<s>
Workiva	B-General_Concept
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
is	O
a	O
global	O
software-as-a-service	B-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
a	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
connected	O
and	O
reporting	O
compliance	O
platform	O
that	O
enables	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
connected	O
data	O
and	O
automation	O
of	O
reporting	O
across	O
finance	O
,	O
accounting	O
,	O
risk	O
,	O
and	O
compliance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2008	O
,	O
Workiva	B-General_Concept
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
formed	O
as	O
WebFilings	B-General_Concept
LLC	O
in	O
California	O
by	O
six	O
entrepreneurs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Workiva	B-General_Concept
's	O
primary	O
product	O
is	O
Wdesk	O
,	O
a	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
enterprise	O
software-as-a-service	O
platform	O
that	O
enables	O
companies	O
to	O
collect	O
,	O
manage	O
,	O
report	O
and	O
analyse	O
critical	O
business	O
data	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wdesk	O
platform	O
integrates	O
information	O
from	O
disparate	O
content	O
formats	O
,	O
including	O
spreadsheets	O
,	O
presentation	O
documents	O
,	O
emails	O
and	O
other	O
unstructured	O
data	O
,	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
report	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
name	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
Workiva	B-General_Concept
LLC	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
was	O
converted	O
into	O
a	O
Delaware	O
LLC	O
in	O
September	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deloitte	O
's	O
2015	O
Technology	O
Fast	O
500	O
survey	O
of	O
fastest	O
growing	O
technology	O
companies	O
in	O
America	O
Workiva	B-General_Concept
ranked	O
fiftieth	O
among	O
all	O
software	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
DevOps	O
Excellence	O
Awards	O
2019	O
,	O
Workiva	B-General_Concept
won	O
Best	O
Software-Defined	O
Product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2019	O
,	O
Workiva	B-General_Concept
opened	O
offices	O
in	O
Frankfurt	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
and	O
Paris	O
,	O
France	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Workiva	B-General_Concept
’s	O
product	O
Wdata	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
connect	O
large	O
datasets	O
of	O
information	O
to	O
the	O
Workiva	B-General_Concept
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wdata	O
connects	O
data	O
from	O
enterprise	O
resource	O
planning	O
,	O
governance	O
risk	O
and	O
compliance	O
platforms	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
third-party	O
,	O
on-premise	O
systems	O
and	O
cloud	B-Architecture
applications	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
,	O
Workiva	B-General_Concept
updated	O
the	O
Wdata	O
platform	O
to	O
include	O
automatic	O
updates	O
,	O
approval	O
workflows	O
,	O
finance	O
and	O
accounting	O
connectors	O
,	O
risk	O
and	O
control	O
integration	O
,	O
and	O
improved	O
controlled	O
access	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
integrated	O
its	O
platforms	O
with	O
BlackLine	O
,	O
a	O
producer	O
of	O
financial	O
close	O
software	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Later	O
in	O
September	O
,	O
Workiva	B-General_Concept
established	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
FloQast	O
,	O
a	O
financial	O
close	O
management	O
software	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2020	O
,	O
Fortune	O
included	O
Workiva	B-General_Concept
on	O
its	O
annual	O
list	O
of	O
“	O
Best	O
Workplaces	O
in	O
Technology	O
”	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
company	O
’s	O
third	O
year	O
on	O
the	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Workiva	B-General_Concept
was	O
also	O
added	O
to	O
Fortune	O
's	O
100	O
Best	O
Places	O
to	O
Work	O
list	O
for	O
the	O
second	O
year	O
in	O
a	O
row	O
in	O
2020	O
(	O
#58	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2020	O
,	O
Workiva	B-General_Concept
launched	O
W	O
for	O
ESEF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2020	O
,	O
Workiva	B-General_Concept
appointed	O
COO	O
Julie	O
Iskow	O
to	O
the	O
board	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2021	O
,	O
Workiva	B-General_Concept
announced	O
that	O
Jill	O
Klindt	O
,	O
previously	O
senior	O
VP	O
,	O
treasurer	O
and	O
chief	O
accounting	O
officer	O
at	O
Workiva	B-General_Concept
,	O
had	O
been	O
named	O
CFO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
company	O
to	O
enter	O
the	O
United	O
Nations’	O
Global	O
Compact	O
CFO	O
Taskforce	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
in	O
August	O
2021	O
,	O
Workiva	B-General_Concept
made	O
its	O
first	O
acquisition	O
when	O
it	O
acquired	O
OneCloud	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
integration	O
platform	O
as	O
a	O
service	O
software	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2021	O
,	O
Workiva	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
AuditNet	O
,	O
a	O
global	O
audit	O
content	O
and	O
services	O
provider	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2023	O
,	O
Workiva	B-General_Concept
announced	O
that	O
President	O
and	O
Chief	O
Operating	O
Officer	O
Julie	O
Iskow	O
was	O
appointed	O
to	O
succeed	O
Marty	O
Vanderploeg	O
as	O
CEO	O
,	O
starting	O
April	O
1st	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Workiva	B-General_Concept
's	O
first	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
product	O
was	O
SEC	O
reporting	O
software	O
designed	O
to	O
enable	O
corporations	O
to	O
automate	O
their	O
SEC	O
filings	O
by	O
using	O
a	O
proprietary	O
system	O
of	O
document	O
tags	O
and	O
linking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
customer	O
of	O
Workiva	B-General_Concept
's	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
company	O
to	O
file	O
Inline	O
XBRL	O
with	O
the	O
SEC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Workiva	B-General_Concept
's	O
reporting	O
software	O
was	O
created	O
for	O
executives	O
that	O
want	O
to	O
integrate	O
data	O
from	O
different	O
systems	O
,	O
and	O
desire	O
software	O
that	O
updates	O
automatically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
majority	O
of	O
Fortune	O
500	O
companies	O
use	O
Workiva	B-General_Concept
’s	O
software	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Global	O
Legal	O
Entity	O
Identifier	O
(	O
GLEIF	O
)	O
deployed	O
the	O
Workiva	B-General_Concept
platform	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
annual	O
report	O
which	O
was	O
then	O
showcased	O
by	O
ESMA	O
as	O
a	O
paragon	O
for	O
European	O
Single	O
Electronic	O
Format	O
(	O
ESEF	O
)	O
-compliance	O
reporting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2021	O
,	O
Workiva	B-General_Concept
formed	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Wilson	O
Sonsini	O
(	O
WSGR	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
premier	O
legal	O
firm	O
,	O
to	O
automate	O
the	O
generation	O
of	O
the	O
SEC	O
Form	O
S-1	O
.	O
</s>
