Our Founder

Mahendra Vora

Founder with Impeccable Track Record of Venture Success. CenterGrid is a proud member of the Vora Group, a reputable technology holding group in the Midwestern US, comprised of 13 companies and 2100 employees worldwide. The Vora Group is led by its founder, Mahendra Vora, a known Serial Entrepreneur who has successfully built and exited many large IT ventures over the past 25 years. Winner of the Life Time Achievement Award for Innovation in the Midwest, Vora is known for his creativity, speed of execution, solid business principles, and care for his employees. 

Our World-Class

Operating Executive Team

CenterGrid fully leverages the experience and insight of its world-class management team.  Over the course of their careers, the team has served in various management and technical roles with Fortune 500 companies, and has been successful in both large and midsize enterprises.

Joni Angel

VP of Finance and Service Delivery

Joni is a results-oriented business leader with over 25 years in the customer relationship and finance fields.  Her focus has been to combine business solutions and relationships to improve customer operations and experience.  She has held responsibilities in SaaS and Technology companies including leadership of Service Delivery, Project Management, and Customer Success Management with financial responsibility for all teams. Joni holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from Miami University.

Chris Beard

Chief Operating Officer

Chris has over 20 years of network and computing experience, balancing a love of technology with a drive for high performance teams. He brings an entrepreneurial spirit grounded in the realities of global IT operations. He takes satisfaction in delivering right-sized solutions to improve customer business. This approach has been proven through roles managing the IT operations of a 1.1M sq. ft. automotive plant, running Accenture's Global Command Center, and most recently Logicalis' Cloud and Managed Service operations. Chris holds a B.S. in Management Information Systems from the University of Dayton.