What’s CentralSquare?

Jeff’s primary role as interim CEO is to lead the execution of CentralSquare’s mission, vision and strategy, to delight customers and to make CentralSquare a great place to work.

An experienced executive who has overseen the operational transformation of organizations both in the United States and abroad, Jeff comes to CentralSquare from Bain Capital Private Equity, where he served as a managing director in the Portfolio Group and a member of the North American Private Equity team. In this role, Jeff leads Bain Capital’s operating partner organization and the development of their value creation playbook. Over his 14 years at Bain, Jeff has served in numerous interim executive roles, particularly in the areas of technology and industrials. Prior to joining Bain, Jeff was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, where he consulted in the technology, industrial and retail sectors.

Jeff received an MBA from Harvard Business school and served as a volunteer EMT and firefighter throughout high school and college, which deepens his passion for leading CentralSquare.

Jatin is always eager to connect, communicate and tell a story. Jatin has been fascinated by how people consume information and how that leads to changes in their decisions. In his role as Chief Marketing Officer, Jatin is responsible for marketing, demand generation and brand-building across the company. Under his leadership, the CentralSquare marketing team has increased pipeline by more than 20 times, launched a new brand and managed communications across complex mergers and acquisitions. He is also at the forefront of building low-cost, high-velocity digital marketing programs that directly impact revenue and bookings.

Before CentralSquare and Superion, Jatin was Senior Vice President of Marketing at APT in Washington, D.C., where he managed all aspects of demand generation, brand building and sales enablement. He developed effective marketing programs which brought together marketing campaign-automation platforms, digital marketing, content marketing, account-based marketing, and streamlined lead-to-revenue management. APT’s cloud-based SaaS products power analytics at leading organizations across 10 industries in more than 25 countries. Before working in marketing, he worked in consulting and advised Fortune 500 companies on best practices for improving the ROI and effectiveness of their marketing and operations functions. He also brings experience in new market entry, IPO-processes (TAM, S1 Business Sections) and re-branding.

Jatin received his master’s (summa cum laude) and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. He has presented and published multiple articles and papers focused on using data science and quantitative forecasting. Jatin is active in developing new marketing strategies and his ideas are covered by the media. Recent articles include: Targeted content helps CentralSquare reach public sector and B2B content: to gate or not to gate, that is the question.

When he’s not working, Jatin enjoys repairing anything mechanical, from cars to furniture, and spending time with his wife and his dog, Bubbles.

As Chief Financial Officer, Todd leads finance, accounting and legal at CentralSquare.

Todd joined CentralSquare from BDP International, one of the leading, privately held global freight logistics / transportation management firms, where he served as CFO. At BDP, Todd oversaw all facets of the company’s financial activities and led the finance transformation from a family-run to a family-owned business specializing in dangerous goods and complex logistics with over $2.5B in annual revenue and operating in nearly 140 countries. 

Prior to joining BDP International, Todd was the VP of finance & operations for H&R Block, leading the company’s expense productivity efforts where they freed up over $140M of cash and 1M labor hours. He has 20+ years in corporate finance and has executed finance transformations across several F1000 firms, including Stanley Black and Decker where he served as director of global finance transformation, and at Ceridian where he served as senior vice president of finance.

Todd has served in a variety of finance and accounting roles at Ceridian, IBM and 3M ranging from auditing, controllership, pricing, financial analysis, financial consolidations, shared services, customer and product profitability, and FP&A systems. Earlier in his career, Todd served as a captain in the Air Force and was a decorated ICBM commander.

As Chief Operating Officer, David leads all aspects of the customer experience post sale, including services, support and success management.

Prior to joining CentralSquare, David served recently as the chief customer officer and head of customer support, education and professional services for BMC Software. There, he led efforts to transform capabilities and operations of those functions, resulting in significant improvements to service quality, net promoter scores and profitability. Prior to BMC, David was executive vice president of worldwide services and field operations for JDA Software, a leading provider of end-to-end, integrated retail and supply chain planning and execution solutions. David’s experience also includes head of worldwide services for EMC’s information intelligence division and for BEA Systems, among other leadership positions.

Be inquisitive and never stop learning. This belief has led John to achieve a diverse set of skills and expertise throughout his more than 25-year career in building breakthrough technologies. He has led several on-premise to cloud transformations, integration of multiple software platforms post-merger and development of enterprise software applications.

Prior to CentralSquare, John served as CTO at Lanyon, where he led product management, product development and cloud infrastructure. Before Lanyon, John led product and cloud operations teams at BigMachines, where he served as Senior Vice President of Products. Before assuming that role, John served as Vice President of Product Management at Infor, where he was responsible for product strategy for their strategic applications. Prior to Infor, he was Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Provia Software, a provider of supply chain software.

John grew up in Canada and is an avid hockey fan. Beyond technology, John is always willing to talk about hockey (of course), golf and music. John lives in Winter Park, Florida.

Steve brings a unique background of military service and leading diverse businesses to CentralSquare. His journey to CentralSquare began with his choice to attend the U.S. Naval Academy. Steve completed six years in the U.S. Navy as an Engineering Officer on a destroyer and an instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy. After the Navy and an MBA from the University of Maryland, Steve worked in the private sector as a leader in technology strategy and positioning companies. He served as Chief Product Officer of LifeLock, Senior VP of Scopely, VP of Product and Analytics at LexisNexis, and most recently as CTO of TriTech Software Systems. Steve has deep expertise in predictive analytics and data science, big data, product strategy, platform partnerships, mobile apps and engineering.

When Steve isn’t working, he loves watching his four kids compete in a variety of sports. He is an avid golfer, skier, college football fan and reader of military history.

As Chief Human Resources Officer, Todd leads CentralSquare’s recruitment, professional development, benefits and HR service functions.

Todd served as interim chief human resources officer at CentralSquare and subsequently has assumed the role. He brings over 30 years of experience as an HR executive and consultant, helping to build organizations that delivered organic growth (PayPal revenue more than doubled during his tenure) and acquisition-driven growth (Bank of America revenues nearly tripled from 1996-2006). Shaw started his consultancy, Shaw Organization Design LLC, to help companies build high performing teams and organizations. Prior to this, Todd was the CHRO at the global retail payments leader, Verifone. There he focused on the transformation of the business from a hardware provider to a services and solutions provider. Prior to Verifone, he served as an HR vice president at PayPal and as an HR executive at Bank of America. He worked in every major segment of the business, with his last assignment being the Regional HR executive for Asia Pacific. Earlier in his career Shaw worked at the Taco Bell division of PepsiCo and at NCR.