Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc., a provider of cloud-based talent management software services and backed by Clearlake Capital Group LP, has named Himanshu Palsule as CEO and member of the board of directors.

Palsule joins the firm with over 35 years of experience in product, technology and marketing organizations. Before joining Cornerstone, he served as president of Epicor Software, was a member of the board of directors at Channel Advisors and Calabrio and served as head of strategy at Sage Technologies.

“Never before has our purpose been more critical to the world around us,” commented Palsule. “Together with the team and my colleagues, I will help Cornerstone to continue to advance human capital management technology, AI, data and content innovations and expand the capabilities of our business that will allow our customers to create extraordinary organizations that learn, grow and thrive, together.”

“We are excited to welcome Himanshu to the Cornerstone executive team,”said Behdad Eghbali, co-founder and managing partner. “Himanshu is an experienced software industry leader who brings leadership at scale to the Company, including most recently at Epicor Software where he was responsible for driving growth through product innovation and customer success while simultaneously executing on a buy-and-build strategy.”