LEVADATA - Key Persons


Aaron Fleishman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Partner, Tola Capital
  • Technology Strategist
Aaron is a technology strategist and entrepreneur, with experience as a Strategy Manager at Microsoft and as an eCommerce startup CEO and Founder. Having been on both sides of the investment table, Aaron leverages this dual perspective along with his financial, strategic, and operational expertise to identify compelling technology companies and investments.

Achal Prabhakar

Job Titles:
  • Chief Development Officer
Achal is an accomplished product and technology leader with more than 25 years of experience with some of the world's leading technology companies. As a growth-focused executive, he has driven business growth through technology and product innovation, organizational excellence, and operational transformation in multiple domains and geographies. Achal holds a BS degree in Chemistry from St. Stephen's College.

Angel Mendez - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Executive Chairman
  • Leader
  • Member of the Board of Directors
Angel is an accomplished transformational leader with more than 35 years of management expertise with some of the world's leading companies. Throughout his career, he has driven operational excellence, product innovation, and enterprise transformation in a variety of industries. Angel holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Lafayette College and an MBA from the Crummer School at Rollins College.

Brian York

Job Titles:
  • VP, Product Management, Content
Brian has over 20 years of experience in electronics device cost benchmarking. He uses his expertise and innate industry understanding to help customers conduct competitive analysis and identify cost gaps and saving opportunities. Brian holds a BS in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.

Dan Legesse

Job Titles:
  • VP, Engineering
Dan is a proven technology expert with nearly 30 years of software engineering and development experience. He uses his deep understanding of the SaaS space to help organizations build and maintain solutions that effect change and success. Dan holds a BA degree in Computer Science from Oberlin College.

Dinesh Rao

Job Titles:
  • Leader
  • Product Manager
  • VP, Product Management
Dinesh is a dedicated product manager and leader with over 30 years of experience. He has a proven track record of success in enterprise software and technology innovation, and he uses his knowledge and expertise to help organizations present meaningful, effective solutions to the marketplace. Dinesh holds a BS degree in Computer Engineering from Lehigh University and an MS EE degree in Digital Signal Process from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Harjot Sachdeva

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Operating Partner, Bannecker Partners
Harjot focuses on operational excellence to drive value at Banneker Partners. Previously, he was an operations executive with K1 Investment Management, where he worked on improving performance of portfolio companies through close collaboration with their management teams. Before that, he served as the Chief Customer Officer at a HCM software company - Vibe Inc. He also used to work at Vista Equity Partners, where he implemented best practices at portfolio companies including Relias Learning, Lanyon, Misys, Websense and ACTIVE Network.

James Nawrocki

Job Titles:
  • VP, Solution Consulting
James is a solutions and implementation expert with over a decade of experience. He uses his industry knowledge and expertise to help companies create valuable, measurable, ROI-driven solutions. James holds a BS in Management Information Systems from Central Michigan University.

Kathy Makranyi

Job Titles:
  • Strategic Marketing Executive
  • VP & Global Head of Marketing
Kathy is a strategic marketing executive with extensive experience positioning B2B start-ups and Fortune 500 companies for market differentiation and growth. She brings a career-long portfolio of impactful achievements across corporate strategy, marketing, and communications. Kathy has a deep global business background with International Master's in Management degrees from Purdue and Tilburg University.

Keith Hartley - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of the Board of Directors
Keith is a global supply chain thought leader and executive, with a proven track record of strategic planning and business execution in the enterprise software space, most recently as SVP of Sales at Ivalua. Prior to that, Hartley led all manufacturing sales at Blue Yonder, with responsibility for verticalizing the go-to-market operations for the Americas region. He has also held senior sales leadership positions at Oracle Corporation and other leading software companies.

Rajesh Kalidindi - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Supply Chain Executive
Rajesh is a seasoned supply chain executive with demonstrated performance in managing multibillion dollar spend portfolios in the tech industry. He founded LevaData to accelerate procurement transformation utilizing the power of data and AI to create a competitive advantage for enterprises. He is known and respected as a supply chain visionary and thought leader with a keen understanding of global supply chain business and technology trends. Rajesh's viewpoints and writings have been published in many industry and business publications including Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Supply Chain Management Review and Supply Chain Brain.

Terrance Bei

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Principal, Bannecker Partners
Terrance focuses on evaluating investment opportunities and providing operational support to Banneker's portfolio companies. Previously, Terrance worked on investments in vertical software and tech-enabled services businesses at Serent Capital. Prior to that he worked at McKinsey & Company serving global technology companies, healthcare organizations, and leading private equity firms across areas such as market due diligence, operations, growth strategy, and marketing & sales.