Leadership

Sandy Tungare

Founder and CEO

Sandy is the driving force behind Vistaar’s solution, values, and culture. He is an acknowledged expert in sales and marketing areas such as product forecasting, category management, portfolio planning, pricing, and promotions. Vistaar is the result of his vision for powerful and yet easy-to-use analytical software that sales and marketing decision makers can use to dramatically improve business performance. Sandy has a track record of success. He founded Think Systems in 1986, building it to a 150 person multi-national organization with customers including 3M, Compaq, General Electric, IBM, Intel, Motorola, Nabisco, Pfizer, Phillip Morris, and Whirlpool. In 1997 he sold Think Systems to i2 Technologies for nearly $150 million. He then served as president of sales and marketing systems at i2 until leaving to launch Vistaar in 2000. He has a BS from Bombay University and an MBA from Rutgers Business School.

Dan Ferguson

Vice President, Beverage Alcohol Solutions

Dan leads Vistaar’s Technologies Beverage Alcohol Solutions Group developing technologies that enable suppliers and distributors to optimize pricing. Prior to joining Vistaar Dan spent 28 years working for Brown-Forman and Sazerac building brands like Jack Daniels, Fireball, Southern Comfort, Korbel Champagne and Fetzer Wines. Dan led teams in Pricing, Sales, Operations, Finance and Customer Service. He holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Industrial Engineering from the University of Louisville Speed Scientific School.

Linda Marley

Vice President, Sales

Linda leads new customer sales and new vertical strategy for Vistaar. A strategic sales expert, Linda brings a rich background of over 20 years of sales strategy and tactical new market development to Vistaar.  Her recent background includes working in Sales roles with market leaders in software solutions for S&OP, Supply Chain and Price Optimization including Oracle and JDA. Linda has a solid track record building new verticals and solution offerings to ensure growth, profitability and dominance.

Milind “MG” Gupte

Senior Vice President, Solution Design & Product Management

MG has spent over 15 years leading teams in the design, development, and management of enterprise class planning applications. His specialty is designing planning applications based on multi-dimensional OLAP technology. Prior to Vistaar he was Vice President Development at i2 Technologies where he was responsible for design and development of the Demand Management suite of applications. At Vistaar, MG has led Product Development and successfully designed and delivered the foundation for Vistaar’s solutions. Presently, he focuses on solution design, product management, and associated services. MG holds a Master of Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

Kannan Narain

Managing Director

Based in Mumbai, Kannan is responsible for the operations of Vistaar’s India development and sales center.
Kannan Narain is a veteran of the shipping industry in Mumbai, and prior to joining Vistaar has handled a multitude of key international logistics related projects for large business houses, across diverse industries, for more than 2 decades. He is known for his impeccable business ethics and vast practical experience on international trade
In his spare time, Kannan shares his expertise with the next generation of business leaders and was a visiting faculty at some of the most prestigious and sought-after business management institutes, prominent among them being Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS),  and The Exim Management Institute.

Venky Subramanian

Senior Vice President, Customer Success

Venky leads European Operations and Global Customer Success for Vistaar. Venky’s organization has global accountability for sales, delivery and long-term success across Vistaar’s customer base. Venky has a diverse professional background, with global leadership experiences ranging from corporate commercial & strategic roles to enterprise-wide operational consulting engagements with Fortune 100 companies. Venky joined Vistaar from Shell, where he headed Global Business Development for a new innovative green product line and led its first successful sale in Europe. Prior to Shell, Venky was with i2 Technologies in the US. At i2, he led several large transformational engagements across different industries resulting in documented measurable value through operational improvements. Venky holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, a Master’s from the University of California, Davis and an MBA from INSEAD, France.