Cornerstone OnDemand, a global leader in workforce agility solutions, has expanded its executive leadership with two strategic hires: Guna Jayaraman as Chief AI Officer and Himanshu Baxi as Chief Development Officer. These appointments reinforce Cornerstone’s commitment to using AI and advanced technologies to tackle workforce challenges, including skills shortages and dynamic talent needs.
Driving AI at the Heart of Workforce Transformation
The addition of Jayaraman, with more than 20 years of experience including 13 years at Amazon, underscores Cornerstone’s AI ambitions. He most recently served as VP of Software Development for People Technologies at Amazon, leading enterprise AI initiatives, distributed systems, and global platforms.
“Organizations today cannot afford to experiment at the edges,” said Jayaraman. “Workforce architecture needs to continuously evolve and bind human capability with AI. Cornerstone’s deep roots in learning, combined with its skills-first DNA, create the perfect foundation.”
Complementing Jayaraman, Baxi brings more than three decades of experience in scaling enterprise platforms, including leadership roles at Amazon Search, Intuit, and Microsoft. He joins as Chief Development Officer, after advising Cornerstone, to ensure solutions remain resilient, seamless, and trusted at scale.
“Workforce solutions at scale must be resilient, seamless, and trusted by enterprises,” said Baxi. “Cornerstone has proven it can deliver at this level, and I look forward to extending that capability even further.”
Why It Matters
As AI reshapes the modern workplace, organizations are moving from static job roles to dynamic, real-time skills frameworks supported by data pipelines, knowledge graphs, and agentic orchestration layers. Cornerstone’s appointments signal its intent to lead enterprises through AI-driven workforce transformation, combining human potential with intelligent automation across its learning and talent solutions.
“This announcement underscores Cornerstone’s commitment to AI across its entire range of products and strategies,” said Josh Bersin, Global Industry Analyst. “Through its growth and acquisitions, Cornerstone has built an AI-centric architecture positioning the company for the next big wave of corporate computing.”
By bringing Jayaraman and Baxi on board, Cornerstone is not just expanding its leadership team—it’s strategically positioning itself to operationalize AI at scale, drive enterprise impact, and redefine the future of work.
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