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In Memory

Sanjay Shah
Founder and Visionary

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Sanjay Shah was a tech entrepreneur, Founder, CEO & Chief Architect of Vistex, making sure it all adds up for our customers. Under Sanjay's leadership, Vistex has grown into a global organization dedicated to transforming how businesses across multiple industries bring their products and services to market by taking control of mission-critical processes. With a passion for lifelong learning and an appreciation of the importance of giving back, Sanjay founded the Vistex Foundation and the Vistex Institute for Executive Learning and Research at Lehigh University.

Meet the
Leadership Team

Amos Biegun

Interim Chief Executive Officer

Amos is a highly experienced, results driven senior executive and entrepreneur with over 30 years of multidisciplinary experience in the enterprise software industry. For the last 10 years at Vistex Amos has served as the company’s UK Managing Director and led the Rights & Royalties line of business. Previously and for almost 20 years, Amos was CEO of Counterpoint Systems, a leading provider of Rights & Royalties software, before Vistex’s acquisition. In his role as CEO, Amos will leverage both the global reach of Vistex and its incredible reputation to ensure that Vistex solutions and services meet and exceed customer expectations and continue to be the industry standard worldwide.

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Raju Datla

President

Raju has been with Vistex since 2000 and brings an extraordinary amount of focus, energy, and discipline to ensure that Vistex customers get the most value out of their technology investment. He has been instrumental in shaping and growing the Vistex Solution Delivery capabilities. As Vistex expands the breadth and depth of its portfolio, Raju continues to provide leadership and sagacity to help businesses achieve the full potential of their go-to-market programs.

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Chris Cutro

Interim Senior Vice President Solution Delivery

Senior Vice President of Marketing and Customer Success

Chris is a 25-year veteran of the software industry. Earlier in his career, Chris spent 11 years with SAP working as a field consultant, managing strategic accounts and consultants, and leading the Supply Chain Consulting Practice in North America. Joining Vistex in 2007, Chris first led a growing Sales organization before forming Vistex’s global Marketing and Customer Success divisions. Since 2014, and as part of a series of strategic acquisitions, Chris has led the company’s High-Tech channel line of business. In his tenure at Vistex, Chris has leveraged his customer knowledge and relationship management expertise to support Sales and Services, and to ensure customers maximize their investment in Vistex enterprise solutions. At this time and while Raju Datla is on extended leave, Chris now also serves as Vistex’s Interim Senior Vice President Solution Delivery.

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Tushar Shah

Senior Vice President of Sales

Tushar is the Senior Vice President of Sales and leads the sales and presales teams across all Vistex business units in the Americas. Tushar also leads Vistex’s global Industry team, which is comprised of subject matter experts in the broad spectrum of industries Vistex solutions support. Having joined Vistex in 2008, Tushar brings 30+ years of experience in the enterprise software space, including roles in software sales, presales and business consulting. Tushar and his team relentlessly focus on engaging with prospects and clients to reinforce the tremendous business value Vistex solutions deliver. Tushar uses a combination of passion, creativity, and experience to help his team achieve their goals and continually grow the Vistex client base.

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Srikanth Pinnamaneni

Senior Vice President of Product Development

Srikanth is Vistex’s Senior Vice President of Product Development and is responsible for the company’s overall technical direction and forward-looking development efforts. Having been part of Vistex since its inception, Srikanth has worked as a Developer, Solution Architect, and Principal Architect. He currently oversees the development of Vistex’s Go-to-Market solutions and leads an organization of amazing developers. The dedication and commitment his team displays in developing and enhancing Vistex Go-to-Market solutions is a constant source of pride.

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Udo Hannemann

General Manager of Vistex EMEA

Udo is the General Manager of Vistex EMEA, with more than 25 years of experience. Since Udo joined the Vistex team in 2010, his main passion has been to build a high-performance team in a multi-cultural environment with employees from more than 25 countries. Udo works daily to bring together all team members under the umbrella of growth and revenue-oriented organization. Udo is a strong advocate for creating a place of trust and sustainability, where Vistex employees are helping customers to run the best commercial platform within their industry.

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Chirag Shah

Managing Director of Vistex Asia-Pacific

Chirag is the Managing Director of Vistex Asia-Pacific. He has been responsible for APAC operations since its inception in 2004. With a passion for sales and marketing and an entrepreneurial spirit, Chirag applies his broad knowledge and experience to any industry, product, and services challenge. Amongst Chirag’s notable achievements with Vistex is his unique ability to forge strong business relationships and customer loyalty, spearhead key business development strategies and achieve exceptional client satisfaction levels.

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Cara DeGraff

Vice President of Product Management

Cara DeGraff is Vice President of Product Management and leads a global team that manages all aspects of product management and product education. As a Vistex employee since 2007, Cara relishes in the challenge of solving companies' problems and optimizing their processes through Vistex solutions. Keeping the product current with the latest technologies and business requirements and making sure that everyone – internal or external to Vistex – knows the ins and outs of their solution are what brings her to work with a smile each day.

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Ellen Bunton

Vice President of Assurance and Support

Ellen, Vice President of Assurance and Support, joined the Vistex team in 2004. She provides strategic guidance and leadership across Vistex’s global offices, leveraging her experience in development, consulting, management, and executive leadership. She has dedicated herself to building and growing global assurance and support teams responsible for software testing, release management, software certification, and product support. Still today, Ellen’s passion remains working with her teams, software developers, and stakeholders to drive quality and excellence in Vistex products and support services. She and her team are dedicated to delivering high-quality software and providing outstanding service to all Vistex customers.

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Mark Baggio

Vice President of General Counsel and Secretary

As Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Mark is the chief legal advisor to Vistex, Inc. and its corporate leadership team. Mark joined Vistex in mid-2014 and oversees Vistex, Inc.’s legal, corporate development and brand protection matters. He envisions creating a fully equipped team to provide highly responsive, quality legal advice and representation on all projects. Mark’s primary goal for the legal department is to be a valued and trusted partner, recognized for creativity, expertise, and commitment to strategic objectives.

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Arun Roy

Vice President of Finance

Arun Roy serves as Vice President of Finance and joined Vistex in August of 2019. He is Responsible for Vistex’s global Finance Operations and brings 27 years of varied industry experience from the Automotive, Consumer Goods, Heavy Manufacturing and software sectors where he held roles in Finance, Audit, HR, Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operations and has worked in India, China, Europe, and Americas. Arun believes that a progressive Finance team should be centered around thinking outside the box, driving simplicity but yet effective.

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Jenn Kupres

Vice President of Human Resources

Jenn is the Vice President of Human Resources and brings over 20 years of HR leadership and strategy for diverse, global organizations to Vistex. Jenn leads a global team focused on attracting, retaining and developing top talent. She enjoys networking with and recruiting talent, while implementing innovative ways to engage current employees. Jenn’s greatest professional satisfaction is helping align perfect career matches within our outstanding organization, and is passionate about building strong partnerships among colleagues.

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