Automation Anywhere CEO and leadership

A serial disrupter, Mihir founded Automation Anywhere more than 14 years ago. He has become a visionary in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category having pioneered the Digital Workforce, in which software bots instantly automate business processes with both cognitive capability and embedded analytics, driving unprecedented human productivity while dramatically reducing processing costs for the world’s largest enterprises. Under Mihir’s leadership, Automation Anywhere is now the global leader in this rapidly growing $3 billion category, generating more revenue, with more employees and a greater market share than its top three competitors combined. Prior to Automation Anywhere, Mihir held leadership roles in internet, e-commerce, and wireless companies at the forefront of innovation such as E2Open, Kiva, ISN, Netscape, Infoseek and Omnisky.

Ankur is chief customer and strategy officer at Automation Anywhere where he leads an extensive customer success, support and renewal organization offering invaluable support to customers on their automation journey. Ankur provides a unique business perspective on extending the value of intelligent automation to new markets worldwide. As a co-founder, he has been a driving force ever since the company’s inception playing critical leadership roles driving vision and strategy. With more than 17 years’ experience in the software industry, he’s held leadership positions focused on engineering, products, services and support.

As chief financial officer, James leads finance, investor relations, IT and facilities for Automation Anywhere. He has decades of experience as a CFO at public, private and SaaS software companies, and is well-known on Wall Street for his expertise in public fundraising, guiding companies through public markets and managing complex global operations. Most recently, he was CFO of Pluralsight where revenue grew 400% under his leadership and he led the company through an IPO and multiple secondary offerings. Prior to Pluralsight, James was CFO of Anaplan and spent four years as COO/CFO of Genesys and seven years as COO/CFO of Rovi, enabling both Genesys and Rovi to generate in excess of $1 billion annual revenue and collectively raising over $5 billion in public funds.

When not working, you will find James enjoying many team sports, wake surfing and snowboarding with his wife, six teenagers and friends, including his Rhodesian Ridgeback dog.

Nancy oversees all "people" functions worldwide, including talent acquisition, communication, total rewards, learning and development, and employee engagement. She brings more than 30 years of experience in senior leadership and management consulting roles. Prior to joining Automation Anywhere, she was the chief people officer at HotChalk where she was responsible for all people functions, legal and facilities. Before that, Nancy served as the VP of global human resources and facilities at Silicon Image through its acquisition in 2015, and as SVP of human resources for K12 Inc. through their 2007 IPO. She also has executive experience at Ruckus Network, Noah’s New York Bagels, Gymboree Corporation and Sun Microsystems. Nancy is the founder of the international consulting firm 2nd & Nun Street Group, which focuses on rapidly growing start-ups or established companies undergoing great change. She has served on the Board of Regents for Holy Names College and the Board of Advisors to The Cameron School of Business at The University of North Carolina, Wilmington.

What you didn’t know: Nancy started her career in comedy. Writing and performing. Of course, Nancy admits that she is lucky she wasn’t very good at that or she would not be here today.

Chris Riley is President, Americas Enterprise Sales & Customer Operations at Dell EMC. Previously, Riley served as Senior Vice President, Americas Enterprise Sales at EMC. With revenues of $24.7 billion in 2015 and more than 70,000 people worldwide, EMC is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset – information – in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Riley brings more than 28 years’ experience in technology sales, management, and marketing to his role as head of Americas Enterprise Sales for EMC. In this capacity, he leads an organization focused on attracting, retaining and expanding corporate customers in North and South America, and guiding their IT transformation. Prior to assuming his current role in May 2015, Riley led EMC’s Global Alliances group, where he developed the company’s integrated global strategy for Service Providers, System Integrators, Outsourcers, OEMs, Industry Sales, and Market Development. Riley is a 12-year veteran of EMC. Before rejoining EMC in 2015, he served for seven years as HP’s Vice President and General Manager of Americas Enterprise Storage Division. He has also held key executive leadership and sales management positions at Gryphon Networks, McDATA, Computer Network Technology Corporation and Comdisco. Riley holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Connecticut, where he served on the Foundation Board of Directors and led various subcommittees.

A serial disrupter, Mihir founded Automation Anywhere more than 14 years ago. He has become a visionary in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category having pioneered the Digital Workforce, in which software bots instantly automate business processes with both cognitive capability and embedded analytics, driving unprecedented human productivity while dramatically reducing processing costs for the world’s largest enterprises. Under Mihir’s leadership, Automation Anywhere is now the global leader in this rapidly growing $3 billion category, generating more revenue, with more employees and a greater market share than its top three competitors combined. Prior to Automation Anywhere, Mihir held leadership roles in internet, e-commerce, and wireless companies at the forefront of innovation such as E2Open, Kiva, ISN, Netscape, Infoseek and Omnisky.

Ankur is chief customer and strategy officer at Automation Anywhere where he leads an extensive customer success, support and renewal organization offering invaluable support to customers on their automation journey. Ankur provides a unique business perspective on extending the value of intelligent automation to new markets worldwide. As a co-founder, he has been a driving force ever since the company’s inception playing critical leadership roles driving vision and strategy. With more than 17 years’ experience in the software industry, he’s held leadership positions focused on engineering, products, services and support.

As chief financial officer, James leads finance, investor relations, IT and facilities for Automation Anywhere. He has decades of experience as a CFO at public, private and SaaS software companies, and is well-known on Wall Street for his expertise in public fundraising, guiding companies through public markets and managing complex global operations. Most recently, he was CFO of Pluralsight where revenue grew 400% under his leadership and he led the company through an IPO and multiple secondary offerings. Prior to Pluralsight, James was CFO of Anaplan and spent four years as COO/CFO of Genesys and seven years as COO/CFO of Rovi, enabling both Genesys and Rovi to generate in excess of $1 billion annual revenue and collectively raising over $5 billion in public funds.

When not working, you will find James enjoying many team sports, wake surfing and snowboarding with his wife, six teenagers and friends, including his Rhodesian Ridgeback dog.

Nancy oversees all "people" functions worldwide, including talent acquisition, communication, total rewards, learning and development, and employee engagement. She brings more than 30 years of experience in senior leadership and management consulting roles. Prior to joining Automation Anywhere, she was the chief people officer at HotChalk where she was responsible for all people functions, legal and facilities. Before that, Nancy served as the VP of global human resources and facilities at Silicon Image through its acquisition in 2015, and as SVP of human resources for K12 Inc. through their 2007 IPO. She also has executive experience at Ruckus Network, Noah’s New York Bagels, Gymboree Corporation and Sun Microsystems. Nancy is the founder of the international consulting firm 2nd & Nun Street Group, which focuses on rapidly growing start-ups or established companies undergoing great change. She has served on the Board of Regents for Holy Names College and the Board of Advisors to The Cameron School of Business at The University of North Carolina, Wilmington.

What you didn’t know: Nancy started her career in comedy. Writing and performing. Of course, Nancy admits that she is lucky she wasn’t very good at that or she would not be here today.

Chris Riley is President, Americas Enterprise Sales & Customer Operations at Dell EMC. Previously, Riley served as Senior Vice President, Americas Enterprise Sales at EMC. With revenues of $24.7 billion in 2015 and more than 70,000 people worldwide, EMC is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset – information – in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Riley brings more than 28 years’ experience in technology sales, management, and marketing to his role as head of Americas Enterprise Sales for EMC. In this capacity, he leads an organization focused on attracting, retaining and expanding corporate customers in North and South America, and guiding their IT transformation. Prior to assuming his current role in May 2015, Riley led EMC’s Global Alliances group, where he developed the company’s integrated global strategy for Service Providers, System Integrators, Outsourcers, OEMs, Industry Sales, and Market Development. Riley is a 12-year veteran of EMC. Before rejoining EMC in 2015, he served for seven years as HP’s Vice President and General Manager of Americas Enterprise Storage Division. He has also held key executive leadership and sales management positions at Gryphon Networks, McDATA, Computer Network Technology Corporation and Comdisco. Riley holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Connecticut, where he served on the Foundation Board of Directors and led various subcommittees.

A serial disrupter, Mihir founded Automation Anywhere more than 14 years ago. He has become a visionary in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category having pioneered the Digital Workforce, in which software bots instantly automate business processes with both cognitive capability and embedded analytics, driving unprecedented human productivity while dramatically reducing processing costs for the world’s largest enterprises. Under Mihir’s leadership, Automation Anywhere is now the global leader in this rapidly growing $3 billion category, generating more revenue, with more employees and a greater market share than its top three competitors combined. Prior to Automation Anywhere, Mihir held leadership roles in internet, e-commerce, and wireless companies at the forefront of innovation such as E2Open, Kiva, ISN, Netscape, Infoseek and Omnisky.

Ankur is chief customer and strategy officer at Automation Anywhere where he leads an extensive customer success, support and renewal organization offering invaluable support to customers on their automation journey. Ankur provides a unique business perspective on extending the value of intelligent automation to new markets worldwide. As a co-founder, he has been a driving force ever since the company’s inception playing critical leadership roles driving vision and strategy. With more than 17 years’ experience in the software industry, he’s held leadership positions focused on engineering, products, services and support.