Meet the team that’s ready to help you surpass your goals!

Erik Paulson
Founder & CEO
Erik is a talented entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in sales and lead generation. After years in the trenches, he saw a need for a shift in prospecting strategy and in 2002 founded Vendisys
to help sales professionals and marketers “get in the door without picking up the phone. As CEO, Erik heads up a team of dedicated developers, success-driven sales professionals and lead gen geniuses who harness the power of artificial intelligence to deliver quality leads to tiny startups, huge industry leaders and everyone in between. Erik and the team are inspired by ion and driven by results.

Christoph Koellner
COO
As the Chief Operating Officer, Christopher oversees the day-to-day administrative and operational functions, ensuring that each member of the team is reaching their full potential every day.
One reason for his success in this area is his commitment to understanding the medium and long-term impacts of the decisions he makes for Vendisys and our clients. His ultimate goal is to help our clients grow their sales pipeline in a predictive manner using our suite of AI-powered prospecting tools and every decision he makes is focused on that goal.

Anirudh Kaushal
CTO
As CTO, Anirudh manages and mentains Vendisys secret weapons, the proprietary AI-driven prospecting tools known as EMY and LIA.
Anirudh has extensive experience as a Technical Strategist, Automation Specialist and Cyber Security Advisor. His out-of-the-box approach and problem solving skills allow us to solve for complex problems and help us achieve our goals.