APPOINTMENT

Access Hospitality has announced the appointment of Aravinda Gollapudi as the new Chief Technology Officer.

Aravinda holds over 28 years of experience, having held leadership roles at renowned organisations including Intuit, Ellie Mae and VeriSign, with expertise in SaaS architecture, AI-driven transformation and large-scale platform development.

Prior to this appointment, Aravinda held the role of Head- Platform Business Unit and SVP of Technology at Sage.

She will lead the organisation’s global technology vision with a focus on embedding agentic AI across its platform to deliver smarter, more connected operations for hospitality businesses.

Aravinda was recently named among Channel Insider’s 2025 Top 50 AI Leaders in the Channel and is a Stevie Award winner.

Commenting on the appointment, Champa Magesh, CEO, Access Hospitality, said,  “I am thrilled to welcome Aravinda to the team. Access Hospitality is evolving rapidly — unifying industry leading products like Paytronix and SHR into a next generation guest intelligence and hospitality distribution platform, and building a truly end to end ecosystem that supports operators across F&B and accommodation.

Our focus is on creating a single, intelligent platform that connects every part of hospitality and delivers meaningful impact for operators and guests. Aravinda brings deep experience in scaling platforms and leading AI innovation, and she joins at exactly the right moment as we accelerate this transformation and set a new benchmark for the industry.”

Excited for her new role, Aravinda Gollapudi, Chief Technology Officer, Access Hospitality, said,“The hospitality sector is at a massive inflection point where the scale of market opportunity meets the transformative power of Agentic AI. I am thrilled to join The Access Group to lead a platform strategy that doesn’t just automate tasks, but fundamentally reimagines how operators drive innovation.

My priority is to ensure this evolution is built on a foundation of trust and transparency, creating an architecture where intelligent systems and human expertise work in seamless, reliable harmony to scale the enterprise.”

In her expanded role, Aravinda will oversee the full technology organisation, driving alignment across platform architecture and shaping the company’s innovation roadmap for its global customer base. Based on the US East Coast, she will also work closely with the UK-headquartered leadership team, supporting collaboration between the company’s US operations and its established European business.

In addition to her executive responsibilities, she serves as a board advisor to early-stage technology companies and has been recognised for her work in promoting diversity and inclusion in the technology sector.