Access Hospitality appoints Aravinda Gollapudi as Chief Technology Officer | News
Access Hospitality, the hospitality technology division of The Access Group, today announced the appointment of Aravinda Gollapudi as Chief Technology Officer. She will lead the organization’s global technology vision, with a focus on embedding agentic AI across the platform to deliver smarter, more connected operations for hospitality companies.
Aravinda joins from Sage, where as Head of the Platform Business Unit and SVP of Technology, she led a globally distributed organization spanning product, engineering and platform strategy. Her 28-year career includes leadership roles at Intuit, Ellie Mae and VeriSign, with deep expertise in SaaS architecture, AI-driven transformation and large-scale platform development. She was recently named to Channel Insider’s 2025 Top 50 AI Leaders in the Channel and is a winner of the Stevie Award, recognizing her impact in turning business AI into commercial reality.
Champa Magesh, CEO – Access Hospitality, said:
“I am pleased to welcome Aravinda to the team. Access Hospitality is rapidly evolving: unifying leading products such as Paytronix and SHR into a next-generation guest intelligence and hospitality distribution platform, building a true end-to-end ecosystem that supports operators across F&B and lodging. Our focus is on creating a single, intelligent platform that connects every part of the hospitality industry and delivers meaningful impact for operators and guests. Aravinda brings deep experience in scaling platforms and leading AI innovation, and she joins at the right time as we accelerate this transformation and set a new benchmark for the industry.”
Aravinda Gollapudi, Chief Technology Officer, Access Hospitality, said:
“The hospitality industry is at a massive inflection point where the scale of market opportunity meets the transformative power of Agentic AI. I am excited to join The Access Group to lead a platform strategy that not only automates tasks, but fundamentally reimagines how operators drive innovation. My priority is to ensure this evolution is built on a foundation of trust and transparency, creating an architecture where intelligent systems and human expertise work together in seamless, reliable harmony to scale the business.”
Aravinda’s appointment strengthens Access Hospitality’s mission to build an integrated, intelligent platform spanning reservations, property management, EPoS, payments, guest engagement, marketing, purchasing, workforce management and operations. With millions of daily transactions and interactions flowing through the platform, her leadership will accelerate the development of agentic AI capabilities that take action autonomously – optimizing prices, anticipating demand, personalizing experiences and reducing operational complexity.
Her role will span the entire technology organization, drive coherence across the platform architecture and set the agenda for how Access Hospitality innovates for its global customer base. Its East Coast base will enable closer day-to-day collaboration with the UK leadership team, strengthening the operational bridge between the company’s growing US and established European businesses.
Aravinda is also a governance advisor to early-stage technology companies and a recognized advocate for diversity and inclusion in technology. She has served on internal and external panels and has been recognized by Sage as a Diversity Champion.
