Leadership

Honed his eye for design as a commercial architect and lead designer for the interior spaces of high-end hotels and restaurants while working for Smallwood, T+CT Design Studio, and The Van Dresser Company. In October 2010, Brown joined Sionic where he wore many hats. He designed and created digital maps for the top 42 US airports for the first release of ION; identified, hired, and managed a design firm to create the corporate and product brands, as well as a PR and marketing firm; and built a network of suppliers for all digital and printed marketing materials. Brown also manages Company website design, digital marketing, and all social media outlets.

Brings nearly 30 years of enterprise sales, customer success, and operational leadership experience, including senior roles at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Verint. Ciranni served as Account Executive at NICE Ltd, supporting enterprise customer engagement and workforce management solutions, before moving to eGain Corporation as Strategic Account Executive, driving digital transformation for enterprise clients. He went on to serve as Senior Solution Sales Executive at ServiceNow and Vice President of Customer Experience at Talitrix. He began his career in the United States Navy, serving aboard a nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine as an interior communications technician and Navy SCUBA diver. Ciranni holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, with a specialization in Computer Engineering, from the University of Alabama.

Co-founded two tech companies; the first was divided into automotive services and sold to Carlson Marketing Group and the healthcare practice sold to EDS, bringing him to Atlanta, Georgia. Herman joined Arthur Andersen Business Consulting in 1997 to help build the firm’s Advanced Technology Group immediately following the split from Andersen Consulting. In 2001, Herman co-founded IntelliOne Technologies, a location-based services company. In a span of nine years, IntelliOne completed two acquisitions and raised $40 million in private, venture and strategic capital prior to its acquisition by a Canadian partner in 2010. Herman provided seed stage capital and founded Sionic Mobile in 2010 and brought forward key staff members and stakeholders from IntelliOne into the venture.

Served as IT Director at the Center for Educational Technology at Florida State University, and as Regional IT Director Elementary Commission for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Reynolds headed IT efforts at IntelliOne where he helped oversee IT infrastructure and networks. He later joined Sionic Mobile in 2010 as IT Director where he implements and maintains company cloud environments. Reynolds also maintains important company systems in Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, as well as oversees staff technology needs and education. Reynolds brings over 32 years of IT management experience to the Sionic team.

Served as partner director for Shift4 with a proven ability to attract and close new business. Rotondi drove company revenue growth and expanded the company portfolio through new business development and growing partnerships. Rotondi leverages a strong operations background to drive revenue which he obtained from his early experience where he managed a 24/7 support call center, created a new support department, developed training materials and schedules, and analyzed trends and revenue for Harbortouch. He brings to Sionic over 20 years of experience in management and creating and maintaining business synergies with partners to increase revenue.

Brings over 20 years of experience in payments technology and architecture. Varma spent two decades at Shift4, ultimately serving as Enterprise Architect, VP, where he acted as a global architectural lead, aligning technology systems with the Company’s rapidly expanding payments platform and guiding the evolution of critical platforms, including merchant onboarding, underwriting, CRM, billing, and integrations. Earlier, as Director of Information Technology, he led the transition to a hybrid cloud infrastructure and drove technology initiatives that improved operational efficiency across the payments lifecycle. Most recently, Varma founded Velocity Solutions, partnering with payments and fintech companies to build the capabilities needed to scale through growth and acquisition. At Sionic, Varma leads product strategy and engineering across the Company’s technology portfolio.