Leadership Team
Steven Gerhardt
Managing Partner,
CEO
Steven Gerhardt leads the company’s direction, business development and vision. He is an enterprise software architect with 25 years of experience in developing, selling and managing software product delivery.
Prior to Element Blue, Steven served as the co-founder and principal of Ixion for eleven years. During this time, Ixion became a leading provider of business and consumer portals, including web content manager solutions.
Steven’s background also includes work in product marketing, biotechnology, and ISO standards accreditation. He has a Bachelor’s degree from Baylor University and a Biotechnology Master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University.
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Sean Grigg
VP, Digital Services and Delivery
Joining Element Blue team (formerly Ixion) in 2005, Sean Grigg currently leads the Element Blue digital marketing experience practice that offers web design and portal solutions. He has worked with many customers leading the user experience design and initial architecture for projects of all sizes.
Prior to 2005, Sean led the web solutions and training area for the Human Resources department of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
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Vincent Njoroge
Managing Director, Africa
Vincent is the Managing Director for the Africa Region of Element Blue. Vincent previously led the regional office of IBM Global Business Services, as Associate Partner and GBS Leader East Africa. He has more than 17 years of experience in business and IT consulting, with expertise in business strategy, business development, product management and software development. Vincent first joined IBM GBS as a Managing Consultant where he led teams to provide strategic collaboration solutions and specialized in building portal solutions for Fortune 100 companies in industries including financial services, manufacturing, and oil & gas services.
Prior to his return to Nairobi, He was Director of Client Services and Director of Video for AOL’s Advertising division. In this role he handled sales and client management as well as technical integration support and advising on strategies for monetization of video content. He has made frequent public appearances at industry conferences and at events worldwide.
Vincent holds a BA in Business Administration with a minor in Computer Science, and an MBA from Bowling Green State University.
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Sanjay Jalagam
Managing Director, Middle East and India
Sanjay Jalagam has more than 20 years of experience working in information technology encompassing software development, deployment, sales and customer support. Sanjay has extensive experience working with global customers in helping build and maintain enterprise solutions. He is the country manager responsible for all sales and delivery operations in India. He also manages the India Development Center responsible for offshore delivery for all geo locations.
Sanjay has worked in various different roles in sales, service and management at Oracle and Moore Process Automation (division of Siemens). While at Oracle, he was a part of Global Swat Team for the Process Manufacturing Industry and then was a part of Oracle Energy practice. Sanjay holds a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
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Christopher Frankland
Consulting Advisor, Digital Automation
Christopher is a Global Digital Enterprise Architect & InsurTech Advisor with a love for Lean Process + Innovative Digital Technology.
Deeply immersed in the InsurTech and Digital Business Automation space, Christopher is constantly on the look out for creative ways to leverage Chatbots, Robotic Process Automation, Analytics and Cognitive Services to help re-imagine and elevate the Customer, Patient and Insurance Experience.
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Eva Maklouf
Managing Director, Latin America
Eva MakloufCoto, MBA, has almost 30 years of experience in the development of leading companies in the Costa Rican and US marketplace; she has ample experience in sales for the software industry. She has held positions such as consultant, marketing director, sales and business development since 1997.
Currently, she is a partner of the software companies Arkkosoft, Arkkosoft Smart Solutions, and for Element Blue Latin America she is Managing Director, Partner. She was Vice President of CAMTIC and member of the board of directors of the Banco Popular y Popular Pensiones. She worked with the Ministry of Science and Technology (Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología – MICIT), the Chamber of IT and Communications (Cámara de Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación – CAMTIC), and with the Promoter of Foreign Trade (Promotora de Comercio Exterior -Procomer) in the initial mapping of the strategy known as “Costa Rica Verde e Inteligente” (Smart Green Costa Rica).
She has a degree as a Systems Engineer from the Universidad Magíster, a Master’s degree from the University of Costa Rica in Business Management with emphasis in Marketing and Sales. She has also taught Business Management Master’s degree courses at the University of Costa Rica.
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