Voices

Staff from throughout the university community are serving as representatives of their colleges and units, working closely with the Empowering UF Project Team. Visit this page for stories and testimonials from these engaged stakeholders who are helping us understand and strive to meet the technical needs of their teams and colleagues. You’ll meet members of the Empowering UF Change Agent Network, stakeholders in the Gator Business Administrator Services cohort, and representatives from diverse UF programs who are participating in various workgroups and advisory groups for this project.

Meet Empowering UF Change Agent Aigi Adesogan, Associate Director of Human Resources in the UF College of Medicine.

She is one of more than 100 staff members selected to represent their departments as part of the Empowering UF Change Agent Network. This cohort was mobilized in June 2025, when they met in person and began the onboarding process to become change management liaisons to support their colleagues. When chosen to help with our journey to Workday, Adesogan embraced the challenge. As an HR professional, she has a unique skillset and can be at the forefront to lead change for her co-workers.  

Tell us about your role in Human Resources.
My role involves providing strategic and operational leadership for the College of Medicine’s HR team, including our HR Business Partners, Transaction Center, and Centers of Expertise for Employee Relations, Immigration and Compliance and Benefits. I ensure we deliver effective, compliant, and customer-focused HR services.  

How will Workday benefit UF?
I am most excited about how Workday will integrate and streamline processes that currently require multiple systems, enhancing efficiency and reducing manual work for our teams. For the College of Medicine, I see Workday improving data accuracy, supporting better decision-making and creating a more seamless experience for employees and HR staff alike. 

We’re glad you’re a Change Agent! What does this role mean to you?
I am proud to serve as a Change Agent because it allows me to help guide colleagues across my team, the college, and other key stakeholders through this important transition, ensuring they feel informed, supported, and ready to embrace new tools that will help us work smarter. 

Meet College Liaison Hector Silva, Director of Finance in the College of Education.

He has attended discovery, design and customer confirmation sessions with peers from across the university. As you’ll see, this isn’t his first academic technology transformation!  

We hear you have experience with other projects to modernize university platforms?
I’ve spent 26 years in higher ed, spanning three universities. This is also my third modern Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation since 2016. I was involved in Workday HCM and Oracle Cloud HCM and finance implementations. 

Tell us about your role in the UF College of Education.
I serve as the chief business officer, acting as a strategic advisor and operational leader, providing comprehensive financial oversight, and serving as the main liaison between the institution and the college. I assist the Dean with strategic and tactical initiatives, and ensure financial health, regulatory compliance and operational efficiency. 

How have you been involved in Empowering UF?
I am privileged to be selected as one of the College Liaisons providing input in planning, architecture and configuration activities so far. In collaboration with the other liaisons, I provide an ‘in the trenches’ perspective and insights into finance and cross-functional areas related to current versus future business processes and workday functionality. Together, we ensure that the needs of colleges, departments, centers and other academic/research units are kept at the forefront of the Empowering UF initiative.  

How do you feel about Workday for UF?
This transition presents a unique opportunity that only happens every 20 years or so to align our business processes with best practices, hopefully reducing unnecessary complexity and non-value-added steps.  

This transition offers the entire finance, operational, HR and administrative staff community the chance to collaboratively build a new, shared foundation. All team members — from the most experienced to the newest — will benefit from learning together, fostering a sense of unity and mutual support.