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Dropsuite Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Charif El-Ansari

Chief Executive Officer & Director

Charif is the former head of sales and business development at Google Asia. He is a well-respected technology industry veteran with over 15 years of experience in various management positions at Google and Dell that required a strong entrepreneurial drive. Charif has held sales, marketing, operations and business development roles in the US and Asia.

Theo Hnarakis - Non-Executive Chairman of Dropsuite

Theo Hnarakis

Non-Executive Chairman

Theo brings a wealth of experience scaling Australian ASX-listed technology businesses as Melbourne IT’s Managing Director for more than a decade, along with senior roles at News Corp., Boral Group, PMP Communications Group. Currently, Theo is the Non-Executive Chairman of Dropsuite.

Bruce Tonkin, Non-Executive Director of Dropsuite

Bruce Tonkin

Non-Executive Director

Bruce is a respected authority on Internet business and technical infrastructure issues, and COO of .au Domain Administration Ltd (auDA). He has held senior roles at Melbourne IT (CTO 17+ years), ICANN (Board director 9+ years), and Monash University. Currently, Bruce is a Non-Executive Director at Dropsuite.

Eric Martorano

Non-Executive Director

Eric is currently the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) for Simplilearn, one of the world’s leading online education providers,. Eric has previously held various leadership positions at Microsoft where he was ultimately General Manager of U.S. Channel Sales with responsibility for over $17 billion of revenue. Eric has also held a range of leadership positions, including CEO and CRO, across several fast-growing technology businesses.
Eric holds an MBA from Pepperdine University and a bachelor’s degree from California State University, Northridge and he has previously been nominated as CRN’s ‘Top 100 Executives’ and ‘50 Most Influential Channel Chiefs’.

Senior Management Team

Manoj Kalyanaraman, CTO of Dropsuite

Manoj Kalyanaraman

Chief Technology Officer

Manoj has over 20 years of experience in engineering, strategic innovation, and global leadership. Prior to joining Dropsuite, Manoj worked at BitTitan as the VP of Product and Engineering, where he led the transformation the company’s Microsoft 365 and Google Workspaces assessment and migration platform. Over the past decade as an engineering leader, he has built and led product engineering teams across APAC and the USA, including previous roles at Intuit and Mindtree.

Mark Kirstein

Chief Product Officer

Mark D. Kirstein brings over 25 years of global leadership experience in product, engineering, and services. From serving as the VP of Product and Engineering at BitTitan to roles at Motorola Solutions and Zebra Technologies, Mark has nearly three decades of expertise in driving product strategy, leading transformative initiatives, and executing successful go-to-market strategies. His passion lies in fostering a workplace that values learning from failure, encouraging calculated risk-taking, and nurturing individual growth.

Bill Kyriacou

Bill Kyriacou

Chief Financial Officer

Bill has over 20 years of experience in accounting and finance. Prior to joining Dropsuite, Bill worked in various listed technology and media companies. Over the past decade as a finance leader, he has built and led finance teams in APAC and EMEA, including previous roles at Computershare.

Eric Roach

SVP, Global Channel Sales and Marketing

With over 25 years of High Tech Sales and Sales Leadership experience, Eric Roach is a recognized industry leader with a proven track record of national and international channel-building success. Eric is well known and respected for his thoughtful approach, competitive drive, passion for partners, and innate understanding of channel ecosystems. Prior to joining Dropsuite, Eric held sales and marketing leadership positions with several notable tech companies, including Microsoft Corporation.

Frederique Van De Poll, Head of HR

Frederique Van De Poll

Head of HR

Frederique brings 14 years of experience in HR, across various industries. She started her career working for the Dutch government, followed by a stint in London, and then moved to Asia where she took on an HR leadership role at a global SaaS startup. This broad and international experience, with a background in psychology, shaped her to contribute to the success and growth of Dropsuite. Freddy is a true HR leader with a huge passion for the care and development of people.