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Blake Adams

Former CEO · When I Work

Blake Adams served as CEO of When I Work, a shift-based workforce management platform used by 200,000+ workplaces, from January 2023 until Martin Hartshorne succeeded him in early 2025. He was previously an operating partner at Bain Capital Tech Opportunities (working with When I Work through Bain's growth investment) and earlier led strategy and operations at Intuit and Google. Based in Philadelphia, he is now the founder of RootPath Capital.

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Blake Adams served as CEO of When I Work, a shift-based workforce management platform used by 200,000+ workplaces, from January 2023 until Martin Hartshorne succeeded him in early 2025. He was previously an operating partner at Bain Capital Tech Opportunities (working with When I Work through Bain's growth investment)…

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