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Meet Our Experts
Gopi Ramineni
CEO & Founder, CBSGopi founded Gerent in 2007 with a drive to fuel businesses with disruptive change using powerful technology. He has built an exceptional team around him, all while helping businesses put their customers at the center of everything they do.
Gopi is an expert in the Salesforce platform and has contributed to more than 900 projects in the Salesforce domain over the last 20 years.
In his downtime, Gopi can be found reading, spending time with his family and kids, kicking back with a classic movie, or trying a new local restaurant.
The Team
Eric Saxton
Sales Director, TTE, CBS, Marketing Automation
Kishan Ramineni
Salesforce Industries Lead, CBS
Gopi Ramineni
CEO & Founder, CBS
Anandhi Narayanan
SVP, MAE, RCG, Energy & Utilities
Pamela Hannett
SVP, Highly Regulated Industries (Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare & Life Sciences)
Jenny Hall
SVP, Education & Nonprofit
Ketta Riley
SVP, Travel, Transportation & Hospitality
Gordon Forsyth
Experience Practice Lead
Gopi Ramineni
CEO & Founder, CBSGopi founded Gerent in 2007 with a drive to fuel businesses with disruptive change using powerful technology. He has built an exceptional team around him, all while helping businesses put their customers at the center of everything they do.
Gopi is an expert in the Salesforce platform and has contributed to more than 900 projects in the Salesforce domain over the last 20 years.
In his downtime, Gopi can be found reading, spending time with his family and kids, kicking back with a classic movie, or trying a new local restaurant.
The Team
Eric Saxton
Sales Director, TTE, CBS, Marketing Automation
Kishan Ramineni
Salesforce Industries Lead, CBS
Anandhi Narayanan
SVP, MAE, RCG, Energy & UtilitiesAnandhi Narayanan has 17 years of experience in manufacturing both in the business and in IT. During her tenure in IT, she led digital transformations across finance, supply chain, operations and sales operations.
For the past 4 years, as a consultant, she has been leading cross-cloud implementations, driving strategy and thought leadership for supply chain organizations in the Salesforce ecosystem. She is in relentless pursuit of operational effectiveness, empowered organizational structures and continuous improvement.
Outside of work, Anandhi enjoys being active and experimenting with new recipes. She has two young adults who keep her on her toes and a puppy who gives her endless laughs.
The Team
Ravi Muntha
SVP, Delivery
Chris Stefanazzi
VP Sales, MAE & Retail and Consumer Goods
Abhi Valaboju
VP, Pre-sales
Nick Holbik-Siu
Director, Distribution
Nikhil Bhatia
Industry Lead, Automotive
Ryan Bjorgaard
Industries Product Lead, MAE & Distribution
Pamela Hannett
SVP, Highly Regulated Industries (Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare & Life Sciences)Pamela is a financial services veteran with over 25 years of financial services experience and more than a decade of Salesforce ecosystem leadership.
Her areas of expertise include (but are not limited to) commercial and retail banking, wealth management, and mortgage lending. She is well-versed in Salesforce technology, having previously served as Salesforce’s senior director of product management for Financial Services Cloud.
Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her three sons, two dogs, and two cats!
The Team
Alex Bryce
VP, Sales, Financial Services
Natalie Borghesi
Sales Director, Financial Services
Kal Shah
VP, Insurance & Growth Industries
Brian Motzenbecker
Sales Director, Insurance
Aleks Kasikovic
Sales Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences
Brad Killam
VP, Delivery & Customer Success, Healthcare & Life Sciences
Jordan Friedman
Senior Director, Industry Solutions, Financial Services
Jenny Hall
SVP, Education & NonprofitJenny Hall is a versatile executive with demonstrated experience in building service-oriented organizational structures and effective teams within the education, nonprofit, and health sectors.
She has a keen eye for operational details and knows how to leverage Salesforce technology to optimize organizational resources while building scale. To date, Jenny has developed and managed growth strategies for over 20 domestic and international institutions.
For a fun fact, Jenny was a competitive gymnast for 17 years and studied British literature in college.
The Team
Richard Smyth
Consulting Senior Director, Education & Nonprofit
Julia Taylor
Director, Higher Education & Nonprofit Consulting
Regine Benchetrit
Director, Nonprofit Growth & Marketing
Megan Martin
Business Analyst
Ketta Riley
SVP, Travel, Transportation & HospitalityKetta has over 35 years of travel and hospitality leadership experience, 10 of which have been spent working on Salesforce implementations. She leverages her experience combined with extensive knowledge of industry market trends to support our customers’ businesses.
More than anything, Ketta is energized by the shared vision and freedom to innovate at Gerent.
Outside of work, Ketta is passionate about rescue animals and horses.
The Team
Eric Saxton
Sales Director, TTE, CBS, Marketing Automation
Gordon Forsyth
Experience Practice LeadWith over two and a half decades of experience in the digital marketing sector, Gordon is a seasoned marketing leader and strategist who excels in driving growth through customer experience innovation, digital product design, rev-ops and change management.
Gordon’s expertise includes leading cross-functional agile product and marketing teams, advancing digital business strategies, executing digital experience initiatives with Salesforce, and implementing enterprise/headless CMS platforms such as Sitecore, Wordpress and Contentful.
The Team
Dennis Warner
Marketing Lead, Gerent Experience
Thought Leadership Sessions
Price to Perfection
September 12th / 8:00am - 9:30am PST @ Buena Vida
Pricing products is far from straightforward for Manufacturers and Distributors. Different geographic markets, industries, local competitor activity, and many more factors all necessitate manufacturers and distributors to have a robust, nuanced, and flexible pricing strategy. This level of complexity has traditionally made it very difficult to systematize pricing into technology that supports real-world business processes.
Join us to learn about the intricacies of complex pricing, the solutions to systematizing them, and how Salesforce can even enhance those pricing processes and systems.
We will also be streaming the ongoing Dreamforce manufacturing keynote sessions onsite!
Automotive Cloud for Dealers and Trucking Companies
September 13th / 5:00pm - 7:00pm PST @ Jamber
Automotive Industry is going through a pivotal transformation and Automotive Cloud is here to offer an Industry solution like never before. Join us to discuss what an Industry Lead Industry Delivered approach looks like in the Salesforce ecosystem. This panel is where automotive business meets technology to solve for the biggest pain points experienced in the Industry. We are joined by our partners Feasa alongside customers that have implemented Automotive Cloud.
Finding Gold, Understanding How to Find and Report on Return on Investment
September 12th / 11:30am - 1:30pm PST @ Jamber
Join us for a midday recharge full of networking and meaningful discussions tailored to the Banking industry at Dreamforce. This is the perfect opportunity to take a break from the Dreamforce conference commotion and enjoy complimentary food & drinks with the Gerent team!
Salesforce + Gerent Banking Happy Hour
September 12th / 6:00pm - 9:00pm PST @ Pabu Izakaya
Join Gerent & Salesforce for an evening of delicious eats and delectable drinks at the famous Pabu Izakaya. Take advantage of this one-of-a-kind opportunity to meet other professionals in the Banking sector and Salesforce ecosystem!
Taking Financial Services Innovation to the Next Level: Trends and Success Stories
September 13th / 7:30am - 9:30am PST @ Jamber
Join our breakfast session for a complimentary hearty and delectable breakfast, Salesforce know-how, and meaningful discussions tailored to the financial services industry at Dreamforce. This is the perfect opportunity to kickstart your day before the conference commotion takes over!
Digital Growth w/ James Robert Lay
September 13th / 7:30am - 9:30am PST @ Buena Vida
Join us as renowned speaker and best-selling author James Robert Lay discusses the major obstacles that hold financial brands from maximizing their future digital growth potential during Dreamforce. He'll explore exponential transformations that have unfolded to impact the way we communicate and the role of AI in digital growth in the world of finance, all over a delectable and hearty complimentary breakfast at Buena Vida Cantina!
Org Optimization
September 12th / 9:00am - 10:00am, 12:00pm - 1:00pm & 3:00pm - 4:00pm PST @ Buena Vida
Want to gain insights about your org to address performance or compliance issues? Join Gerent and Hubbl Diagnostics experts to see how you can quickly and easily find ways to optimize your org, create efficiencies and maintenance practices. No purchase required for nonprofit and education customers.
Org Optimization
September 13th / 9:30am - 10:30am PST @ Buena Vida
Want to gain insights about your org to address performance or compliance issues? Join Gerent and Hubbl Diagnostics experts to see how you can quickly and easily find ways to optimize your org, create efficiencies and maintenance practices. No purchase required for nonprofit and education customers.
Build a Culture of Data Trust
September 13th / 11:00am - 12:00pm PST @ Buena Vida
Trust is Salesforce’s #1 value, but do you trust your data? Whether you are leveraging Tableau, CRM-Analytics or Salesforce reporting for insights, high quality data is crucial. If you are a super user, admin or responsible for data hygiene in nonprofit, education or ed tech organizations, come discuss how to create a culture of data trust through simple but effective techniques that will allow you to build a data set to answer your organization’s toughest questions.
Migration to Education Cloud or Nonprofit Cloud
September 13th / 12:00pm - 1:00pm & 2:00pm - 3:00pm PST @ Buena Vida
The recent announcement of new Industry Clouds (Education and Nonprofit) is an exciting change, but how do you know if and when to migrate to the new Cloud? Join our technical and process experts to understand the variables and decision points to help plan and create a value-driven roadmap that works for you.
Data Power for Insurance using Data Cloud
September 12th / 2:30pm - 3:30pm PST @ Jamber
A panel of industry experts discuss key insurance use cases where Data Cloud can unify your enterprise data to drive personalized experiences for new and existing policyholders.
Help Brokers Win More with Data + Automation + AI
September 12th / 3:45pm - 4:45pm PST @ Jamber
A panel of industry experts explore how combining data, automation and AI can drive actionable insights, increase engagement and improve productivity.
Improve Underwriting Efficiency with FSC & Automation
September 13th / 11:00am - 12:00pm PST @ Jamber
A panel of industry experts explore how FSC and Automation in your underwriting process can mitigate risk, reduce cost, and boost engagement.
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