Payments

Cantaloupe names Ravi Venkatesan CEO

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September 8, 2022

Cantaloupe Inc., a digital payments and software services company that provides end-to-end technology solutions for the unattended retail market, has named Ravi Venkatesan as chief executive officer, effective Oct. 1, 2022, succeeding Sean Feeney, who will retire on Sept. 30, according to a press release.

Ravi Venkatesan

Venkatesan currently serves as Cantaloupe's COO and will join the board of directors, effective Oct. 1, 2022.

"My two years leading Cantaloupe have been rewarding, as we have strengthened our operations, grown our customer base and set trends with cashless and contactless payments," Feeney said in the release.

Venkatesan was named chief operating officer in February after serving as the chief technology officer since December 2020. He brings more than 20 years of experience driving technology and business innovation.

Previously, he was head of innovation at Bakkt and chief product officer at Bridge2 Solutions, preceding its sale to ICE. Earlier in his career he spent time as a consultant leader with Accenture.

"The self-service economy is still at an early stage, and I am very excited about Cantaloupe's capabilities and our leadership position to allow us to capitalize on secular long-term growth trends," Venkatesan said.

Gaurav Singal will join Cantaloupe as its new chief technology officer on Sept. 12. He joins Cantaloupe from the Georgia Lottery Corp. where he was the executive vice president and CIO responsible.