Company Overview
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Marina Aslanyan joined SmartLinx as COO in 2012 and was promoted to CEO in January 2014. Prior to joining SmartLinx, she ran the management consulting firm, Altitude Strategic Consulting, where her strategic advice helped clients achieve operational excellence. Before forming Altitude, Marina drove corporate strategy as a key member of the executive team, and head of the Global Professional Services and Product Quality units, at Sparta Systems Inc., a global provider of quality management solutions. She also helped guide the success of the product management, pre-sales, and sales teams. Earlier in her career, Marina contributed to the success of many technology and life sciences companies through senior positions at Andersen Consulting, PwC, EDS and Barr Laboratories (Teva Pharmaceuticals). Marina earned a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University and a Master of Science in Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering from Baku State University.

Gregor Morela joined SmartLinx in January 2021 from the software-as-a-service (SaaS) and digital ecommerce industry, where he served as a Chief Financial Officer since 2016. Morela brings extensive experience in driving growth for SaaS technology companies. Gregor brings more than two decades of experience to the SmartLinx team. Before joining SmartLinx, Gregor served as Chief Financial Officer at 2Checkout, a SaaS digital ecommerce monetization platform. As CFO, he helped 2Checkout grow from $30M to $80M in revenue through organic growth and acquisitions, as well as balance growth and profitability, and outperform the “rule of 40” leading to realization of value through a sale to Verifone. Gregor started his career in public accounting with PwC and has held various senior finance executive positions for public and private equity backed businesses in payments, software, and technology, including an IPO for a $300M software company on Nasdaq. Gregor graduated from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia with a major in Economics. He is based in the Atlanta, Georgia area.

Brad Kaluzna joined SmartLinx from ADP in September 2020, bringing 15 years of sales leadership and operational experience in human capital management as well as 20 years of progressive sales experience. Brad is an exceptional leader with extensive experience in providing customers with the solutions and tools that help them succeed. Known for his high-energy and results-driven leadership, Brad will help take SmartLinx’s customer acquisition and expansion efforts to the next level. His focus is on lifecycle enterprise sales, sales operations, team building, scalability, and mentorship. Brad’s proven track record includes leading a sales campaign from a pre-product launch to a billion-dollar revenue stream.

Anil Chillarige joined SmartLinx in March 2021 from Triangulum Venture Labs where he served as the entrepreneur in residence. Before working at Triangulum, Anil held positions at several leading technology firms, including Amazon, Dell EMC, MobileIron and TriNet. Anil is a dynamic and accomplished engineering leader with more than 25 years of progressive experience across startups and large companies in product development, project management, people management, team building, R&D and operations. Anil has a proven track record of delivering highly scalable Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products with large data management and processing in Healthcare, Security, Compliance, eCommerce, CRM, HCM, Archiving and Legal Discovery markets. He is based in California.

Mary Ann Mirto joined SmartLinx in 2016 and serves as Chief Customer Officer at SmartLinx. Mary Ann is a results-driven IT executive with more than 20 years of experience leading technology-based, multi-million-dollar initiatives that are grounded on business and economic value. In 2016, she brought her proven leadership skills to SmartLinx when she accepted a position as Director of the PMO Office. Mary Ann later assumed oversight of SmartLinx Solutions Delivery and Professional Service departments. She served as Vice President of Professional Services before being promoted to Chief Customer Officer in June 2020. Before joining SmartLinx, Mary Ann lead technology initiatives for PwC, IBM, and Barr Laboratories, primarily supporting the healthcare industry.

Alex Zeif has a long history of partnership with SmartLinx. He previously served as President of Linxberg Technologies, a sister company acquired by SmartLinx Solutions in April 2014. As Vice President of Hardware for SmartLinx, Alex oversees the design and manufacture of the SmartLinx Time Clocks/Kiosks and supporting infrastructure that he and his team have designed and manufactured since 2003. With an extensive global career bringing innovative technology to market, Alex is the inventor behind multiple patents, from technology to collect and analyze real-time data with interactive monitoring to innovations in server room construction. Previously, he worked for Hitachi Maxco in Summerville, South Carolina. As Chief Plant Engineer, he was responsible for the design of computer server room equipment and clean rooms deployed at many customers including AT&T and Intel. He also held senior engineering roles with Brava-Mesko in Karmiel, Israel; and both DIA and TransGas in Belarus. He holds both a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Polytechnical University in Novopolotsk, Belarus.

Don Keane joined SmartLinx in June 2020, bringing a wealth of experience supporting high-growth software companies and is an exceptional leader. Don has spent more than 25 years building out marketing functions in technology companies, including SaaS providers. He has spearheaded multiple marketing capabilities with a proven history of promoting company growth. Don’s deep marketing expertise encompasses digital marketing strategy, demand generation, public relations, brand strategy, and marketing operations.

Orit Kendal is the Head of People and Culture at SmartLinx. Orit began her career in executive search working with start-up companies focused on next -generation technologies. She has over 20 years of experience in HR for tech-focused, high growth companies. Orit and her SmartLinx team are responsible for setting and implementing a Human Resource strategy that supports the company's overall business and culture objectives. This strategy encompasses employee hiring, training, and development while also creating and implementing an environment and array of programs that help develop and engage people. Orit holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Rutgers College, Rutgers University and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the School of Communication, Information and Library Science at Rutgers University.

Clay McEvoy joined SmartLinx in early 2021. Clay brings more than two decades of extensive financial and operations expertise to the SmartLinx team. Most recently, he was Senior Director of Sales Insights at Conduent, responsible for building a new function to create a sales data infrastructure and deliver in-depth reporting and analytics for strategic sales planning. Prior to this, Clay spent six years at ADP where he led a practice devoted to sales resource optimization in the mid-market and enterprise spaces. Before his time at ADP, Clay led both sales and client services operations teams at Avaya.

Jim Pirraglia joined SmartLinx in 2019 as Vice President of Product & Strategy at SmartLinx after spending 25 years supporting workforce management and human capital management providers. Jim drives SmartLinx’s product development efforts, leveraging his extensive experience growing and scaling technology companies. Prior to joining SmartLinx, Jim served as a VP of Product Management for Trackforce Valiant, a WFM/HCM software company that supports the hospitality and security industries. Jim has a long history of bringing new products to market, including cutting edge software, hardware, and APIs. His background also encompasses product marketing and customer support. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Adelphia University and certification in product strategy from Northwestern University.