Randstad Risesmart Leadership Team

dan davenport

president and general manager

Dan serves as President and General Manager of Randstad RiseSmart, the company he co-founded with Sanjay Sathe in 2007. Serving initially as Vice President of Operations and Finance, and later, Senior Vice President, Dan built Randstad RiseSmart’s world-class service delivery organization and managed all operations in the US, Canada, and India.

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david chapman

chief financial officer

David Chapman is Randstad RiseSmart’s Chief Financial Officer. As CFO, David oversees the finance, accounting, and human resources functions at Randstad RiseSmart and provides strategic financial guidance as the company continues to expand its contemporary career transition operations globally.

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vikash chauhan

chief technology officer

As CTO, Vikash Chauhan is key to the evolution and expansion of Randstad RiseSmart’s Product Development organization and provides leadership for the product management and engineering teams and Randstad RiseSmart’s offshore development center. He is responsible for strategic leadership in the development of new technologies to further solidify Randstad RiseSmart’s position as the global leader and number one innovator in the outplacement and talent mobility industry.

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bram lowsky

chief sales officer

As CSO, Bram Lowsky plays a key role in strategy development and go-to-market planning to ensure continued, rapid customer growth for Randstad RiseSmart. Bram is chartered with providing sales and account leadership, as well as working with the Randstad RiseSmart team in the ongoing investment, innovation and differentiation of its service offerings to accelerate growth.

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joshua barlow

senior vice president, operations

Josh Barlow has been a key player in Randstad RiseSmart’s operational success. It’s his mission to improve our processes and build our teams so that we can meet and exceed our goals for effectiveness, excellence and customer satisfaction.

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karin bootsma

vice president, marketing

As vice president of marketing, Karin adds to Randstad RiseSmart’s talented leadership team two decades of high-tech, HCM, and SaaS marketing experience, including several years as vice president of marketing at public and private companies.

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kevin gounden

senior vice president, product & global expansion

Kevin is responsible for driving Randstad RiseSmart’s global growth strategy. By working closely with our teams around the world, he is focused on expanding Randstad RiseSmart’s global footprint and driving rapid implementation, seamless relationships, and robust processes among our international operations, delivery, and business teams.

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michael gray

vice president, risesmart labs

As leader of the product team, Michael sets and drives the product vision for the company in its pursuit to be the global market leader in career transition services.

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lindsay witcher

vice president, practice strategy

As Vice President Practice Strategy, Lindsay Witcher leads the practice development team to design and implement innovative solutions that optimize workforces, increase internal mobility, and ease workforce transitions for organizations around the globe.

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meet our leadership team.

dan davenport

david chapman

vikash chauhan

bram lowsky

joshua barlow

karin bootsma

kevin gounden

michael gray

lindsay witcher

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