AArete adds VPs Dana Dolan and Priya Iragavarapu

AArete, a administration and expertise consulting agency, has employed Dana Dolan as VP of selling and communications and Priya Iragavarapu as VP, middle of knowledge excellence (CODE). Both are primarily based within the agency’s Chicago headquarters.

Dolan brings almost 30 years of management expertise in advertising and marketing, having held advertising and marketing management roles throughout industries together with monetary providers, healthcare, and enterprise options. She has additionally labored extensively as an unbiased guide, delivering advisory assist in advertising and marketing, digital expertise, enterprise growth, and technique to firms, non-profits, and associations.

Dolan beforehand spent 5 years at non-profit National Foundation for Credit Counseling, the place she was latterly its chief growth and advertising and marketing officer.

She additionally spent greater than 12 years at Bank Administration Institute – a non-profit specializing in analysis, coaching, and thought management occasions for the monetary providers trade – the place she was managing director of options supplier providers and company advertising and marketing.

Dolan started her profession at PwC, the place she was a administration guide. She holds an MBA from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s diploma in enterprise administration from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.Iragavarapu brings 16 years of expertise working in information and expertise, with deep experience designing and delivering analytics options within the monetary providers trade.

She joins AArete from American Express, the place she spent the final two years as a director within the huge information applied sciences apply. Before that, she spent four-and-a-half years at U.S. Bank, the place she labored within the enterprise information administration, analytics, and AI options apply.

Iragavarapu has a grasp’s diploma in machine studying from Georgia Institute of Technology, a grasp’s diploma from Texas A&M University, and bachelor’s diploma in engineering from Andhra University in India.

“Dana and Priya deliver with them invaluable expertise of their respective fields. I’m excited to deliver them each on as leaders at AArete,” mentioned Loren Trimble, CEO of AArete. “They fortify AArete by offering specialised material experience in advertising and marketing and information analytics, respectively.”

AArete earlier this yr announced a realignment of its organizational structure and a raft of latest management appointments centering on enterprise growth, expertise, innovation, and DEI.

The agency has greater than 400 individuals throughout places of work within the US, UK, and India delivering providers in technique, profitability enchancment, information and analytics, and expertise.