where he has consistently driven excellence and innovation to meet customer needs and achieve business goals.

Before joining Worksoft, Aftab was Chief Product Officer at Arcserve and held influential leadership roles at Microsoft, Simplivity, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and The New York Times. In these positions, he implemented transformative strategies that resulted in significant revenue growth, supported by data-driven and Agile practices. Aftab also brings substantial DevOps experience from his roles at Harness and Digital.ai, where he led the Security Testing Orchestration product at Harness.

Aftab holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management and completed his undergraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University, majoring in Chemistry and Economics.

Christian van den Branden brings deep expertise in enterprise software, cloud orchestration, and cybersecurity to his role as Chief Technology Officer at Worksoft. With a career spanning leadership roles at EMC, RSA Security, SimpliVity, VMware, XebiaLabs, and ZeroNorth, he has a proven track record of driving innovation and transformation in high-growth technology companies. Most recently, as CTO at Arcserve, he led a fundamental product portfolio transition, positioning the company for long-term success.

Originally from Belgium and Switzerland, Christian holds an M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. He began his career at HP Labs in California before settling in Boston, where he lives with his wife and three children.

With over 28 years of experience in technology, Parag Karkhanis brings a proven track record of driving transformative initiatives to Worksoft. His expertise in building collaborative ecosystems, particularly within the SAP landscape, will be instrumental in developing innovative test automation solutions that enhance value for our customers.

As a seasoned leader, Parag has successfully led large-scale projects at organizations such as DXC, Cognizant, and IBM. His passion for human connection and innovation empowers teams to achieve exceptional outcomes by aligning people, purpose, and technology.

Joel applys 20 years’ experience in enterprise software sales & leadership to match Worksoft customers with the right automation solution to achieve their business goals.  He spent the first part of the Tech career with UC4/Automic specializing in workload/IT process & Release Automation.  He was a top individual contributor for a decade, before moving into a leadership role at BMC Software.  His career took him back to Automic in 2015, where he helped position the company to be acquitted by CA (Computer Associates) in 2017, with landmark deals at PG&E & Walmart.  Joel has spent the past three years with Tricentis, where he helped build the Western region of the Americas, increasing revenues by 5X over the past three years.

Joel spends time between Denver & Phoenix with his wife Wendy Fox.  In their spare time, they follow their passion for traveling and goal of visiting a new country every year.  Joel & Wendy also enjoy giving time & donations to numerous charities & mentorship nonprofits throughout the US.  One of Joel’s personal accomplishments he speaks passionately about is being a champion of diversity & inclusion. While at Tricentis he was the executive sponsor for the Diversity & Inclusion ERG and helped start two different internship programs with minority & women founded startups with goals of getting more people from underserved communities into the field of Technology.

Ruth Erickson is a seasoned product marketing and go-to-market leader

with extensive experience helping organizations transform, position, and scale marketing and revenue operations. In her role at Worksoft, Ruth leads the company’s marketing and go-to-market strategy, aligning product marketing, demand generation, and sales operations to drive scalable growth and customer success.

Prior to Worksoft, Ruth held senior leadership roles at Microsoft and Bank of Hawaii, bringing experience across global enterprise software and regulated financial services. She led go-to-market strategy, positioning, and field enablement for complex, mission-critical platforms. At Microsoft, her focus included enterprise products such as Office 365, Windows Server, Azure, SQL Server, and Microsoft Dynamics 365.

Ruth brings a strategic, customer-centric perspective to Worksoft’s mission of simplifying enterprise test automation for business-critical processes. She is passionate about connecting product strategy to real-world outcomes and amplifying the voice of the customer across the entire product lifecycle.

Lisa Hull brings a wealth of HR leadership experience to Worksoft, where she will drive strategic workforce initiatives that fuel organizational success. With a track record of building high-performance cultures, she most recently led People & Culture at Critical Start, a leading cybersecurity firm. Her expertise spans global HR leadership roles at NETSCOUT and Halff Associates, where she shaped talent strategies that empowered teams to thrive. A certified professional in SHRM, HRCI, and ICF leadership coaching, Lisa is passionate about developing leaders and fostering workplace excellence. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with family, traveling, reading, and cheering on the Dallas Stars.