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Volante Adds Senior Executives to Support Growth

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Volante Technologies, a provider of technology and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) to accelerate digital transformation and payments modernisation has made two senior strategic hires to drive continued growth of the company. Executive in residence and non-executive board director Harp Grewal has been appointed chief operating officer (COO) with responsibility for managing and delivering company growth.

Deepak Gupta, chief architect of Oracle’s hosted business and founder of Peoplesoft’s hosted business, joins Volante in the role of global head of SaaS. Joining Grewal and Gupta are a group of senior hires with experience in the areas of SaaS, payments, open banking and ISO 20022. Together, these additions to Volante’s management team are designed to help drive and manage the company’s growth and meet its commitment to customer success.

Vijay Oddiraju, CEO at Volante, comments: “The digital transformation opportunity in financial services is colossal – payments alone is a $2 trillion industry, with transaction volumes set to double over the next decade. As we grow rapidly and increase our market share, it is vital that we invest in our organisation to ensure we continue to deliver excellence and reliability for our clients today and into the future. Harp and Deepak bring unique qualities and experience to Volante.”

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