Management

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Our Management Team

Naren Thota

Sr. Vice President

Mr. Thota is a Business Intelligence Solution Architect with over 20 years of experience in implementing Business Intelligence Solutions using Oracle BI Products (Discoverer, OBIEE, OBIA, OAC) and third–party packaged solutions such as Informatica and Teradata’s DecisionExperts (formerly DecisionPoint Software). His most recent experience is in migrating on-prem data warehouses/big data projects over to Snowflake cloud and he is a certified Snowflake Technical Sales consultant. Mr. Thota possesses extensive experience in implementing data warehouse and Business Intelligence solutions for Oracle E-Business Suite (earlier releases to the latest R12) and PeopleSoft data sources. Mr. Thota is an active member of several local and regional OATUG user groups, having presented several papers on Business Intelligence solutions, and authored Business Intelligence content in the book, ‘The Release12 Primer’. He is currently serving as a Chair for the Oracle E-Business Suite Forum for the Dallas Oracle Users Group.

Susan Behn

Vice President

Susan Behn is an Oracle ACE Director with over 35 years of experience working with Information technology working specifically with Oracle Applications since 1993. Susan has led and participated in numerous implementations, upgrades, re-implementations and assessments utilizing in commercial, education and government sectors. Susan is dedicated to improving community awareness through presenting at local, regional and national conferences on both functional and technical topics. Susan is the chair of the Oracle EBS User Management SIG, web master for the Texas-Louisiana Oracle Users Group, treasurer for the Dallas Oracle Users Group and secretary for the OAUG Customizations and Extensions SIG. Publishing credits include The ABCs of Workflow for E-Business Suite Release 11i and Release 12 and The Release 12 Primer – Shining a Light on the Release 12 World.

Andrew Preston

Managing Partner

Mr. Preston possesses 25+ years of demonstrated results reflected in a history of increasing responsibility. He previously implemented Big Data and Data Warehouse Solutions for a wide variety of industries, utilizing Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, and others as ERP, along with homegrown systems as the data sources. He led several data warehousing projects using Snowflake, Oracle database, Teradata, BI, Data Modeling, and ETL from Teradata, Oracle, and IBM. He has managed large and small teams, along with managing teams that are offshore and on-site combination. He has worked with Project Management Methodologies (Agile, RAD, RIP, Waterfall, and ITIL). He has led over 20 large IT projects both as a consultant and as a company employee.

Karen Brownfield

Director of Oracle Practice

Karen Brownfield has over 35 years of experience in programming, installing, and managing applications used in various industries including Chemicals, Utilities, Entertainment, Defense, Recruitment, Telecommunications, and Hospitality. The past 20+ years she has focused on Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) specializing in Project Management, Financials, Workflow, and Property Manager as functional specialist, workflow administrator, trainer, programmer, team lead, and/or project manager. Additionally, she spent 16 years on the OAUG board of directors, serving in multiple capacities including President, Past President, Secretary, other committee roles. She currently is a member of the EBS Applications Technology Customer Advisory Board and the Fusion User Experience Advocates Council. Karen was awarded Oracle ACE in 2009 and is an Oracle certified Financials Specialist for both EBS and Fusion. She has co-written several books on EBS covering releases 11i and 12 and one specializing on Workflow and has presented multiple papers nationally and internationally. Her many years of implementation and leadership experience gives her a unique perspective on how to use E-Business Suite to improve business processes.

Joel Howard

Business Development

Mr. Howard is a Director of Business Development with 28 years’ experience in software sales, with the last 18 years focused on services in the Oracle ERP and BI markets. In addition to business development, Mr. Howard is a hands on Engagement Manager across several strategic accounts for Infosemantics; his projects have included implementations, upgrades, and multi-country global rollouts of the Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Cloud ERP Implementation; Business Intelligence solutions (OBIEE, Oracle BI Cloud, Teradata, Cognos); and Infosemantics’ first implementation of Snowflake. Mr. Howard has presented at regional OAUG events, and is a former board member of the Nevada OAUG

Matt McDonough

Business Development

Matt McDonough brings twenty years of experience in information technology Mr. McDonough possesses over 15 years in business development and IT. As a Director of Business Development and Engagement Manager, his projects and responsibilities have included Oracle E-Business Suite R12, Oracle Cloud ERP Implementation (Financials, Proc., Projects); Business Intelligence solutions (OBIEE, Oracle BI Cloud, Teradata, Cognos); Data Warehouse Design & Implementation; Staff Augmentation (onshore and offshore); Remote DBA Services; and Program and Project Management.

Sunil Vaddadi

VP – Staffing and Operations

Mr. Vaddadi possesses over 20 years of experience in Information Technology which includes over 18 years in Project Management, leadership, sales, operations, Java/J2EE Development, and 2 years of experience in Workday. He has extensive experience in in managing large and complex projects with hands-on technology. Prior to joining Infosemantics, Sunil successfully managed and delivered multiple, concurrent IT projects on time, within scope, and budget. Sunil Vaddadi is currently managing staff-augmentation, operations, and personnel administration at Infosemantics. Sunil received his Master’s degree in Computer Applications from VTU, India.

Kishore Thota

Director – India Office

Kishore Thota is the India based Vice-President of Offshore Services at Infosemantics Inc. and manages the client delivery of offshore support services, based in two locations, Bangalore and Hyderabad. Kishore has over 15 years of Software consulting experience, specializing in Oracle E-Business upgrades, implementations, and Business Intelligence solutions around Oracle E-Business Suite of Applications. He is currently leading support for Carnegie Mellon University, MasTec North America, and Quest Software, in addition to managing internal proposal and projects support.

Before moving to India, Kishore was part of Infosemantics US based team leading Consulting engagements at GE Healthcare, GE Power, Sony Electronics, Abbott Laboratories and other customers. Kishore is a Certified PMP since 2005, and has an MBA in Personal Finance and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.

Matt Munn

Director – Philippine Office

Mr. Munn possesses over 25 years of experience in all phases of the system development life cycle including requirement gathering, solution architecture, system analysis & design, development, system testing and production support – and over 15 years in Teradata data warehouse projects. He has a strong background in telecommunications and banking industries. Mr. Munn also possesses over 10 years of experience working with local teams in various countries within Asia. He is an experienced team leader and mentor with a track record of delivering successful projects. He is an experienced ETL architect with excellent Teradata skills. Mr. Munn is an original design contributor and experienced implementer of Teradata Control Framework including version 4.


In addition to project roles, Mr. Munn leads the Infosemantics Manila office and oversees staff development and mentoring, research and development, presales activities and customer proof of concepts, pilots etc, and other management and administration activities.

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