John Whisner and Kate Peter Appointed to Payscale’s Leadership Team
Payscale, the leading provider of compensation data, software, and services, named John Whisner as Chief Revenue Officer and Kate Peter as Chief Customer Officer.
John joins Payscale, bringing extensive experience in sales leadership and business growth. Most recently, he served as Chief Sales Officer, Corporate HCM for PrismHR. Before that, he held the same role at Vibe HCM and has contributed to sales and marketing success at organizations including The CBORD Group/Horizon Software, Empower Software Solutions, Recall North America, and Ceridian Corporation.
John holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management from UNC Charlotte’s Belk College of Business.
Kate also joins Payscale, leveraging a strong background in strategic execution and customer success. At Anaplan, she served on the Operating Committee, driving the company’s key strategic and operational initiatives. Previously, she was the Global Head of Customer Success at Harvard Business Publishing and held leadership roles at Gainsight, HR Acuity, and CareerBuilder.
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As the industry leader in compensation management, Payscale is on a mission to help job seekers, employees, and businesses get pay right and to make sustainable fair pay a reality. Empowering more than 65% of the Fortune 500, Payscale provides a combination of diverse and dynamic data sources, experienced compensation services, and scalable software to enable organizations such as Angel City Football Club, Panasonic, Mars Global, eBay, American Airlines and PetSmart to make fair and appropriate pay decisions.
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