Karthik Ganapathi takes over as President of GVR’s retail solutions
Former CTO of HCE and GM of Diebold Nixdorf will expand Gilbarco Veeder-Root’s convenience retail offering.
Gilbarco Veeder-Root has named Karthik Ganapathi as President, GVR Retail Solutions with responsibility for the global retail solutions strategy, point-of-sale (POS) & payment solutions and cloud platforms to expand the company’s convenience retail offering.
A former Honeywell executive with almost 25 years of strategy, technology and operations experience, Ganapathi has a strong track record of developing new approaches to capture critical market transitions and leading software portfolio transformations.
“I am pleased to welcome Karthik to the GVR team leading our retail solutions business. Karthik is a proven global leader with deep expertise in leading businesses in the retail, software, and industrial technology markets with a proven track record of modernizing and transforming businesses with best-in-class technology solutions,” said Aaron Saak, President Gilbarco Veeder-Root.
Most recently, as the Chief Transformation Officer for HCE, Ganapathi led the effort to shift the portfolio to SaaS, build innovation pipeline, and accelerate new product introductions. Prior to Honeywell, he held various operator roles in public companies and private equity, including as Vice President and General Manager at Diebold Nixdorf.
Ganapathi holds a bachelor's degree from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India in Engineering, a master’s from Missouri University of Science and Technology, and an MBA from The University of Chicago.
