Bio
David Ossip is the driving force behind the innovation, vision and leadership at Ceridian, one of the fastest growing global human capital management (HCM) technology companies. Previously, he founded Dayforce (a highly successful SaaS-based workforce management software company), which was acquired by Ceridian in 2012. Since then, David has led the transformation and renewal of Ceridian, with a focus on the Dayforce HCM offering. In 2013, David became the CEO of Ceridian and in 2015, its chairman.
David is the recipient of many awards for his leadership, including the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and a nationally awarded Special Citation for Technology Innovation. He was also named to Canada’s Top 40 Under 40. In 2017, he was recognized as Canada’s Most Admired CEO for Transformational Leadership by Waterstone Human Capital. David has also been named as one of the Highest Rated CEOs by Glassdoor, and Ceridian one of the Best Places to Work in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
David holds an M.B.A from Harvard Business School.