Batesville Services appointed Kevin Sierks as senior vice president and chief financial officer, and Ali Sareea as senior vice president and chief technology officer. These appointments add more depth to the company’s executive team as it accelerates development of world-class burial, cremation and technology solutions. Sierks and Sareea report directly to Batesville CEO Chris Trainor.

Sierks is an accomplished leader with more than 25 years in finance, accounting and operations management for leading companies in the consumer goods, retail and medical device manufacturing markets. Most recently, he was CFO for Crate & Barrel Holdings.

Previously, Sierks served as CFO for Vera Bradley and has held leadership roles at Biomet Inc., Boston Scientific and Deloitte. In his new role, he has overall responsibility for Batesville’s accounting, finance and business intelligence areas, and leads the company’s strategy process.

In his new role, Sareea is responsible for guiding Batesville’s technology strategy and investments, which includes ongoing execution of the company’s digital roadmap and development of high-performance technology and e-commerce offerings. He has an impressive background in IT leadership, software development, business-intelligence technologies, omni-
channel e-commerce and digital transformation.

Prior to joining Batesville, Sareea was chief technology officer for Aline. Previously, he served as chief information officer for Atria Senior Living, vice president of information technology for Home Depot Supply, and in IT leadership roles at GE. batesville.com