Karthik Ganapathi

As President, Retail Solutions, Karthik leads Gilbarco Veeder-Root's global retail solutions business, including point-of-sale and payment solutions, cloud platforms, and retail workflows to expand the company’s convenience retail offering. He is a proven global leader with deep experience in organizational transformation, P&L ownership, technology, growth, and M&A.

Karthik joined Gilbarco Veeder-Root in 2022 from Honeywell, where he led the transformation of Honeywell Connected Enterprises to a SaaS business, driving executional excellence and ROI across processes, capabilities, and automation. He previously held leadership roles at several organizations including Diebold, Ascent Aerospace, and EY.

Karthik earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, an MS in Materials Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology, and a BS in Materials Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Rourkela in India. He lives in Chicago with his family and enjoys a good run by the lake while not spending time at airports.