The Team
Meet the Leaders Driving Innovation at AffableBPM
Experienced Professionals Committed to Transforming Business Processes with AI-Enabled Solutions
Rajashree Varma
CEO | Founder | Board Of Director
Rajashree Varma is a serial entrepreneur and technology leader with a 25+ years of proven track record of driving innovation in workflow automation. As the CEO and Founder of AffableBPM, she spearheads the development of AI-powered solutions that streamline back-office operations for healthcare enterprises. Under her leadership, AffableBPM has gained recognition from Microsoft for its AI-driven enhancements and serves prominent healthcare organizations such as UF Health, Baptist Health, and Sarasota Health.
AffableBPM has also been recognized by industry associations such as Women in Cloud with the Rising B2B Startup Award, further validating its impact in the enterprise automation space. Additionally, Rajashree has received the Trailblazer Rising Award at the 7th Annual Cloud Girls in 2022 and the WBENC Star Award National: WBE Star 2020 Award, highlighting her leadership and contributions to the industry.
Her expertise spans enterprise automation, AI strategy, business process optimization, and investor relations, making her a sought-after speaker and thought leader in the industry.
Linda Roberson
COO | Founder | Board Of Director
Linda is a seasoned executive from the healthcare industry with over 30 years of experience in leadership, operations, process management, business development, and enterprise-level system conversions. She has demonstrated excellence in managing diverse clinical and back-office departments while driving organizational growth and operational efficiency.
She has also managed essential supporting and administrative functions, including health information management, contract management, patient access services, and quality management. She provides continuous guidance in shaping the AffableBPM solution for healthcare administrative staff.
Greg Chavers
CRO | CSO | Board Of Director
At the helm of our sales efforts is Greg Chavers, Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and a proven sales leader with over 30 years of experience driving growth strategies. Greg’s distinguished career includes leading North American Channel Sales at Lexmark International, where he managed a $800 million portfolio, built impactful sales teams, and received numerous accolades like the CRN Channel Chief Award (2019-2021) and the ENX Difference Maker Award (2018). Under Greg’s leadership, AffableBPM prioritizes innovation, partnership, and client-centric solutions. Our approach includes leveraging deep industry insights to deliver exceptional value through consultative selling, strategic business planning, and robust CRM tools.
Karen Cone
Board Of Director
Karen Cone is a highly respected industry leader with a distinguished career in technology and financial services. Her extensive career includes serving as a board director for Fyrii.ai, a venture partner with Mastersfund, and a board observer with Pagedip.
Karen’s impressive career includes board directorships, venture partnerships, and senior executive roles at renowned organizations including Microsoft, Gartner, MasterCard and IBM. She is a visionary leader known for turning innovation into reality, and her expertise spans market expansion, digital transformation, talent development, strategic leadership, and cutting-edge technologies like AI, Cloud, and Blockchain.
Hans Raj
India | UAE Partner
At the helm of our sales efforts is Greg Chavers, Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and a proven sales leader with over 30 years of experience driving growth strategies. Greg’s distinguished career includes leading North American Channel Sales at Lexmark International, where he managed a $800 million portfolio, built impactful sales teams, and received numerous accolades like the CRN Channel Chief Award (2019-2021) and the ENX Difference Maker Award (2018). Under Greg’s leadership, AffableBPM prioritizes innovation, partnership, and client-centric solutions. Our approach includes leveraging deep industry insights to deliver exceptional value through consultative selling, strategic business planning, and robust CRM tools.
Sam Rode
Director Alliance & Sales
Sam Rode is a distinguished Senior Sales and Alliance Leader with a proven track record in Sales Transformation and Growth, distinguished by his exceptional ability to define and execute sophisticated go-to-market strategies. With extensive expertise in opening new territories and expanding partner ecosystems, Sam has successfully scaled business growth globally across diverse landscapes—from Fortune 100 corporations to innovative startups. His strategic approach leverages deep Microsoft alliance partnerships and digital transformation insights, enabling him to design dynamic sales motions to customize AffableBPM solution as per customers’ requirements.
Manisha Umbarje
Director of Marketing
Manisha is a global leader having 20+ years of experience in varied industries and countries. Her knack of understanding customer pain points and their journey is boosting AffableBPM go-to-market strategy with channel partners such as Microsoft, Lexmark etc. Manisha brings an invaluable and unique blend of multiple industries including Retail, IT and Healthcare to develop and implement brand and content strategy along with leading multi-channel marketing efforts to attract and nurture interests in AffableBPM solution.
Shridhar Gune
Director of Engineering
Shridhar has 25 plus years of experience in information technology and architecture. He has extensive experience in managing engineering teams, overseeing technical strategy, driving product development and ensuring high-quality software delivery. He is a TOGAF-certified Enterprise Architect with a strong specialization in Microsoft technologies and Azure cloud solutions. In his previous roles as senior architect at Infosys he has led cross-functional teams, designed scalable SaaS platforms and delivered solutions in healthcare, insurance, and financial services.
Barry Schrag
Transformative Technical Architect & Strategic Advisor
With over two decades of expertly navigating the complexities of building distributed systems across diverse industries, Barry emerges as a transformative Architect and Site Reliability Engineer. His distinguished career, including pivotal roles at Microsoft and Expedia, showcases his unparalleled mastery in software engineering.
Barry is a key to unlocking optimized performance, scalability, and streamlined release cycles, effortlessly merging corporate finesse with an entrepreneurial spirit. Beyond technical intricacies, Barry’s insights extend seamlessly into the realm of strategic imperatives. He is playing a major role in containerizing the AffableBPM SaaS Solution making it adaptable to customer’s infrastructure requirements.
Roberto Robles
Quality Assurance Specialist
Roberto T. Robles serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME), Senior Support Engineer, and Quality Assurance (QA) specialist at AffableBPM Corporation. With over three decades of experience in software development, testing, and UI/UX design, Roberto plays a crucial role in ensuring the success of AffableBPM’s workflow automation solutions.
Since joining AffableBPM in 2021, Roberto has excelled in analyzing complex business processes, identifying pain points, and showcasing how AffableBPM’s solutions address these challenges. He collaborates closely with sales teams to align product features with client needs and works alongside developers to review and test proof-of-concept (POC) customizations, ensuring seamless alignment with customer objectives.
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