Odessa, a provider of technology solutions for asset finance, announced professional services veteran Jason St. Laurent will join as its newly appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO). St. Laurent has led large global services teams at several market-leading organizations, most recently at FIS. At Odessa, St. Laurent will spearhead the company’s global delivery organization with the goal of further innovating systems implementation practices with an emphasis on customer satisfaction.

“Jason joining our executive team marks a significant milestone for Odessa in our mission to solve enterprises’ biggest challenges in moving away from legacy technology and realizing time to value with the Odessa platform,” said Madhu Natarajan, co-founder and CEO at Odessa. “Jason’s experience holding senior leadership positions across multiple continents and impeccable track record of executing efficiency-driving tactics will directly result in lasting partnerships with our customers.”

“It is an honor to join Odessa and its outstanding leadership team in this exciting stage of their growth strategy,” St. Laurent said. “Odessa has an impressive 24+ year track-record of delivering global solutions. Now fully understanding the capability of its features, next-generation cloud and low-code solutions, I appreciate how Odessa differentiates in the market and how its solutions are a critical enabler for truly agile business. I look forward to working with the team, growing the company across all regions, and helping our customers with their business challenges.”

St. Laurent graduated from the University of Delaware with a focus in accounting and management information systems and will be based out of Odessa’s USA headquarters.

Odessa, headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, is a software company exclusively focused on the leasing industry.