Anaplan, the leading scenario planning and analysis platform designed to optimize decision-making in today’s complex business environment, today announced the appointment of three new senior executives who will lead key functions in the global product and technology, go-to-market, and finance organizations. 

The appointments of Sanjay Kacholiya, senior vice president of Corporate Development, Jarrod Martin, senior vice president of Engineering, and Kuntal Vahalia, senior vice president of Global Channels and Alliances, come at a time of accelerated innovation and growth for Anaplan. Today’s announcement follows the appointment of Jim Freeze, Chief Marketing officer and Hyune Hand, Chief Customer Officer, and the company’s recent acquisition of Fluence Technologies, the leading cloud-native solution for financial close, consolidation, disclosure management and reporting. 

Sanjay Kacholiya

As senior vice president of Corporate Development, Kacholiya will be responsible for identifying and evaluating new investment opportunities for Anaplan, reporting to Anaplan’s Chief Financial Officer, Hemant Kapadia. Kacholiya brings more than 25 years of experience in corporate and business development, strategy, and finance to Anaplan. He previously held senior leadership roles at Citrix, GE, Eventbrite, and Synopsis, among others.  

“Sanjay is a seasoned corporate development leader with a proven track record of identifying and executing strategic growth opportunities across a range of software, SaaS and broader technology marketplaces,” said Kapadia. “I’m thrilled to have Sanjay on the team to help us focus on delivering Anaplan’s next phase of growth.” 

Jarrod Martin

Martin, who joins Anaplan as senior vice president of Engineering, will report to Chief Product and Technology Officer, Adam Thier, and he will oversee all aspects of the company’s architecture, engineering, quality assurance and DevOps functions to deliver platform excellence at scale. 

“Jarrod’s leadership will continue to strengthen how our engineering and product teams work together to deliver innovation with simplicity, consistency and speed,” said Their. “Performance engineering is in Jarrod’s DNA. He sees the big picture from end-to-end and knows how to deliver large-scale, complex technical solutions that lean on software design, development streams, and infrastructure planning and implementation.”

Kuntal Vahalia

Vahalia, who steps into the role of senior vice president of Global Channels and Alliances, will support Bill Schuh, Anaplan’s Chief Revenue Officer, in growing the company’s world-class partner ecosystem. Vahalia is a veteran of the SaaS industry who has scaled partner ecosystems at Salesforce, MuleSoft, and Thoughtspot. He will work with leading companies like Deloitte, Accenture, and KPMG and planning-focused systems integrators and boutique companies like Spaulding Ridge, Anavate, and Blucrux to expand their Anaplan practices and deliver joint value to their customers. 

“Anaplan has a market-leading partner ecosystem, with alliances around the world that value our product leadership and innovation and share our desire to help customers outperform their peers by continuously making better decisions,” said Schuh. “Kuntal is a high-energy leader with a track record of scaling effective, high-quality alliance networks, and I am confident he will help us take our partner ecosystem to new heights.”   

Anaplan maintains a concerted focus on customer success, supported through the hiring and development of a talented and diverse team of individuals. Kacholiya, Martin and Vahalia each bring proven domain expertise and leadership that will translate into innovation that accelerates customers’ transformation efforts.