The Vinimaya Leadership Team
Vinimaya's management team is comprised of executives with Fortune 500 experience, proven entrepreneurs, world-class technologists, and veterans of B2B eCommerce.
John Hutchinson - President
Prior to joining The Vora Group, John was a Managing Director with Huron Consulting Group. John joined Huron in its first year as a venture funded start-up in 2002, continuing with the firm through its transformation into a public company with nearly $600MM in annual revenue in 2009.
While at Huron, John held leadership roles within multiple practice lines in the areas of strategic procurement, strategic sourcing, and e-Procurement. In addition to practice leadership responsibilities, John developed and executed transformative consulting engagements for a wide variety of domestic and international clients, in some cases joining client leadership teams in an interim executive role.
Prior to Huron, John has held product development/management and business development responsibilities in the technology space with Divine, Inc., Intira Corporation, and Unisys Corporation.
John holds an MBA from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Notre Dame.
Mike Precia - Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Prior to joining Vinimaya, Michael was the Vice President of Sales at Perfect Commerce. While at Perfect Commerce, Michael successfully led the sales organization through multiple significant acquisitions, including Purchasepro, Escout, and Pantellos. Prior to Perfect Commerce, Michael was Global Vice President of Sales at Ketera. During Michael’s tenure, the company experienced record revenue growth, launched a new Sourcing product, a new e-Procurement platform, and a new Supplier Portal.
Before entering the e-Procurement industry Precia held a sales leadership role at Worldcom, and was a founder of Summit Point Systems, an e-commerce company successfully built and sold by the management team. Michael’s broad business background and entrepreneurial spirit allow him to quickly connect with clients to identify business challenges and develop creative, high-value solutions.
Michael holds a BA in Communication from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Alan Ackroyd - Vice President of Technology / R&D
Alan is responsible for overall product delivery and serves as the chief evangelist of Vinimaya’s technology platform. Prior to joining Vinimaya, Alan served as CTO with CollisionSync, where he successfully led the development of their automotive e-catalog system, and its integration with multiple e-commerce platforms. Prior to CollisionSync, Alan was the CIO with Powerway, where he was responsible for technology operations as well as systems integrations resulting from M&A activities.
With over 20 years of experience, Alan is expert in development and execution in “fast growth” technical environments and has an extensive background in multiple technology platforms. He has a diverse experience base in Information Technology, Software Development, and Integration strategies, and specializes in assisting companies in the Web 2.0 Software as a Service (SaaS) space that need to streamline their technology for better market execution.
Senthil Vadivel - Director of Product Development
Senthil is responsible for all software architecture and engineering activities in the U.S. and India. Prior to joining Vinimaya, Senthil worked as a senior platform architect for Vinimaya's Offshore Partner Ascendum Systems Ltd. in Bangalore, India. Before Ascendum, he was a senior programmer at TradAction India.
An expert in J2EE and object-oriented programming, Senthil holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics and a Masters Degree in Computer Applications, both from Bharathiar University in Coimbatore, India.
