The Leadership Team
Tasked with leading one of the fastest growing technology companies in Canada, our extraordinary
leadership team fosters an environment of innovation and performance excellence.
Brian Ice
General Manager
Brian Ice
General Manager
Brian joined Intelex in January 2021 as Chief Product & Engineering Officer, transitioning into the Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer role in January 2023. Prior to joining Intelex, Brian was the General Manager for the Mainstream Solutions product line at Tektronix. During his career, Brian has worked in leadership roles across EHS, Test & Measurement, Cloud/IT Services, and Mil/Gov industries with much of his time in software-centric marketing, engineering, and business leadership roles.
Brian holds a Bachelor of Science (BS) and a Master of Science (MS) in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Purdue University and Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Tepper School at Carnegie Mellon.
Ankur Sharma
Chief Product & Technology Officer
Ankur Sharma
Chief Product & Technology Officer
Ankur Sharma is a results-driven product management leader dedicated to driving customer success and delivering measurable business outcomes. With over 20 years of product and technology leadership experience at Agileframeworks, PTC, Ernst & Young, and Deloitte, he has consistently developed customer-centric SaaS solutions that drive business growth and enhance customer satisfaction. Ankur’s expertise lies in aligning product strategies with customer needs and business objectives, ensuring that every product developed delivers tangible value to the end user and creates long-term revenue growth for the business.
As Chief Product and Technology Officer, Ankur has led global teams to build and scale software products that solve key customer pain points while driving market share, revenue, and loyalty. His agile approach to product development enables rapid iteration and faster time-to-market, ensuring products continuously evolve based on customer feedback and market demands.
A strategic and empathetic leader, Ankur collaborates closely with cross-functional teams, executives, and stakeholders to align product strategies with customer needs and business goals, fostering innovation and long-term success.Amar Arekapudi
Chief Customer Officer
Amar Arekapudi
Chief Customer Officer
Amar has built a career transforming businesses with a customer-focused approach, a drive to improve processes and strategic team building for both the long- and short-term.
Before joining Intelex, Amar worked at the General Electric Company (GE) in various sales, marketing, operations and customer success / services functions. He spent the majority of that time in software, building GE Digital’s Global Services and Customer Success teams and working with customers to deliver GE’s software and consulting services to improve their adoption and ROI.
Amar lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife and two kids. He has both a BSBA and BSIM from Washington University in St. Louis as well as an MBA from the University of Southern California.
Ahsan Ali
Vice President, Finance
Ahsan Ali
Vice President, Finance
Ahsan Ali, Vice President, Finance, joined Intelex in November 2021 with a wealth of financial experience and expertise from almost 10 years of various leadership roles at Fortive. Most recently, Ahsan lead the finance department at Setra Systems (a Fortive Company headquartered out of Massachusetts, USA) and helped navigate the company through the various challenges presented by the pandemic with minimum disruption to both US and China operations as the company grew to record levels. Through Fortive Business Solutions (FBS), Ahsan was able to drive continued improvements across the finance teams ensuring efficient processes and sound controls to deliver strong results. Prior to joining Fortive, Ahsan has spent 8 years in public accounting with KPMG with a focus on manufacturing and technology companies, as well as a short stint within the wireless division at BCE. Ahsan holds a BAS-Accounting degree from York University, Toronto and is a CPA from Ontario. In his spare time, Ahsan enjoys hiking, travel, and various sports.
Amy Fanara
Chief Sales & Marketing Officer
Amy Fanara
Chief Sales & Marketing Officer
Amy joined Intelex in November of 2022 to lead the global sales organization, which includes business development, global sales, pre-sales, revenue operations and the partner and alliances team. Prior to joining Intelex, Amy spent nearly 20 years at ADP leading top-producing sales teams. After ADP, Amy was hired to transform the Commercial Healthcare segment at Conduent. Most recently, Amy was the Chief Revenue Officer at LRN, where she was responsible for leading global sales, customer success and revenue operations.
Amy grew up in Michigan, served in the USAF as an avionics electrician, has a BS in Information Systems from the University of Maryland and an Executive MBA from the University of Texas. She is the proud mother to 4 daughters and 1 son.
Clay Hughes
General Counsel, Legal
Clay Hughes
General Counsel, Legal
Clay has served as Intelex’s General Counsel & DPO since 2020. Clay oversees all legal aspects of Intelex’s international business dealings, including corporate & commercial, data privacy, compliance programs, licensing & IP, M&A, litigation, labor & employment, and corporate governance. Throughout his career, Clay has helped companies in the software, tech, manufacturing, and health care industries innovate, develop, and commercialize products and services.
Clay holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Penn State University, a JD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and is a registered U.S. Patent Attorney. Outside of work, Clay enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, and outdoor activities.