Our Leadership Team
Russ Schreiber
Chief Operating Officer
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.
John Landy
Chief Technology Officer
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.
Ritu Shrivastava
Vice President, Corporate Development
Rick Simpson
Chief Financial Officer
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.
Clint Wolfe
Chief Human Resources Officer
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.
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.
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.