Garad Copstead
About Garad Copstead
Garad Copstead is a Workday Project Manager at Alight Solutions in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, with extensive experience in Workday deployment and project management.
Title and Current Role
Garad Copstead is currently employed as a Workday Project Manager at Alight Solutions. Based in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States, he oversees a variety of Workday projects with a focus on Human Capital Management, Payroll, and Financial Management.
Professional Experience
Garad Copstead brings a wealth of experience to his current position at Alight Solutions, where he has been working since May 2017. Before this, he held similar roles as a Workday Project Manager at Aon Hewitt in the Greater Los Angeles Area and as a Project Manager at DayNine Consulting in the Greater Chicago Area. His extensive background includes senior management roles at Elsevier in the Amsterdam Area, Netherlands, where he held multiple positions over the span of nearly a decade.
Military Service
Prior to his corporate career, Garad Copstead served in the United States Marine Corps as a Corporal (E-4) from 1993 to 1997 in Twentynine Palms, CA.
Education and Training
Garad Copstead completed his higher education at Saint John's University between 1998 and 2001. He also attended the US Naval Academy Prep School from 1995 to 1996, further enhancing his leadership and technical skills.
Expertise in Workday Deployment
With a deep domain experience in Workday deployment services, Garad Copstead specializes in data conversion, process configuration, integration development, change management, testing, and enablement packages for post-go-live success. He manages Workday projects with a holistic approach, mitigating both short and long-term risks for clients. His experience extends to administering Workday for over 1 million employees and utilizing proprietary tools for integrations, data conversion, and testing to optimize Workday deployments.