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West Technology Group

West Technology Group, LLC is an innovative, cloud-based, global technology partner to clients around the world. Our solutions connect people and organizations at the right time and in the right ways, making those mission-critical connections more relevant, engaging, and actionable - turning Information to Insight.

West has sales and/or operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. West is controlled by affiliates of certain funds managed by Apollo Global Management, Inc.

Executive Team

John Shlonsky

Chief Executive Officer & President

Chris Wikoff

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & TREASURER

John Russo

Executive Vice President of Finance

Nimesh Davé

President, Notified

Rebecca Jones

Senior Vice President & General Manager, Mosaicx

Lou Brucculeri

Executive Vice President & General Counsel

Steve Cadden

Chief Operating Officer

Anup Nair

Chief Information Officer

Karen Whalen

Chief Human Resources Officer

John Shlonsky

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & PRESIDENT

John Shlonsky is Chief Executive Officer and President of West Technology Group, LLC. He joined West in November 2017. John's career spans more than 25 years in the payments, technology and financial services industries. Most recently, he was senior executive vice president of TSYS and president of TSYS' Merchant Services segment. John joined TSYS in 2016 as a result of the company's acquisition of TransFirst, where he was chief executive officer and president from 2006 to 2015. Prior to joining TransFirst, he spent 11 years at First Data Corporation in various senior management positions including president of Merchant Services and has also served in financial management roles within Smith Barney, Chadbourne & Parke and Grumman Data Systems.

Chris Wikoff

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & TREASURER

Chris Wikoff is Executive Vice President & Treasurer of West Technology Group, LLC. Chris joined the Company as its Treasurer in January 2016. Prior to joining the Company, Chris served in various corporate finance leadership roles with responsibility for treasury, tax, accounting, and finance, inclusive of his position as Vice President & Treasurer for CommScope, a network infrastructure provider, from 2004 through December 2015.

John Russo

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE

John Russo is Executive Vice President of Finance of West Technology Group, LLC. John joined the Company in December 2019. Prior to joining the Company, John served as Vice President, Head of Financial Planning & Analysis and Business Intelligence for DataStax, a data management company, from November 2018 to December 2019. From February 2008 through November 2018, John served in various finance positions, including Vice President, Global Financial Planning and Analysis, for CA Technologies, a business-to-business software provider.

Nimesh Davé

PRESIDENT, NOTIFIED

Nimesh Davé is President of the Notified segment at West. He joined West in July 2022 after a successful history of leading technology and cloud-based businesses. Prior to joining Notified, Nimesh was President of Global Cloud, a multi-billion dollar worldwide, virtual business division within Ingram Micro Corporation, a global leader in technology and supply chain services. Before Ingram Micro, he spent two decades as a leader within Tech Data Corporation, working in Europe, Brazil, Canada, and the United States. During this time, he drove improved operations, established a new line of business, led major Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) initiatives, and redesigned numerous European functions while effectively integrating 25 acquisitions into the business.

Rebecca Jones

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER, MOSAICX

Rebecca Jones is Senior Vice President and General Manager of Mosaicx from West. She joined West in January 2021 from Appriss, a SaaS data, analytics, and technology company, where she served as vice president of operations, responsible for driving operational strategy and margin expansion while managing global teams across data management, professional services, technical support, and customer contact centers. In her 25+ year career, she has held a broad range of executive operations roles focused on growing businesses, people, and profit margins. Rebecca also serves as a member of the board and technology chair for the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO).

Lou Brucculeri

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSEL

Louis Brucculeri is Executive Vice President and General Counsel of West. He joined West in November 2017, bringing over 25 years of legal experience and 30 years of experience in computing, communications and software technologies. During his legal career, Lou was honored to be appointed in advisor roles to several federal courts in many different cases. He has worked with technology innovators such as Intel, Apple, ServiceNow, Polycom, McAfee and ZTE. Earlier in his career, Lou also served in senior in-house roles with Compaq and seminal internet innovators Alta Vista and Zip2. He has been honored by multiple national publications for his exceptional legal work, especially in the area of intellectual property law.

Steve Cadden

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Steve Cadden is Chief Operating Officer of West. He joined West in August 2018. Steve's career has encompassed working for both public and private companies in the financial services and technology industries. Prior to West, Steve was executive vice president and chief operating officer of TSYS' Merchant Services segment. Before TSYS, he held senior leadership positions with TransFirst and First Data Corporation. He has over 25 years of experience in leading large complex organizations through business transformation creating significant organizational efficiency and operational effectiveness.

Anup Nair

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

Anup Nair is Chief Information Officer of West. He joined West in March 2018. Prior to West, Anup was chief information officer and chief technology officer of Vantiv, now Worldpay. Anup has also served as chief information officer for several businesses at Barclays, Morgan Stanley and Citibank. He has over 22 years of experience in leading large global organizations through significant transformation and growth.

Karen Whalen

CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

Karen Whalen joined West in March of 2018 as Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to West, Karen held various senior HR and business leadership roles across First Data, now part of Fiserv. With more than 30 years in global organizations including First Data and Citibank, Karen has extensive experience in organizational effectiveness, HR transformation, M&A, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) leadership, sales effectiveness and change management.

Executive Team

John Shlonsky

Chief Executive Officer & President

John Russo

Executive Vice President of Finance

Nimesh Davé

President, Notified

Rebecca Jones

Senior Vice President & General Manager, Mosaicx

Vik Krishnan

Executive Vice President & President, TeleVox

Chris Johnson

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER, SCHOOLMESSENGER

Bob Mannix

Executive Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer

Lou Brucculeri

Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Chief Human Resources Officer

Anup Nair

Chief Information Officer

John Shlonsky

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & PRESIDENT

John Russo

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE

Nimesh Davé

PRESIDENT, NOTIFIED

Rebecca Jones

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER, MOSAICX

Vik Krishnan

Executive Vice President & President, TeleVox

Vik Krishnan is General Manager of TeleVox from West. He joined West in the Company in 2018. Vik’s experience in the healthcare industry spans nearly 20 years. First as co-founder and the first CEO of CipherHealth, a patient engagement company focused on improvement of post-discharge outcomes; then at Bain and the Boston Consulting Group, where he advised providers, payors, and the pharma industry on strategy and performance improvement.

Chris Johnson

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER, SCHOOLMESSENGER

Chris Johnson is General Manager of SchoolMessenger. Chris joined West in 2021 as part of the Permission Click acquisition, where he was Co-Founder and CEO. Considered a SaaS technology entrepreneur, Chris also founded Hype Technologies, a company that builds cutting edge web and mobile applications. He has created and led organizations for more than 20 years.

Robert-Mannix

Bob Mannix

Executive Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer

Bob Mannix is EVP and Chief Accounting Officer of West. He joined the Company in June 2018. Bob has more than 25 years of accounting experience and started his career at Ernst & Young. Bob has served in various leadership positions within Financial Reporting, Technical Accounting, and Corporate Controllership. He has worked at global, public companies across various industries including technology and software.

Lou Brucculeri

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSEL

Anup Nair

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

Executive Team

John Shlonsky

Chief Executive Officer & President

John Russo

Executive Vice President of Finance

Nimesh Davé

President, Notified

Rebecca Jones

Senior Vice President & General Manager, Mosaicx

Vik Krishnan

Executive Vice President & President, TeleVox

Bob Mannix

Executive Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer

Lou Brucculeri

Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Chief Human Resources Officer

Anup Nair

Chief Information Officer

John Shlonsky

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & PRESIDENT

John Russo

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE

Nimesh Davé

PRESIDENT, NOTIFIED

Rebecca Jones

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER, MOSAICX

Vik Krishnan

Executive Vice President & President, TeleVox

Robert-Mannix

Bob Mannix

Executive Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer

Lou Brucculeri

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSEL

Anup Nair

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

Careers

By bringing advanced communications solutions to businesses across a wide variety of industries, West is everywhere.

But we wouldn't be anywhere without our employees. Our team members are responsible for supporting our clients, building our business, seeking out new technology and powering the more than 7 million connections our company makes each day.

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