At the Helm
Zycus Leadership Team
A team that earnestly believes in quality and passion
At Zycus, our leadership is guided by a strong purpose to transform our customers’ source to pay process holistically. We believe that the procurement and finance executives, the true unsung heroes within the companies are meant for more. Cognitive Procurement – our AI powered offering helps them do more, thereby deliver tangible value to their company.
This singular purpose defines our organizational culture and values that we live every day - Agility, Innovation and Customer Centricity. Our 1000+ Zycians across the globe, represent diversity and plurality in nationality, gender, beliefs, skills, but are united by the purpose, culture, and values.
In the new normal, while we’re excited about the marvelous possibilities that our next-gen solutions bring for our customers, we’re also cognizant that human connect is the only constant. Our leaders lead by example in nurturing an expanding fleet of in-house innovators, agile mind-set, and customer champions.
Aatish Dedhia
Founder & CEO
As the founder and CEO of Zycus, Aatish defines the vision and roadmap of all technology and innovation at Zycus. Aatish Dedhia started Zycus in 1998 with a vision to leverage technology to solve business problems.
Aatish Dedhia
Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO As the founder and CEO of Zycus, Aatish defines the vision and roadmap of all technology and innovation at Zycus. Aatish Dedhia started Zycus in 1998 with a vision to leverage technology to solve business problems.
He harnessed the power of Artificial Intelligence technology for practical business purposes to create a powerful suite of solutions for the fields of procurement and finance. Under his dynamic leadership, Zycus has emerged as the industry leader in its business space. He has been responsible for the company’s success in the fiercely competitive international market. His astuteness and strategy has been the pillar of Zycus’ success. Prior to Zycus, Aatish enjoyed a flourishing career at Intel Corporation in the United States and was part of the core design team on the Pentium-II processor. At Intel, Aatish also introduced Internet and Intranet technologies within the Pentium-II group for improving group work and knowledge management.
Aatish is a widely known professional in the IT industry and has been invited as a speaker at several international forums. He has a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India and a Master of Science (MS) in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, U.S.
Shekhar Varma
President
As President at Zycus, Shekhar has been a pillar of Zycus’ growth over the years. Under his leadership, Zycus has doubled its engineering strength, added multiple products in its portfolio including P2P suite and established Zycus brand leadership in Source to Pay.
Shekhar Varma
President
As President at Zycus Shekhar has been a pillar of Zycus’ growth over the years. Under his leadership, Zycus has doubled its engineering strength, added multiple products in its portfolio including P2P suite and established Zycus brand leadership in Source to Pay.
He had led numerous transformations on the suite including complete UI refresh as part of Project Dew Drops. He has been driving force behind Zycus Artificial Intelligence offering, Merlin. He has also led inception and successful launch of Zycus AppStore and e-Signature solutions over last couple of years. He brings overall experience from a career spanning 37+ years in multiple startups & other high growth organizations.
He has a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
Chiranjib Guha
Chiranjib Guha
Chief Customer Officer for EMEA-APAC region and Chief of Cloud Operations
Chiranjib has been pivotal to Zycus’ success and has led numerous transformations at Zycus on its cloud strategy and rapid value delivery. His responsibilities span across multiple functions of Professional Services, Technical Account Management, Customer Success Management, Cloud Operations & DevOps, Integration Platform Development, and AI-based delivery on its Big Data Spend Analytical Platform.
Under his leadership, Zycus has successfully transformed its cloud ERP integration offering with a first of its kind Integrated-Solution-as-a-Service (iSaaS), merging the Cloud Middleware and Integration ERP Adaptor strategy. He is passionate about bringing unabated value to Zycus’ customers, and he has pioneered Zycus’ BOLT Delivery model built on an agile framework for rapid value realization aligned to customer’s procurement goals. Before joining Zycus, Chiranjib led the technical Product Development and Implementation of HRMS (human resources management system), Payroll and Taxation products for various state government entities in India and China.
Chiranjib has a master’s degree in Computer Applications and a bachelor’s degree in Accounting & Finance.
Amit Shah
Chief Marketing Officer and Head Global BD
Amit Shah
Chief Marketing Officer and Head Global BD
Amit is a seasoned business leader who brings to Zycus about 18 years of experience in strategic marketing and communications, business management, and strategy. As CMO and Head Global BD, he is responsible for all aspects of global marketing and demand generation.
He also leads other strategic functions like sales ops, bid desk and sales enablement. Before joining Zycus, Amit was based in London and served as Managing Director at OakNorth, a B2B SAAS unicorn and supported large enterprise engagements across the US, Europe, and Australasia.
Amit holds an MBA from IIM Mumbai and B.E from REC Surathkal (NIT Karnataka). He has also completed an executive program in strategic marketing from Stanford Graduate School of Business. He was recognized as 40under40 by Reputation Today in 2017, has been a Power Profile on LinkedIn in 2018 & 2016, and has served on the advisory board of S.P.Jain Institute of Management & Research and Fintech committee of FICCI.
Richard Waugh
Vice President – Corporate Development
Richard Waugh
Vice President – Corporate Development
As Vice President for Corporate Development, Richard leads strategic initiatives in the areas of new product introduction, market development, thought leadership, analyst relations, and strategic partner development programs.
Richard has an extensive background in B2B eCommerce, going back to his early career at GE, where he helped launch GE’s Trading Process Network (TPN), the first on-line marketplace for sourcing and procurement in the mid 1990’s. He had been a co-founder of B2eMarkets, one of the first SaaS (Software as a Service) Sourcing Suite providers and later covered the Supply Management market as an industry analyst for the Aberdeen Group. Prior to joining Zycus, he helped bring to market new innovations in P2P (Procure-to-Pay), helping global clients achieve world-class P2P system adoption and performance. Richard has a B.A. from Wake Forest University and is a graduate of GE’s Financial Management Program (FMP).
Kerry Ormond
Vice President - Professional Services
Kerry Ormond
Vice President - Professional Services
As Vice President, Professional Services, Kerry leads all implementation activities for customers in North America. He is also responsible for helping drive global process alignment and continuous improvement in Zycus’ value driven services methodology and approach.
Kerry has spent the last 20+ years building and leading professional services organizations focused on the implementation of large, complex, global digital transformation projects across multiple SaaS software organizations in Supply Chain Management and Procure-to-Pay. Kerry has an M.B.A from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill as well as a Bachelor’s Degree in Operations Management from Miami University.
Sean Norton
Vice President Customer Account Management, Customer Success & Operations
Sean leads the Customer Success, Technical Account Management and Operations organization for all Zycus customers in North America. In this role, he is responsible for driving product adoption and value realization for our customers, as well as creating a strong culture and methodology focused on Customer Support and Customer Success.
Sean Norton
Vice President Customer Account Management, Customer Success & Operations
Sean leads the Customer Success, Technical Account Management and Operations organization for all Zycus customers in North America. In this role, he is responsible for driving product adoption and value realization for our customers, as well as creating a strong culture and methodology focused on Customer Support and Customer Success.
Sean brings more than 25 years of experience to Zycus, with a significant focus on the S2P software space. After starting his career at Accenture driving global ERP finance transformations, he has led the Customer Value, Customer Success and Professional Services organizations for multiple global software companies including Kofax, Tungsten Automation and Tradeshift. Sean thrives in bringing structure to high growth environments and takes a hands on approach, consultative approach in driving customer success. Sean has a Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame.