Based out of New York City, Russ is focused on our Professional Services organization along with multiple operational areas of the company in his newly created role of Chief Operating Officer.

Prior to joining ArisGlobal, Russ served as the Chief Operating Officer for the Altus Group’s Global Property Tax business. A former Big 4 consulting partner, executive and technology sales leader, Russ has held P&L responsibility for large divisions, implemented compliance and productivity measures, turned around challenged businesses and projects. He has held senior leadership roles with Altus, FICO, Swiss Re, and Ernst & Young in a career spanning close to 3 decades.

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John Landy

Chief Technology Officer

Prior to joining ArisGlobal, John has held CTO positions at other SaaS-based companies and has almost 30 years of experience in the software industry. Most recently, John was the CTO at Sovos, a privately held global tax and compliance software company. During his 5 1/2 year tenure, John was responsible for Product Development, Cloud Operations, and Security. John helped grow the Sovos business by nearly 200%. Prior to Sovos, John was the CTO at Intralinks, a provider of secure workspaces serving the M&A market as well as offering products in Life Sciences for Study Startup and Safety Document Distribution.

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Michael Gordon

CEO, Chairman of the Board

With more than 18 years of experience, Mike Gordon has held several senior-level global leadership roles of increasing scope and responsibility, mainly within technology-focused organizations. Mr. Gordon’s most recent corporate leadership role was with Callcredit Information Group as Chief Executive Officer, where he oversaw a successful transformation of the business and an eventual sale to Transunion. Mr. Gordon also currently serves on the board of directors of three technology companies, Fintech, Hometrack and Constructonline.

Prior to Callcredit Information, Mr. Gordon served as FICO’s Executive Vice President of Sales, Services, and Marketing, after serving in various roles of increasing responsibility across the company’s banking, insurance, retail, health care and pharmaceutical markets. Before joining FICO in 2005, Mr. Gordon spent more than 13 years in the financial services industry. As a vice president at Capgemini (formerly Ernst & Young Consulting LLP) his competency was in providing strategic and operational solutions to banking and insurance providers, leading the Insurance Center of Excellence and Solutions.

Mr. Gordon received a BS in Industrial Engineering / Operations Research from Northwestern University and an MBA in Finance and Business Economics from The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

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Ritu Shrivastava

Vice President, Corporate Development

Ritu is the Vice President, Corporate Development at ArisGlobal. In this role, she is responsible for enhancing company’s strategic growth and capability expansion through execution of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships. She leads due diligence efforts that drive corporate development decisions. Prior to this role, Ritu was the Chief of Staff to CEO where she was responsible for driving key initiatives and programs for the CEO and leadership team. She is also an active member in various committees at ArisGlobal responsible for Sustainability, COVID-19 emergency response, Employee engagement, Customer Success and Business Continuity. During her 25 years in the industry, she has played multiple roles in the areas of Corporate governance, Program Management, Risk management, Quality Compliance, Strategy and Commercial Operations. Before joining ArisGlobal in 2012, she worked with IT organizations like Oracle and TCS. Ritu is a B.Tech in Electrical Engg. from NIT Bhopal, India and has also completed her Executive management program from the Univ. of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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Rick Simpson

Chief Financial Officer

Rick Simpson is the Chief Financial Officer of ArisGlobal. Prior to joining the company, Rick served as Chief Financial Officer of several private equity-backed Software-as-a-Service and technology companies with global operations. Rick is a results-driven leader, building high-performing and engaged teams, with a strong track record of building and growing companies and improving operations. He holds a B.A. from Brigham Young University and a PH.D. in economics and finance from Vanderbilt University. Rick and his wife Sandy have five children and three grandchildren, and enjoy spending time with family and traveling.

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Steve Nuckols

Chief Revenue Officer

Steve Nuckols serves as ArisGlobal’s Chief Revenue Officer, where he is responsible for leading all aspects of the commercial organization. Prior to ArisGlobal, he served as EVP & CCO of ERT, a leading data & technology company supporting Life Sciences & CRO’s in clinical drug development, also backed by Nordic Capital. Steve was part of the original ERT leadership team during its transformation and rapid growth phase that led to two successful exits. Prior to ERT, Steve was VP & GM of GE Healthcare IT, a leading provider of EMR, PM, RCM and Imaging solutions to Hospitals, Health Systems & Physician groups. Steve has also held senior executive roles at Sage Healthcare, IBM Corporation, Computer Associates, Cognos Corporation, & Oracle. Steve resides in Charlotte, NC with his wife and 4 children. When not attending lacrosse tournaments for his children, you can find Steve on the golf course or on the water fishing.

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Clint Wolfe

Chief Human Resources Officer

Clint Wolfe heads Human Resources at ArisGlobal. Prior to joining the company, Clint acquired more than 20 years’ of Human Resources experience with a proven track record of leading diverse global teams and delivering results. Clint has held multiple Human Resources roles of increasing geographic scope and responsibility in both private equity owned and public companies that combine research, data-driven analytics, subject matter expertise and technology to improve healthcare outcomes and patient lives. Clint has an in-depth understanding of how to efficiently structure a Human Resources function so that it scales with the needs of the business. He has extensive experience in implementing and leading Human Resources Centers of Excellence responsible for executing Talent Acquisition, Learning and Development, Compensation and Benefits, Human Resources Information Systems and Human Resources Operations. Clint also has hands-on experience implementing Human Resources process improvements, managing and integrating acquisitions and global change management initiatives.

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Pat Jenakanandhini

Chief Product Officer

Pat Jenakanandhini serves as ArisGlobal’s Chief Product Officer, where he oversees all product strategy and management functions. Prior to ArisGlobal, Pat served as Senior Vice President of Products at Accruent and Chief Technology Officer at BlueCielo, acquiring several years of experience building and delivering SaaS products including serving. During his tenure at Accruent, the company completed 5 acquisitions, built a strong product strategy driving growth that eventually led to Accruent being acquired by Fortive, a large publicly listed company. At BlueCielo, Pat was responsible for driving the transformation of the product, the business and the culture of product & engineering teams to focusing on SaaS. Pat is passionate about building great software that delights users, solves real business problems and provides a superior user experience. Pat lives just outside Boston, MA with his wife, 2 kids and dog. Pat loves building things, home automation, playing video games, and traveling the world. He has an MBA in Finance and dual degrees in Computer Science and Process & Piping Design.

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Ashok Katti

CTO and President, APAC

Ashok Katti is ArisGlobal’s CTO and President, APAC, and has over 25 years of experience in the life sciences industry. Ashok is responsible for oversight of company operations and execution of strategic initiatives set forth by the organization. He has direct responsibility for Product Development, Services, Cloud Technology and APAC operations. Ashok started his career with ArisGlobal and held key positions, including heading Global Professional Services, before moving to sister company Synowledge, where he headed Global Delivery & Operations. He rejoined ArisGlobal in 2016 and has been instrumental in bringing operational efficiencies and transformation to global delivery operations. Ashok completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Karnataka University and Executive MBA from UCONN.

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Sankesh Abbhi

President and CEO

Sankesh Abbhi is the President and CEO of ArisGlobal. In this role, he is focused on expanding ArisGlobal’s business by building a strong and unique platform strategy and launching important new products for the benefit of customers, patients, employees and shareholders. Sankesh has overseen back-to-back years of record growth for ArisGlobal and spearheaded the company’s relationship with Nordic Capital, delivering a long-term growth partner and opening a new chapter in ArisGlobal’s 30 year history. Sankesh began his career as the founder of Synowledge, a knowledge process outsourcing company that grew to more than 1,000 global employees and was eventually acquired by BioClinica. In that role, he gained a unique perspective on ArisGlobal as a customer, including invaluable functional experience in drug safety, regulatory affairs, medical affairs and clinical development. Sankesh is a seasoned businessman, graduating with a BA in Economics from Columbia University.

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