The world’s most innovative companies choose Tipalti

Chen Amit

Co-founder and CEO

Chen is a veteran high-tech executive and repeat entrepreneur. Before Tipalti, Chen was CEO of Atrica, a Carrier Ethernet company acquired by Nokia-Siemens. Prior to Atrica, he was Co-founder and CEO of Verix, a business intelligence software provider. At ECI Telecom, Chen founded its ADSL business unit and led it from inception to $100M in annual sales. He earned a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, and an MBA from INSEAD.

Rob Israch

President

As the President of Tipalti, Rob is helping set the business, customer, and growth strategy for the company. He previously led global marketing, alliances, and Tipalti’s Europe business, bringing 20+ years of leadership experience to the company. During Rob’s tenure, Tipalti has experienced 50x growth, helping the company achieve a valuation of over $8.3 billion and become one of the few U.S. companies to make both the Deloitte Fast 500 and Inc. 5000 lists for eight consecutive years. Prior to Tipalti, Rob served as VP, Global Marketing Programs at NetSuite, the leading provider of cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, helping to guide the company through 10x+ revenue growth from a private company to IPO and cloud ERP market leader. Previously, Rob held various executive roles at Intuit QuickBooks and GE Capital.

Sarah Dickens Spoja

Chief Finance Officer

Sarah joined Tipalti in 2018 as CFO. In this role, she is responsible for global finance, global accounting and the legal organization at Tipalti in addition to related areas like fundraising, investor relations, and our financial infrastructure to scale globally. Prior to Tipalti, Sarah was a director at KKR Capstone, the portfolio operations arm of the Private Equity firm KKR, where she was a director at the firm and worked with portfolio companies in the Financial Services, technology and Retail Sectors, including First Data Corporation, a global merchant processor in the B2B payments space. Prior to joining KKR, Sarah worked at Bain & Company in Boston and Sydney. She holds a B.A. from Williams College in both Mathematics and Economics and an M.B.A. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Manish Vrishaketu

Chief Customer and Operating Officer

As Chief Customer and Operating Officer, Manish brings over 20 years of payments and fintech experience to Tipalti. He is responsible for establishing and maintaining key banking and payment partnerships while leading Tipalti’s global customer success, client onboarding, payment operations, and support organizations. Most recently, he served as President of Americas at GoSwiff, a mobile payments leader in emerging markets, and before that, was VP of Business Development and Product Strategy at Fiserv (Nasdaq: FISV), leading new market expansion in B2C disbursements, bill payment, and electronic payments. Prior to Fiserv, Vrishaketu was General Manager of CashEdge, a payments technology provider for banks, where he introduced consumer applications for money movement and risk management and led the India division. During his tenure, the company grew revenue 10x, processing over $50B in annual payment volume, before being acquired by Fiserv.

Sam Barakat

Chief Revenue Officer

Sam is a results-oriented executive and thought leader with over 18 years of sales and management experience in financial and enterprise SaaS technology solutions. Before Tipalti, Sam was Vice President at BlackLine, a leader in financial close software, where he built and grew the mid-market business from the ground up. In just over four years, he scaled it to become the fastest-growing sector in the organization, representing 50% of BlackLine’s customer base. Sam was also part of the executive team that grew the business from $50 million in revenue to an IPO in 2016, valued at $3B. Prior to BlackLine, Sam was GM and Vice President of Sales at Infor, a leader in ERP and cloud software. Sam holds an MBA from Simon Fraser University and a BS from Concordia University.

Roby Baruch

Chief Product and Technology Officer

Roby Baruch is Tipalti’s Chief Product and Technology Officer, focused on delivering high-velocity innovation to customers and partners. Roby, who originally joined Tipalti twelve years ago to guide the company’s product vision and strategy, was Tipalti’s Chief Product Officer for eight years and now oversees both the Technology and Product teams. His strong product leadership and technology vision are fundamental to delivering an exceptional customer experience across Tipalti’s AI-powered platform. Prior to Tipalti, Roby was the VP of Product for the social recommendations engine Snoox.com (a BBDO company) and was also Co-founder and VP of Product at ecommerce platform, Cent2Cent, which was acquired by Unicell. Roby also worked at 888.com where he planned and designed their payment processing capabilities, building a system that processed over $500M transactions annually. Roby served as an Officer at the prestigious IDF technological unit “Mamram”, where he fulfilled several leading positions. Roby holds a BA from the College of Management of Academic Studies.

Dror Yosef

Chief Data Officer

Dror is a highly skilled data expert with over 20 years of experience across all areas of data, from architecture to analytics. A veteran Chief Data Officer, Dror has held this role at organizations including Start.io (formerly StartApp), myThings, and Fundbox, where he also served as GM of Israel and CTO. Throughout his career, Dror has consistently excelled at turning raw data into actionable insights, aligning data strategies with business objectives to drive innovation and growth. He sits on the Advisory Board of Lama AI, an AI-powered lending exchange, helping businesses become data-driven and optimize strategies. Dror graduated summa cum laude from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, earning dual Master’s degrees in Business Administration and Statistics.

Alice Davidson

General Counsel

Alice is a Securities and M&A lawyer with over 15 years of experience, including deep expertise in fintech, paytech, and crypto. Before Tipalti, Alice was Chief Legal Officer at Mogo Inc., a leading Canadian fintech, where she advised on strategic initiatives, including acquisitions, investments, financings, and partnerships, and led government relations. Over seven years, she guided Mogo from a legal, regulatory, and compliance perspective, facilitating the launch of all products, expansion across Canada, and listing on the TSX and NASDAQ. Prior to Mogo, she was an associate at Stikeman Elliott LLP, focusing on public M&A, corporate finance, and corporate governance. Alice holds a BBA from the Schulich School of Business and a JD from the Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia.

Perla Stoeckert

Chief Compliance Officer

Perla re-joined Tipalti in March 2023 as the Chief Compliance Officer. She has more than 15 years experience in financial services, including firms engaged in foreign exchange, online payments, funds transfers, and deposit operations. Prior to Tipalti, Perla served in executive global roles in risk and compliance at OFX, FXCM, and Commonwealth Foreign Exchange (MoneyCorp). She has managed risk and compliance operations in Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, U.K., and U.S. Perla received her Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and a Minor in International Relations from the Georgia Institute of Technology and has earned Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business LEAD Certificate on Corporate Innovation.

Des Cahill

Chief Marketing Officer

Des is a seasoned executive-level marketing professional with extensive expertise in helping B2B SaaS companies scale by driving growth and innovation. He began his technology career at Apple, where he was a marketing leader for nine years, driving strategy for multiple product lines and initiatives. After Apple, Des moved into the world of SaaS cloud in Silicon Valley, holding senior marketing leadership roles at Autonomy, eFax.com, and AOL/Netscape before serving as CMO at BridgeSpan, Ensighten, and Kerio Technologies. Des was also Founder and CEO of Habeas, an email reputation and identity manager acquired by Return Path. Most recently, he spent six years at Oracle as Group Vice President, Global Product Marketing for Customer Experience Cloud, where he built Oracle’s global marketing function and led product strategy and messaging. Des holds an MBA from San Jose State University and completed leadership training at Apple University, and a BS in Economics from Union College.

Steve Hunt

Chief People Officer

Steve has over 25 years of experience in the technology industry and people leadership across the UK, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. As Chief People Officer at Tipalti, Steve is responsible for developing and implementing strategic people initiatives that support the business plan and overall direction of the organization. He joined Tipalti from Citi, where he led the insourcing, design, and rollout of a new Talent Acquisition & People Insights operating model and built a team of over 300 employees serving 56 countries in EMEA. Before Citi, Steve worked at Coupang and was responsible for executing the transformation of its global recruiting organization across Beijing, Mountain View, Seattle, Seoul, and Shanghai. He has also held senior positions on the people leadership teams at Qatar Airways and Thales Group. Earlier in his career, Steve spent over a decade as a fintech headhunter, partnering with public and private software companies to build their global leadership teams.

Dan Barzily

Chief Financial Officer

Dan Barzily is Tipalti’s Chief Financial Officer. Since joining in 2021, he has been instrumental in fueling strategic growth initiatives for the company. With a broad background in strategic planning, finance, and business development from years at American Express and in consulting, he previously held the position of Chief Strategy Officer of Tipalti. Prior to Tipalti, Dan held two roles during his time at American Express focusing on business development and partnerships and enterprise strategy. As the Head of International Business Development, Consumer Partnerships, Dan spearheaded long-term strategic partnerships to maximize partner-funded value, strengthening AmEx’s value proposition to its premium cardholders. In his enterprise strategy role, Dan worked with executive leadership as part of the Strategic Planning Group on various initiatives, including M&A, market-entry, and new product development. Before American Express, Dan led operational excellence projects for Fortune 500 companies around the globe at Tefen Management Consulting. Dan holds an MBA from INSEAD and a BSc in Industrial Engineering from Tel Aviv University.

Oren Zeev

Co-Founder & Chairman

Oren is the Founding Partner of Zeev Ventures where he is the only partner and sole employee. Oren is the main early backer of a large number of companies who created or reinvented new categories in the b2c, b2b and fintech spaces. Oren currently serves on the boards of Tipalti, TripActions, Houzz, Next Insurance, Marble, FireBolt, Domestika, Sunbit, Homelight, among others. Past investments include Audible (acquired by Amazon) and Chegg (public). Prior to Zeev Ventures Oren was a senior partner at Apax Partners. Oren holds a BSc Cum Laude from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, and an MBA with distinction from INSEAD in France.

Dovi Frances

Investor

Dovi Frances is a financial services entrepreneur and the founding partner of Group 11 (f.k.a. SGVC), a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, California. Over the course of his career, Dovi has invested over $500 million in some of Silicon Valley’s most prominent and disruptive financial technology companies, including TripActions, Next Insurance, Papaya Global, Addepar, Tipalti, Homelight, Sunbit, EquityBee, and Lili to name a few.

Prior to launching Group 11 in 2012, Frances worked for nearly a decade in the financial services industry; having managed an independent financial advisory firm, as well as having served as Vice President at Deutsche Bank AG Private Bank (NYSE: DB).

Frances currently serves on the Board of Tipalti, Homelight, Papaya Global, Sunbit, EquityBee, Lili, Venn, Masterschool, Sorbet, SMBX, Insurights, and Fintastic. He is also an Advisor to TripActions and Addepar, a member of the Advisory Council of Leumi Bank U.S., and serves on the Steering Committee of the Israel Collaboration Network (ICON).

Frances earned an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Business and a BA in Management and Psychology from Ben-Gurion University.

Carl Pascarella

Advisor

Carl Pascarella is currently affiliated with TPG Capital as an Executive Advisor. Prior to that, he was President & Chief Executive Officer of Visa U.S.A. Inc. and a member of the Board of Directors of Visa International. Before assuming that position, he was President & CEO of Visa Asia Pacific Limited and Director of the Board. Prior to joining Visa, Mr. Pascarella was Vice President, International Division at Crocker National Bank and Vice President, Metropolitan Banking at Bankers Trust Company. His experience also included retail banking, commercial banking, corporate banking, credit review and policy, and DeNovo banking. Mr. Pascarella was also head of the California International Banking and Trade Finance organization for Crocker National Bank. Carl Pascarella received a Master of Science in Management from Stanford Sloan Program at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Buffalo. Carl has been affiliated with the arts for over two decades and is currently Chairman of the San Francisco Ballet, Vice Chairman for the Fine Arts Museums and a life-time governor of the San Francisco Symphony.