Meet Our Leaders

Vice President - Product Engineering Services
Ajit Manjappara

Director of Digital Marketing
Bengi Lynch

Director Of Operations
Muralidhar Veerapaneni

Program Manager, Amzur NetSuite Practices
Mythili Putrevu, PMP, Scrum Master

Director of Energy Management Services
Raymond Kaiser

Sam-Velu — Head of IT Talent Acquisition
Sam Velu

Software Engineering/Development Manager
Satya Tenneti

Director of NetSuite Practices
Scott Jorgensen

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Vice President - Product Engineering Services

Ajit Manjappara

Ajit Manjappara is Vice President and Divisional Head for our Product Engineering Services (PES). He is based out of Atlanta and provides strategy and direction to our sales and market development efforts globally. His responsibilities include supporting a cross-functional team in acquiring and nurturing deep relationships with our clients in addition to opening up new territories and business lines for the PES Division and being a strong brand ambassador for the company.

Over the past 28 years of his career, Ajit has worked for large established organizations as well as small start-up companies. He has been involved in sales and marketing of consumer products and has deep expertise in complex technical sales interventions. He is well versed in meeting revenue objectives through direct as well as indirect channels. He has been a key member of the leadership team in multiple organizations, including co-founding and leading a technology startup in the US, transforming the internal IT function of a large multi-national bank to be a commercial provider of banking technology products in the African and Middle Eastern markets, launching one of the first e-commerce financial transaction platforms in the Middle East and developing and opening up the market for Small Office-Home Office computing in India.

Ajit has a passion and an unwavering commitment to launch, build, and support high performing teams and companies. He leads by example and strongly believes in his personal motto – “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well”.

CEO

Bala Nemani

Bala Nemani is the founding partner and CEO of Amzur Technologies. An entrepreneurial spirit, Nemani is an IT solutions and staffing executive with a passion for candidate suitability. His quest to rapidly hire the best technical talent for team members at Amzur and his client’s teams led to the creation of Amzur Talent. Nemani has a passion to deliver qualified, cost-effective, and scalable IT human resources for businesses with tight schedules. Prior to founding Amzur Technologies, he founded Mango Technologies as well as the Solarsa International—a renewable energy firm that provided clients with onsite solar energy systems. Nemani has over 20 years of software development. He is known to help businesses cut costs and improve process efficiencies not just in the Tampa Bay area, but also across the United States.

Director of Digital Marketing

Bengi Lynch

Bengi Lynch believes that digital efforts have to be aligned across the board to move digital transformations forward. Lynch’s focus on the details affecting the bigger picture makes her stand out in her domain. Prior to joining Amzur in 2019, Lynch led digital marketing efforts in the insurance, e-commerce, and telco industries. “To succeed as an internal marketing agency, you have to surround yourself with great people with great attitudes and provide an open environment so you can thrive as a team,” Lynch says. “ I am extremely proud of my team.” Lynch is keen on utilizing emerging martech tools or techniques to create a customer-centric shopping experience. Among her top achievements is her involvement in coastal cleanup activities in the nearby beach communities. Lynch received her master’s degree in Information Systems Management from The University of Tampa and a bachelor’s degree in Hotel & Institution Management from Iowa State University.

Human Resources Manager

Kasturi Rao

Kasturi Rao has always embraced challenges, seeing them as opportunities to learn and grow. Rao takes pride in creating customized solutions to solve challenges that employees and teams face, drawing on industry trends and best practices to develop innovative ways to retain, attract, and hire the best talent. Rao’s track record of strategic thinking in human resources led to her being selected to lead the Centre of Excellence Division, focusing on strengthening Amzur’s holistic approach to talent strategy. Rao’s passion for helping others advance in their careers extends beyond her job to volunteer work in Vizag. Certified in Strategic HR Management & Organization Development, Rao received her master’s degree in Human Resource Management.

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Director Of Operations

Muralidhar Veerapaneni

As an agent of change, Muralidhar Veerapaneni is committed to challenging “that’s the way we have always done it” mentality. Serving as the director of operations, Veerapaneni has a fresh approach to developing high-tech solutions to his role at Amzur. “It’s a challenging but fun job,” Veerapaneni says. “You get to share your knowledge, think broad, and handle various internal and external customer relationships.” In fact, his advice to his team is to challenge themselves constantly. Veerapaneni, who has dual master’s degrees in Marketing Management and Information Technology, says that his end goal is to ensure customer satisfaction while developing the company’s vision and strategic plan to guide Amzur into the future.

Program Manager, Amzur NetSuite Practices

Mythili Putrevu, PMP, Scrum Master

Mythili Putrevu began her career as a Financial Analyst at Ocwen Financial Solutions after getting her bachelor’s degree in Computer Applications. Putrevu says she’s learned to appreciate her own unique approach to program management. “Be Prepared. Be humble. Be original,” she says. She adds that she always stays true to herself and stays away from external influences and has created a trademark for her own approach in the digital space. Putrevu has 13 years of experience in the Information Technology, Insurance and Banking industries. She has previously worked at iGate and Capgemini managing financial projects in APAC. Driving to place Amzur as one of the biggest NetSuite consulting firms globally, Putrevu says that she comes in prepared and ready to invest in people, technology, and the domain knowledge. A certified Scrum Master, Putrevu has a Master’s in Business Management from Indian Institute of Advanced Management and has been a certified PMP for the past two years.

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President

Rani Nemani

Rani Nemani, president and founding partner of Amzur Technologies, has more than 20 years of experience in programming, talent acquisition, and technology. Nemani is a problem-solver, constantly looking for the most effective way to meet a need. When she launched Amzur Technologies in 2004, her vision produced cutting-edge software that fulfilled a variety of needs in global talent solutions. Now, as a leader in her field, she is looking toward the future by guiding international initiatives in staffing, internet of things, and new energy technologies.

Director of Energy Management Services

Raymond Kaiser

“We each learn in our own way and in our own time. The more stagnant our positions the less capacity we have to learn and to teach others. Being as open and transparent as possible allows us to grow and nourish others. In spite of our goals, hopes and dreams we need to be fully involved in the present. The more aware of where we are at the moment, the more enriched lives we’ll have.” – Raymond Kaiser, 2019

Raymond Kaiser has been leading the Internet of Things (IoT) efforts. Kaiser is an advocate for improving distributed energy management systems. For the past 15 years, Kaiser has been providing energy and environmental consulting to local, state, and federal agencies, as well as major solution developers, engineering firms, and national and international architectural firms. As co-chair of SEPA Energy Services Interface Task Force and US DOE Orange Button (open solar data exchange) Design and Construction Technical Working Group, Kaiser has been serving in local events that showcase new trends and technologies in the energy field. Kaiser provides top industry knowledge in LEED, sustainability, energy efficiency and business development allowing him to bring expertise to all tasks.

Head of IT Talent Acquisition

Sam Velu

“It is a simple business as long as you are open and candid with your clients and consultants. And most importantly, treat people as people. Technology is only part of the toolset.”

– Sam Velu, 2019.

Sam Velu, vice president of Sales and Delivery at Amzur Technologies, is an industry veteran with over 20 years in the staffing business. At Amzur, Velu specializes in promoting high-quality and high-value technology services that optimize business growth. He values community and economic advancement, as shown when he served on the Hamilton Business District in Franklin, New Jersey, to attract new businesses to invest in the city. A firm believer in change, Velu keeps up with ever-shifting technology and innovative business tactics. He is known for his passion for optimizing human relations, which helped him develop solutions for some of the hiring challenges in the B2B talent acquisition field. Velu received his master’s degree in Human Resources Management from Texas A&M and holds certifications as a CIR and CDR from AIRS.

Software Engineering/Development Manager

Satya Tenneti

An industry expert, Satya Tenneti is currently serving as the Software Engineering/Development Manager working with small-to-medium enterprises in the Energy industry. Tenneti brings 15 years of experience in the field of information technology and has a diverse background in both start-up and corporate settings, with extensive experience in project management and software development lifecycle. He believes that leadership takes care of employee growth and that employees take care of organizational growth.

Tenneti is known to participate in all of Amzur’s community and sports activities and leads his team by example. He recently completed a voluntary service with India Youth for Society for protecting Water Resources in and around Vizag. Tennetti has a master’s and bachelor’s degrees in Computer Science from Andhra University in Vizag, India.

Director of NetSuite Practices

Scott Jorgensen

Scott Jorgensen, Director of NetSuite Practices at Amzur Technology, has used NetSuite software for more than 15 years and is leading Amzur’s push into cloud-based ERP. “Having developed accounting, inventory, and order entry software for 20 years in Oracle RDBMS, I was blown away at the simplicity and depth of NetSuite, and nothing beats NetSuite’s single data source principal. We are thrilled to bring the leading cloud solution to our customers,” he says. Certified as a NetSuite Administrator, Jorgensen received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting and Finance from Ohio University.

Software Delivery Manager

Sunil Kodi

“I believe that leadership is an everyday act of improving each other’s lives.”

– Sunil Kodi

Sunil Kumar Kodi is currently serving as one of the Software Delivery Manager at Amzur Technologies. Known in the industry as a performance coach, he comes from a family of engineers in Destiny, Visakhapatnam A.P. India. He has been in the IT industry since 2009. Prior to joining Amzur Kodi worked at Deloitte for over seven years in Hyderabad, India. As a devoted Software Delivery Manager, Kodi takes proactive measures to ensure that targets are delivered. He is keen on adopting and leveraging artificial intelligence tools and solutions so that he can more effectively manage and deploy his high-technology driven projects. Kodi believes in empowering team members, boosting their performance, increasing efficiency and reducing workplace stress.

Financial Controller

Vanaja Malem

Vanaja Malem, financial controller at Amzur, leads the Finance and Accounting teams in managing budgets and forecasts and overseeing preparation for all financial reporting. With 12 years’ experience in industries related to software products and technical security services, Malem has expertise in consolidation, tax compliance, financial acquisition transitions, enterprise resource planning implementations, and more. She is a certified management accountant (CMA) with certifications in SAP(FI/CO) and Oracle Fusion Financials. Malem holds graduate degrees from Nagarjuna University and the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. She advocates for fiscal responsibility and accountability among the businesses in her community.