Our Team

The mainstay of a successful business is the direction provided by its leadership. Our leadership team is comprised of strategic problem solvers who are creative, collaborative, and take up each challenge with a positive and confident attitude. 

FourthSquare has an experienced and enthusiastic group of leaders who drive the company towards achieving its business goals with passion and earnestness. They combine many years of relevant experience—including developing applications to streamline back-office processes and managing global clients on complex engagements to the highest of standards.

Executive Leadership

Venkatash Kovela

Founder & CEO

Josh Ezring

President and Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)

Neha Prakash

Managing Director, Global Delivery India GDC Head

Venkatash Kovela

Founder & CEO

Josh Ezring

President and CRO

Neha Prakash

Managing Director, Global Delivery India GDC Head

Sales Leadership

Joe Tolod

Head of Alliances

Vince Vachio

VP  Web Commerce Sales

Surendranath Biyappa

Sales Executive

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Joe Tolod
Head of Oracle Alliances
Jermane Thomas
Jermane Thomas
Vice President of Sales
Bruce Moore
Bruce W Moore

Vice President

Joseph Baker
Joseph Baker

Director

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Kerry Boudreaux

Sr. Vice President of Sales

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Joe Tolod

Sr. Vice President Sales

Bruce Moore
Bruce W Moore

Vice President

Joseph Baker
Joseph Baker

Director

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Kerry Boudreaux

Sr. Vice President of Sales

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Joe Tolod

Sr. Vice President Sales

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Neetha Pai

Vice President Sales

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Subodh Sahu

Data Practice Leader – Sales & Growth

Practice Leadership

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Wendy Harris

Vice President, Service Delivery

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Neha Prakash
Managing Director, Global Delivery
India GDC Head
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Santosh Kusuma

Sr. Vice President
Cloud Transformation Services

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Anil Rachamalla

VP Enterprise Applications

Sanjay Venkatraman

Sr. VP Data and AI Services

Dirk Coetzee

VP  Cloud Engineering Services

Bruce W Moore

VP  Public Sector

Anil Rachamalla

VP Oracle Practice

Joseph Baker

Director Service Delivery & Customer Success

Mardi jo Chapman

Director Web Commerce Practice

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Neha Prakash
Managing Director, Global Delivery
India GDC Head
sanjay (1)
Sanjay Venkatraman

Sr. Vice President,
Data and AI

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Anil Rachamalla

VP Enterprise Applications

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Mahesh Tiwari

Director, Oracle Center of Excellence

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Srijib Chatterjee

Director of HCM Cloud Transformation Services

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Siddharda Chava

Director, EPM Practice

Krishna-Rao
Krishna Rao

Sr. Manager, Oracle HCM Transformation Services

Solution Leadership

Ashish Chamaria

Senior Director Oracle Practice

Srijib Chatterjee

Director  HCM Cloud Practice

Gowthaman Rangaraj

Director Oracle CX Practice

Brooke Deacon

Director EPM Practice

Siddharda Chava

Director EPM Practice

Krishna R Kuna

Associate Director HCM Cloud Practice

Ashutosh Parab

AI Platform Lead

Ashish Chamaria
Ashish Chamaria
Senior Director Oracle Practice
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Srijib Chatterjee

Director of HCM Cloud Transformation Services

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Siddharda Chava

Director, EPM Practice

Krishna R Kuna
Krishna R Kuna
Associate Director

Operations Leadership

Raghu Varma Bhupathiraju

Director Operations

Anand Kovela

Director  Operations, Technology and Innovations

Madhupriya Sengupta

Marketing Lead

Ajitesh Kovela

Fractional CFO

Solution Leadership

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Paula Casey

Oracle HCM Project Manager, HCM Business Leader

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Alex Tellez

Oracle Cloud Talent Acquisition Solutions and Project Manager

ishwari
Ishwari Kothari

HR & Legal Advisor

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Venkatash Kovela

Founder & CEO

Venkat has over 25 years of experience in IT, managing large business units, forming strategic alliances, building customer relationship, and change management and delivery management across multiple industries, business domains, technologies & geographies.

He believes that an organization must always have a sense of purpose and continually invest to stay relevant to its stakeholders, including people, clients, partners, community, and shareholders. His prior experiences include working in entrepreneurial capacities and working for multinational companies including Fujitsu that have enabled him to bring the “can do” spirit into his work in all his assignments.

Venkat has held senior leadership positions at several companies and has been responsible for overseeing the global businesses in Americas, Europe, Middle-East and India, as well as working with customers, sales, and delivery organizations to ensure both customer and employee successes.

Venkat has a proven track record of delivering profitable growth for customers. He has strong customer-orientation, large deal experience, and a track record of delivering transformative digital solutions.

He holds a Chartered Accountant degree (equivalent to CPA) .

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Josh Ezring

President and CRO

Josh Ezring has joined FourthSquare as President and Chief Revenue Officer. At a time when enterprises are rapidly redefining how they operate and innovate, welcoming Josh Erzring to FourthSquare reflects our continued focus on building world-class leadership to shape the next generation of digital transformation.

Over the past 30 years, Josh has had the privilege of helping public sector organizations leverage enterprise software to modernize operations and deliver better outcomes. During that time, he has spent more than 15 years at Oracle and over 20 years in the Oracle ecosystem, building deep expertise in enterprise applications, cloud transformation, and digital modernization.

Throughout his career, Josh has worked with software companies and consulting partners to accelerate growth, consistently delivering 20–30% annual revenue increase while helping build and scale businesses to $75M+ in annual revenue. He has also led large-scale transformation initiatives that have enabled organizations to modernize critical business processes and achieve measurable business value. What drew Josh to FourthSquare is our vision for the future. As AI continues to reshape enterprise software, organizations need a partner that combines deep Oracle expertise with innovative AI-driven solutions and an unwavering focus on customer success.

At FourthSquare, Josh as Head of Sales, will work alongside our talented team to help clients amplify transformation through Enterprise & Agentic AI Applications, Infrastructure, OCI, Data Platform and AI. I’m thrilled about this next chapter and look forward to the impact Josh will create as we continue helping our clients and partners advance, optimize, and shape the future together with confidence.

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Neha Prakash

Managing Director, Global Delivery
India GDC Head

Neha is a leadership professional with more than 21 years of regional and global experience, focused on delivery management, program management, and consulting across industries in the enterprise applications space. As a Managing Director, she is heading our Global Delivery Centres and responsible for scaling and optimizing service delivery for our team and operations globally.

She is a business-savvy leader who has led teams of highly-talented IT professionals and successfully managed implementations and support of ERP solutions. She has a passion for building and managing teams that deliver exceptional service. She oversees building high performance teams to align with our service offerings, capabilities, and partnerships to address customers changing business and technology needs, provide direction and strategy to encourage the achievement of company objectives.

Before this, Neha worked for Fujitsu in various technology and management roles and at different global locations.

Neha holds a Master’s degree in Computer Applications.

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Joe Tolod

Head of Alliances

For 30 years Joe has been earning customers’ trust working in sales, consulting, delivery, customer success, strategic partnerships, and systems & software management. Joe’s experience provides a 360-degree perspective to drive customer centric digital transformation services utilizing key partner software products from on-premise licenses to IaaS, PaaS and SaaS subscriptions. Joe’s consultative approach guides customers of all sizes from enterprise, midmarket, SMB, and public sector, as well as various industries from manufacturing, automotive, healthcare, retail, education, and state & local to focus on a services led approach to address their immediate digital needs.

Integrity, empathy, hard work, and harmony are Joe’s key principles to building long lasting relationships with customers and partners. Joe believes in the reality that enterprise IT solutions are never easy but by listening, understanding, collaborating, setting proper expectations, working hard, and never giving up, we can succeed.

Joe earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Boston University. He has worked for, partnered with and sold to notable companies like Oracle, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Dell, Microsoft, VMWare, Wal-Mart, McKesson, McDonalds and the State of Oregon.

Joe is passionate about his family and friends. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, life is full and busy with his four boys and his wife’s daughter and son.

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Jermane Thomas

VP Sales

Jermane Thomas joined as Vice President – Sales at FourthSquare.
Jermane brings more than 20 years of enterprise sales, strategic growth, and digital transformation leadership experience across SaaS, cloud, consulting, healthcare, public sector, and enterprise technology markets. Mostly recently, he served as Vice President of Strategic Growth at Bourntec Solutions, where he helped drive enterprise growth initiatives, strengthen strategic partnerships, and expand go-to-market execution aligned with customer success and digital transformation goals. Prior to that, he spent nearly a decade at Oracle as a Strategic Client Director, leading complex enterprise initiatives and strengthening enterprise relationships across government, higher education and commercial sectors.

Known for building high-impact growth strategies, Jermane has a proven track record of opening new markets, developing high-value accounts, and transforming underperforming regions into high-growth territories. He is passionate about building high-performing teams, removing barriers to success, and delivering solutions that create measurable business outcomes for clients.

As FourthSquare continues to expand its enterprise transformation and consulting footprint, Jermane’s leadership will play an important role in accelerating growth, strengthening client partnerships, and driving the company’s next phase of expansion.

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Vince Vachio

VP Web Commerce Sales

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Sanjay Venkatraman

Sr. VP Data and AI Services

Sanjay is a seasoned technology management executive with over 25 years of experience. His forte lies in leveraging diverse technologies to tackle real-world business challenges. He has held several executive and senior level roles in IT, with the most recent one where he led the technology department of a fast-growing nutritional supplier. With a rich background spanning technology, data, PMO, people management, and executive leadership roles, Sanjay has been a catalyst for organizational growth. Over the past 10 years, he has been dedicated to empowering businesses to embrace data-centric strategies, enhancing operational efficiency, and sharpening their competitive edge. A specialist in data architecture, machine learning and artificial intelligence, Sanjay is poised to spearhead FourthSquare’s Data and AI practice, driving innovation and transformation in this evolving marketplace.

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Dirk Coetzee

VP of Cloud Engineering Services

Dirk Coetzee joined as our new VP of Cloud Engineering Services at FourthSquare.

Dirk brings more than 22 years of leadership in enterprise architecture, cloud transformation, and complex infrastructure modernization. His background includes senior roles at Oracle and Fujitsu America, where he led large-scale hybrid and multi-cloud programs, supported strategic customer growth, and helped deliver multimillion-dollar transformation initiatives across utilities, financial services, government, retail, manufacturing, and other enterprise environments in the UK and US.

Most recently, Dirk C. served as Lead Enterprise Cloud Architect for Oracle’s strategic accounts, leading end-to-end architectures across on-prem, OCI, and multi-cloud environments. A former Cisco CCIE, he brings the technical depth, execution discipline, and customer focus required to scale our Cloud Engineering Services business.

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Bruce W Moore

VP  Public Sector Sales

Bruce is a highly accomplished technology leader with over 28 years of experience spearheading large-scale Oracle ERP initiatives across state and local government, education, and healthcare. He brings deep industry knowledge and a collaborative leadership approach, consistently working with C-suite executives and key stakeholders to align technology initiatives with strategic business objectives.

Throughout his career, Bruce has delivered Oracle services to over 100 clients spanning the public sector, education, healthcare, and commercial domains. He has successfully led globally distributed teams from 5 to more than 80 consultants, and has overseen enterprise application services for organizations with operating budgets ranging from $100 million to $4 billion. His expertise encompasses initiative planning, solution development, sales enablement, contract negotiation and delivery oversight with a variety of prime and subcontractors.

Most recently, Bruce held executive positions at Sierra-Cedar and Highstreet IT Solutions IT, where he led complex digital transformation programs and managed Oracle Cloud managed services portfolios. He has also served in leadership roles at HTC Global Services, CIBER Inc., and the University of Southern California

Bruce holds a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems from Regis University, and a Master of Arts from the University of Colorado.

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Anil Rachamalla

VP Enterprise Applications

For over 25 years Anil has been helping the world’s leading companies with their ERP transformations and cyber security solutions. Anil’s experience includes helping enterprise organizations to build, scale and grow their ERP footprint. He has been part of large-scale implementations and support activities at various clients across US, Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific.

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Joseph Baker

Director

Joseph brings over 13 years of experience in Oracle technologies, underpinned by a strong foundation in Accounting. His career has been shaped by a decade-long tenure at Toyota Boshoku America, a leading player in the automotive industry, where he successfully led large-scale, cross-functional initiatives focused on positive customer experience, change management, operational excellence and strategic leadership.

As a seasoned service delivery leader, Joe has consistently driven process optimization and lean operations, empowering teams to align technology solutions with core business goals. His leadership philosophy combines rigor and empathy setting clear, results driven standards while remaining deeply attuned to the needs of teams and stakeholders.

At FourthSquare, Joe’s expertise in Oracle technologies and his strategic approach to service design will be instrumental in enhancing our customer experience, strengthening sustainable delivery models, and building scalable systems that create lasting impact.

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Mardi jo Chapman

Director Web Commerce Practice

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Ashish Chamaria

Senior Director Oracle Practice

Ashish is a highly accomplished, focused and results-driven professional with over 25 years of progressive experience in the IT industry, offering strong expertise in developing Strategic Client Relationships, Service Delivery Management, Onsite-Offshore Team Building, Customer Success & Growth. He has an excellent combination of Management and Technical experience, with a track record of successfully delivering various Implementation, Support and Application Managed Services (AMS) projects, centered around Oracle ERP Fusion Cloud and Oracle E-Business Suite (R12 & 11i), across various industries including supply chain, manufacturing, technology, healthcare and public sector.

Ashish has a history of successfully driving key initiatives from planning through implementation, achieving positive and measurable organizational impact. He combines analytical knowledge, leadership abilities, and relationship-building skills to engage stakeholders at all levels and enable data-driven decision-making. He has demonstrated success applying project management best practices, technical expertise, and business acumen to consistently achieve targeted results and customer delight.

Besides his job, Ashish loves to spend his free time with his family, going on road trips, and exploring new cities and locations. He lives in St.Louis, Missouri with his wife and two daughters.

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Srijib Chatterjee

Director HCM Cloud Practice

Srijib is a subject matter expert in HCM technologies with strong experience in HCM consulting, transformation and managed services with focus in Public Sector and K-12. Srijib previously worked with some of the world’s largest consulting companies namely AST, Deloitte, PwC, IBM and Infosys in different capabilities primarily as Delivery Manager, Solution Architect and Functional Lead

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Gowthaman Rangaraj

Director Oracle CX Practice

Gowthaman Rangaraj has joined us as the new Oracle CX Director.

Gowthaman has 22 years of international experience in consulting, advising, delivering programs, and developing business, especially in Customer Relationship Management. He is known for building strong relationships and helping grow sales and deliver successful CRM projects.

Prior to joining FourthSquare, Gowthaman held leadership roles at Deloitte and Oracle, where he successfully built high-performing teams, expanded business footprints, and led complex transformation programs.

He holds a Bachelor’s in Engineering from Bharathiar University and a Master’s in Software Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.

Beyond work, Gowthaman enjoys traveling, movies, and writing poetry — a blend of creativity and curiosity that mirrors his leadership style.

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Brooke Deacon

Director of FPM Practice

Brooke Deacon has joined FourthSquare as our Director – EPM Practice At FourthSquare, strengthening our leadership and expertise remains central to our growth strategy, and Brooke’s addition further enhances our ability to deliver greater value to customers worldwide.

With over 10 years of experience in Oracle EPM , Brooke brings deep expertise in Oracle EPM Cloud implementations, enterprise application modernization, financial close and reporting processes, and building secure, scalable enterprise solutions. Throughout her career, she has successfully led complex implementations and partnered closely with global teams to deliver impactful business outcomes.

Before joining FourthSquare, Brooke held a senior role at Toyota Boshoku America , where she spearheaded project execution, product design, and enterprise application deployment. Her experience from the customer side gives her a unique perspective on understanding business priorities and driving transformation that creates real operational impact.

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Siddharda Chava

Director EPM Practice

Siddharda Chava Sid comes with more than 18 years of experience in Oracle EPM space. He has significant experience on budgeting and financial planning at various Public Sector clients with many successful project go-lives of end-to-end implementations in EPM. Sid has previously worked for Oracle EPM Cloud product team while as Oracle leading Workforce Planning and Capital Planning modules. He’s had successful implementations of complex solutions on position budgeting and operating budgeting due to his in-depth knowledge of Public sector clients. Sid has earlier worked with AST, Oracle and Infosys as EPM Practice Lead and other roles.

Sid is sports savvy who loves playing Squash, Badminton, Basketball, Table Tennis, Cricket, Carrom and Chess. He likes to go cycling over the weekends with his friends and cherishes spending time with his son and daughter.

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Krishna R Kuna

Associate Director HCM Cloud Practice

Krishna is an experienced Oracle HCM and Payroll professional with close to two decades of hands-on experience helping organizations streamline and modernize their HR and payroll operations. Over the years, he has worked with clients across industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, telecom, insurance, airlines, and the public sector, delivering successful Oracle Cloud and HCM transformation projects.

Known for his practical approach and strong client focus, Krishna has led multiple end-to-end Oracle Payroll Cloud implementations, support engagements, and upgrade projects. His expertise covers Oracle Payroll, Benefits, Time and Labor, Absence Management, Compensation, and Core HR solutions. He has worked in a variety of leadership and consulting roles including Delivery Manager, Project Lead, Solution Architect, Business Analyst, and Functional Consultant.

Krishna enjoys working closely with both business and technical teams to solve complex challenges and deliver solutions that make a real impact. He has extensive experience managing onsite and offshore teams, driving collaboration, and ensuring projects are delivered smoothly from planning through go-live and post-production support. His ability to balance technical knowledge with business understanding has helped organizations improve operational efficiency and achieve long-term success with Oracle Cloud applications.

Throughout his career, Krishna has contributed to more than 10 full lifecycle Oracle Cloud implementations involving payroll reconciliation, tax calculations, year-end processing, balance initialization, and system integrations. He is also an Oracle-certified Payroll Cloud and Global Human Resources Implementation Specialist.

Before joining his current role, Krishna worked with leading global organizations such as Oracle, Tata Consultancy Services, Cognizant, and Tech Mahindra. He earned his Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad.

Outside of work, Krishna enjoys traveling, discovering new places, and spending quality time with family and friends.

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Ashutosh Parab

AI Platform Lead

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Raghu Varma Bhupathiraju

Director Operations

Raghu Varma Bhupathiraju has come on board as Director of Operations at FourthSquare. As we continue to grow and strengthen our presence across the US, Raghu’s extensive experience and leadership will be an asset to the FourthSquare leadership team.

Based out of Irving, Texas, Raghu brings with him over 28 years of leadership experience across IT operations, program management, business development, HR, finance, and service delivery. He combines strategic insight with hands-on expertise, and what truly sets him apart is his ability to empower teams, drive growth, and build operational systems that work efficiently and sustainably.

In his role, Raghu is overseeing day-to-day US operations across key functions. This includes handling accounting, finance, and compliance by ensuring accurate monthly financial reports, budget adherence, legal obligations, and insurance requirements. The role also drives US HR operations, managing employee benefits, payroll processing, and vendor/contractor onboarding. Additionally, he is leading the immigration processes, including H1B filings and placements, while actively driving bench resource placement to ensure billability. A critical responsibility is steering US staffing by collaborating with VMS partners for Oracle and related services, engaging with SI partners, leveraging Carahsoft for local government needs, and supporting cross-functional recruitment for existing customers.

As CEO and COO at Virtue Group LLC, Texas, Raghu led operations for an IT services and staffing firm supporting Fortune 500, state, and federal clients. Earlier, as COO of ATR Cars Pvt Ltd, he scaled multiple Volkswagen dealerships, making ATR one of South India’s largest VW networks. He also turned OCS Infotech Oman’s services division into a profit center, managed critical IT operations for Microsoft at HCL Comnet, and delivered key solutions for GE at Genpact, driving Six Sigma and LEAN initiatives.

With a passion for operational excellence and purpose-driven leadership, Raghu is a valuable addition to our leadership team.

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Anand Kovela

Director Operations, Technology and Innovations

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Madhupriya Sengupta

Marketing Lead