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Chessy West

Chessy West is Kevel's CFO. Prior to Kevel, Chessy was a founding member of United Income, a fintech investment management startup that sold to Capital One. Before that, she was at HelloWallet, a SaaS fintech startup that sold to Morningstar. Chessy holds a Bachelor's in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an MBA From Georgetown University. Outside the office, you can find Chessy spending time with her husband and three kids.

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Brian Batts

Brian Batts is the CRO at Kevel. Brian has over 20 years experience in digital commerce, site merchandising, and site monetization programs. He’s first and foremost a connector - if he can’t help you, he either knows someone who can, or will do his best to find you someone else who has the skills necessary. His Business Development experience has spanned all continents (sans Antarctica - though he is still trying). If he’s not working, you will find him with his wife and (grown) children rock climbing.

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Bo Liu

Bo Liu is responsible for delivering value to Kevel's customers. A veteran of B2B SaaS, Bo was previously a Customer Success leader at HackerOne, Amplitude, and Medallia, which went through a successful IPO in 2019. Bo holds a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and an MBA, both from Duke University. In his spare time, Bo enjoys walks along the waterfront with his wife and their 1-year-old.

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Melissa LaMonica

Melissa LaMonica is Kevel’s VP of People, focused on maintaining Kevel’s amazing culture as a place where its employees can thrive. Though Melissa’s career began in finance, she quickly realized her passion in investing in the organization’s greatest asset - its people - was the most rewarding part of her job. As the VP of People for the past decade, she drove initiatives aligning HR Strategy with organizational goals, resulting in high performing organizations. Outside of work, you can find Melissa camping and hiking in the central Rocky mountains with her husband, three daughters and black lab “Bear”.

Tim Ewald

Tim Ewald has spent the last 30 years building distributed software systems to solve problems in a wide range of domains, including image analysis, content management, video processing, databases, and ad tech. He brings his experience as an engineer, architect, and engineering manager to Kevel, where he is responsible for the entire cloud platform. Tim is an author and conference speaker, who holds a Bachelor's in Computer Science from Hampshire College. Outside of the office, he builds furniture using hand tools.

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Tushar Kirtane

Tushar Kirtane is responsible for leading Kevel's product strategy. Prior to Kevel, Tushar was Director of Revenue for Pocket where he grew revenues through product & partnerships from 0 to over $15M. Tushar holds a Bachelor’s in Biomedical Engineering and an MBA, both from Duke University. Outside of work, Tushar once had the top post on /r/pizza and lives in North Carolina with his wife & two kids.

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