Simpro Group, the global leader in AI-first operating platform for field service trades, has announced the appointment of Salman Bhatti as Chief Technology Officer. He will oversee all technology and engineering functions across the company globally, championing an AI-first approach to build scalable, intelligent field service management solutions that drive operational excellence for customers worldwide.
An accomplished technology executive, Bhatti brings over 20 years of experience in software engineering and cloud architecture. He has a proven track record of building and scaling enterprise SaaS platforms that power some of the world’s largest organisations.
“The appointment of Salman Bhatti as our new CTO is a pivotal, game-changing moment for Simpro Group. We need executive talent who can accelerate our mission of increasing profitability for the trades through the power of purpose-built AI, and Salman is exactly that,” said Fred Voccola, Chairman and CEO, Simpro. “He will be instrumental in defining and advancing our technology vision, focused on harnessing the power of agentic AI and cloud-native innovation to deliver smarter, faster and more connected field service management solutions our customers need to achieve operational excellence worldwide.”
“It is a truly exciting time for the field service trades, and I am thrilled to join an organisation dedicated to bringing powerful AI technology to an essential industry that has long been underserved,” said Salman Bhatti, CTO of Simpro Group. “The future of field service management is rooted in driving lasting success and profitability for our customers. I am eager to lead the charge in leveraging intelligent automation and AI to deliver the smarter, faster solutions the field service trades need to achieve operational excellence globally.”
Before joining Simpro, Bhatti served as Vice President of Engineering at Vertex Inc., where he led the engineering organisation to build massive scale enterprise cloud solutions. He also held VP-level engineering roles at UKG, a South Florida based HCM leader and Citrix, where he drove cloud transformation, improved operational efficiency at scale and led multinational engineering organisations.
Salman holds a Master of Science in Management of Technology from the University of Miami (UM) and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Florida International University (FIU). His commitment to growing the next generation of technology talent is evidenced by his former role as an adjunct professor at FIU, where he built industry relevant curriculum and taught cloud computing and software engineering.
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