Leadership | Agilysys

Ramesh Srinivasan

President and Chief Executive Officer

Ramesh was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Agilysys in January 2017. He is an accomplished CEO with demonstrated leadership success in technology, enterprise software and general management across multiple industries, and brings an impressive track record of multiple turnaround successes which have resulted in rapid and sustainable long-term growth and significant increases in shareholder value.

Prior to his appointment as President and CEO, Ramesh served as CEO of Ooyala Inc. in Santa Clara (Silicon Valley), California, and was previously President and CEO of Innotrac Corporation, a leading eCommerce Fulfillment Services provider which merged with eBay Enterprise. Before joining Innotrac, he spent the previous nine years of his professional career at Bally Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BYI) where he was promoted to President & CEO and member of the Board of Directors in December 2012.

Tony Pritchett

Chief Financial Officer

Tony was appointed Chief Financial Officer in June 2017, prior to which he served as the company’s interim Chief Financial Officer. Tony is a certified public accountant who joined Agilysys in 2012 as controller of the Retail Solutions Group and subsequently served as the company’s Controller and as Senior Director of Operations.

Prior to joining Agilysys, he served as the controller of Cypress Communications. He has also served as Director of Financial Reporting at PGI and worked for Grant Thornton’s assurance practice. Tony graduated from the University of Georgia in 2005 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting along with a Master of Accountancy.

Kyle C. Badger

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Kyle joined Agilysys as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in October 2011.

Kyle served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Richardson Electronics, Ltd., a global distributor of electronic components, from 2007 until he joined Agilysys. He served as Senior Counsel at the law firm of Ice Miller LLP from 2006 to 2007, and prior to that, was a partner at the law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery. He received his juris doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center and his bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Don DeMarinis

Senior Vice President Sales, Americas

Don joined Agilysys as Senior Vice President Sales, Americas in January 2018. His primary responsibilities will be to lead the company’s Americas sales activities, designing innovative sales strategies, and accelerating revenue growth across Agilysys’ vertical industry markets.

Don brings extensive industry experience and a track record of success in selling technology and services to global clients across hospitality markets. He previously served as Vice President, Sports & Entertainment, Foodservice Management globally at Oracle/MICROS, and as Vice President, Leisure & Entertainment at MICROS prior to its acquisition by Oracle.

Most recently, he served as Chief Commercial Officer at QikServe, a cloud-based service that enables self-service ordering through mobile, web and kiosk channels, where he led the development of scalable, global, revenue generating channels. In addition, DeMarinis has helped a number of companies, including Gusto and Brolin Retail Systems, build successful sales processes and aggressively grow their customer base.

Prabuddha Biswas, PhD

Chief Technology Officer

Prabuddha was appointed Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in April 2018. He brings over 30 years of successful software development and innovative technology leadership to Agilysys, where his direct responsibilities include leadership and oversight of the Company’s technology vision and strategy, along with research and development for its next generation rGuest platform hospitality solutions. In his prior roles, Prabuddha led transformational development teams at some of the world’s leading enterprise software brands including Oracle, Amazon and VMware. Most recently, Prabuddha was CTO at Alert Logic, one of the nation’s leading cloud security providers. At Alert Logic he led the transformation of their core security incident detection engine to leverage machine learning and heuristics, introduced innovative detection capabilities, and led the effort to revamp the tools used to analyze security incidents. Prabuddha holds a BTech, Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi and a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Rob Jacks

Chief Information Officer

Rob Jacks was named Chief Information Officer in December 2018 and is responsible for advancing Agilysys’ internal systems and information technology processes across the company. Rob recently served Vice President of Professional Services at Agilysys where he played a major role in building and delivering a high-caliber team of quality solution specialists that cater to the needs of Agilysys customers, enabling them to leverage maximum value of their customized Agilysys solutions. Prior to joining Agilysys, Rob worked as a Senior IT Executive with more than 25 years of experience in healthcare, manufacturing, hospitality, software development, retail, telecommunications, gaming, as well as distribution and consulting sectors. He brings his reputation as a transformational and visionary executive that can build productive teams that develop and execute strategic plans to deploy complex solutions that provide a measurable return on investment.

Rob serves as a part of casino and gambling executives organizations including, Tribal Net Board, University of Oklahoma CMISS, IBM Business Analytics Advisory Board, the International Association of Gaming Advisors and The Gaming and Leisure Board.

He is the recipient of multiple awards for his contributions including: The Premier 100 Information Technology Leader 2009 - Computer World Magazine; the 2011, 2012, & 2013 IBM Business Champion - Business Analytics; and the 2011 Ventana Research Leadership Award.

Rob has a BBA in Accounting from the University of Montevallo as well as an MBA from Samford University.

Sridhar Laveti

Vice President of Established Products and Customer Support

Sridhar was named Vice President of Established Products & Customer Support in September 2017. In this role, he leads the product engineering and product management teams for established Agilysys products including: InfoGenesis, LMS, Visual One, Eatec, DataMagine, and SWS, and oversees customer support. Sridhar is an accomplished executive with 25+ years of demonstrated technology and general management leadership success across multiple industries. Laveti joined Agilysys in April 2017.

Prior to joining Agilysys, he was Senior Vice President of Gaming Systems Business for Scientific Games, a lottery and gaming company. In that role, he was responsible for overseeing over 1,300 employees and managing the Gaming Systems business including R&D, Product Management, Services and Support.

Prior to Scientific Games, Sridhar was with Manhattan Associates, a supply chain planning and execution software solutions company. As one of the first five employees, he helped drive the design, development, and services of the company’s flagship products, and contributed to revenue growth of approximately $300 million annually.

Sridhar graduated from University of Madras, India with a master’s degree in engineering. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communications from University of Madras, India. Outside of work, Laveti volunteers with multiple charities in the Atlanta area to help underprivileged families in urban areas.

Heather Varian Foster

Vice President of Marketing

Heather Varian Foster was appointed Vice President of Marketing of Agilysys in April 2018. She is an accomplished marketing executive focused on high growth companies for business-to-business (B2B) technology, enterprise software and cloud across multiple industries.

Prior to joining Agilysys, she served as the Vice President of Marketing at Worldpay US, the leading payment processor globally, where she helped launched 25 products and key features in eight months and was previously Vice President of Marketing of StrataCloud, a software-defined infrastructure solution. Before joining StrataCloud, she spent seven years as Vice President of Marketing at ControlScan, a leading provider of PCI and security solutions for merchant service providers representing SMB merchants.

She sits on the Executive Advisory Board of the Atlanta chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA) and was a Past-President. Recently she joined the Board of the Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association (AIMA). She is a graduate of Georgia Southern University, where she earned a Bachelor Degree in History.

Prakash Bhat

Vice President and Managing Director (India Development Center)

Prakash is an IIT, Madras and IIM, Ahmedabad alumnus with 30+ years of practical experience in technology and general management. He has an impressive track record of having been involved in building new companies from the ground-up and creating a strong market presence for established organizations in new locations.

Prior to joining Agilysys., Prakash served as VP & Executive Director of Radial Omnichannel Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. where he was instrumental in setting up a wholly-owned India Subsidiary. Prakash had earlier spent 9 successful years at Bally Technologies India – during which time the organization grew from 2 to about 1,200 employees in India. Prakash played multiple roles during his stint at Bally India, including managing technology teams, Project Management, Product Management, HR, IT, Finance and Accounts. Other organizations that Prakash has worked with include Accenture, iNautix, and Infosys.

Prakash is also the Honorary Secretary & Treasurer of a Charitable Trust.

James Slatter

Managing Director (EMEA)

James Slatter joined Agilysys in July 2016 as EMEA managing director. As the company re-established its corporate presence in the region with the opening of an office in the U.K., James was entrusted with building a regional team focused on growing revenues across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Originally from Brisbane, Australia, James has been based in the U.K. for 16 years where he has gained extensive experience working in the hospitality industry, fulfilling the software needs of enterprise clients and helping U.S.- based companies expand their international footprint.

Prior to Agilysys, James served as EMEA managing director for ParTech Inc., another U.S.-based company specializing in technology for the hospitality industry. He holds a Bachelor of Business degree from the University of Southern Queensland, with a double major in finance and marketing.

Rod Talbot

Managing Director (APAC)

With more than 25 years of experience in enterprise software and technology, Rod is responsible for expanding Agilysys' business in Asia. With a keen focus on the value chain, Rod strives to help businesses in the region run better and improve their performance.

Prior to joining Agilysys, Rod served as regional vice president, Asia, at WiseTech Global. While there, he developed and executed new go-to-market strategies and led the efforts to expand the business in Asia. He established operations in Japan and increased the company's presence and market share in South East Asia and China. Rod also served as general manager for Asia Pacific at Kewill, responsible for all aspects of Kewill's integrated business in Asia. He worked at SAP serving as general manager for consumer industries, Asia Pacific and Japan. In this role, he was responsible for the industry business unit (IBU), development, sales, services, ONE Service (global services, active global support, cloud delivery, mobile services, solution and knowledge packaging), global partner operations, and marketing and communications.

Prior to joining SAP, Rod served as executive vice president and managing director at RedPrairie Asia, now JDA Software. In this role, he enabled aggressive growth of RedPrairie's business in Asia Pacific, expanding RedPrairie's market share and brand awareness throughout the region. Rod holds a Master of Business Administration from Deakin University in Victoria, Australia.

Jeba Kingsley

Vice President of Professional Services

Jeba Kingsley was named Vice President of Professional Services in December 2018. He leads a team of high-caliber quality solution specialists that help customers improve operational performance through their implementation of Agilysys technologies. Prior to joining Agilysys, Jeba served as Vice President of Global Professional Services and Customer Service for Scientific Games, a global provider of gambling products and services to lottery, gambling, social and digital organizations. He also worked as Director of Professional and Technical Services at Manhattan Associates, a leading supply chain commerce solutions provider.

Jeba brings more than 20 years of experience leading revenue-generating global client services organizations. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Bharathidasan University in Tiruchirappalli, India.

Theresa Putnal

Senior Director of Human Resources

Theresa is responsible for the company’s human resources organization and programs including staffing, leadership development, employee engagement, compensation and benefits, payroll, facilities, and performance management.

Prior to joining Agilysys, Theresa spent 14 years with Elekta, Inc., a global human care company, in a series of increasingly responsible positions where her last role was Director of Human Resources. She began her extensive career in Human Resources with Georgia State University. Throughout her career she has successfully spearheaded change initiatives, developed and implemented HR programs, and coached leadership on HR and business issues. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.

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