Agilysys Names New President & CEO

By Evelina Croitoru

Ramesh Srinivasan

Alpharetta, Ga.—Agilysys Inc., a global provider of next-generation hospitality software solutions and services, has announced the appointment of Ramesh Srinivasan as the company’s new president and CEO, effective January 3, 2017.

“Ramesh’s experience and expertise in driving performance at high-growth technology companies and helping them scale their business will be invaluable for Agilysys. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated tremendous success in formulating clearly defined strategies for growth and profitability, developing and implementing initiatives that have driven outstanding performance in day-to-day operations, increasing customer satisfaction levels, and achieving a high level of execution on global growth opportunities. Ramesh’s leadership will help accelerate our growth as we bring the promise of our products and customer service excellence to fruition,” Michael Kaufman, chairman of the Agilysys Board of Directors, said in prepared remarks.

Srinivasan brings more than 30 years of software execution and senior technology management experience to Agilsys. Prior to being appointed, he served as president and CEO of Innotrac Corp., being responsible for overseeing the e-commerce fulfillment provider’s merger with eBay Enterprise. Before that, he was president and CEO of Bally Technologies Inc. While at Bally, the company grew its annual revenue from roughly $500 million in 2005 to approximately $1.2 billion in 2014 and saw a stock price increase of about 700 percent during the same period. Prior to Bally, Srinivasan worked for Manhattan Associates for approximately seven years, where he rose from director of technical services to executive vice president.

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