Leadership Team
Ryan Magee
President & Chief Executive Officer
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Ryan Magee is the President & CEO of Cority. Since joining the company in 2012, he has supported all aspects of the business, helping the organization scale while ensuring it was on strong financial ground. Ryan started in an Accounting and Finance role, but quickly added to his responsibilities. In 2014, he began supporting the Human Resources and Legal departments. In 2017, he took over as GM of Cority’s IQS division and later led the complete IQS/Cority integration. Ryan has played a pivotal role in Cority’s growth and expansion, leading the company’s Corporate Development and post-merger integration initiatives. Ryan has over a decade of experience working in the Software and Technology industries, where he has helped many companies scale and grow.
Ted Kail
Chief Product Officer
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Ted Kail is the Chief Product Officer at Cority and oversees the Product Management, Solution Marketing & Enablement functions that serve Cority’s customers throughout the globe. For the past 15 years Ted has led Product organizations at Start-Ups & Fortune 500 companies within the Higher Education, Federal & State Governments, and Healthcare Markets. Most recently Ted was the Chief Product Officer at Gordian, which is a Fortive Operating Company (FTV). In this role, he was responsible for determining the strategic direction of all products across Gordian’s product portfolio that included both SaaS and data product offerings.
Ted holds a Bachelor of Science in business as well as an Executive MBA from Northeastern University.
Dan Timpson
Chief Technology Officer
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Dan Timpson is the Chief Technology Officer for Cority, driving the company’s technological vision and the development of innovative solutions. A transformational technology leader, Dan most recently served as Senior Vice President of Engineering at 8×8, where he led a global engineering organization, spearheaded significant organizational restructuring, and modernized critical systems to improve platform reliability. Known for his empathy and authenticity, Dan excels at building collaborative teams and strategically aligning technology with business goals, a hallmark of his prior roles as Chief Technology Officer at Kaseya and DigiCert. Dan is passionate about security, AI, and emerging technology. Earlier in his career, he held key engineering leadership positions at Microsoft and Novell. Dan holds an MBA in Technology Management and multiple technology innovation patents. To recharge and find inspiration beyond the digital realm, Dan enjoys time on the tennis court, jazz improv, and hitting the trails biking or hiking with his kids.
Pablo Neiman
Chief Customer Officer
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As Chief Customer Officer, Pablo oversees the successful delivery of Cority’s solution to our client’s around the globe. Pablo brings a decade of experience delivering enterprise solutions to top-tier clients throughout North America, Europe and APAC. Prior to joining Cority in January 2018, Pablo was the VP of Strategic Planning at NexJ Systems. Pablo has also held various Professional Services roles and always maintained an excellent track record of delivering solutions and establishing strong relationships with clients. Pablo’s experience driving operational efficiencies and leading high performing teams will help Cority through its next stage of growth. Pablo has also held research and teaching positions at the University of Toronto in the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, the Advanced Microsystems and Nano Lab, at Queen’s University, and the Royal Military College. Pablo holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Queen’s University, and both an M.A.Sc. and MBA from the University of Toronto.
Sukaran Mehta
Chief Financial Officer
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Sukaran Mehta serves as Chief Financial Officer at Cority, leveraging his extensive experience in technology, financial services, and strategic financial leadership to drive the company’s financial strategy and operational excellence.
With over 17 years of expertise spanning private equity, venture capital, and public markets, Sukaran has played a pivotal role in guiding high-growth businesses through complex financial landscapes. Before joining Cority, he served as CFO at Docebo, a Nasdaq-listed company, where he contributed significantly to its expansion over five years. Prior to that, as Vice President of Finance at Finastra, a Vista Equity Partners portfolio company, he led key finance operations, including business planning, systems implementation, and revenue operations. Earlier in his career, he worked at RBC, where he was instrumental in major finance initiatives, including the acquisition of City National Bank.
Sukaran started his professional journey at PricewaterhouseCoopers and holds a degree from the National University of Ireland, Galway. He is a distinguished finance leader with professional designations including CPA, CA Ontario, and FCA Ireland, underscoring his commitment to financial excellence and industry leadership.
Eric Olson
Chief Marketing Officer
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Eric Olson is the Chief Marketing Officer at Cority, where he leads the company’s marketing strategy, brand development, demand generation, and customer engagement efforts. With a deep understanding of high-growth technology businesses, he drives initiatives that enhance Cority’s market presence and fuel its continued expansion.
Eric brings nearly two decades of experience as a senior go-to-market leader, having built and scaled marketing organizations in fast-growing software companies. Prior to Cority, he served as Chief Marketing Officer at Quick Base, where he spearheaded go-to-market strategies and brand development. Before that, Eric was Chief Marketing Officer at Sovos, where he built the private equity-backed software business’ brand, growth strategy, and marketing function from the ground up.
His career also includes leadership roles in event technology, where he led a high-growth division of Active Network as its general manager, helping the business enter new markets and establish itself as a market leader. Later, as CEO of Zerista, he guided the mobile startup through growth and acquisition, driving go-to-market strategies and assembling a high-performing cross-functional team.
Amanda Smith
Executive VP of Product Strategy
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Amanda Smith is Cority’s Executive Vice President, Product Strategy, where she brings over 15 years of experience in cloud-based software and human/computer interaction to oversee the creation, marketing, and support of targeted industry solutions. In her role, she focuses on helping to solve EHS&Q problems and providing valuable technology solutions to Cority customers. Amanda has a degree in Industrial & Operations Engineering from University of Michigan.
Marlene da Costa
Executive VP, Human Resources
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Marlene da Costa is the VP, Human Resources, where she heads the People & Culture Function for Cority across Canada, US, UK, France, Germany and Australia. In her current role, Marlene and her team manage the Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, HR Business Partnering, Organizational Development, Leadership & Development, Compensation and Employee Engagement programs. Marlene brings a decade of international Human Resources experience especially in talent acquisition, talent management and employee engagement to the role. Prior to Cority, Marlene headed the HR function for a software company in the financial services space in downtown Toronto. Marlene holds two Masters in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Middle Tennessee State University and Mumbai University. Marlene is also a Certified Human Resources Leader, certified through the Human Resources Professionals Association of Canada.
Board of Directors
Ryan Magee
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Ryan Magee is the President & CEO of Cority. Since joining the company in 2012, he has supported all aspects of the business, helping the organization scale while ensuring it was on strong financial ground. Ryan started in an Accounting and Finance role, but quickly added to his responsibilities. In 2014, he began supporting the Human Resources and Legal departments. In 2017, he took over as GM of Cority’s IQS division and later led the complete IQS/Cority integration. Ryan has played a pivotal role in Cority’s growth and expansion, leading the company’s Corporate Development and post-merger integration initiatives. Ryan has over a decade of experience working in the Software and Technology industries, where he has helped many companies scale and grow.
Hudson Smith
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Hudson Smith has been a Partner at Thoma Bravo since 2016. Based in San Francisco, he is responsible for finding and executing new deals and monitoring and growing the portfolio as an active board member for the firm’s Discover funds, which focus on investing in mid-sized and smaller software and technology companies. Prior to joining Thoma Bravo, he served as Managing Director of HGGC, where he led software and technology investments. Previously, he worked at Bain & Company in Dallas and Sidney and Lincoln International in Chicago. Hudson earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BS degree in Business Administration, magna cum laude, from Washington and Lee University.
Matt LoSardo
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Matt LoSardo is a Vice President at Thoma Bravo. Based in San Francisco, he joined the firm in 2016. Previously Matt worked in private equity at Harvest Partners and investment banking at Morgan Stanley. He holds a BS degree in Economics from Duke University.
Nicolaas Vlok
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Nicolaas Vlok is an Operating Partner at Thoma Bravo. He brings more than 20 years of experience leading high-growth, publicly traded, and PE-backed software and data businesses, by driving market expansion, revenue growth, product innovation, and operational excellence. As a transformational leader, he executed multiple growth strategies that transformed companies into clear market leaders, which included integrating multiple acquisitions accelerating growth. He holds board positions at ABC Fitness, Centrify, Cority, MailGun, and MeridianLink, all industry leading software companies. He is a former board member of Vision Solutions and Idaptive.
Nicolaas is also the President and CEO of MeridianLink, and the former President and CEO of Vision Solutions, which was a Thoma Bravo portfolio company, and subsequently sold to Clearlake Capital. Prior to Vision Solutions, he was the Co-Founder and CEO of IDION Technology Holdings, a publicly traded company on the JSE in South Africa.
Nicolaas was born and raised in South Africa, and studied Computer Engineering at the University of Pretoria. In 2000, he moved to the US to lead IDION’s growth in North America. He is married to the love of his life, and together they are raising their three sons in Southern California.
PRIOR EXPERIENCE
Vision Solutions, President and CEO
IDION Technology Holdings, Co-Founder and CEO
TST, Co-Founder and CEO
Ran Ding
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Ran focuses on growth equity investments across a wide range of sectors including technology, business services, and consumer. Ran sits on the board of Avetta and Infutor, and he is actively involved with Norwest’s investments in ACL, Avetta, Cority, Infutor, Kendra Scott (recapitalized by Berkshire Partners), and The Rainmaker Group. Ran was previously involved with Norwest’s investments in 1010data (acquired by Advance), Rainmaker – Multifamily (acquired by RealPage), and The Retail Equation (acquired by Appriss).
Ran holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical and computer engineering from Cornell University. Ran is also a CFA charterholder.
Anthony Palladino
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Multi-faceted Finance and Operations Executive possessing more than 15 years of management experience. I have achieved measurable success in P&L management, budgeting, human resource administration, treasury models and facility management. Significant experience in SaaS supply chain solutions, sourcing services and IT delivery. International finance experience managing operations in Europe and Asia.
Currently, Chief Financial Officer at Elemica, a leading cloud based software company headquartered in Wayne, PA that enables the world’s largest manufacturing companies to effectively manage their demand and supply chains.
Jay Larson
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Jay Larson is an Operating Partner at Thoma Bravo. Jay has an impressive track record as a successful CEO, transformation driver, and value-creating leader of world-class enterprise organizations. He served as CEO at Optimizely, a venture-backed software company that he and his team grew and ultimately sold to a PE-owned software company. Before Optimizely, Jay was the CEO at Birst Software, another venture-backed firm that was sold to a large application software company. Jay also has an outstanding record as a leader of sales organizations. At Mercury Interactive, he spent seven years building the go-to-market team that drove Mercury’s revenue from $300 million to over $1 billion. During his five-year tenure at SuccessFactors, he built a global sales team that drove revenue from $80 million to over $360 million when SuccessFactors was acquired by SAP. Jay also held sales leadership positions at Oracle, Siebel Systems, and Jive Software. He is passionate about helping companies sell more and sell more efficiently. Jay has a BA degree in Economics from Harvard University and an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.