Petros Dermetzis

Who is Petros Dermetzis?

Petros Dermetzis leads Workday's Development efforts with responsibility for the founding technologies and solution deliverables for Workday Enterprise Business Services.

Prior to Workday, Petros spent nine years with PeopleSoft in key development and international field operations roles. He joined PeopleSoft Field Operations in 1996 to build the company's product suite for Japan and was responsible for all products for the Asia Pacific region. Most recently he held the position of General Manager and Group Vice President of Tools Technology. In this role he was responsible for all tools and technologies used to build PeopleSoft's applications, including project management, development environments, performance and benchmarking, usability, translations, documentation, and training materials. He collectively grew these organizations globally to over 1,200 employees in more than a dozen countries.

Previously, Petros was founder and CEO of InfoSoft, an exclusive PeopleSoft distributor in southern Europe. InfoSoft focused on localizing and translating PeopleSoft's products for this region. Petros grew InfoSoft to a 30 person company which closed some of the largest PeopleSoft Financial deals outside of North America before being acquired by PeopleSoft in 1996.

Before founding InfoSoft, Petros worked in the consulting and international field operations groups for Dun Bradstreet Software and was responsible for presales, training, implementation and customer support for all ten countries the company sold into.

He holds a Master of Science in Information Management from Lancaster University and a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Marketing Engineering from Huddersfield University. He is also a member of the Chareted Institute of Marketing (CIM).