PALISADE COMPLIANCE - Key Persons


Adi Ahuja

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director, Delivery & Advisory
Adi has 15 years Oracle and Palisade experience, plus 3 years Software Asset Management experience, developing a compliance program for Aspen Technology. At Oracle LMS, Adi served as a key member of the North America management team, leading audits of Oracle customers nationwide. He also developed innovative training programs for Oracle's auditors. At Palisade, Adi leads some of our largest Client engagements in ULA Certification, Audit Intervention. Also, leads training and knowledge management efforts globally. Expertise: Database, negotiation support, C-level advisory.

Craig Guarente - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder
  • Leader in the Areas
Craig is the CEO of Palisade Compliance, and founded the company in 2011. Before this, Craig worked at Oracle for over 15 years. Starting as a contract specialist drafting database license contracts, he worked his way up the organization until he was global vice president of contracts, business practices, and migrations. In addition to his global VP role, Craig was also the global process owner for Oracle's customer audit teams (LMS), a member of Oracle's CIO advisory board, and Oracle's representative on the Oracle user group's contract and licensing advisory board. Craig is also a thought leader in the areas of contract administration, negotiations, outsourcing, business process reengineering, and contract process automation. He has been an advisor to companies across the globe, helping them optimize and streamline their contracting policies, practices, and tools.

David Arnold

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Delivery & Advisory
David has 15 years Oracle LMS & Palisade experience, plus 2 years Director of Software Asset Management and Compliance at Equifax At Oracle LMS, he managed the Global Program Development and Analysis Team for several Technology, ERP, and CRM product lines. David also served as Principal Consultant in charge of managing engagements for Oracle's strategic accounts.

Luis Nunez

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director, Analysis
Luis has 18 years Oracle and Palisade experience. At Oracle, Luis was the Technical Global Program Manager for North America designing data collection scripts and related audit strategies; analyzing data collected during audits; and advising Oracle leadership on audit strategy and approach. At Palisade, Luis leads analysis efforts across Oracle, Palisade and third-party data provided by Clients. He works with the Advisory team to identify compliance issues and savings opportunities for Clients. Luis is also responsible for our monitoring efforts of Oracle data collection tools and processes. Expertise: Analysis of Oracle application software (EBS, PeopleSoft, Agile PLM, JDE, etc) and assessing quality/accuracy of Oracle script output.

Max Shlopak

Job Titles:
  • Architect
  • Vice President, Strategic Advisory
Max has 11 years of Oracle and Palisade experience. At Oracle LMS, he led the Program Development team that developed audit tools and processes for Oracle Technology products. Max also led audit teams focused on Oracle's largest customers. At Palisade, Max is the architect over our delivery process for every Client. He leads most of our Fortune 50 Client engagements personally, and serves as the lead advisor on major audit and ULA optimization engagements. Expertise: Database, Audit Defense Strategy, ULA Negotiations.

Michelle Ebright - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Director, Finance

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Stephen Sopko - COO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Co - Founder
Stephen is the co-founder and chief operating officer of Palisade Compliance, responsible for service delivery, business operations, and the infrastructure needed to deliver top-quality advisory and technical analysis to our clients worldwide. Stephen brought 25-plus years of experience leading technology, contracting and entrepreneurial ventures to Palisade Compliance. While at Oracle, Stephen was the vice president responsible for over 300 contracts and business practices staff across their Europe, Middle East, and Africa division. He also led a global effort to reinvent Oracle's business processes, with the goal of making them more transparent while improving ease of doing business for Oracle customers.