Quantum Workplace adds Optimizely Chief Product Officer Rupali Jain to Board of Directors, accelerating investment in AI. Quantum Workplace is turning disconnected talent data into insights and decision support leaders can trust - adding a product and AI leader to its board to accelerate the work. Quantum Workplace, a connected talent management platform that helps leaders build thriving teams, today announced that Rupali Jain has joined its Board of Directors. Jain is Chief Product Officer at Optimizely, where she has led the company's transformation to an AI-native product organization and launched its agentic AI platform for marketing. Jain joins the board as Quantum Workplace expands its use of AI to help leaders turn fragmented talent data into actionable insights they'd otherwise miss. While organizations have access to more workforce data than ever, only 40% of HR leaders say they're able to analyze their talent data and gain actionable insights, and just 32% say they make constructive changes based on those insights, according to HR.com research. "As leaders look to build thriving teams, they are often making high-stakes talent decisions - who to promote, who to support, where to invest - without the full picture," said Joe Holland, CEO of Quantum Workplace. "That's why we're investing in technology that brings actionable insight and decision support directly to them, and why I'm thrilled to have Rupali on our board. She's a proven leader who has spent her career making complicated data usable for the people who depend on it and deploying AI in ways that significantly improve the work of the people using it." Jain began her career as a software engineer and moved into product management to get closer to the problems customers were trying to solve. She has held leadership roles across public, venture capital and private equity companies focused on innovation as a lever to drive high growth. She joined Tableau just after its IPO, where she was part of the core product team behind its shift to cloud and subscription pricing. Later, she ran product for the Customer XM and Brand XM solutions at Qualtrics as its customer experience business scaled from $30 million to almost $500 million in annual recurring revenue. She also led the product and strategy team for Power BI at Microsoft and held product roles at Box through its IPO. At Optimizely, which she joined as Chief Product Officer in 2023, she has led the effort to consolidate multiple acquisitions into one platform, accelerating innovation and the shift to an AI-native product and organization. "Most HR technology was built to measure what managers do. The more interesting question is what it can do for them," said Jain. "AI has finally gotten good enough that what it surfaces is worth acting on, and Quantum Workplace has the connected data behind it to make that promise real. Better manager decisions show up in the business, and I'm excited to see how far Quantum Workplace can take that with its customers." Quantum Workplace helps leaders make decisions about their teams with more context, clarity and confidence. The platform applies AI to connect talent signals across engagement, performance, development and recognition. Jain's appointment brings the Quantum Workplace Board of Directors to five members. [To share your insights with us, please write to [email protected]]

Quantum Workplace adds Optimizely Chief Product Officer Rupali Jain to Board of Directors, accelerating investment in AI. Quantum Workplace Oct 01, 2026, 09:00 ET Quantum Workplace is turning disconnected talent data into insights and decision support leaders can trust - adding a product and AI leader to its board to accelerate the work. OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ - Quantum Workplace, a connected talent management platform that helps leaders build thriving teams, today announced that Rupali Jain has joined its Board of Directors. Jain is Chief Product Officer at Optimizely, where she has led the company's transformation to an AI-native product organization and launched its agentic AI platform for marketing. Jain joins the board as Quantum Workplace expands its use of AI to help leaders turn fragmented talent data into actionable insights they'd otherwise miss. While organizations have access to more workforce data than ever, only 40% of HR leaders say they're able to analyze their talent data and gain actionable insights, and just 32% say they make constructive changes based on those insights, according to HR.com research. "As leaders look to build thriving teams, they are often making high-stakes talent decisions - who to promote, who to support, where to invest - without the full picture," said Joe Holland, CEO of Quantum Workplace. "That's why we're investing in technology that brings actionable insight and decision support directly to them, and why I'm thrilled to have Rupali on our board. She's a proven leader who has spent her career making complicated data usable for the people who depend on it and deploying AI in ways that significantly improve the work of the people using it." Jain began her career as a software engineer and moved into product management to get closer to the problems customers were trying to solve. She has held leadership roles across public, venture capital and private equity companies focused on innovation as a lever to drive high growth. She joined Tableau just after its IPO, where she was part of the core product team behind its shift to cloud and subscription pricing. Later, she ran product for the Customer XM and Brand XM solutions at Qualtrics as its customer experience business scaled from $30 million to almost $500 million in annual recurring revenue. She also led the product and strategy team for Power BI at Microsoft and held product roles at Box through its IPO. At Optimizely, which she joined as Chief Product Officer in 2023, she has led the effort to consolidate multiple acquisitions into one platform, accelerating innovation and the shift to an AI-native product and organization. "Most HR technology was built to measure what managers do. The more interesting question is what it can do for them," said Jain. "AI has finally gotten good enough that what it surfaces is worth acting on, and Quantum Workplace has the connected data behind it to make that promise real. Better manager decisions show up in the business, and I'm excited to see how far Quantum Workplace can take that with its customers." Quantum Workplace helps leaders make decisions about their teams with more context, clarity and confidence. The platform applies AI to connect talent signals across engagement, performance, development and recognition. Jain's appointment brings the Quantum Workplace Board of Directors to five members. About Quantum Workplace Quantum Workplace helps leaders build thriving teams. Its connected talent management platform unifies engagement, performance, development and recognition, using intelligence at every layer to surface the signals leaders would otherwise miss. Founded in Omaha in 2002, the company pioneered employee engagement and performance software. Today, thousands of organizations - including Forvis Mazars, Fossil Group, Alteryx and Getty Images - rely on Quantum Workplace to build better managers, identify and develop high performers, and retain top talent. Quantum Workplace is also the survey engine behind Best Places to Work, which has ranked top workplaces on employee voice since 2004 and now surveys more than 440,000 employees at 10,000+ organizations annually. Media Contact SOURCE Quantum Workplace