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Dennis Farkos is an experienced early- and growth-stage financial executive with more than 23 years of proven ability to drive results through incisive analysis, cross-functional teamwork, and timely execution. Most recently, Farkos joined Ceipal to serve as its Chief Financial Officer.

Prior to joining Ceipal, Dennis served as the Chief Financial Officer of Panopto for over a decade.  Panopto develops award-winning video content management software. During his tenure, he assisted the founder CEO and an original group of tier 1 investors grow Panopto from a startup to a profitable, professionally managed SaaS software company. Revenues grew 10X and the company had more than 10M global users, offices in five countries, a 95% Gross Retention Rate, an NPS score of 70+, and an award-winning culture. Farkos led the sale of the business to a private equity investor in 2020 at >5X ARR.

Prior to Panopto, Dennis served as Chief Financial Officer for Carnegie Innovations, a partnership formed with Carnegie Mellon University to commercialize its IP portfolio. One of the successful results of his work with the portfolio was Acrobatiq, named the country’s #1 edtech venture at ASU-GSV and the first-ever higher-ed investment made by the Gates Foundation.

Dennis also served as Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer of Confluence, a leader in financial technology for asset managers. While there, he conceived a predictable recurring revenue model that allowed Confluence’s revenues to grow rapidly from less than $1m to over $35m annually, and enabling the firm to become the recognized global leader in financial data consolidation and automation. In 2006, Farkos was instrumental in closing the recapitalization of the company by Polaris Ventures at $114 million—a record for a private company in Pittsburgh at that time.  As a result of his efforts on this transaction and in the years leading up to it, Farkos was voted 2006 CFO of the Year by the Pittsburgh Business Times.

Aneel has over 17 years of experience in the IT industry in both operational and executive management roles. His knowledge in finance, M&A, and operational excellence are well recognized. Aneel provides knowledge in various aspects of federal government contracting.

As Chief Technology Officer, Amar Chadipirala leads Ceipal’s technology and AI strategy, ensuring that innovation is both effective and practical. With over two decades of experience in software development and system architecture, he focuses on building reliable, scalable, and efficient solutions.

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Before joining Ceipal, Amar held leadership roles at Guggenheim Partners and MGL Americas, where he led teams in developing and managing complex software systems. He takes a thoughtful, solutions-driven approach to solving technical challenges.

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Amar holds a Master of Computer Applications (MCA) from Acharya Institute of Management and a Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) from Jyothirmayi Degree College. He is dedicated to fostering a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and professional growth.

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Andy Weiss is a global marketing leader who drives growth by combining well-crafted brand storytelling with high-converting demand generation.

His data-driven marketing approach led to one of the first paid search ads on Google, the introduction of a mobile app before we ever called them apps and a viral product launch that married hot dogs and Facebook.

Andy’s marketing career includes a familiar array of international B2B SaaS and B2C brands, including Linxup, Ungerboeck, Apollo Education Group, Oscar Mayer, Sprint, Comcast, State Farm, AOL, Hyatt Hotels, and Walgreens along with a cast of challengers who are upstarts in their respective industries.

Andy holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA from the University of Notre Dame.

“We do not wait for the ‘right’ opportunities, we create them!”

Subhash has a wealth of diverse industry experiences starting with the Corporate Sales & Marketing departments of Bharti Airtel, India’s largest Telecom giant, as part of their coveted “Young Leaders” program. He then worked as the Business Head of MySmartprice.com, an e-commerce startup in the price comparison space. Moving onto the hospitality industry, Subhash worked with OYO Rooms, India’s largest chain of branded hotels, to help them setup their Flagship Hotels Business from scratch.

Subhash joined Ceipal in early 2017 as Vice President – Sales, Strategy & Operations. He is currently running the show from our Indian RND office. He is driving Ceipal to evolve into the Global market segment leader in the HCM solutions space. Full of enterprising spirit, Subhash is inculcating the same spirit within his team and molding them into future go-getters. Shouldering the responsibility of taking Ceipal to the next level, the team under his tutelage is taking the challenge head-on.

Born and raised in Hyderabad, India, Subhash went on to complete his undergrad from the prestigious IIT (Indian Institute of Technology), Kharagpur. Adding management expertise to his engineering aptitude, he completed his MBA from the country’s most illustrious management institute, IIM Ahmedabad.

Sairam Manuthur has over 25 years of experience in design, implementation, audits, and assessments related to data privacy, data security, software security compliance, and business continuity. Sairam worked for 14 years in Xerox Business Services managing information security audits and assessments, process audits and GRC implementations globally.

He is a certified lead auditor and implementer for ISO 27001, BS 10012, and CSRM, CSSBB, CSM. He has proven expertise in providing solutions in the areas of Information Security, GRC, BCM (BCP/DR), System Certifications, Audits & Design, Developing Security Policies, Standards and Procedures, Systems and Network Security technologies, IT Infrastructure, Application Security, Data Security & Privacy and possesses a thorough understanding of Information Security Standards/Frameworks like ISO-27001/27002, BS 10012, GDPR, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, ITIL/ISO 20000, COBIT 5, SOC2 & 3, NIST.

Sairam has worked in various sectors such as IT/ITES, Transportation, Insurance, and Health Care, and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering from Mysore University.

Raghav has proven leadership experience in driving high performance teams to deliver a broad range of domestic, international and global clients with effective business solutions. He comes in with about 28 years of manufacturing and consulting experience working on projects spanning 5 continents. Raghav was also responsible for establishing several practices and was part of several successful implementations throughout his career.

Raghav is an interesting blend of business and technology and is a frequent speaker in leadership forums to help businesses realize their digital transformation journey. He loves building innovative solutions to real world problems.

Major Sagarika is an Indian Armed Forces veteran with a rich and diverse experience of 16+ years in HR functions and strategic HR Business partnering.

She has worked in the IT and ITES industries and carries in-depth expertise in people and process management. She brings in rich experience of handling scale, diversity, and growth at different tangents of the organization’s life cycle. She was commissioned as an Army communication (Corps of Signals) officer at Officers Training Academy (Chennai), one of the toughest training academies in Asia, which inculcates the highest standards of Discipline and Integrity. She is also certified in Management from IIM Indore, one of the premier Management Institutes in India. She has worked with Genpact, Conduent Business Services India LLP (Erstwhile Xerox). She is adept in building consensus across levels and managing organizational change efficiently.

Christina is a CPA with over 15 years of experience in corporate accounting ranging from general ledger accounting, ASC606 revenue recognition, and accounts payable and receivable, to purchase accounting, system integrations, financial reporting, and more, specifically working in SaaS for over seven years. Christina received an MBA after completing her undergraduate degree and is constantly looking to learn. She is excited to be a part of the Ceipal team!

Christina lives with her husband and their two children in Pennsylvania in a small, historical town. When Christina isn’t working, she enjoys hosting family or friends, reading, and supporting her kids in their various activities.