Our Team

Prior to founding Avature in 2004, Dimitri co-founded HotJobs.com in 1997. As Chief Operating Officer and later CEO, Dimitri’s responsibilities at HotJobs.com included the direct management of all of its business activities. Dimitri took HotJobs.com public on the NASDAQ (HOTJ) in 1999 and grew the company to over 100MM in revenue before it was acquired by Yahoo! in 2002 for 433MM. When purchased, HotJobs.com was pro-forma profitable, cash flow positive, and the 49th most visited site on the Internet.

From 2002 to 2009, Dimitri served on the Board of Directors of Zhaopin.com. Headquartered in Beijing, Zhaopin (ZPIN/SEEK) is the second largest employment website in China.

Dimitri is a noted authority on the labor market and has appeared on CNNfn, CNN, Fox News, The Fox News’ Cavuto Report, and CNBC Power Lunch, and has been featured in Business Week, The New York Daily News, Investor’s Business Daily, and other print publications.

Dimitri is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where he obtained a BA in biophysics. In his post-graduate research at the University of Illinois, Dimitri used Cray supercomputers to model macromolecular movements. His graduate research has been cited in over 30 scientific publications, including Nature.

Publications:

• Motions of Tropomyosin: Characterization of Anisotropic Motions and Coupled Displacements in Crystals, Dimitri Boylan and George N. Phillips, Jr.
• Biophysical Journal, 1986 January; 49(1): 76–78.

Ana Darino leads the financial operations of Avature, a fast-paced global SaaS company with over 110 of the Fortune 500 as customers. Since joining in 2006, she has mastered a wide variety of complex financial and regulatory challenges resulting from Avature’s rapid growth across the US, Europe, and Asia. An innovative financial leader, Ana possesses an outstanding range of knowledge beyond the areas of accounting and taxation. In addition to maintaining Avature’s financial order, she has fulfilled countless customer requests, managed Avature’s financial systems, and built a strong global team of financial professionals. Using the Avature CRM platform, Ana has developed customer-oriented data tracking for financial metrics and analysis and guided Avature through five years of cash flow positive high double-digit growth. Colleagues close to Ana describe her as a role model for her notable career achievements, both within Avature and beyond the organization.

Before joining Avature, Ana served as the Grants & Accounting Manager for PM-International, a U.S.-based NGO providing micro-financial banking services in Latin America and the Caribbean. She supervised financial audits, accounts payable and receivable, and requests for funds, among other roles in financial analysis and reporting. Previously, she worked as an Accountant Executive Assistant at CMA. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Buenos Aires. Ana has also volunteered with Centro Entérate as the coordinator of 50 volunteers working in Latin American consulates in New York City and helping Latino immigrants access various social services.

In his role as Chief Operating Officer, Cristian is responsible for the operational aspects of Avature’s global teams for core engineering, IT, technical services, and customer service.

Since joining Avature in 2008, Cristian has served in a variety of positions and has been a driving force in the evolution of Avature’s customer-centric approach to service delivery. His ability to understand both the technical and human dimensions of the fast-growth software business has allowed him to scale the organization to meet demand while maintaining a culture of innovation and excellence. Cristian continues to optimize the company so that a diverse and creative team of “Avaturians” can find and define their professional lives based on their individual talents and collective spirit.

Prior to Avature, Cristian worked for MasterCard and Oracle. He studied systems engineering at University of Salta and attended Ginastera Conservatory of Music for classical guitar.

In addition to his official position, Cristian is part of the Avature football team and the company band. He loves playing jazz guitar and is a professional tango dancer.

Analía joined Avature in 2006 and manages treasury and administrative services, including banking, budgeting and cash management, payroll, leasing and facilities management.

A certified public accountant, Analía graduated from the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires in 1998. Prior to Avature, she worked as an accountant for Barcos, Miyasaki and Associates; a controller for VM Beauty S.R.L.; an administrator manager for Kumon Instituto de Educación de Argentina S.R.L.; and an international accountant for Arthur D. Little, Inc.

Analía thrives while working in a multinational company with a team that recognizes cultural diversity as a competitive advantage. She enjoys developing activities in accounting environments in order to expand her own knowledge, support colleagues and maintain the financial well-being of the organization.

Ernest Kueffner has 20 years of HCM technology management experience. Ernest joined Avature shortly after it was founded and currently manages Avature’s North American operations. Before joining Avature, Ernest served as a Product Marketing analyst for Yahoo, where he was responsible for vertical growth strategy and software business planning. Prior to Yahoo, Ernest had multiple roles during his five year tenure with HotJobs.com. His responsibilities included software product marketing and product management, as well as enterprise client services management for HotJobs.com’s ASP Applicant Tracking System released in 1997 and built using the Netscape browser. Ernest started his career with ING Barings Investment Bank. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Policy Analysis from Cornell University.

Julian has 15 years of experience in HCM and over 25 years in technology. He has traveled and lived around the world establishing Avature’s global presence, most recently setting up Avature’s China operations. Prior to Avature, he was CTO of a New York City based investment trust (NYSE: SLG). Julian holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the City University of New York.

Silvina joined Avature in 2011 to lead the company’s Legal Department. Since then, Silvina and her team have managed contract negotiations with high-profile customers including 110 of the Fortune 500, major consulting firms, healthcare and insurance institutions, and government agencies worldwide.

Silvina and her team are responsible for Avature’s privacy and compliance matters, as well as the management of insurance programs, trademarks and domains globally.

With over 20 years of experience in legal affairs, Silvina has vast professional experience in prestigious law firms, managing cross-border commercial negotiations and international biddings.

She holds a law degree from the Catholic University of Buenos Aires (UCA), and a postgraduate degree in Oil and Gas Legislation from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Silvina is fluent in English, Spanish, French and Italian.

As SVP of Consulting, Florencia manages Avature’s Consulting practice, which delivers software customization and implementation to our enterprise customers. She has worked with leading multinational companies in the design and deployment of HR solutions throughout the world and is responsible for defining our best practice solutions. She regularly advises customers on HR transformation strategies and digital program development in a broad range of disciplines, including recruiting, employee mobility and performance management.

Florencia has managed over 60 enterprise implementations directly and now manages a team of more than 80 professionals that range from implementation consultants to solution architects. Working throughout Americas, Europe and Asia, this team performs over 20 large implementations each year.

Florencia joined Avature in 2008 and founded the Avature Consulting Team. Prior to joining Avature, she worked as a Training Specialist. Florencia started her professional career in the nonprofit sector working for an NGO advocating for sustainable development.

Florencia studied Social Communication at the University of Buenos Aires.

Tom joined Avature in 2019 to take up the role of VP of Sales for North America, where his extensive experience in strategic human capital initiatives has since brought huge benefits to both Avature and its partners. His value was underlined when he became Senior VP of North America a year later.

As a business leader for Avature, Tom drives profitable market-leading growth while ensuring high client satisfaction, service evolution, and business value for our clients.   He works closely with client business leaders to drive material improvements in talent business performance through innovative technology-led design and service delivery.

Before joining Avature, Tom was a Partner at Aon, formerly AonHewitt, and spent over 10 years at IBM, where he was a Director and Senior Global Project Executive responsible for growing and leading IBM’s largest outsourced clients.  Prior to this, he was a Partner in IBM’s Consulting Business, formally PWC’s Management Consulting division. Early in his career, he worked for Accenture (Andersen Consulting), servicing clients throughout the world.

Tom received a Bachelor of Sciences in Engineering from North Carolina State University.

Outside of work, Tom is an avid outdoor enthusiast. When he is not working, he can be found in nature with his family and friends.