Leadership - JRD Systems

Our Leadership

Jai Reddy

CEO

Satish Kannan

IT Director

Drew Satterley

Sales Director

Sarah Lafriniere

Operations Manager

Jai Reddy – CEO

Jai Reddy is the founder and CEO of JRD Systems.

With over 20 years of leadership, providing world-class IT and human capital management solutions, and building customized technical and staffing solutions to meet the needs of clients across various industries, Jai truly enjoys building and leading strong teams. His experience for leveraging passion, his commitment to excellence and his son, inspired him to start a non-profit organization, LifeLab Kids Foundation. This non-profit is dedicated to serving youth of all abilities.

Jai’s experience has taught him to go to work each day and make it productive, to be a team player and to be proactive towards your goals. “Everything else will fall into place.”

Aside from work, Jai spends time with his family and he likes being active, running, functional training, skiing, and watching movies with the kids.

When asked what his favorite quote is, he says “I am not a big quotes guy, but if I had to think of something…do the job, and then get the job.

Satish Kannan – IT Director

Satish Kannan is a multi-faceted leader who is passionate about building winning teams in a global environment. He brings more than 20 years of experience across Application Development, Strategic Planning and Project Management. Satish joins us from Dell where he managed the Services Business Applications for US, EMEA and AP regions. Satish also led the Dell-EMC IT Systems Integration and Consolidation effort, which provided migration from On-Premise to the Cloud of all the Legacy applications to a future state system. He led the business turnaround for the large global entity. Prior to Dell, Satish held multi-functional roles across global companies such as Oracle, Motorola and HP in India

Besides work he loves his travel and exploring new places.

Drew Satterley – Sales Director

Drew Satterley is the Sales Director at JRD Systems. He started in the industry in 2011 recruiting java developers for Ford Motor company. He quickly learned the recruiting, moved into account management, supporting healthcare customers within the IT space, and eventually moved into a leadership role managing teams of up to 20 people. Drew consistently delivers top quality to his customers; he has a knack for developing key relationships with customers, understanding their needs and coming up with solutions. Drew’s experience has taught him to collaborate with the people around you, focus on the end goal, and put in the hard work. “I believe nearly all people can be successful following those three ideas.”

Aside from work, Drew enjoys spending time with his wife, Nicki, son, Roman and daughter, Sophia, cooking, entertaining family and friends, and golf.

Drew spent 4 years playing NCAA hockey at Adrian College, winning 4 conference championships and he made it as far as the NCAA National Championship game his senior year. When asked what his favorite quote is, he says, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” – Wayne Gretzky.

Sarah Lafriniere – Operations Manager

Sarah Lafriniere is the Operations Manager at JRD Systems. She joined JRD back in 2012 and brings over a decade of industry experience. Sarah started as a Technical Recruiter, grew into a Recruiting Manager and then jumped into Operations. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Oakland University. Sarah’s experience has taught her to take every mistake as an opportunity to learn – an error doesn’t become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

Aside from work, Sarah enjoys reading, camping, and spending time with her husband and 5-year-old son.

When asked what her favorite quote is, she says “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing” – Walt Disney.

Our Leadership

Jai Reddy

Satish Kannan

Drew Satterley

Sarah Lafriniere

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