IOFM Virtual Town Hall Meeting: Do This! Not That! AP Automation Edition

Accounts payable (AP) leaders know that they need to automate the way their organization onboards suppliers, processes invoices, and pays suppliers.  But the best approach to AP automation isn’t always so clear.  Join us for this virtual town hall meeting as our panel of experts shares their advice, AP best practices, and proven strategies for assessing your department’s needs, choosing the right technology, evaluating prospective partners, managing change, keeping your business case on track, and more.  Whether your organization is automating for the first time or planning to refresh its existing technology, our panelists will be ready to answer your toughest automation questions.

Mark Brousseau
President, Brousseau & Associates 

Over the past 26 years, Mark has established himself as a thought leader on accounts payable, accounts receivable, payments and document automation. A popular speaker at industry conferences and on webinars and podcasts, Brousseau advises prominent end-users and service providers on how to use automation to improve document and payment driven business processes. Brousseau has chaired numerous educational conferences and has served on several industry committees and boards. He resides in Center City Philadelphia with his wife and three sons.

Kim Lockett
VP of Customer Success and Services, Corpay

Kim Lockett is Vice President of Customer Success and Services for Corpay, a FLEETCOR company. She has more than 30 years of experience in payments, with a heavy focus on back-office operations and customer engagement. Prior to Corpay, Kim held operations management and leadership positions with Comdata, Crestmark Bank, and Regions Bank.

Ken Virgin
Chief Executive Officer, iPayables

Ken Virgin is the Chief Executive Officer at iPayables. iPayables was founded in 1999 to lower invoice processing costs and transform Payables to fit the evolving finance landscape. Prior to iPayables, Ken worked at Accenture modernizing procure-to-pay processing at large, complex organizations such as Sprint, Bell Atlantic/Nynex, and Cox Communications, and assisted PeopleSoft in some of their earlier software releases. Ken also founded and was President of Red Hawk Consulting, which focused on increasing efficiency in finance departments through more streamlined and business specific ERP implementations. He has a BA in Political Science from Brigham Young University and an MBA from the University of California, Irvine.

Jeff Feuerstein
SVP of Paymode-X Product Management and Market Strategy, Bottomline

Jeff Feuerstein is the Senior Vice President of Paymode-X Product Management and Market Strategy. In his role, he works across teams to solve B2B payments challenges for customers and create solutions that help AP and AR departments transition away from traditional, paper-heavy back-office processes. With more than 20 years of experience in the space with a particular focus on card payments, Jeff has a deep understanding of the hurdles businesses face in streamlining and securing their payments.

Bruce Orcutt
Senior Vice President, Product Marketing, ABBYY

Bruce Orcutt is a veteran Product Marketing and Product Management executive with over 20 years’ experience in Enterprise Software. As Senior Vice President of Product Marketing at ABBYY, Bruce drives global product marketing strategies across ABBYY’s entire Digital Intelligence portfolio of products. He’s played a pivotal role in envisioning and launching innovative solutions that have improved customer engagement, increased revenue, and enhanced competitive advantage for ABBYY customers. 

Prior to joining ABBYY, Bruce was the Senior Director of Product Marketing at Kofax responsible for the go-to-market strategy for all mobile products. He’s successfully developed and launched global enterprise software products, apps and solutions for Financial Services, Insurance, Transportation, Manufacturing, and Government organizations that have enabled customers to accelerate transactions, reduce costs and strengthen market positioning. He is a Graduate of Fresno State University.