Leadership Team - CENTRL

Prior to CENTRL, Sanjeev was Co-Founder and CEO of CashEdge, a financial technology company which was acquired by Fiserv in 2011. Previously, he was a Partner at McKinsey & Company in New York where he served major financial and technology companies. Sanjeev started his career at the United Nations Development Program in New York. Sanjeev has an MBA from Stanford Business School where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Primerica, Inc.

Tate leads global sales and client relations initiatives. Tate brings more than 20 years of experience driving revenue growth for organizations across the investment management and banking industries, including leadership roles at d1g1t, Nasdaq Asset Owner Solutions, eVestment, and PerTrac. As CRO, Tate’s focus is on expanding CENTRL’s client base, strengthening existing client relationships, and driving growth across the company’s AI-powered diligence and response solutions.

Chris is responsible for all operations, finance, sales, support & services. Chris brings deep operations experience across technology and financial industries. Prior to CENTRL, Chris was VP, US Banking, CashEdge Division at Fiserv and VP, Client Services at CashEdge prior to the acquisition. Additionally, Chris has held senior leadership and consulting positions with D+H/Fundtech, Guardian Analytics, BEA/ Oracle and Hewlett-Packard. Chris has an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management and BS in Computer Science and Finance from Santa Clara University.

Shailesh is responsible for product management and design. He brings deep product management experience in financial and enterprise technology. Prior to CENTRL, Shailesh was Director of Product Management at Greendot where he managed consumer money movement products at retail point of sale. Before Greendot, Shailesh was the Director of Product Management at Fiserv and CashEdge. Previously, Shailesh has held product management positions at Merced Systems (acquired by NICE systems), and Serus Inc. (acquired by E2Open). Shailesh holds an MBA from the University of South Carolina and a BS in Engineering from the University of Mumbai.

Greg leads Product Engineering and QA. Greg has extensive experience in delivering highly secure systems in the financial and enterprise technology space. Prior to CENTRL, Greg was Senior Director, Core Engineering at Fiserv and at CashEdge before that. His responsibilities included architecture and the backend for the money movement products in digital payments. Prior to Cashedge, Greg was at Oracle/BEA. Greg has a BS in Computer Science from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

As General Counsel, Rupali is responsible for all legal and compliance functions. Prior to CENTRL, Rupali was General Counsel of CashEdge Inc. Rupali has over 20 years of experience in the technology industry covering corporate, IP and regulatory matters. Rupali earned her LLM from Columbia University and her LLB from Delhi University, India.

Alice is responsible for Global Marketing. She has more than 25 years of strategic marketing experience within the FinTech/Financial Services industry. Prior to joining CENTRL, Alice was the Owner and President of Bluegrass Media, a full service marketing agency exclusively supporting financial services firms globally. Clients included FIS Global, Hilliard Lyons (acquired by Baird), Backstop Solutions, among others. Previously, Alice has held marketing leadership positions at Associated Banc-Corp, FISERV, BMO Harris Bank, Baird and State Street Bank. She holds an MBA and BA from the University of Wisconsin.

Gregory leads CENTRL’s Revenue Operations and Professional Services teams, driving execution and scale across client delivery, operational strategy, and go-to-market systems. He oversees customer onboarding and implementation, while optimizing revenue processes across sales, services, and product feedback loops. Gregory brings over 20 years of experience in technology, consulting, and client delivery, including leadership roles at Medallia and Accenture. He holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson and an MS in Computer Science from Telecom SudParis. A licensed commercial pilot, Gregory draws on the decision-making and focus required in aviation to build effective teams and scalable operations.

Eric leads strategy and business development at CENTRL. With over 25 years as an allocator investor, Eric has led teams investing billions of dollars into asset managers at firms including SEI and Goldman Sachs. He later seeded alternative strategies at Stride Capital and was a partner at Convergency Partners, where he remains an advisor. Eric has also been at the forefront of investment technology, building advanced due diligence platforms and founding an online marketplace.

Manju leads CENTRL’s network and technology operations, bringing over three decades of experience in building and scaling mission-critical cloud, security, and SRE functions for global financial services and supply-chain platforms. He was a key architect of the Cashedge infrastructure, developing the company’s original platforms through its acquisition by Fiserv, and most recently served as Vice President of IT Operations at iTradeNetwork. Manju’s career began at the National Informatics Center (NIC) in India, where he delivered large-scale government IT systems. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from the University of Mysore.