Meet the Team
Elire’s leadership team leverages an average of 25+ years of product and process expertise in their respective fields to be your Trusted Advisors. We understand your pain points, having overcome many of them as implementers, managers, analysts, and users. We get your priorities and needs as C and D suite executives. Meet the experts developing the methodologies, processes, and solutions our 475+ clients can attribute to IT transformation success.
CEOs
Co-CEO
Michael Merrill
Mr. Merrill serves as an Elire Co-CEO overseeing Delivery Services and Talent Management including Human Resources, and Recruiting. Michael has 25+ years of ERP delivery experience and is recognized as a project and program management leader empowering teams to drive project success.
Co-CEO
Grant Bernardy
Mr. Bernardy serves as an Elire Co-CEO overseeing the Sales, Marketing, Finance and Operations departments. Grant has 20+ years of Oracle and PeopleSoft experience and is recognized as a thought leader for IT transformation in the industry.
Partners
Partner
Scott Costello
Close and Consolidations Practice Lead
Partner
Richard Merrill
Partner, Advisory Services Center of Excellence Lead
Partner
Landon Hartvigsen
Director of Strategic Alliances and Sales Operations
Partner
Jeff Hilliard
On-Premise Center of Excellence Lead
Partner
Ed Apuy
EPM & Analytics Center of Excellence Lead
Partner
Chris Costakes
Cloud Center of Excellence Lead
Partner
Carlos Conde
Treasury Center of Excellence Lead
Partner
Brian Peterson
Managed Services Center of Excellence Lead
Partner
Alvaro Sansón
PeopleSoft Treasury Practice Lead
Partner
Alex Canizales
Planning and Budgeting Practice Lead
Associate Partners
Associate Partner
Aaron Bulthuis
Managing Consultant
Associate Partner
Arjun Krishnaprasad
Cloud Technical Services Lead
Associate Partner
Chris Maske
Chief Revenue Officer
Associate Partner
Jason McCabe
Cloud ERP Practice Lead
Associate Partner
Jayjay Gutierrez
Account Reconciliations and Enterprise Data Management Focus Area Lead
Associate Partner
John Stahl
Cloud HCM Practice Lead
Associate Partner
Michael Friend
Regional Vice President – East
Associate Partner
Michael Surma
Vice President of Human Resources
Associate Partner
Ryan Martiny
Managing Director / PeopleSoft Practice Lead
Associate Partner
Tavia Lundquist
Vice President of Finance and Operations
Associate Partner
Valentin Todorow
Vice President of Artificial Intelligence
Directors
Edmund Glasenapp
Director of Project Management Operations
Board of Advisors
Board Member
Hal Mady
Advisor, Go to Market
Board Member
Kristen Wood
Advisor of Human Resources
Board Member
Lynn Blake
Advisor of Finance and Tax
Board Member
Ranjan Dutta
Advisor of AI, Innovation & Technology