Rajesh K. Parthasarathy, President and CEO

Rajesh Parthasarathy is the Founder, President, and CEO of MENTISoftware Solutions.  A subject matter expert in the areas of internal controls, compliance, and information security, Rajesh has developed a reputation for innovation and has introduced a number of successful products to the market.  He has been recognized as a Rising Star in Corporate Governance by the Yale Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance, and named a Security Industry Leader by Standard & Poor’s Society of Industry Leaders. Rajesh also advises state and local governments on information security matters.

After beginning his career as an auditor at one of the Big Four Accounting firms, Rajesh went on to co-found an accounting and investment consulting firm.  From designing and implementing custom solutions, he moved to implementing ERP tools for Fortune 100 companies as a consultant.  His innovation in consulting to this market led to a senior role at a software product firm, where he enjoyed considerable success in designing and engineering solutions for the internal controls, security, and compliance marketplace.

Recognizing a number of loopholes in the area of information security and the protections necessary at the database and application level, Rajesh founded MENTISoftware in early 2004 to continue his tradition of delivering pioneering market-ready security and compliance solutions.

Rajesh is the former Chairperson of the Internal Controls and Security Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Oracle Applications User Group. The SIG is a forum for the users of Oracle's ERP solution to learn and collaborate on issues involving internal controls and information security. As a thought leader in the database security and compliance arena, Rajesh is asked to speak at various conferences, SIG meetings and universities.

Rajesh, a graduate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, holds a BA in Accounting from Madras University, a Diploma in Business Finance from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India, and an Honors Diploma in Advanced Systems Management from Informatics Computer Systems of India.

Kevin P. O’Malley, Vice President of Marketing and Product Strategy

Kevin is responsible for developing and promoting the MENTIS’ message across various marketing channels including sales, partners, analysts, press and web. He also drives the strategy and direction for new versions of the MENTIS Sensitive Information Management™ platform.

Kevin brings over 20 years of IT industry experience to the MENTIS management team. He has held a number of leadership roles across sales, product marketing, product management and product strategy. Kevin’s deep background in enterprise applications and architecture provide keen insight into application and database security inner workings and vulnerabilities. Prior to joining MENTIS Software, Kevin’s career spanned across leading software companies, including D&B Software, Oracle, Ariba and OuterBay Technologies. In 2006, Hewlett-Packard (HP) acquired OuterBay after a successful start-up run where he was among the first employees and integral to the direct and channel sales growth. Kevin helped lead the integration into the HP Software organization. Kevin is an accomplished speaker and has participated in many regional and global conferences and SIGs including Collaborate, OAUG and Oracle OpenWorld.

Kevin has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from DePaul University.

Paula Capps, Senior Vice President, Operations

Paula Capps is Senior Vice President of Operations, responsible for day-to-day Company operations and for facilitating Mentis' rapid growth.

Paula brings to MENTIS nearly 25 years of experience in administration and business management. From owning a small business, she moved on to broadcasting, where she was Program Director for a chain of radio stations. Since that time, she has built on her operational and management experience to take on increasingly responsible roles through long stints at leading consulting and Fortune 500 firms. Among these are: The Boston Consulting Group, where she held a senior administrative role, managing operations and budgets for such units as facilities, travel, and support/contract staff, among others; and Computer Sciences Corporation, where she recently completed an eight-year stint in the leading administrative management position in the Office of the President of CSC 's Healthcare Group.

Paula completed a liberal arts major and minor at Harding University in 1979.