Bravura works with event planners to produce events that shine

OUR COMPANY

Innovative

Bravura offers a suite of innovative and integrated meeting management solutions that address the needs of event planners and attendees from start to finish.

Knowledgeable

Bravura understands the association and corporate meeting experience and provides digital tools that can transform these events while providing exceptional customer service to its clients.

Trusted

Bravura provides exceptional customer service to clients and their users, resulting in high renewal rates and unparalleled customer retention.

Established

For more than 15 years, Bravura Technologies has built innovative, easy-to-use digital tools used by more than 2 million users at thousands of events.

OUR LEADERSHIP

Ashok Samuel

President
& Chief Executive Officer

Sean P. Gallagher

Vice President
Business Development

Maria Kavita

Vice President,
Products and Services

Paige DeRuiter

Director,
Sales & Marketing

Seasoned Professionals

With more than 100 combined years of experience, Bravura Technologies’ senior leadership has a proven track record of the business acumen, operational leadership, and product development expertise required to bring innovative software solutions to market.

Strategic Direction

Bravura’s strategic direction is to provide cutting edge, user-friendly meeting management solutions to association and corporate event organizers, who in turn can provide the best possible meeting experience to attendees, exhibitors, sponsors, and vendors.

Values Based

Bravura’s core corporate values are built around customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, and technological innovation. As a company, we operate with integrity, teamwork, and respect.

Advantages of Partnering With Bravura Technologies

At Bravura Technologies, we aim to provide the most modern, intuitive solutions that address all your event needs from start to finish. Our many years of experience and long list of satisfied clients make us one of the most trusted event management software companies in the industry. We back our software with top-notch customer service and ongoing support.

In addition, we understand how critical your budget is to your event. We strive to keep our costs affordable for the services you need to succeed.

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OUR SELECT CLIENTS

Bravura works with event planners to produce events that shine.
We have a global presence, providing conference solutions to customers around the world.

“Their customer service is one of the best I have seen in the market.”

“The Bravura team listens to customer feedback enabling their products to meet an ever increasing level of expectation.”

“What I like the most about my Bravura partnership is they really listen to all of their partners.”

“The Bravura team is hands down, the best I have associated with in 25 years of managing IT projects.”

ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIPS

Bravura partners with companies that share our commitment to quality and that complement our approach of providing maximum value to our customers.

Bravura offers two types of partnerships: reseller and technology (for integrations). If interested in exploring a partnership, please contact us.

JOIN OUR TEAM

Our team is growing!

If you are excited about event technology and transforming the meeting experience,
then we are interested in hearing from you.

We currently have openings in Software Development, Sales, Implementation,
and Marketing.

See our current job postings and apply on Indeed or submit your cover letter and
resume to jobs@bravuratechnologies.com.

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See our cutting-edge event technology for yourself.

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Ashok Samuel, President and CEO: Bravura Technologies was founded in 2006 by Ashok Samuel, a serial entrepreneur. Before starting Bravura, Ashok was the founder, president, and CEO of Wishbone Systems, providing a comprehensive Field Services Management system that addressed productivity of the mobile field force. Under his leadership the company recorded significant revenue growth of 300% through strategic corporate alliances and the implementation of large scale enterprise solutions. Wishbone was acquired by Indus International (now ABB), a publicly traded software company.

Prior to his founding Wishbone Systems, Ashok was SVP at Applied Business Technology (ABT), makers of Project Workbench which sold over 150,000 licenses worldwide. ABT was acquired by Niku which was subsequently acquired by Computer Associates.

Ashok received his Master of Science in Computer Science from Baruch College, New York and his Bachelor of Science from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

In 2004, Ashok was honored as one of “Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business” by The Asian American Association.

Ashok is also a philanthropist and is the Chairman of a private charitable foundation that supports and operates orphanages in developing nations.

Sean P. Gallagher, VP Business Development: Prior to joining Bravura, Sean ran the partner program in the East for BEA Systems (acquired by Oracle in May, 2008). His responsibilities included the solicitation, enablement, and sales execution of VARs, resellers, specialized partners and alliances.Sean was also part of the management team for Wishbone Systems, which provided a comprehensive Field Services Management system that addressed productivity of the mobile field force. He was instrumental in recruiting partners and establishing Wishbone as a major OEM provider to other ISVs. Wishbone was acquired by Indus International (now Ventyx), a publicly traded software company.Sean also had a variety of sales roles at Applied Business Technology (ABT), makers of project management software. ABT was acquired by Niku which was subsequently acquired by Computer Associates.Sean attended St. Joseph’s University, a Jesuit member institution of higher education, where he double majored in Management / Marketing Science.

Maria Kavita, VP Products and Services: Maria has over 25 years of experience architecting and building scalable, robust, commercially viable enterprise software.

Prior to Bravura, Maria was the Director of Product Development at Indus International (now ABB Enterprise Software) a publicly traded software company, where she was responsible for the development and implementation of the mobile workforce management and scheduling software.

Prior to Ventyx, Maria was Chief Architect and a member of the management team at Wishbone Systems, which provided a comprehensive Field Services Management system that addressed productivity of the mobile field force. At Wishbone, Maria successfully led the transition of Wishbone’s products to a web-based, multi-tier architecture, which increased the adoption and usage globally.

Maria graduated from Mt. Carmel College, Bangalore University and Harvard University DCE with honors in Computer Science.

Paige DeRuiter, Manager, Strategic Accounts: Paige has over 10 years of experience in the events industry, providing leadership to event creation, management, and deployment, as well as overseeing event software.

Prior to Bravura, Paige was the Development Specialist at Riverside Medical Center in Chicago, IL, where she was responsible for building strategic partnerships with local businesses and key vendors, organizing events, and overseeing CRM software for logistics and fundraising. Prior to her current role within Bravura, Paige worked as a Project Manager on the Implementation team.

Paige received her Master of Business Administration from Olivet Nazarene University, where she also received her BS in Corporate Communication.

Bravura works with event planners to produce events that shine

OUR COMPANY

Innovative

Knowledgeable

Trusted

Established

OUR LEADERSHIP

Ashok Samuel

Sean P. Gallagher

Maria Kavita

Paige DeRuiter

Seasoned Professionals

Strategic Direction

Values Based

Advantages of Partnering With Bravura Technologies

OUR SELECT CLIENTS

ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIPS

JOIN OUR TEAM

Our team is growing!

ENHANCE YOUR EVENT TODAY

Request a Demo Today

See our cutting-edge event technology for yourself.

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