10 Waters IT leaders
Sr. director and global head of digital and eCommerce technology, sr. director, SAP COE and director, IT - ERP are among the current titles held by these ten Waters IT leaders, who also run network, infrastructure and customer platforms. A reader can learn how IT leaders work at Waters from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Bharat Kalagara
LinkedInExperience: IT Director, Customer Platforms · Waters Corporation
Bharat Kalagara has been IT Director, Customer Platforms at Waters Corporation since October 2022, based in Milford, Massachusetts, and has also held SAP Technical Expert/Solutions Architect, Customer Platform at Waters Corporation since 2019. Bharat Kalagara was Principal Business Systems Analyst at Waters Corporation from 2015 to 2019.
Gary Alperson
LinkedInExperience: Director, Infrastructure and Operations End User Services · Waters Corporation
Gary Alperson has been Director, Infrastructure and Operations End User Services at Waters Corporation since October 2022, based in Greater Boston. Gary Alperson was Director, Information Services Support Services at UMass Memorial Health from 2019 to 2022 and Senior Manager, Global IT Infrastructure Process and Production Support at Bose Corporation from 2016 to 2019.
Ilise Samolyk
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, IT Customer Platform · Waters Corporation
Ilise Samolyk has been Senior Director, IT Customer Platform at Waters Corporation since December 2017, based in Franklin, Massachusetts. Ilise Samolyk was Director, Business Technology (IT) at Waters Corporation from 2008 to 2017, Program Manager, Business Technology at Waters Corporation from 2002 to 2008 and Director of Engineering and IT Operations at Autobytel from 2000 to 2002.
Jim Kowalik
LinkedInExperience: Director SAP · Waters Corporation
Jim Kowalik has been Director SAP at Waters Corporation since April 2026, based in Milford, Massachusetts. Jim Kowalik was Sr Manager SAP COE at Waters Corporation from 2022 to 2026, Business Technology Infrastructure Manager at Waters Corporation from 2009 to 2022 and Sr SAP Basis/Oracle Administrator at Waters Corporation from 1995 to 2008.
Kunjan Jhaveri
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director and Global Head of Digital and eCommerce Technology · Waters Corporation
Kunjan Jhaveri has been Sr. Director and Global Head of Digital and eCommerce Technology at Waters Corporation since February 2026, in Boston, and was Sr. Director, Digital and eCommerce Technology at Waters Corporation from 2019 to 2026. Kunjan Jhaveri was Director, Mobile and eCommerce at Dunkin' from 2017 to 2018 and Director - eCommerce and Supply Chain at The TJX Companies, Inc. from 2016 to 2017.
Luis Ydrach
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, SAP COE · Waters Corporation
Luis Ydrach has been Sr. Director, SAP COE at Waters Corporation since August 2023, based in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Luis Ydrach was Sr. Director, Application Development at Hasbro from 2021 to 2023, Director, Global Managed Services at Hasbro from 2018 to 2021 and Sr. Director, Enterprise Applications Platforms (EAP) at Dell Technologies from 2016 to 2017.
Mani Eranhikovil
LinkedInExperience: Director - Enterprise IT · Waters Corporation
Mani Eranhikovil has been Director - Enterprise IT at Waters Corporation since November 2023, based in Bengaluru, India, and the profile headline places the role in the Waters GCC with digital transformation and managed services work. Mani Eranhikovil was Director of Product Program Management Digital Transformations App Dev at Dell Technologies from 2012 to 2023.
Nancy Chemini
LinkedInExperience: Director, Technology Portfolios, IT Infrastructure & Operations · Waters Corporation
Nancy Chemini has been Director, Technology Portfolios, IT Infrastructure & Operations at Waters Corporation since October 2021, based in Medway, Massachusetts. Nancy Chemini was Sr. Program Manager, IT at Waters Corporation from 2019 to 2021, Director, Project Management at Verisae, an Accruent company from 2008 to 2017 and Director, Business Solutions at W.A. Wilde Co. from 2003 to 2008.
Peter Belmonte
LinkedInExperience: Director of Global Network Services · Waters Corporation
Peter Belmonte has been Director of Global Network Services at Waters Corporation since January 2026, based in Greater Boston. Peter Belmonte was Director of Network Services at AlerisLife from 2020 to 2025, Director of Network Services at Iron Mountain from 2019 to 2020 and Senior Director - Network Architecture and Engineering at Marriott International from 2018 to 2019.
Shilpin Makwana
LinkedInExperience: Director, IT - ERP · Waters Corporation
Shilpin Makwana has been Director, IT - ERP at Waters Corporation since October 2025, based in Bedford, Massachusetts, and the profile describes a foundation in SAP Finance. Shilpin Makwana was Sr. Manager IT - SAP Finance at Waters Corporation from 2023 to 2025, IT Manager - SAP Finance from 2019 to 2023 and Principal SAP FICO Business System Analyst from 2017 to 2019.
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- 01What did you change first when you took on your current IT role, and why?
- 02How do you plan an SAP or ERP change without disrupting order taking and manufacturing?
- 03What has your own work taught you about running IT teams that work across several countries?
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