Meet the Team
Elire’s leadership team leverages an average of 25+ years of product and process expertise in their respective fields to be your Trusted Advisors. We understand your pain points, having overcome many of them as implementers, managers, analysts, and users. We get your priorities and needs as C and D suite executives. Meet the experts developing the methodologies, processes, and solutions our 475+ clients can attribute to IT transformation success.
CEOs
Co-CEO
Michael Merrill
Mr. Merrill serves as an Elire Co-CEO overseeing Delivery Services and Talent Management including Human Resources, and Recruiting. Michael has 25+ years of ERP delivery experience and is recognized as a project and program management leader empowering teams to drive project success.
Co-CEO
Grant Bernardy
Mr. Bernardy serves as an Elire Co-CEO overseeing the Sales, Marketing, Finance and Operations departments. Grant has 20+ years of Oracle and PeopleSoft experience and is recognized as a thought leader for IT transformation in the industry.
Center of Excellence Leads
Partner
Carlos Conde
Treasury Center of Excellence Lead
Partner
Chris Costakes
Cloud Center of Excellence Lead
Partner
Jeff Hilliard
On-Premise Center of Excellence Lead
Partner
Richard Merrill
Advisory Services Center of Excellence Lead
Partner
Brian Peterson
Managed Services Center of Excellence Lead
Practice Leads
Partner
Alex Canizales
Planning and Budgeting Practice Lead
Partner
Scott Costello
Close and Consolidations Practice Lead
Partner
Landon Hartvigsen
Director of Strategic Alliances and Sales Operations
Partner
Alvaro Sanson
PeopleSoft Treasury Practice Lead
Associate Partners
Associate Partner
Jayjay Gutierrez
Account Recon & EDM Focus Area Lead
Associate Partner
Ryan Martiny
PeopleSoft Practice Lead
Associate Partner
Jason McCabe
Cloud ERP Practice Lead
Associate Partner
John Stahl
Cloud HCM Practice Lead
Associate Partner
Valentin Todorow
Vice President of AI
VPs & Directors
Associate Partner
Michael Friend
Regional Vice President of the East
Edmund Glasenapp
Director of Project Management Operations
Tavia Lundquist
Vice President of Finance and Operations
Associate Partner
Chris Maske
Chief Revenue Officer
Michael Surma
Vice President of Human Resources