People on the Move: New leaders at ATC, Ohio State, Path Robotics, and more

Ohio organizations named new leaders this fall across the courts, higher education, startup support, IT services and advanced manufacturing.

Higher education

Aravind Chandrasekaran was named dean of Ohio State's Max M. Fisher College of Business, pending approval by the university's Board of Trustees. He has been interim dean since June 2025, and his research focuses on artificial intelligence, healthcare operations and process innovation. Read the full story.

Venture and startup support

Kevin Pohmer joined OH.io, the Columbus venture platform founded by Veeam co-founder Ratmir Timashev, as chief business officer. Pohmer was president of Hexure and earlier founded wealth management firm Financial Guard. Read the full story.

Cindy Torres Essell started Oct. 19 as chief administrative officer at JumpStart in Cleveland, overseeing human resources, IT, legal and compliance, facilities and administrative operations. She is a former JumpStart board chair and was chief people officer at Heinen's. Read the full story.

Public sector

Payal Thakur is the new chief information officer of the Supreme Court of Ohio. Thakur was previously chief data and AI officer at JobsOhio. The CIO's office oversees IT, AI, data analytics, digital services, the Law Library and the Clerk of Courts, according to Thakur's announcement on LinkedIn.

Technology

Cameron Jones was promoted to chief growth officer at Visual Edge IT, a North Canton print and managed IT services company. He will lead product management, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic partnerships. Jones joined the company as vice president of strategic initiatives and chief of staff, and also served as interim head of product management. His earlier career includes Boston Consulting Group, Capital One, a private equity firm and a telehealth startup he co-founded.

Sara Grofcsik was promoted to chief revenue officer at Visual Edge IT, where she will lead the company's nationwide revenue organization. As vice president of national sales programs, she grew her team from 15 to 52 people in less than a year. Before joining the company, she was vice president of sales for Samsung Electronics America's B2B Display division and held senior sales roles at Canon Solutions America. "Sara and Cameron bring complementary strengths that are critical to where we're headed as a company," said CEO James Hwang.

Cole Manning joined Path Robotics in Columbus as a software engineer and a founding member of its new Fleet Platform team, which is building a more scalable software stack for the company's next stage of growth. Manning previously worked at Lumafield, in a role at the intersection of software and manufacturing.

Troy Woolery joined Red Hawk Technologies as vice president of business development. He will lead business development with mid-market organizations across Greater Cincinnati, Dayton and Northern Kentucky. Woolery comes from Vaco/Highspring, where he was director of business development for technology solutions and, before that, director of digital delivery, growing the firm's digital practice from 14 to 58 consultants in 18 months. He was earlier a global IT manager at Procter & Gamble and taught user experience and digital strategy as an adjunct professor at Miami University. "Troy is exactly the kind of leader we want representing Red Hawk," said Matt Strippelhoff, partner and CEO/CRO.

Matt Cohen, the former CEO of CyberArk, joined the board of directors of Independence-based Keyfactor and will serve as a strategic advisor to CEO Jordan Rackie. Cohen led CyberArk through its roughly $25 billion acquisition by Palo Alto Networks and earlier served as its chief revenue officer and chief operating officer. The appointment came as Keyfactor closed a growth investment of more than $1 billion led by Summit Partners, after passing $200 million in annual recurring revenue.

Darin Archer joined Dayton drone delivery company Dexa as chief strategy officer. Archer has spent 25 years in technology, with roles at IBM, Intel, Adobe, Elastic Path and Yottaa. He joins as Dexa shifts from building and certifying its own aircraft to developing a network that lets delivery drones and robots work together.

Ryan Kelsey joined Advanced Technology Consulting, an independent technology consulting firm in Liberty Township, as director of client growth. Kelsey spent 15 years on the provider side at Cincinnati Bell, CBTS and CenterGrid, and now leads ATC's client-facing team.

Advanced manufacturing

Jacob Garrett is now president of Westerman and a vice president of Centrus Energy. Centrus closed its purchase of the Bremen manufacturer on Oct. 19 for about $116 million in cash and stock. Garrett was Westerman's CEO. Founded in 1909, Westerman has about 400 employees at four facilities in Ohio, Oklahoma and Wyoming, and now operates as a Centrus subsidiary. In August, the Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved Westerman expansions in Bremen and Hebron expected to create 345 jobs.

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