Episodes
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A new era of work has forced companies to embrace the challenges and opportunities in more decentralized operationsâuprooting long-standing beliefs in the process. Yet charting a path forward can leave too many unknowns without a cohesive framework to manage all types of spend. Join Katherine Edenbach, Chief Accounting Officer at Emburse, and VP of Product Marketing Barbara Doane as they introduce Emburseâs Spend Optimization Model and explain how organizations can leverage it to help foster best-in-class finance operations.
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In an age of digital transformation, the role of CFO has become increasingly reliant on technology. Sunil Kayiti, CTO of Emburse, steps up to our mic to talk about his career trajectory toward IT leadership and insights about how technology intersects with CFO responsibilities.
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From discovering culture to building relationships, humans have an innate drive to travel. As the world regains its footing, will business travel ever be the same? Join Nord Samuelson, President at Emburse, and Roadmap co-founder Jeroen van Velzen for a lively discussion on the future of travel.
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A surging digital revolution has changed the way we work. And after a tumultuous year, executives understand the need to lead with new strategies, tools, processes, and approaches that promote adaptable growth. Carrie Foster, CFO of Frontwave Credit Union, and Katherine Edenbach, CFO of Emburse, will share whatâs on their minds as they lead financial operations in a resurgent economy.
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Shari Freedman
Chief Financial Officer
Shari Freedman is the Chief Financial Officer of Room to Read, an organization that believes World Change Starts with Educated Children.
Shariâs leadership has transformed Room to Readâs global finance, accounting, legal and internal audit systems, deploying best-in-class approaches that have streamlined processes, increased internal efficiencies and delivered rigorous reporting and compliance standards.
Through her work, Shari has positioned the finance, accounting, legal and internal audit teams as strategic partners throughout Room to Read, improving organization-wide decision-making and risk mitigation.
Heather Peterson
Vice President, Customer Success Management at Emburse
Heather leads the customer success and training teams, partnering with customers throughout their journey to strategize on how best achieve their goals.
She joined the Emburse team in 2019 with 14 years of experience of working closely with customers in the travel and expense markets.
Grant Johnson
Chief Marketing Officer
As chief marketing officer, Grant leads global marketing for Emburse, overseeing marketing strategies, programs, and tactics designed to increase market leadership, generate demand, and enhance customer advocacy.
Grant has a storied history working in senior marketing roles for some of the best-known brands in technology, including FileNet/IBM, Symantec, and Toshiba. Before joining Emburse, Grant was CMO of cybersecurity company Cylance (acquired by BlackBerry). Prior to that, he was the CMO of Kofax and CMO of Pegasystems.
About Emburse
Emburse humanizes work by empowering business travelers, finance professionals, and CFOs to eliminate manual, time-consuming tasks so they can focus on what matters most.
Emburse brings together some of the worldâs most powerful and trusted expense and AP automation solutions, including Abacus, Captio, Certify, Chrome River, Nexonia, and Tallie. The companyâs innovative offerings, which are uniquely tailored for specific industries, company sizes, and geographies, are trusted by more than 4.5 million users in more than 120 countries.
Over 14,000 customers, from start-ups to global enterprises, including Boot Barn, Grant Thornton, TelefĂłnica, Lufthansa Systems, and Toyota rely on Emburse to make faster, smarter decisions, empower business travelers to recapture lost nights and weekends spent doing tedious expense management, and help make usersâ livesâand their businessesâbetter.
For more information on Emburse, visit emburse.com, call 877-EMBURSE, or follow the organizationâs social channels at @emburse.
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Eric Friedrichsen
Chief Executive Officer
As CEO of Emburse, Eric drives the overall strategic direction of the organization, from new market growth through to product direction.
Eric has nearly 30 years of experience driving growth for software companies. Prior to Emburse, he was Global Head of Commercial, SMB, and Growth Markets for Marketo, a division of Adobe. Before joining Marketo, he was SVP and General Manager for SAPâs North American mid-market and ecosystems division. Earlier in his career, Eric had sales, technical, and general management leadership positions at SAP Concur, Business Objects, and Information Builders.
Grant Johnson
Chief Marketing Officer
As chief marketing officer, Grant leads global marketing for Emburse, overseeing marketing strategies, programs, and tactics designed to increase market leadership, generate demand, and enhance customer advocacy.
Grant has a storied history working in senior marketing roles for some of the best-known brands in technology, including FileNet/IBM, Symantec, and Toshiba. Before joining Emburse, Grant was CMO of cybersecurity company Cylance (acquired by BlackBerry). Prior to that, he was the CMO of Kofax and CMO of Pegasystems.
About Emburse
Emburse humanizes work by empowering business travelers, finance professionals, and CFOs to eliminate manual, time-consuming tasks so they can focus on what matters most.
Emburse brings together some of the worldâs most powerful and trusted expense and AP automation solutions, including Abacus, Captio, Certify, Chrome River, Nexonia, and Tallie. The companyâs innovative offerings, which are uniquely tailored for specific industries, company sizes, and geographies, are trusted by more than 4.5 million users in more than 120 countries.
Over 14,000 customers, from start-ups to global enterprises, including Boot Barn, Grant Thornton, TelefĂłnica, Lufthansa Systems, and Toyota rely on Emburse to make faster, smarter decisions, empower business travelers to recapture lost nights and weekends spent doing tedious expense management, and help make usersâ livesâand their businessesâbetter.
For more information on Emburse, visit emburse.com, call 877-EMBURSE, or follow the organizationâs social channels at @emburse.
