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# Nick Moores

> Head of Developer Relations at Workday. I grew the Workday Developer Program to 35,000+ developers, and I love making technical work more human.

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Last updated: 2026-11-08 · Canonical Markdown: [/index.md](/index.md)
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## About me

- **Based in:** Southern California
- **Now:** Head of Developer Relations at [Workday](https://www.workday.com) (since Nov 2024), running the Workday Developer Program.
- **Focus:** developer programs, self-sustaining developer communities, and developer experience for building apps and AI agents on Workday with Workday Build, Workday Extend, and Workday APIs.
- **Education:** Stanford University: MA Psychology, BA Linguistics (focus in cognitive science).
- **Background:** I spent over 10 years building on Workday, first as an integrations architect at Mercer, then training the technical ecosystem in Field Readiness, and now leading developer relations.
- **Why DevRel:** I've always been fascinated by how people learn and communicate. I love work that bridges the technical and the social: work that inspires, motivates, and nails the messaging.

**Short answer:** I make technical work more human. I've been the developer building on Workday, and now I lead the program that serves them.

### What I bring

- **Grew the Workday Developer Program to 35,000+ developers** (as of Nov 2026). The next goal is 100,000.
- **Opened the program to everyone**, including self-serve personal Workday tenants for developers.
- **Built a recurring developer update channel:** the monthly Developer Program Update Call.
- **Writes and speaks on community strategy.** See [Writing](#writing).

## Open to

- **Speaking:** conferences, meetups, and podcasts on developer relations, developer community, and building on enterprise platforms.
- **Advisory:** helping companies launch or scale a developer program.
- **Leadership conversations:** Director / VP of Developer Relations, Developer Experience, or Ecosystem roles.

How to reach out: see [Contact](#contact). Include who you are, what you're proposing, and the timing.

## Find the right thing

| If you want… | Go to |
| --- | --- |
| To build on Workday as a developer | [developer.workday.com](https://developer.workday.com) |
| Workday developer videos, update calls, and DevTalk | [youtube.com/@WorkdayDevelopers](https://www.youtube.com/@WorkdayDevelopers) |
| My thinking on developer community | [Writing](#writing) |
| A speaker for your event | [Talks](#talks) |
| To hire or work with me | [Contact](#contact) |
| My code | [github.com/nick-moores](https://github.com/nick-moores) |
| My Workday blog posts | [blog.workday.com/…/nick-moores](https://blog.workday.com/en-us/authors/nick-moores.html) |

## Current work

### Workday Developer Program

- [developer.workday.com](https://developer.workday.com) is open to anyone building on Workday. Developers can request a personal Workday tenant to build and test against. ([announcement](https://blog.workday.com/en-us/workday-open-developer-platform-generally-available.html))
- **Developer Program Update Call (DPUC):** a monthly live call covering what's new for developers building on Workday. Recordings: [youtube.com/@WorkdayDevelopers](https://www.youtube.com/@WorkdayDevelopers)
- **DevTalk:** I host Workday's developer podcast.
- **Workday DevCon:** Workday's developer conference. See my posts on DevCon 2025 and 2026 under [Writing](#writing).

## Talks

- **Host, DevTalk:** Workday's developer podcast. [Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@WorkdayDevelopers)
- **Host, Developer Program Update Call:** a monthly live call for Workday developers.

**Speaking invitations:** email me with the event, date, audience size, and format (keynote, talk, panel, podcast).

## Writing

**Workday blog** ([all posts](https://blog.workday.com/en-us/authors/nick-moores.html)):

- [Workday DevCon 2026: Going Agentic, Building the Future](https://blog.workday.com/en-us/workday-devcon-2026-going-agentic-building-future.html)
- [DevCon 2025: Community, Innovation, and a Look at What's Next](https://blog.workday.com/en-us/devcon-look-back-at-community-innovation-and-whats-next-h-tl-blog-us-only.html)
- [Get Your Hands Dirty at Workday DevCon 2025](https://blog.workday.com/en-us/get-hands-dirty-at-workday-devcon-2025.html)
- [The Business Value of Your Developer Ecosystem](https://blog.workday.com/en-us/business-value-developer-ecosystem.html)
- [The Workday Developer Program Is Open](https://blog.workday.com/en-us/workday-open-developer-platform-generally-available.html)

**LinkedIn articles:**

- 2025-12-05 — [How to Build a Developer Community That Runs Itself](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-build-developer-community-runs-itself-nick-moores-j2ygc)
- 2025-11-28 — [From Barcelona to the World: Workday Rising EMEA and the Future of Our Developer Community (Part 2)](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-barcelona-world-workday-rising-emea-future-our-developer-moores-kjfgc)
- 2025-11-22 — [From Barcelona to the World: Workday Rising EMEA and the Future of Our Developer Community (Part 1)](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-barcelona-world-workday-rising-emea-future-our-developer-moores-1rq3c)

## Career

| When | Role | Where |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nov 2024–present | Head of Developer Relations | Workday |
| May 2024–Nov 2024 | Principal Developer Advocate | Workday |
| Jul 2021–May 2024 | Senior Developer Advocate | Workday |
| Jan 2019–Jun 2021 | (Sr.) Field Readiness Architect, Integrations Platform | Workday |
| Aug 2015–Jan 2019 | Workday Financials Integration Architect; Sr. Payroll & Financial Integrations Product Lead; Manager | Mercer |
| — | MA Psychology, BA Linguistics | Stanford University |

## Skills

- **Developer relations & leadership:** developer relations strategy, developer programs, developer community (35,000+ developers), developer experience, developer marketing and messaging, field enablement and training, team leadership.
- **AI & agentic development:** AI agents for HR, finance, and IT; Model Context Protocol (MCP); agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex); agent governance and trust.
- **Workday developer platform:** Workday Build, Workday Extend (including Extend Professional), Flowise Agent Builder, Workday Developer Agent, Agent Gateway, Agent-Ready Tools, Workday Data Cloud, Agent System of Record, Workday REST and SOAP APIs.
- **Workday integrations:** EIB, Workday Studio, Financials and Payroll integrations, integration and solution architecture.
- **Content & community:** technical content, developer conferences and meetups, livestream and podcast hosting (DevTalk, Developer Program Update Call), public speaking.


## Contact

- **Email:** [nicholaspmoores@gmail.com](mailto:nicholaspmoores@gmail.com)
- **LinkedIn:** https://www.linkedin.com/in/npmoores/
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/nick-moores
- **dev.to:** https://dev.to/devreltroubadour
- **Workday blog:** https://blog.workday.com/en-us/authors/nick-moores.html
- **YouTube (team channel):** https://www.youtube.com/@WorkdayDevelopers
- **Website:** https://nickmoores.dev

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