Leadership

Guided by decades of expertise, Aravo’s leadership team is pioneering AI-powered solutions that empower Global 2000 companies to navigate complex risk ecosystems with transparency, integrity, and resilience.

  • Michael Saracini

    Michael Saracini

    Chief Executive Officer

    As CEO, Michael is responsible for Aravo’s overall vision, strategy, planning, and execution. He has more than 20 years of sales, operations, and executive leadership experience building profitable, high-growth software companies.

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  • Tim Albinson

    Tim Albinson

    Founder & Chairman

    Tim Albinson is Aravo’s Founder and Chairman. He launched Aravo in 2000, raising capital from leading family offices and institutional investors to fund the business and developing the firm’s initial strategy, product roadmap, and client base. Tim served as Aravo’s CEO from 2000 to 2010, overseeing its growth from pioneering SaaS startup to market leader…

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  • Christina Pirkle

    Christina Pirkle

    Chief Financial Officer

    As CFO, Christina is responsible for leading Aravo’s accounting, tax, audit, financial reporting, legal, human resources, renewals, and employee experience at Aravo.

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  • Eric Hensley

    Eric Hensley

    Chief Innovation Officer (CINO)

    Eric is responsible for transformative innovation at Aravo. He leads our Innovation Lab, focused on disruptive technologies that redefine how TPRM is performed. Previously. Eric served as Chief Technology Officer, with more than 15 years’ experience in the development and delivery of enterprise SaaS offerings with a special focus on supply chain management and risk…

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  • Dean Alms

    Dean Alms

    Chief Product Officer

    Dean is the Chief Product Officer for Aravo overseeing Product Strategy, Product Management, Product Marketing, and Product Design. He joined Aravo to build an organization that would expand the product portfolio and market reach of industry-leading apps in third-party risk management.

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  • David Rusher

    David Rusher

    Chief Customer Officer

    As Chief Customer Officer, Dave is responsible for leading Aravo’s customer experience teams across Customer Success, Technical Account Management, Customer Support, and Value Engineering.

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  • Stephen Fahey

    Stephen Fahey

    Chief Sales Officer

    As Chief Sales Officer, Stephen is responsible for Aravo’s global sales strategy, revenue execution, and go-to-market performance. He brings extensive enterprise software sales leadership experience building and scaling high-performing sales organizations in complex, global markets.

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  • Judson Davis

    Judson Davis

    Senior Vice President, Strategy Execution

    Judson Davis is responsible for helping facilitate, govern, and execute Aravo’s most strategic initiatives. He is an agent of change ensuring that Aravo continues to operate in the most efficient, scalable, and profitable way possible.  He helps drive transformation throughout the business translating strategy into initiatives that are then prioritized and executed. 

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  • Mark Kizer

    Mark Kizer

    Senior Vice President, Engineering

    Mark leads Aravo’s product engineering, DevOps and TechOps team as Senior Vice President of Engineering, managing the development of the company’s innovative and scalable software products. He brings over twenty years of experience in enterprise and SaaS software engineering. 

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  • Bryn Sedlacek

    Bryn Sedlacek

    Vice President, Product Management

    Bryn is the Vice President of Product Management at Aravo, with responsibility for Aravo’s platform and application offerings. She joined Aravo in 2017 and has worked in Professional Services and Business Development, before moving to R&D.

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  • Jule Mehnert

    Jule Mehnert

    Vice President, Professional Services

    Jule Mehnert leads Aravo’s Professional Services Organization. She is responsible for ensuring clients are delivered the very best expertise and experience across all services engagements with Aravo, including all phases of software implementation and training.

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  • Mike Spacone

    Mike Spacone

    Vice President, Strategic Alliances

    As Vice President of Strategic Alliances Mike is responsible for expanding and accelerating Aravo’s partner ecosystem and growth initiatives. Mike brings nearly three decades of experience building and scaling global partner programs, alliances, and channel organizations across leading enterprise software companies. Throughout his career, he has successfully developed partner strategies that drive revenue growth, deepen…

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