Our Leaders
Our leadership team at Vendavo brings a wealth of experience from top companies, but they’re more than just resumes or titles. They inspire us to innovate, take risks, and put customers first. Together, we drive success.
Our Executive Team
Our executive leaders are experienced professionals from prominent industrial, software, and consulting companies. They are compassionate leaders who are dedicated to fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence. They have earned their success through hard work, integrity, and a relentless commitment to our customers’ success.
Eric Carrasquilla
Chief Executive Officer
Eric Carrasquilla brings product management expertise, deep product strategy, and a proven track record of success in the technology industry to his role as CEO of Vendavo.
Eric Carrasquilla is a revenue management veteran with deep roots in technology, product strategy, and product management. He joins Vendavo from customer engagement, revenue management, and payment solutions provider CSG, where he served as Executive Vice President and Division President. Eric is passionate about building, selling, and delivering great software that creates awesome customer experiences. He holds an MBA from Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business as well as a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from San Jose State University.
Sharath Dorbala
Chief Product and Technology Officer
Sharath Dorbala brings technology leadership, product innovation, and a proven track record of driving customer-centric solutions to his role at Vendavo.
Sharath Dorbala brings over two decades of experience in technology and product leadership roles, Sharath has a proven track record of driving innovation and delivering customer-centric solutions. Prior to joining Vendavo, His previous roles include CEO of Vindicia, a subscription billing platform serving digital media and entertainment businesses where he led the business through record growth and held senior executive and Product Management positions at industry-leading companies such as Amdocs, Conga and Oracle where he successfully led teams to develop and implement cutting-edge products in Customer Management, CPQ, Order Management and Fintech / Payment solutions. Sharath’s expertise spans across Large scale mission critical systems, SaaS, Enterprise software and more recently artificial intelligence where he served as an advisor to AI startups such as Picquora serving Auto and tire industry, DoddlAi in eCommerce and Kaytoons in educational content for children. Sharath holds a MS in Information Systems from Northeastern University and an MS in Economics and Management from BITS Pilani, India.
Dan Monahan
Chief Financial Officer
Dan Monahan brings 25+ years of financial leadership experience, driving business growth and operational excellence.
Dan has held key roles at organizations like Home Care Delivered, MDLIVE, and McKesson, where he successfully scaled revenues, optimized performance, and strengthened financial strategies. Dan is recognized for his expertise in leading high-performing teams and implementing innovative financial solutions to support long-term growth. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame.
Mike Bernard
Chief Marketing Officer
Mike Bernard brings over 15 years of B2B Marketing experience to the role with a deep passion for driving revenue growth, leveraging marketing technology and in building an outstanding team around him.
Mike believes that the right software, and the right people, can truly drive tremendous value for organizations. When you get this combination right, you develop raving fan customers. Prior to Vendavo, Mike led product and customer marketing at Optimizely and was the CMO of Insite Sofware, the leader in B2B eCommerce software for manufactures and wholesale distributors (acquired by Optimizely). Mike holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota, Morris and a master’s degree from Bethel University.
Gina Bates
Chief Revenue Officer
Gina Bates brings more than 20 years of sales and leadership experience from SAP, Coupa, Anaplan and Salesforce.
Gina has a proven track record building successful, high-performing teams, and is passionate about cultivating a strong team culture. She leads the Global Sales, Business Consulting, Sales Operations, and Partnership teams in all geographies. Gina is a Michigan State alumna.
Sushila Sahay
Chief Customer Officer
Sushila Sahay brings over 25 years of experience driving customer success and operational excellence for high-growth technology companies.
Sushila has held key leadership roles at LiveRamp, Lightbend, and Oracle, where she enhanced customer engagement, improved operational strategies, and delivered measurable business outcomes. She holds an MBA in Strategic Management from the University of Alberta and is a passionate advocate for leadership diversity. Known for her ability to foster collaboration and deliver results, Sushila is committed to driving exceptional customer experiences.
Kylie Gaouette
Chief People Officer
Kylie Gaouette is a dynamic HR leader with over 20 years of experience driving talent strategy, organizational development, and business transformation in high-growth technology and SaaS environments.
Before joining Vendavo as Chief People Officer, Kylie led HR at Kimble Applications and Kantata, guiding business transformation and fostering high-performing cultures. Her expertise spans leadership development, organizational design, and talent strategy, all focused on aligning people and business goals to drive growth. Kylie is passionate about building engaged teams and creating workplaces where employees thrive. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her three daughters, traveling New England for cheerleading, volleyball, and theater events.
Sian Story
General Counsel
As General Counsel of Vendavo, Sian Story brings more than 15 years’ experience advising international technology companies on the legal aspects of growth and development.
Prior to Vendavo, Sian worked as a senior in house counsel for a public company in the cyber security industry and spent ten years within an international law firm; in part located in the San Francisco Bay Area acting as a trusted business partner advising numerous household name tech businesses on their overseas expansion. Sian has a passion for distilling complex legal issues into simple and efficient actions, building sustainable processes, and facilitating scaling and growth.
Leadership Tenants
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Leadership Tenants
Vendavo’s culture is about standing together and winning as one. That starts with our leaders. Our tenants encourage us to be GREAT. We champion our values every day, setting the standard for others to follow. We pursue growth and profitability because it drives possibility. For our clients. For our people. For the future we’re creating together.
Our Board of Directors
At Vendavo, our Board of Directors brings together a diverse group of leaders with expertise across industries, technologies, and markets. They provide guidance, vision, and strategic direction to our executive team, ensuring we stay focused on our mission to empower our customers to achieve growth and profitability. We are proud to have such a talented and experienced group of individuals guiding our company towards a bright future.
Petri Oksanen
Partner at Francisco Partners
Petri Oksanen is a Partner at Francisco Partners and focuses primarily on enterprise application software companies.
Prior to joining Francisco Partners in 2005, Petri worked at Morgan Stanley in their Technology Investment Banking group in Menlo Park, California. Earlier in his career, Petri held a variety of business development, program management, and software development roles at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington. Petri currently serves on the board of directors of Consignor, EG, Plex Systems, and Vendavo.
He formerly served on the board of directors of Aconex (IPO), AdvancedMD (acquired by ADP), API Healthcare (acquired by GE Healthcare), ByBox, ClickSoftware (acquired by Salesforce), Healthland (acquired by CPSI), Prometheus Group (acquired by a financial sponsor), Source Photonics (acquired by a financial sponsor), and T-System (acquired by Fidelity National).
Petri was also previously involved with FP’s investments in Ex Libris (acquired by a financial sponsor), LYNX Medical Systems (acquired by Picis), Specific Media (acquired by Time), and Webtrends (acquired by Oracle).
Tom Barnds
Co-Managing Partner at Accel-KKR
Tom Barnds is the Co-Managing Partner at Accel-KKR. Since Tom founded the firm in 2000, Accel-KKR has acquired or invested in over 300 software and technology-enabled service companies.
Tom’s current board seats include: FastSpring, Imed, Kerridge Commercial Systems, Lemontech, NAVTOR, Recurly, Siigo, Smart Communications, Springbrook Software, TELCOR, Vendavo and Vitu.
Prior to founding Accel-KKR in 2000, Tom was a Managing Director at Nassau Capital, a private equity firm engaged in investing $2.5 billion of Princeton University’s endowment, where for four years he led growth equity investments and buyouts in technology, energy, media and healthcare. Prior to Nassau Capital, Tom ran Business Development at McGaw, a successful leveraged buyout led by DLJ Merchant Banking Partners and ABS Capital. Tom started his career in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Alex. Brown & Sons, where he worked with emerging growth and technology companies. Tom has been a guest lecturer on private equity topics at Stanford University and Princeton University.
Tom received his M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and his A.B. from Princeton University.
Gordon MacNeill
Principal at Accel-KKR
Gordon MacNeill is a Principal at Accel-KKR.
Prior to joining Accel-KKR, Gordon was a Vice President with Genstar Capital where he was involved in private equity investments across a variety of industries, including the software, industrial, financial services and healthcare sectors. Previously, Gordon worked with Summit Partners focused on sourcing, evaluating and executing late stage growth equity investments in leading software and technology infrastructure companies. Gordon started his career in the technology investment banking group of Oppenheimer & Co. in New York.
Gordon’s current board seats include Springbrook Software, Surgical Information Systems (SIS), Unimarket and Vendavo. Gordon’s former selected directorships include: TEAM Software (sold to WorkWave).
Gordon received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. with Distinction in Finance and a minor in Economics from the Pennsylvania State University.
Chris DeBiase
Operating Partner at Francisco Partners
Chris DeBiase is a seasoned executive with extensive experience in the financial services industry.
He currently serves as Operating Partner at Francisco Partners Consulting, a leading global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology and technology-enabled businesses. Prior to joining Francisco Partners, Chris held various roles at prominent institutions including Fawn Creek Consulting, Quest Software, Aspect Software, Vertafore, Corel Corporation, Ingres, Citigroup Equity Research, Goldman Sachs, and Prudential Financial.
Chris earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Brown University.
Dean Jacobson
Managing Director at Accel-KKR
Prior to joining Accel-KKR, Dean was a Vice President with Summit Partners where he was involved in private equity investments in the technology and financial services sectors. Prior to Summit, Dean worked as a Director of Corporate Development at Vonage, a leading provider of digital phone services.
Before Vonage, Dean was an Associate Director at 3i, a leading global private equity firm where he focused on the firm’s later-stage technology investing practice in the United States. Dean started his career in the technology group at Robertson Stephens where he worked with growing companies in the semiconductor, hardware, storage and digital media sectors.
Dean’s current board seats include: FastSpring, FM:Systems, GPS Insight, iSolved HCM, NAVTOR, Recurly, Springbrook Software, SugarCRM, Surgical Information Systems (SIS) and TELCOR.
Dean’s former selected directorships include: Seequent (sold to Bentley Systems (NASD: BSY) in 2021), JAGGAER (sold to Cinven in 2019), Cielo (sold to the Permira Funds in 2019), Oildex (sold to Drillinginfo in 2018), Episerver (sold to Insight Venture Partners in 2018), Datapipe (acquired by Rackspace in 2017), Abila (sold to Community Brands in 2017), KANA Software (sold to Verint Systems (NASD: VRNT) in 2014) and The Endurance International Group (sold to a private equity consortium in 2011) .
Dean received his M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was an Arjay Miller scholar and his A.B. from Harvard University.
Christine Wang
Partner at Francisco Partners
Christine Wang is a Partner with Francisco Partners.
Prior to joining Francisco Partners in 2015, Christine worked at Advent International where she evaluated private equity investments in the business services, financial services, and technology sectors. Earlier in her career, she was an investment banker in the Financial Institutions Group at J.P. Morgan.
Bob Stutz
Member Board of Directors
Bob Stutz is recognized globally as one of the foremost leading experts on CRM and CX. Stutz brings more than 25 years of product and business applications development experience.
He’s held executive positions at SAP, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, HP, and Siebel Systems Inc.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in government Eastern European studies from the University of Maryland and a master’s degree in human resources, organization development, from Chapman University
Rachel Spasser
Managing Director at Accel-KKR
Rachel Spasser is a SaaS and private equity executive with a focus on growing tech businesses.
She currently serves as Managing Director at Accel-KKR, a technology-focused investment firm with $21 billion in capital commitments. Prior to joining Accel-KKR, Rachel held various roles at prominent tech firms and institutions including Ariba (an SAP company), IBBS, Cox Enterprises, KnowledgeStorm Inc (acquired by Tech Target), Figleaves.com, and IBM.
Rachel earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of Pennsylvania, and her MBA from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School.
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