{"id":23798,"date":"2026-08-18T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sovra.com\/?p=23798"},"modified":"2026-08-17T13:10:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:10:53","slug":"sovra-welcomes-akhilesh-agarwal-to-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sovra.com\/fr\/press-releases\/sovra-welcomes-akhilesh-agarwal-to-board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"SOVRA Welcomes Akhilesh Agarwal to Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u2028\u2028Procurement technology leader brings deep expertise in technology, AI and supplier ecosystems to SOVRA\u2019s Board\u2028\u2028<\/strong><\/h2>

LATHAM, N.Y. \u2014 August 18, 2026 \u2014 SOVRA, a leading provider of AI-powered public procurement solutions, today announced the appointment of Akhilesh Agarwal, President of P2P Solutions & Technology at apexanalytix, to its Board of Directors.\u2028\u2028<\/p>

Agarwal brings extensive experience at the intersection of procurement, technology, data and supplier management. Throughout his career, he has focused on using technology to solve complex procure-to-pay and supplier management challenges, with expertise spanning product strategy and development, supplier information management, risk and compliance, automation and AI.\u2028\u2028<\/p>

His appointment comes as SOVRA continues to invest in a more connected and intelligent future for public procurement, including the thoughtful application of AI to help government agencies simplify complex processes, make better-informed decisions and expand the capacity of procurement teams.\u2028\u2028<\/p>

\u201cPublic procurement is at an important inflection point,\u201d said Tom Spengler, CEO of SOVRA. \u201cAgencies are being asked to accomplish more while navigating increasingly complex requirements, and technology \u2014 particularly AI \u2014 has the potential to fundamentally change how procurement teams work. Akhilesh understands both the complexity of the procurement ecosystem and what it takes to translate emerging technology into practical solutions. His perspective will be incredibly valuable as we build what comes next for SOVRA and our customers.\u201d\u2028\u2028<\/p>

Agarwal joins SOVRA\u2019s Board as the company continues to expand its technology platform and invest in solutions designed around the needs of government procurement professionals and the suppliers that serve them.\u2028\u2028<\/p>

About SOVRA\u2028\u2028<\/strong><\/h2>

SOVRA is a leading public procurement platform connecting government agencies and suppliers across North America. SOVRA combines purpose-built procurement technology, intelligence and AI to help public agencies plan, source, contract and manage procurement while helping suppliers identify and pursue opportunities to do business with government.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2028\u2028Procurement technology leader brings deep expertise in technology, AI and supplier ecosystems to SOVRA\u2019s Board\u2028\u2028 LATHAM, N.Y. \u2014 August 18, 2026 \u2014 SOVRA, a leading provider of AI-powered public procurement solutions, today announced the appointment of Akhilesh Agarwal, President of P2P Solutions & Technology at apexanalytix, to its Board of Directors. Agarwal brings extensive experience at the intersection of procurement, technology, data and supplier management. Throughout his career, he has focused on using technology to solve complex procure-to-pay and supplier management challenges, with expertise spanning product strategy and development, supplier information management, risk and compliance, automation and AI. His appointment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"positioning":[],"class_list":["post-23798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sovra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sovra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sovra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sovra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sovra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23798"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sovra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23804,"href":"https:\/\/www.sovra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23798\/revisions\/23804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sovra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sovra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sovra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sovra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23798"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sovra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=23798"},{"taxonomy":"positioning","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sovra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/positioning?post=23798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}