About Us
Leadership
Executive Team
LevaData’s management team includes leaders with extensive experience as Sourcing and Procurement executives at Fortune 500 corporations as well as technologists with a deep understanding of AI and integrated technologies.
This combination of operators and innovators allows us to maintain focus on issues that truly matter to our customers.
Keith Hartley
CEO
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.
Kathy Makranyi
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.
James Nawrocki
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.
Brian York
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.
Our Board of Directors
Angel Mendez
Executive Chairman, LevaData
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.
Rajesh Kalidindi
Founder, LevaData
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
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.
Aaron Fleishman
Partner, Tola Capital
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.
Keith Hartley
CEO, LevaData
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.
Harjot Sachdeva
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.
USA (Global Headquarters)
LevaData, Inc.
6200 Stoneridge Mall Road Corporate Commons, 3rd Floor
Pleasanton CA 94588
+1 (408) 899-8289
INDIA
LevaData Software Solutions Pvt Ltd,
Cowrks, 2nd Floor, SKYVIEW 10,
The Sky View, Hitech City Main Road,
Hyderabad – 500081
+91 40 6819 8999