John Goulding

Co-founder and CEO Workvivo by Zoom

Last Reviewed: September 26, 2026

Executive Summary

John Goulding is the co-founder and chief executive of Workvivo, an employee communication and engagement platform based in Cork. He founded it with CTO Joe Lennon in 2017, and Zoom bought it in 2023. It now operates as Workvivo by Zoom and serves customers including Amazon, Bupa, Ryanair and Telus International. Before Workvivo he had been chief operating officer and then chief executive of CoreHR, also Cork-based, after a career that began at EMC Corporation in 1995. Business & Finance named him its Business Person of the Month for December 2025, citing a sharp rise in Workvivo’s revenue after the Zoom acquisition.

Career Highlights

• Co-founder and CEO of Workvivo, which Workvivo says was founded in 2017 by CEO John Goulding and CTO Joe Lennon.
• Sold Workvivo to Zoom, which announced the acquisition in April 2023. Business & Finance put the deal value at about €250 million; Zoom did not disclose terms.
• Served as Founder of Workvivo and Head of Digital Employee Experience at Zoom, the title Zoom used in a June 2024 announcement launching Workvivo resale through its channel partners.
• Previously chief operating officer and then chief executive of CoreHR.
• Began his career at EMC Corporation in 1995 and rose to Senior Director of Global Support.
• Named Business & Finance Business Person of the Month for December 2025, in association with KPMG.

Professional Journey

Goulding joined EMC Corporation in 1995 and rose to Senior Director of Global Support. He then moved to Cork-based CoreHR, first as chief operations officer and later as chief executive. Workvivo describes its founders as having “extensive first-hand experience in creating successful HR technology,” and his CoreHR years are part of that experience.

In 2017 he and Joe Lennon founded Workvivo, with, in the company’s words, “the sole mission to build a different employee communication platform geared to elevate the employee experience for everyone.” Over the next several years it raised several funding rounds and signed customers including Lululemon, Ryanair and Madison Square Garden.

On 14 April 2023 Zoom announced it would acquire Workvivo to add an employee experience product to its platform. Zoom said Goulding, Lennon and the Workvivo team would be instrumental in driving its employee experience innovation strategy. In June 2024, when Zoom opened Workvivo to resale by its channel partners, it identified him as Founder of Workvivo and Head of Digital Employee Experience at Zoom. He said then that customers could now add employee experience functionality to their existing Zoom services.

Workvivo’s own site continues to name him as CEO. Under Zoom ownership the business has grown substantially. Business & Finance reported revenue up 174% to €69.39 million in 2024, and a turnaround from a €19.3 million pre-tax loss in 2023 to a €20.7 million pre-tax profit. On that basis it named him Business Person of the Month for December 2025, in an article published in February 2026. Workvivo reports a team of about 300.

Education

No education record was found in the sources reviewed.