Alteryx Leadership

Andy MacMillan is the CEO of Alteryx, where his focus is on innovation and helping customers unlock tremendous value from their data.

Prior to Alteryx, he was the CEO of UserTesting and Act-On Software. Before becoming a CEO, Andy held several positions at Salesforce, including leading its Data.com division. He also served in product leadership roles at Oracle and Stellent, and began his career as a software developer at EDS.

Andy is a proud Spartan with a B.A. from Michigan State University. He has an MBA from the University of Edinburgh and serves as a Trade and Investment Envoy for the Government of Scotland.

Jon Pexton is Chief Financial Officer at Alteryx, where he oversees all global financial operations, including strategic planning, budgeting, and investor relations. He has over two decades of finance and accounting experience, including equity and debt offerings, mergers and acquisitions, international expansion, and strategic planning at high growth technology companies. The Utah Technology Council and Utah Business Magazine have both recognized him as ‘CFO of the Year’.

Prior to Alteryx, Jon has served as CFO of five companies, most recently at Tebra, a healthcare practice automation software company and prior to Tebra, he was CFO of UserTesting, an on-demand SaaS platform for user research and feedback. He led the company through an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange in 2021 and an acquisition by Thoma Bravo in 2023 valued at $1.3 billion. Prior to that, he was CFO at Workfront, a SaaS-based enterprise work management platform that Adobe acquired in 2020 for $1.5 billion.

After spending 12 years of his career in the San Francisco Bay area, Jon now lives in Salt Lake City. In his free time, he enjoys being outdoors, mountain biking and skiing and traveling to new places.

Nali Giliana is Chief Strategy Officer and Chief of Staff at Alteryx. With over 22 years in the digital experience and enterprise SaaS industry, Nali’s career is centered around strategy, innovation, and operational excellence. From leading go-to-market and operational teams at companies like HP, Adobe, OpenText, and UserTesting, Nali has honed a people-first leadership approach that fuels growth and inspires collaboration.

In his role, Nali focuses on driving strategic initiatives, optimizing workflows, mergers and acquisitions, and building bridges across teams to achieve shared goals. A firm believer that growth stems from clarity, communication, and creativity, Nali is passionate about enabling teams to achieve their fullest potential while delivering measurable business results.

Jill Bone is the Chief People Officer at Alteryx where she leads the People & Culture team. She is responsible for leading the people strategy and employee experience including talent acquisition and development, total rewards, social impact and diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging efforts. Prior to being the CPO, Jill was Senior Vice President of Talent at Alteryx, where she led Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, and the People Operations functions.

Jill brings over 20 years of experience in building scalable organizations within the cloud software sector. She previously led Global Talent Acquisition at Workday and she served in various leadership positions at Salesforce during a period of significant growth. She began her career in Executive Search at Korn/Ferry International.

Jill earned her Bachelor of Science from Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan.

Steven Birdsall is Chief Revenue Officer at Alteryx, where he oversees all go-to-market functions including global sales, sales engineering, customer experience, channels & alliances, and more. He has over 25 years of technology industry experience in global sales and senior management across many leading software organizations, especially focused on enterprise software, SaaS and digital media.

Prior to Alteryx, Steven served as Chief Revenue Officer at Qlik, where he drove significant revenue growth and implemented data-driven strategies. He was previously Senior Vice President of HCM Cloud Application Sales at Oracle and Anaplan’s Chief Revenue Officer, leading the company’s sales organization ahead of and through to IPO. Steven has also served as EVP and CRO at Radial, Inc., helping to position the company for its eventual sale. He held several executive positions at SAP, including global and regional COO positions around the world, along with several global GM roles. Earlier in his career, Steven served in key executive roles at Hearst, Adobe, Computer Sciences Corp (CSC), and Diebold Inc.

Steven holds a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the University of Utah and an MBA from Brigham Young University.

Chris Lal is Chief Legal Officer of Alteryx, responsible for all legal affairs, including intellectual property, licensing, contract negotiations, privacy, compliance, and corporate governance. Chris has over 25 years of experience as a corporate, transactions, and securities attorney representing both public and private companies in various phases of development and growth.

Before joining Alteryx, Chris was vice president, general counsel and secretary of Tilly’s, Inc., an NYSE-traded retail and ecommerce company, where he oversaw legal affairs related to SEC and NYSE compliance, intellectual property, Federal Trade Commission matters, ecommerce, and labor and employment. He managed complex litigation and was interim head of human resources. Before Tilly’s, Chris served as general counsel at several public and private companies, helping these companies through various stages of growth and corporate change.

Chris began his career at O’Melveny & Myers, LLP, as a member of the corporate and securities practice. He holds a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a J.D. from the University of Southern California.

Ben Canning is Chief Product Officer at Alteryx, where he leads product, design, and strategy and drives advancements in data prep and AI innovation. Ben’s passion has always been helping customers make meaningful change in the world, and he centers his efforts on fostering a culture of innovation, excellence, and customer-centricity.

Prior to Alteryx, Ben was SVP of Products at Smartsheet, where he led Product Management, Research, and UX Design, driving the company’s transformation from a $400 million private entity to a publicly traded leader with over $1 billion in ARR. Before Smartsheet, Ben spent 22 years at Microsoft, culminating in serving as Head of Product for Microsoft Teams. He was a founding member of the team that built SharePoint Online, transforming a large, on-premise business into a large-scale cloud service.

Ben is the proud dad of three kids and a dog. Outside of work, he is a self-described “super nerd,” spending his time 3D printing and making things.

Michelle Huff is Chief Marketing Officer at Alteryx, where she oversees all aspects of global marketing, including product and solutions marketing, brand and customer advocacy, demand generation, and more.

Michelle brings over 25 years of experience leading marketing and go-to-market strategies at innovative high-tech companies – building mission critical software infrastructure as well as business focused applications, establishing new categories of software, rolling out generative AI capabilities, and expanding SMB products to enterprise solutions.

She most recently served as CMO at UserTesting, where she played a pivotal role in the company’s growth and scale – from start-up through IPO and a company acquisition and merger – all while strengthening customer engagement and advocacy. Prior to that, Michelle was the CMO at Act-On Software and held marketing and product leadership roles at Salesforce and Oracle – focused on structured and unstructured data management and data-driven workflows.

Michelle lives in Seattle, WA and holds a business degree from the University of Washington.

Arvind Krishnan is Chief Technology Officer at Alteryx, where he drives innovation and leads the global engineering team. An accomplished CTO, Arvind has over 25 years of experience in full life-cycle software development and management. He has a proven track record of leading engineering teams to build highly scalable and innovative SaaS applications, emphasizing quality and customer satisfaction. His deep technical expertise spans agile methodologies, cloud computing, and enterprise software development.

Before joining Alteryx, Arvind served as CTO at Bluecore, where he successfully managed globally distributed teams and complex cloud infrastructures. He has also held senior leadership roles at Salesforce, where he spent over a decade of his career.

Arvind’s educational background includes a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois, Chicago, and a Bachelor’s from R.V. College of Engineering in India. He is passionate about driving innovation and fostering a collaborative work environment for engineers.

Julie Irish is Chief Information Officer at Alteryx, where she leads the company’s global IT organization, technology strategy, and the advancement of systems and processes to support scalable growth and digital evolution.

Julie is an experienced technology leader with a strong track record of driving enterprise transformation, as well as deep expertise in the end-to-end revenue lifecycle and pricing model strategy. Most recently, she served as Chief Information Officer at Couchbase, where she led IT, data, business technology, and security. There, she modernized enterprise systems, scaled data engineering capabilities, and integrated AI across core business processes to enable automation and drive growth. Earlier in her career, Julie held senior technology leadership roles at New Relic and Harvard Business Publishing.

Julie holds a Bachelor of Science in Commerce from the University of Virginia.

Steve Holsten is Chief Legal Officer at Alteryx, where he leads the company’s global legal organization and oversees legal strategy, corporate governance, compliance, risk management, and business transactions in support of Alteryx’s growth and innovation.

A seasoned technology executive with more than 30 years of legal leadership experience, Steve has guided software companies through growth, transformation, public offerings, acquisitions, and other strategic transactions. Prior to joining Alteryx, he served as Chief Legal Officer at a venture capital firm, leading legal strategy and operations for the firm and its portfolio companies. Earlier in his career, Steve held senior legal leadership roles at Workfront, which was acquired by Adobe, and Eloqua, where he helped lead the company through its initial public offering and subsequent acquisition by Oracle.

Steve holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Williams College and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law.