ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions,  announced the appointment of Eve Aretakis as executive vice president of application development.

With more than twenty years of senior leadership experience, Aretakis has held executive roles at category-leading companies such as Siemens and Unisphere Networks. At Unify/Siemens Enterprise, she served as executive vice president, managing a team of more than 1,300 staff globally and driving its Enterprise global product portfolio. Previously, she served as president, IP Network Solutions at Siemens. Aretakis will report to Tony Scotto, senior executive vice president, global development at ACI.

“As the payments industry continues its rapid evolution, we are excited to have a proven leader and visionary like Eve directing our application development initiatives,” said Scotto. “With her impressive track record of delivering new product and segment growth as well as her background with cloud solutions, Eve will play a key role in the development of our Universal Payments offerings.”

“I am thrilled to become a part of the talented OneACI team, to advance our Universal Payments application development and ultimately help our great customers accelerate growth,” said Aretakis. “ACI is on the cutting edge of payments, an industry that is experiencing nonstop and incredible innovation, and I look forward to helping our company lead this charge.”