Meet Our Executive Team

Bruno Slosse has served as the President and CEO for Vendavo since 2015, where he has led a comprehensive transformation of the company from a 1st generation B2B price management solution provider, into the leading SaaS provider of Price Optimization & Management and CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) solutions.

Bruno came to Vendavo with more than 20 years of sales and senior leadership experience in enterprise software at companies like Cerner Corporation and Ascend Learning. Having spent over 10 years as General Manager of Cerner Europe, Bruno has worked with global clients and led organizations in both the US and Europe.

He is fluent in Dutch, French, German and English. Bruno graduated with Honors with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University Ghent, Belgium.

Vikesh Gumpalli brings over 12 years of technology sales leadership experience to the role with a proven track record delivering customer value for high growth enterprises.

Over the course of his career, Vikesh has been driving innovation, transformation, and growth for enterprises with a strong emphasis on go-to-market strategy and execution.  Vikesh brings leadership experience from organization both large, like GE, P&G & NTT Data, and small which will allow him to strategically scale the size of our Global Sales organization. Having lived and worked in multiple countries, Vikesh’s personal and professional experience makes him an extremely well-rounded leader.

Vikesh holds a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from the Purdue University.

Kristin Thielking, Chief People Officer, brings more the 25 years experience in leading strategic Human Resources organizations in both the large and mid-market space.

After a lengthy career with Orbitz Worldwide where she lead the HR team for all of Orbitz’ North American and Israeli operations including a large technology group, Kristin was then SVP, Human Resources at SquareTwo Financial. In her tenure with SquareTwo, Kristin was responsible for developing and implementing progressive Employee Experience initiatives leading to an award-winning culture in the organization.

Kristin is a University of Wyoming graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Communication. An avid runner and live music enthusiast, Kristin enjoys time with her family and dogs in Colorado’s great outdoors.

David Edwards brings an extensive and distinguished background in software development and engineering leadership to Vendavo, particularly in the areas of application and data architectures, scalable computing and distributed systems.

He most recently served as Vice President and Fellow at Cerner, a global healthcare information technology company. Over the past 25 years with Cerner, David was instrumental in leading the company through pivotal shifts in technology and architecture. He was often at the center of strategic technology decisions and previously led a software development organization focused on building scalable and reliable identity and data infrastructure services.

In 2008, David was awarded the prestigious Cerner Fellow designation in recognition for his distinguished technical contributions. He holds a BS in Computer Science and a minor in Mathematics from Northwest Missouri State University, where he also serves as a member of the Computer Science Professional Advisory Board.

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.

Dayton Kellenberger brings more than 12 years of SaaS technology experience in a variety of finance and business operations roles.

Dayton has a proven track record of leading high performing finance teams, driving business process improvement, financial insight and analysis, and negotiating and integrating M&A transactions. Most recently he served as CFO for Four Winds Interactive. In this role he was responsible for leading all accounting, financial planning, treasury, tax, investor relations, purchasing and audit for this high growth SaaS company.

Prior to Four Winds Interactive Dayton held various leadership positions at the Coleman Company, and Agility Solutions. Dayton holds a B.S. in Finance from the University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business, and is also a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), and Project Management Professional (PMP).

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.

Ron Pascuzzi has more than 20 years of leadership experience in software, IoT, and consulting.

As Chief Customer Officer, Ron provides executive leadership across the entire customer lifecycle, from onboarding through to retention, expansion, and renewal. Prior to joining Vendavo, he spent 4 years as Chief Customer Officer at Plex Systems, Inc. where he led customer success and services.

Ron holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from Western Michigan University.  He resides in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Alex Hoff has been with Vendavo since 2008 and has served in roles across pre-sales, professional services, marketing, and product management. In his current role as head of product management, Alex manages a talented team that brings innovative software solutions to market that enable B2B corporations to operationalize their commercial excellence strategies. Since 2018, Alex has led the transformation of Vendavo’s product portfolio from a first-generation on-premises software platform, to a portfolio of integrated cloud-native SaaS products.

Prior to working for Vendavo, Alex worked in various marketing and pricing roles for Fortune 500 companies in business services, retail/consumer goods, and freight transportation.

Alex earned his MBA with a Concentration in Marketing from the MJ Neeley School of Business at TCU where he also holds a B.S. in Psychology.  Alex was also among the early participants in the Certified Pricing Professional program from the Professional Pricing Society in 2008.

Tiffany Boyd brings more than 15 years of project management and initiative leadership experience to the Vendavo management team.

In her role as Chief of Staff, she serves as an honest broker and fact teller when the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) needs a wide-ranging view without departmental considerations, and as a confidant without an organizational pre-determined agenda.  She acts as a delegate attendee for the CFO and SLT, providing communications on behalf of CFO and the SLT including emails, proposal, status,  and plans for major initiatives from SLT Sponsors. She is a sounding board to SLT for new ideas and initiatives as well as facilitator for CFO, SLT, or team members.

Tiffany has a strong track record of success in program and project leadership before Vendavo at Ascend Learning, eCollege, eTrade, and the Mercury Companies.  Tiffany earned a a B.S. in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics from Winston-Salem State University, and holds a Project Management certification from Colorado State University.