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Wurk Announces Hiring of Key Executives from Esteemed Enterprises to Accelerate the Build of its Labor and Human Capital Management PlatformDENVER, June 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Wurk, the first and only workforce management company for the cannabis industry, announces three hires to its executive team. Ken Haigh, Rick Nichols and Greg Adamietz have joined Wurk as Chief Technology Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Vice President of Sales, respectively. The company's leadership expansion comes on the heels of its $3.2 million capital raise. Wurk is devoted to building out its scalable cannabis labor and human capital management technology, which will adapt to the national growth of the cannabis industry. "The team and I are thrilled to welcome Ken, Rick and Greg to the Wurk family. Our most recent funding round puts us in a position to pursue aggressive expansion alongside the growth we're seeing across the cannabis sector, and these three hires are crucial to achieving that trajectory," said Keegan Peterson, Founder and CEO of Wurk. "As more states come online and cannabis businesses grow, Wurk becomes increasingly necessary to support this growth, protecting our clients' payroll, human resource functions, timekeeping, scheduling, and tax compliance." These three heavyweights bring a breadth of distinguished experience to the Wurk team, with each executive coming from esteemed enterprise companies outside of the cannabis industry, including PeopleMatter, PeopleSoft and Rapt Media In coming to Wurk, Haigh, Nichols, and Adamietz look to position the company for scalability and success across the board.
"Ken, Rick and Greg will each play an instrumental role in the continued establishment of our human capital and labor management technology, applications and services, and we will lean heavily on their knowledge and wisdom of corporate enterprises to ensure Wurk's growth and success," continued Peterson. About Wurk
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