Cornerstone Appoints Brenton Smith as Vice President, Asia Pacific & Japan

In his new role, Smith will lead the company’s growth plans across Asia Pacific and Japan. He will also work on building stronger relationships with customers and partners while helping expand Cornerstone’s presence in important markets.

Brenton Smith has many years of leadership experience in the technology sector. He is known for helping businesses grow, managing strong teams, and expanding software companies across the Asia Pacific region.

Before joining Cornerstone OnDemand Inc., Smith spent seven years at BMC Software, where he led the company’s business operations across Asia Pacific and Japan from Australia and Singapore. He has also worked closely with customers to use AI technologies such as large language models (LLMs), AI agents, and agentic AI in business environments.

“Brenton Smith brings to Cornerstone a strong customer-first mindset and deep understanding of the challenges organizations are facing today,” said Vincent Belliveau, Chief International Officer at Cornerstone “Our customers are at the center of everything we do, and Brenton’s deep understanding of the APJ market will help us strengthen those relationships and better support organizations as they navigate change and drive workforce transformation.”

“What really stands out to me about Cornerstone is the focus on keeping people at the center of everything,” said Brenton Smith, Vice President, Asia Pacific & Japan at Cornerstone. “AI is there to support how employees work, learn, and grow, and that creates a real opportunity to help organizations develop their people through continuous learning in a way that’s practical and impactful. I’m looking forward to working with customers across Asia Pacific and Japan to help them adopt and scale technology in a way that supports their teams and drives real business outcomes.”

Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. says its AI technology is designed to help people make better decisions and improve workplace performance. Its platform, called Cornerstone Workforce AI, uses workforce and labor market data to help companies identify important skills, improve employee learning, and discover hidden talent within teams.

The platform is built to be secure, scalable, and easy for businesses to use in their daily work applications. Cornerstone currently supports around 7,000 organizations and more than 140 million users across 186 countries, helping companies prepare their workforce for future needs.

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