Joe Flynn
Founder and CEO
CEO Joe Flynn founded Lavante (then AuditSolutions) in 2001 with the vision of completely transforming the traditionally manual-based AP audit recovery industry through the use of sophisticated on-demand technologies. His 5 years in management with the then-leader in audit recovery spurred him to develop an automated, ongoing solution to the manual and static audit processes that failed to recover significant lost profits in vendor credits. Through its rapid growth and premier client list Lavante has since been recognized as the on-demand leader and innovator in the areas of profit recovery and vendor file management.
Prior to founding Lavante, Joe served as the Director of Operations for the statement audit group of Howard Shultz and Associates (HSA), then the nation’s leading recovery auditing firm. At HSA, Joe held a series of progressive positions in the areas of marketing, product strategy, sales management and operations. Joe is a recognized expert in the field of P-to-P processes. Selected as one of the 40 leading executives under the age of 40 in 2009 by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, he serves on the Board of Directors of the Silicon Valley Workers Investment Network and as an Ambassador to the San Jose Chamber of Commerce. He holds a BS degree in Economics from the University of Santa Clara. |
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Vinay Ambekar
Senior Vice President, Engineering
Vinay brings to Lavante over 25 years of experience in building software development teams and developing enterprise-wide web-based and client-server products. He has a proven track record of applying a strong combination of technical, business and management skills to translate marketing vision into successful products. His experience includes leading the engineering vision at both large enterprises, most recently as VP – Product Development position at Oracle, as well as successful technology start-ups, including VP Engineering at Conformia Software and VP Supplier Relationship Management Products Development at i2 Technologies. He is well-versed in enterprise integration, product life cycle management, data warehousing methodologies, and supply chain management solutions.
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Aloke Bhandia
Senior Director, Product Management
Aloke has spent over 25 years as a supplier management practitioner and has developed related products and services that touch every aspect of enterprise supplier management including spend analysis, strategic sourcing, supplier audit, contract management, supplier information management, and supplier risk management. At Lavante, Aloke is responsible for product strategy and is very active in building authenticated multi-enterprise supplier network in the cloud. Prior to Lavante, he has held executive management positions in companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Agilent, i2 Technologies (now JDA Software), Aravo, Ketera (now Rearden Commerce), Saba and National Semiconductor. During 16 years at HP/Agilent, Aloke held senior positions in worldwide procurement, product management and engineering. As a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Aloke is an expert on lean product development. Aloke received MS in Engineering Management from Stanford University as a HP Fellow. Earlier he had obtained two MS degrees in Chemical Engineering and in Solid State Science and Technology from Syracuse University.
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Sherry DePew
Vice President, Account Management
Sherry DePew serves as Lavante's Vice President, Account Management and is responsible for optimizing our customers’ experience, ensuring that they are benefiting from the full use of Lavante’s suite of on-demand solutions, and driving customer collaboration to define the company’s P-to-P solutions. Sherry is uniquely suited for this role due to her fourteen years of experience with Boise Cascade, during which time she led that company’s Accounting Shared Service organization. Boise’s migration to Shared Services required the consolidation of over two hundred business units into Sherry’s organization, moving intensively-manual operations into a technology-enabled environment where 94% of transactions were processed electronically. Additionally, Sherry led Boise Cascade’s implementation of an eProcurement system that delivered more than a 30% reduction in processing costs. Prior to Boise, Sherry held a series of executive leadership positions in both accounting and finance. Her experience included the introduction of technology-enabled solutions and Best-of-Class processes to improve corporate efficiency, reduce costs, increase cash flow and mitigate risk. Sherry holds a bachelor’s degree in business with an accounting emphasis from Lewis-Clark State College and is active in a number of professional organizations including: International Accounts Payable Professionals - Idaho Chapter President; Oracle/PeopleSoft Supplier Relationship Management Product User Group - Treasurer; Oracle/PeopleSoft Accounts Payable Product Users Group – President, and the Oracle/PeopleSoft LINK Users Group – Co-Founder and Board Member.
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Tom Flynn
Vice President, Sales
Tom Flynn is the Vice President, Sales for Lavante and is responsible for all direct sales as well as strategic alliances and partnerships. Tom co-founded Lavante in 2001 and has previously led Lavante's sales and marketing teams, winning Fortune 1000 clients across all industry segments and making the company one of the fastest-growing firms in the industry. Prior to joining Lavante as a founding member, Tom served as regional account manager for a division of Howard Shultz and Associates. Tom is a consistent contributor to multiple industry publications, thought leadership panels, educational workshops and webinars. He is the VP of the Northern California chapter of IAPP and a member of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Silicon Valley Chapter. He is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles.
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Sanjeev Srivastav
Chief Operating Officer
Sanjeev Srivastav is responsible for the strategic direction of Lavante’s operations, account management, and services & support. He comes to Lavante with over 12 years of leadership positions where he directed global operations and professional services for high technology firms. His recent tenure at Hewlett-Packard as VP, Operations & Technology was a direct result of successful acquisitions which began as VP, Professional & Data Services at Stratify, Inc. At Iron Mountain and Autonomy, he worked on a broad range of data protection, archiving and e-Discovery service offerings. Sanjeev has strong experience in hosted, SaaS-based, enterprise solutions, and in working with high growth companies in rapidly-expanding markets. He holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University and has a strong background in technologies related to unstructured data management, search, and cloud-based service delivery. In additional, he has focused on aligning the services with the business processes of various verticals such as financial services, legal, manufacturing, publishing, and government. Prior to his work in enterprise software services, he worked at Exponent, providing engineering consulting to many Fortune 100 companies.
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Kelly Zawalski
Corporate Controller
As Lavante’s Corporate Controller, Kelly is responsible for managing Lavante’s Finance and Human Resources functions. Kelly joined Lavante in May 2009 and brings to Lavante over fifteen years of accounting and organizational management experience with early stage and public enterprise software and software-as-a-service companies. Prior to joining Lavante, Kelly was Finance Director for the OnDemand business unit at Business Objects (an SAP Company). Kelly played an instrumental role in the 2006 Business Objects’ acquisition of nSite, where she was Vice President of Finance. Kelly started her career as an audit professional in Arthur Andersen’s high technology division and is a California CPA. Kelly holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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