Mel Passarelli

Mel Passarelli is a partner with Arete Advisory Services after most recently serving as President & CEO of USU Solutions, Inc. (formerly Aspera) for three years. For the previous twelve years he was EVP and GM leading the successful turnaround and growth of Attunity from an early-stage software asset management company to a NASDAQ listed corporation that is being acquired for $560 million by Qlik, a leader in data analytics. Mr. Passarelli’s illustrious career spans over thirty years of leading corporate strategy and growth in several private and public software companies. He spent over thirteen years helping to build Intergraph Corporation into a Fortune 500 company.