Colleagues
Working together as a team
At MST, our leadership is founded on expansive industry knowledge with a dedication to quality and service to our clients. The secret to our success begins with the culture we’ve instilled within the company by focusing on the fundamentals we were built on: customers, colleagues and community.
Thiru Thangarathinam
Founder & CEO
Thiru Thangarathinam
Founder & CEO
Thiru is an accomplished executive with a track record of founding a global organization and growing that to a premier software consulting organization. Prior to founding MST Solutions, Thiru played the role of Chief Architect at Apollo Group and designed and implemented large scale transformation programs.
Thiru’s goal is to become a trusted partner for the clients by providing unmatched quality and service in building and deploying customer centric solutions and products to our customers. Thiru is a lifelong learner and is passionate about building an organization that leaves a legacy through the pursuit of its purpose, values, vision and mission.
As a leader of MST Solutions, Thiru has led his organization to be recognized as one of the best places to work by Phoenix Business Journal and AZ Central. Because of his contributions to the three important stakeholders (Customers, Colleagues and Community) of his organization, Thiru was recently recognized by Phoenix Business Journal as one of the Most Admired Leaders in the valley. Thiru has authored 9 books on .NET and Service Oriented Architecture related technologies and was frequent speaker in industry events such as Gartner AADI, SAP TechEd, Open Group, Data Management, and Semantic Technology conferences.
Thiru holds a Bachelor of Engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy and recently earned an Executive Education Program Certificate from Stanford School of Business.
Srikanth Balusani
Chief Technology Officer
Srikanth Balusani
Chief Technology Officer
Srikanth leads Client Engagement and Product Development functions at MST Solutions. He brings 15 years of experience developing and delivering enterprise software. He is a Senior IT leader with proven background in Business and Technology Strategy, Technology Transformation, Innovation and Execution. He is passionate about using technology to improve Business Outcomes and solve real business problems to accelerate growth.
He has extensive background in Enterprise Architecture, SaaS, CRM, Business Process Optimization, Cloud Computing, Hybrid Clouds, Enterprise Integration, Agile Application Development, Service Oriented Architecture and highly scalable Application design. He was able to build strong architecture and development teams from ground up by institutionalizing architecture and development frameworks. Srikanth and his teams were able to build various innovative solutions to improve Operational Efficiency and Customer Experience in addition to being a catalyst for generating new Revenue Streams.
Ken Costello
Chief Operating Officer
Ken Costello
Chief Operating Officer
Ken Costello is an operations executive who works with mid to large enterprise accounts to help clients deliver large scale sales and marketing automation platforms. Ken focuses on driving growth by investing in client engagement transformation and evolving MST Solutions customer acquisition, engagement and retention strategies. Ken’s experience working in large corporations as an operations executive helps him assist organizations exceed operational goals, streamlining efficiency and driving improvements to the bottom line. Before joining MST Solutions (MST), Ken was executive vice president of operations at Apollo Education Group and was responsible for company-wide process improvement and enterprise program management. In that role, Ken developed and executed the organizations competitive strategy, sales channel management, marketing analytics, inbound and outbound sales efforts, marketing communications, and product marketing.
Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, Ken originally came to the United States in 2000 in pursuit of employment and educational opportunities. Ken has a Bachelors of Science in Accounting and a Master of Science, Information Management from Arizona State University. Ken is involved throughout the greater Phoenix community through charitable works and sits on board of directors for the Children First Leadership Academy.
Ramesh Ramamurthy
VP & General Manager
Ramesh Ramamurthy
Vice President & General Manager
As a Senior Director of Technology, Ramesh Ramamurthy plays a key role in design and execution of CRM and .NET projects. Ramesh has 17 years of professional IT experience with Masters degree in Computer applications. Ramesh has strong background in architecture, design, enterprise infrastructure, disaster recovery and development methodologies such as Agile and SCRUM. Ramesh has in-depth business process expertise in the healthcare vertical and has designed targeted solutions in the health care space.
As a Salesforce architect, Ramesh published the reference architecture, standards and best practices and process guidelines for Salesforce development, configuration and deployment in his previous organization. Ramesh also mentored and led a team of architects and developers to implement highly scalable, high performing multi-tier enterprise customer care solution in .NET using WCF Web Services, Entity Framework (EF), Caching, and MSMQ.
Ramesh is well versed in learning and adopting new tools and technologies and has excellent hands-on development skills on Salesforce, .Net and SQL technologies. Prior to joining MST, Ramesh worked in Pacific Pulmonary Services for 10 years and Kumaran Systems for 7 years.
Brandt Bogdanovich
VP OF MARKETING
Brandt Bogdanovich
Vice President of Marketing
Brandt Bogdanovich is Vice President of Marketing at MST Solutions where he oversees the company’s marketing and sales team and orchestrates high-performance marketing strategies. Brandt started his career as a special education teacher where he found a passion for data analytics. Data has been the driving force in Brandt’s career taking him from teaching, to business intelligence, and now into marketing where his diverse professional background is a tremendous asset.
Prior to joining the MST family, Brandt worked for a full-service marketing agency where he was responsible for marketing technology solutions including marketing automation strategy, client analytics, brand positioning, and growth marketing.
Brandt holds a BS Cross-categorical Special Education from the University of Arizona and a Master of Business. Administration from Western International University
Jegadesan Krishnamurthy
Head of finance
Jegadesan Krishnamurthy
Head of Finance
Jegadesan Krishnamurthy (Jeggy), Head of Finance at MST Solutions. Responsible for financial and accounting operations of the company. Firm believer that companies succeed by enabling individuals\teams succeed in their areas through well-defined work processes and financial prudence.
His senior level financial and accounting operational experience spans more than 20 years across multiple industries. His vast experience in Financial planning, regulatory reporting & compliance and day-to-day accounting functions have helped companies scale and grow at a pace that todays market demands. Has found his financial niche in businesses with offshore and onsite operations model, emphasis on computer software and technology services as core products.
Successfully developed and implemented strategies for working capital management, directly impacting cash flow. Positively impacted companies bringing to bear International accounting experience and knowledge in the field of Accounting and taxation.
Having worked in different cultures across the globe, especially in USA and INDIA, He has always been a part of the core management team and in many cases, the single point of contact for all financial matters.
Prior to joining MST Solutions, he served as Head of Finance for mid to large size IT technology companies.
Jeggy holds a Master of Commerce degree from India and Master of Business Administration from University of Phoenix, USA.
Suresh Murugesan
Vice President of Software Engineering
Suresh Murugesan
Suresh is a seasoned Technology leader in managing and leading multiple technical teams to solve and deliver complex business problems. Suresh has a proven track record of successful strategic leadership in nurturing relationships with C-Level executives and building revenue portfolio through the business startup phase. Suresh provides best practice consultation to help clients maximize the productivity of the deliverables. Suresh has a hands-on technical background with Salesforce, Java/J2EE, Microsoft. Net, and AWS Cloud technologies. He is passionate about organizational culture and empowers his teams to innovate and grow.
Suresh leads the Engineering team to build MST’s future talent by aiding Salesforce Training Program to mentor the software engineers from the ground zero stage to a Senior engineer. The program predominantly focuses on fostering the engineering team to achieve in-depth Salesforce technical skills, architecture standards, dev tools, empower a team culture, project delivery experience. Suresh has proven track record of setting up the entire Enterprise solutions team at MST offshore center with over 60+ team members supporting multiple clients and projects amidst the MST’s startup phase of the growing business.
Suresh leads the Staffing Service Practice at MST, managing the talent acquisition specialists for all hiring accomplishments at MST US locations. He is responsible for establishing the strategy to ground up the hiring process, enticing the top talents to MST workforce, exhibiting the clients’ resource needs on Staff Aug opportunities.
Prior to MST Solutions, Suresh worked at Apollo Group as a Technology leader. Suresh holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Regional Engineering College (REC), Trichy, India and Master of Business Administration from University of Phoenix, Arizona – USA.
Ryan Smith
DIrector of engagement
Ryan Smith
Ryan Smith is the Practice Lead for the public sector at MST. Through this role and with a core focus on customer success, Ryan develops project delivery strategy and best practices for public sector clients to guide Salesforce implementations and deliver a cost-effective transformation.
Ryan believes the key ingredient to a successful transformation is to uncover the measurable pain points and focus on those that directly impact customers, constituents and employees. Through this concentration, organizations have the best chance at increasing customer and employee satisfaction while reducing operational and technology costs. He also attests to the implementation of cloud computing platforms as a key capability that enables business transformation.
Ryan has a decade plus experience leading teams across the private and public sector where he led transformation projects in higher education. While at public and private 4-year and doctoral universities he was devoted to leading programs that resulted in massive cost savings, increased student retention and new university accreditations. Ryan’s career has been shaped by his passion for delivering technology in the pursuit of exciting, customer-centric business outcomes while using lean and six sigma methodologies to reduce waste and enhance quality.
Sarah Gammill
DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (HR/OD)
Sarah Gammill
Sarah Gammill is a human resources leader who brings a depth of experience in medium-sized organizations, especially in the area of staff training and leadership development. Sarah focuses on developing systems to support MST’s organizational culture through human resource best practices. Sarah is passionate about working with executives to create and implement leadership development strategies that increase employee engagement. She has a broad HR skill set that helps the organization assess, design, manage and implement a full spectrum of talent management programs to meet business needs and align priorities, goals and objectives.
Before coming to MST Solutions (MST), Sarah served in HR leadership roles at several well-established non-profit organizations and for-profit companies where she was responsible for company-wide training programs, learning management systems, and organizational development initiatives. In her most recent role, Sarah managed a comprehensive scope of human resource activities including recruiting, benefits administration, HRIS, worker’s compensation, leave administration, COBRA, ADA and ACA compliance.
Originally from the Pacific Northwest, Sarah came to Arizona in 2002 after living for several years in Andhra Pradesh, India. Sarah received her Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from the University of Redlands, CA and her Master of Arts degree in Cross-Cultural Studies from Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, California. Sarah is married with two adult daughters and a teenage son, all of whom live in Arizona.
Management Systems (CAHIMS) certificate.