Volante Technologies has hired Rick Salk as global head of sales.
Salk joins from Misys Banking Systems in the US, where he has worked for 20 years, most recently holding the position of director of sales for North America.
In his new role, Salk will be based in Volante’s Jersey City headquarters, and will be responsible for overseeing further development and expansion of global sales operations. He will report to CEO Vijay Oddiraju.
Salk’s hire is part of a wider expansion of Volante’s sales team, in response to an increased interest in the VolPay suite, launched in 2015.
Nihit Ahuja, Ali Mentesh, and Vidya Subramaniam will join the London office as sales directors.
Ahuja joins from Fundtech, where he was senior sales manager for the UK, Ireland, the Middle East and Africa, while Mentesh previously worked at FIS, responsible for bringing payments solutions and propositions to the market.
Subramaniam brings more than 15 years of experience in account development in investment banking, and has held senior roles at Syntel and Polaris.
Peter Martin also joins Volante as a sales director, based in Dubai. He joins from Misys in the Middle East, where he was responsible for account management and development of new business.
In his new role, Martin will focus on developing new business in the Middle East.
Oddiraju said: “We are experiencing a clear and growing appetite for our VolPay suite of payment integration and processing products which is reflected in the need to expand our sales team.”
“The fact that executives of the calibre of Rick Salk, Nihit Ahuja, Ali Mentesh, Vidya Subramaniam and Peter Martin are attracted to Volante I see as testament to the progress we continue to make in the payments space. I look forward to their contribution towards our growth plans in the coming years.”
Salk added: “I have followed Volante for some time now and their experience in the field of financial message integration and processing is abundantly clear to me as market leading.”
“The launch of the VolPay suite in 2015 and understanding how it could positively contribute to the payments industry is a compelling and exciting proposition for me. I look forward to developing and growing Volante’s global sales operations to enable the market to take full advantage of Volante’s products.”
