Business First
Every decision starts with the business processes our customers depend on, not just the tests they run.
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Accountable AI
We build Business-Aware AI that earns trust through outcomes enterprises can stand behind.
Land Safely
Speed matters only when the business lands safely. We help our customers achieve both.
Matthias Rapp
Chief Executive Officer
Matthias Rapp is a technology executive focused on enterprise software, AI, and software quality. As CEO of Avo Automation, he leads the development of the next generation of enterprise quality and business process assurance - helping organizations use AI and automation to build, test, and operate complex software more effectively.
He's driven by a passion for challenging conventional thinking and turning complex problems into practical, scalable solutions. His interests sit at the intersection of technology, product, and business, with a particular focus on how AI and agentic systems are reshaping the way enterprise software is developed, changed, and assured. He is based in Vienna, Austria.
Tamara Mostögl
Chief Operating Officer
Tamara Mostögl is a hands-on operating executive focused on building scalable teams and turning strategy into execution. As COO of Avo Automation, she drives operational excellence across the business, aligning teams, processes, and priorities so the company scales efficiently as an enterprise SaaS business.
She's driven by a simple equation: efficient operations compound into customer value and customer value compounds into durable growth. Her background spans financial services and enterprise test automation, giving her a rare combination of operational rigor and deep domain fluency in the enterprise software categories Avo serves. She is based in Vienna, Austria.
Stefan Waler
Chief Product Officer
Shaila Udupa
Chief Information Security Officer
Shaila Udupa is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Avo Automation, part of the SLK Group, where she leads the organization's Enterprise Security, Quality and Assurance (ESQA) function across Governance, Defence, and Compliance.
With over 28 years in the software industry - including 20+ years focused on information security, risk management, and audit.
Shaila has built and led information security and privacy programs across multiple organizations, with deep experience implementing ISO/IEC 27001, PCI DSS, and financial-sector security frameworks such as FISAP. At Avo Automation, her current focus includes advancing the organization's AI governance framework toward ISO/IEC 42001 readiness, strengthening data privacy practices under India's DPDP Act, and maturing the company's SOC 2 Type II and enterprise risk management programs.
She holds certifications including Certified Chief Information Security Manager (CCISO) from EC Council, Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) from ISACA, ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor, ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Implementor, and Certified DSCI Privacy Lead Assessor, and holds an M.Tech in Industrial Electronics and a B.E. in Electronics and Communications.
Shaila brings a pragmatic, business-aligned approach to governance - building programs that hold up to audit scrutiny without becoming bureaucratic overhead for the teams she works with.
About
Matthias Rapp
Chief Executive Officer
Tamara Mostoegl
Chief Operating Officer
Faisal Hassan
Chief Revenue Officer
Stefan Waler
Chief Product Officer
Shaila Udupa
Chief Information Security Officer
Prasad Natu
Senior Director - Engineering
Abhishek Shukla
VP - Education, Enablement & Community
Neralla Surya Prakash
Director - Customer Success & Advisory
Rajesh B.
Senior Manager - Technical Support
Parth Amin
Chairman
Parth Amin founded SLK in 2000, naming it for his grandfather, S. L. Kirloskar, one of modern India’s pioneering industrialists. Over 25 years, he built SLK into a global technology group and led three institutional exits to Coforge, Voya Financial, and TPG-backed Altimetrik. Today, he oversees group governance and the boards of its operating businesses.
Vidur Amin
Vice Chairman
Vidur Amin leads strategy, operations & capital allocation across SLK Group. Previously Executive Director at SLK Software and founding CEO of Avo Automation, he took Avo from spin-off to a globally certified enterprise SaaS business. Today, he drives the Group’s expansion across Tech, Hospitality, Real estate and International markets.
Wolfgang Platz
Chief Evangelist and Board Member
About
Parth Amin
Chairman
Vidur Amin
Vice Chairman
Wolfgang Platz
Chief Evangelist and Board Member