Leadership Team

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  Shawn Kumar

  Co-Founder & CEO

  Shawn is the co-founder and CEO of JMI, a global provider of software development, product engineering and IT services headquartered in New York City serving clients from small & medium business to the Fortune 500 since 1997.

  Shawn has a strong technology and management expertise in the Information Technology sector and has been involved in management, consulting practice management, operations, software services definition, corporate business planning, delivery and expansion of the organization.

  Prior to starting JMI, Shawn was instrumental in implementing various Banking and Investment Banking products and solutions for organizations like Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. Shawn's specialization includes Object Oriented Engineering, Distributed Computing and Software Re-Engineering.

  Shawn holds a Master of Computer Science (MS) from Kansas State University.
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  Mike Colaneri

  Vice President of Client Services

  Mike joined JMI as vice president, Client Services in January 2015. He is a proven enterprise technology executive with more than 20 years of experience leading enterprise-level brands to meet and exceed their revenue goals. In his role, Mike oversees JMI’s North America Sales Operations, Business Development, Strategic Alliances and Account teams.

  Prior to JMI, Mike held several leadership positions, notably vice president of Sales and Business Development at Digital Brandworks, and vice president Sales at Ambius. In those roles, he helped to build and define partner value and the model for hyper-growth and innovation with and through partners. Mike started his career at Roadway and Cintas building trusted C-level relationships by providing outstanding service leadership and commitment to value first.

  Mike holds a bachelor of science (BS) in Management and Organizational Behavior from Rider University.
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  Kathir Kuppan

  Vice President of Market Automation

  At Jean Martin, Kathir leads a team of go-getters that are focused 100% on helping clients achieve business results. His teams provide services/solutions that are quick and cost-effective.

  Kathir brings a unique background of over 18 years of global Salesforce CRM experience with roles in Products/Pricing, New Product Development, Business Development, IT, Sales and Marketing to my clients. During this time he has accumulated extensive knowledge in CRM, CPQ (Configuration, Pricing and Quoting) and CLM (Contract life cycle management)

  Prior to Jean Martin, Kathir has co-founded several start-ups in Sales, Marketing Automation and Field Services. He has an MBA in Sales and Marketing.
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  Hari Nott

  Vice President of Financial Services

  Hari leads the Financial Services Practice of Jean Martin. His team provides services and solutions that give our clients a structural competitive advantage. He has over 18 years of broad range of experience, from running sales to managing products and implementing large scale transformation, in banking and brokerage.

  Over this time period Hari has accumulated deep knowledge in sales, service and customer engagement processes and technology. Today he focuses on using technology, established and emerging, to help transform our sales and client experiences.
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  Jegatheesan A

  Head, Customer Success

  Jegatheesan has over 20 years of experience in Software Engineering. His expertise spans multiple domains including, Java based web application development, Salesforce.com and other CRM implementations. He possesses immense domain knowledge in Banking, Insurance and Retail businesses.

  Prior to joining Jean Martin, Jegatheesan has worked in a senior capacity in Tokyo, Japan. During his stint in Japan, he has implemented multiple projects in Banking, Insurance businesses. His notable achievements include setting up technical teams that implement Salesforce.com CRM, Workflow system, Batch processing system and Callcenter system.

  He is certified in Salesforce.com Platform Development and in JLPT(Level 3). Jegatheesan is fluent in Japanese and English.
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  Nate Shpiro

  Vice President of Technology

  Experienced Vice President of Technology with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Nate is our expert in both open source, and emerging, technologies. He spent most of his career working with startups, researching and implementing cutting-edge solutions to keep his clients ahead of their competition.

  Nate is all about solving problems, architecting for the future, and moving technology forward. No matter where you are in your development process, with Nate’s guidance and expertise, you’ll be sure to get a product, that exceeds your expectations. A strong information technology professional skilled in PHP, Enterprise Software, C++, and Consumer Marketing.

  Nate holds a Master of Science (MS) in Global Innovations Management from Stevens Institute of Technology.