Agenda of Radiance 2025: Largest Conference for Finance Professionals

Agenda

09:00 AM - 09:30 AM

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M Hashwanth,

AVP - Product Management

A One-Stop Solution for your Cash App Department?

    In cash application, automation is key. HighRadius offers 80%+ automation at the invoice level, streamlining operations with minimal manual intervention. Discover how HighRadius Autonomous CashApp automates payment matching and accurate cash application, even with incomplete or inaccurate invoice numbers, in this session.

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Jacob Whetstone,

Director Invoice to Cash

Fighting Big-Box Retailers to Recover $20M in Deductions

    Facing over a million deductions from big-box retailers, Danone North America clawed back $20 million in just 100 days. Their secret? Automated tools that sifted through customer data and workflows to validate every deduction. Here's how they did it—and why it worked.

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Dan Fischer,

CFO

$90M Held Hostage: Fighting Back Against a Ransomware Attack

    December 22, 2023: systems went dark due to a ransomware attack, halting $90 million in sales and $79 million in aging balances. With no ERP for a month, CKS used Collections and Cash Application modules to recover and avoid disaster. Could your A/R survive being held hostage?

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Holly Ferreira,

Director Group Controllership & Process Excellence

Money Heist: Steal Back Money & Time with Continuous Close

    15,000 reconciliations piling up at month-end. Errors caught too late, journal entries delayed, and financial accuracy at risk. ThermoFisher’s new AI anomaly detection engine is changing all that – flagging issues mid-cycle and turning continuous close from a distant dream into a near reality.

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Jorge Turruellas,

VP Treasurer

The Great Bank Heist: Stop Logging Into 100+ Accounts Every Day

    005773190355. Go ahead, steal this bank account—we’ve got 100 more. Managing 100+ accounts across 22 companies used to take us four hours a day. Now? Reporting time is down 75%, we’ve unlocked millions through smarter decisions, and our cash flow visibility stretches 12 months ahead. Things run so smoothly, we finally have time to debate next quarter’s interest rate projections.

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Christine Vaccaro,

Executive - Global OTC Process

'No Blip' Spinoff: Replacing 15 Years of A/R in One Day

    What happens when your old A/R tool just can’t keep up? GE Healthcare faced this dilemma during their spinoff. With a change management playbook that avoided downtime and disruption, they replaced their 15-year-old system and unlocked measurable wins like lower DSO and faster collections.

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9:40 AM - 10:10 AM

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Tony Hiatt,

Director of Finance

How Red Bull Moved 10,000 Stores to Digital Payments

    10,000 mom-and-pop stores meant stacks of checks and hours chasing payments. Within a year, Red Bull transitioned 65% of customers to digital payments, cutting manual work and late nights. Now, the team jokes they finally have time to enjoy a Red Bull.

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Suzy Rhodes,

Director Order to Cash

The $1 Billion A/R Overhaul: Slashing Past Dues with AI

    $1 billion portfolio. Yet spreadsheets to track past dues?! Collectors lost hours chasing invoices and juggling emails. With AI-prioritized worklists and automated workflows, CMC slashed past dues by 30%, focused on high-value accounts, and gave their team the bandwidth to grow working capital globally.

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Grant Willard,

VP Financial Reporting

2 Million Reasons To Stop Duplicate Payments. 2 Million Reasons To Stop Duplicate Payments

    With 1,800 stores and 10 million invoices, duplicate payments were inevitable. But with HighRadius' Anomaly Detection, Caliber saved $2 million annually by catching errors before payments went through.

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Sandesh Chidanand,

VP - Product

Simplifying Deductions: Stop Erosion of your Bottomline

    Deductions significantly impact the bottom-line especially in CPG, Manufacturing, and Technology sectors, affecting 10% of your revenue. Discover human-machine synergy to empower deduction teams, prevent revenue loss, and boost net recovery. Learn AI-driven strategies for early invalid deduction identification, dispute validity prediction, and automated matching, saving millions.

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10:20 AM - 10:50 AM

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Kevin Permenter,

Research Director

CFOs Are the New Sales Chiefs: Winning the Revenue Game

    $5.3 billion in new revenue—not from sales, but from CFOs. IDC reveals how finance leaders are using analytics, digital payments, and customer insights to drive growth. Here’s the playbook transforming CFOs into key revenue drivers.

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Sunil Nandam,

VP - Product

Stop Dialing for Dollars: Collect More, Collect Faster

    Addressing economic trends, businesses tackle target account identification, broad customer outreach, and call volume optimization challenges. Explore HighRadius Autonomous Collections speeding recovery to reduce DSO and Past Dues by +20%. Enhance collector efficiency using AI-based prioritization, automated dunning, and real-time reporting for comprehensive receivables insights in this session.

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10:20 AM - 10:50 AM

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Yashwant Divakar,

Director, Solution Engineering

The World's Only 'Truly' End-to-End Invoice Automation Software

    Explore the rising demand for digital collaboration and self-service in today's era. Learn how to achieve seamless global billing and payments, reducing invoicing costs by 70% through auto-invoice delivery and self-serve payment portals. Discover additional benefits of integrated solutions for auto-cash posting and dunning activities in this session.

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10:20 AM - 10:50 AM

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Estefani Ashbrook,

Treasury & AR Supervisor

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Tracy Rosenbach,

Financial Services Manager

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Nicole DeRosa,

Credit Manager

Scaling Cash Application for $2M Daily Payments

    The final week of the quarter. Staff shortages, unexpected absences, and a resignation. Migrating to HighRadius gave us the control: $2 million in daily payments processed straight through, same-day cash posting, and a clean close. Want to know how we did it?

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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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Dan Grenemyer,

National Account Manager

5 Rules for a Fumble-Proof Collection Strategy

    Did you know placing an account within 30 days boosts collectability by 50%, but after 120 days, it drops below 20%? Timing is key. This panel reveals critical insights, practical tips, and how to make collections more predictable. Because no one likes "yikes."

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Juan Saudino,

VP, Professional Services Treasury

Manage Cash, Assets, and Liquidity Like a Pro!

    Autonomous Treasury minimizes manual work and errors by offering real-time global bank account access. Achieve 95% cash management automation and 90% prediction accuracy. Explore how this comprehensive solution streamlines financial operations, minimizes manual data entry, saves time, enhances accuracy, and optimizes financial processes in this session.

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May Ma,

Vice President, R2R Products

Bid Farewell to Siloed Accounting Practices - Embrace Seamless Financial Integration

    HighRadius enables over 90% faster account reconciliation, greatly reducing manual work for streamlined operations. Learn how to gain granular visibility and control over the entire record-to-report cycle through an integrated accounting process powered by autonomous reconciliation.

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David Meininger,

Sr Director of Customer Operations

Reducing Deductions Backlog by 75% in 6 Months

    120,000 deductions. A 26,000-item backlog. Settlements dragged on for 60 days, leaving millions at risk—until HP Hood overhauled everything. With automation, they cut deductions by 75%, slashed settlement times to 17 days, and increased annual recovery of invalid claims by 300%.

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11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

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Sashi Narahari,

Founder & CEO

HighRadius Founder Keynote

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM

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Stacie Sodolak,

Asst. Director, Financial Management

School of Hard Collections: Where Recovering $.01 Invoices Are Required By Law

    Collections at Texas A&M aren’t just about tuition—they include research projects, utility bills, and testing services. With 3,000 past-due notices, one person managing collections, and a requirement by state law to chase even one-cent invoices, the system was stretched to its limits. Automation turned chaos into control, ensuring No Penny Left Behind.

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Jessica Butler,

Founder

2025 Deductions Playbook to Recover Vanishing Margins

    Chargebacks from big-box retailers. Disputes from mom-and-pop stores. Trade and non-trade claims piling up while margins quietly vanish. The battle for deductions is fierce, but leaders are winning – recovering 80% of invalid claims while most are stuck at 50%. Jessica Butler reveals how they’re automating smarter, prioritizing better, and rewriting the deductions playbook for 2025.

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Danish Shaikh,

Senior Director - Product Management

Streamline your Payables with Touchless Invoice Processing

    Accounts Payable automation software enables teams to process every invoice exception in 3 minutes or less. Achieve 100% invoice capture using AI parsers, and see how AP Email Assistant classifies emails and auto-responds with AI-generated email drafts. Discover 360-degree reporting to see the status of compliance, efficiency, controls, and governance.

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1:55 PM - 2:25 PM

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Glisson Inguito,

Director - Corporate Treasury

Unlocking $30M in Cash Flows through Full-Cycle F&A Transformation

    With DSO stuck at 69 days and millions locked in cash flow, change was urgent. Today, 85% of payments process straight through, DSO is down 9 days, and $30M in cash flow is unlocked. How? Lower credit card fees, better forecasting, and faster bank reconciliations. Here’s how it all happened.

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Don Giallanza,

Commercial Credit Manager

Credit Masterclass: Zero Bad Debt for 4 Years Running

    1,000 customers and $1.5 billion in receivables, yet zero bad debt for four years. How? CP Chem’s credit team mastered automation, slashed review times from 60 minutes to 5, and proved that bad debt doesn’t stand a chance when you get it right.

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Joseph Thomas,

Credit Manager

Taming A/R Chaos During an ERP Apocalypse

    Merging billions in receivables from 150 ERPs down to 75, with a goal of 3. NOV focused on slashing DSO, boosting collections, and cutting costs. No need to reinvent the wheel—just make it roll faster.

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2:35 PM - 3:05 PM

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Joseph Grass,

Director of Credit & A/R

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Chason Dancer,

Credit Manager

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Kelly Gutierrez,

Cash Applications Manager

Unlocking $20 Million by 3x Cash Conversion Amid Rapid Expansion

    12,733 customers, a $30M cash flow gap, and rapid growth. DXP tackled it all, boosting cash flow by 40%, cutting DSO by 20 days, and achieving 90% straight-through processing. Here’s how they did it—without adding headcount.

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Indy Chakrabarti,

Chief Marketing Officer

AI Explained By Someone Who Barely Gets It

    What’s a "Neural Net", exactly? How much does it resemble the brain? And will I at least make it through my lifetime before the AI-pocalypse? Technical stuff, explained by the person you trust most to do it—the Marketing Guy.

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Rajesh Krishnan,

AVP Product Management

Onboarding your Customers and Managing Credit Risk

    Amid industry shifts and credit challenges, proactive risk mitigation is vital. HighRadius Credit offers reports from 35+ agencies, customizable to regions and industries. Discover how the Autonomous Credit solution ensures real-time visibility, proactive blocked order prediction, and global portfolio management in this session.

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Christy Goins,

Director Global Invoice to Cash Transformation & Network Strategy

How Kellanova Stopped Deductions From Eating into Margins

    Millions in deductions, each a bottleneck. Kellanova turned weeks of work into hours. AI flags invalid claims, approves valid ones, and automates 17% of resolutions. Deductions are now a competitive edge.

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3:15 PM - 3:45 PM

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James Wallace,

Director Credit and Collections

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Stacey Moore,

Sr. Credit & Collections Mgr

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Stephen Wang,

Sr. Business Systems Analyst

Hidden Figures: 60 Signals to Decode Credit and Collections

    New accounts mean hours of manual follow-ups and missed patterns. Snowflake uncovered what others didn’t: payment behaviors predicting delays, credit trends flagging risks, and past-due signals ripe for action. With 60+ such attributes integrated, the team scales collections seamlessly—all without adding headcount.

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Eva Forberger,

Controller

What We Found Hiding in Our Month-End Close

    2,000 revenue line items per month. 20 days to close, and hidden errors no one knew existed. ConferenceDirect uncovered revenue risks they didn’t even see coming. With automation, they cut close time to under 5 days and unlocked insights that transformed their process.

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Kasia Dziubinska,

Finance Evolution Consultant

Gen Alphas: Overpriced Job-Hoppers or the Smartest Yet?

    By 2030, Gen Alpha will be 11% of the workforce, demanding high salaries and switching jobs faster than ever. They're AI natives, but how do companies tap into their skills without blowing the budget?

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3:55 PM - 4:25 PM

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Roxane Gray,

VP, Digital & Financial Operations

From Back Office to Revenue Driver: Transforming A/R for Sales Growth

    By tapping into data from 14,000 customer payment histories, A/R became a sales powerhouse. The result? 30% fewer past dues, 70% faster onboarding, and millions in sales processed—all without adding headcount. Here’s how it happened.

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Darryl Gordesky,

Director, Global AR Applications

What Sherwin-Williams Did to Slash DSO While Everyone Else Waited

    30+ ERPs and spreadsheets left Sherwin-Williams’ AR teams buried in inefficiency. By layering HighRadius over legacy systems, they slashed DSO and automated collections—without waiting years for ERP migrations.

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Yashwant Divakar,

Director, Solution Engineering

Save Millions in your Payment Processing Costs Now!

    The industry shift towards digital payments challenges organizations to cut processing fees impacting profits. Join this session by HighRadius to learn about simplifying B2B transactions, enhancing consumer experience & eliminating ~100% of bank key-in fees. Explore cost-cutting through Level-III Data, convenience fees, and surcharge collections using human-machine synergy.

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Urvish Vashi,

Chief Operating Officer

Don’t Let Your Vendor’s Crisis Be Yours

    With startups collapsing and M&A reshuffling the fintech landscape, your tech stack could be at risk. How do you protect your operations if vendors disappear overnight? We’ll reveal what’s happening behind the scenes and the strategies to ensure your business stays secure.

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4:35 PM - 5:05 PM

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Andrew Fastow,

Ex CFO & Financial Ethics Speaker

CFO to Convict: The Evolution of Ethics from Enron to AI

    Andy Fastow, the architect of Enron’s financial maneuvers, sees unsettling parallels between the past & today’s AI-driven finance. Are algorithms setting the stage for another collapse, just better disguised? The risks are familiar—but are we responding better?

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9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

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Sandra Douglass Morgan,

President

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Michael Crome,

CFO

Just Win, Baby: Turning the Raiders Into a Financial Powerhouse

    When we moved to Las Vegas, the stakes were high. Could we turn one of the NFL’s lowest-grossing teams into a revenue powerhouse? Allegiant Stadium was the proving ground. Real-time salary cap reporting, bold revenue streams, and reimagined fan experiences—this is more than football; it’s big business.

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9:40 AM - 10:10 AM

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Scott Evans,

Vice President of Credit

A Survivor’s 90-Day Guide for Post-M&A Integration

    13 acquisitions. $300M in open A/R. 90 days to integrate it all. Scott Evans shares how his team turned post-M&A chaos into seamless O2C operations—without missing a beat.

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Sunil Nandam,

VP - Product

Stop Dialing for Dollars: Collect More, Collect Faster

    Addressing economic trends, businesses tackle target account identification, broad customer outreach, and call volume optimization challenges. Explore HighRadius Autonomous Collections speeding recovery to reduce DSO and Past Dues by +20%. Enhance collector efficiency using AI-based prioritization, automated dunning, and real-time reporting for comprehensive receivables insights in this session.

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Gabriela Flores,

Treasury Manager

Cash Flow Crystal Ball: Data-Driven Forecasts Over Gut Feelings

    Emails from Asia. Spreadsheets from Europe. Bank portal logins for every transaction. Consolidating Ascend’s global cash used to take half a day. Now, with HighRadius, it takes minutes. The only debate left? Who gets to click “generate report” every morning?

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Angie Vanek,

Sr. International Credit Manager

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David Boucher,

Sr. Credit Manager

One Platform, Full Control: Simplifying A/R Across Six ERPs

    Six ERPs, seasonal swings, and volatile commodity prices made managing A/R a challenge at Land O'Lakes. By centralizing Credit and Collections, they gained a unified view, slashed past-dues, and streamlined cash flow—without adding headcount. Here’s how they turned chaos into control.

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M Hashwanth,

AVP - Product Management

A One-Stop Solution for your Cash App Department?

    In cash application, automation is key. HighRadius offers 80%+ automation at the invoice level, streamlining operations with minimal manual intervention. Discover how HighRadius Autonomous CashApp automates payment matching and accurate cash application, even with incomplete or inaccurate invoice numbers, in this session.

    Expand

10:20 AM - 10:50 AM

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Sandesh Chidanand,

VP - Product

Simplifying Deductions: Stop Erosion of your Bottomline

    Deductions significantly impact the bottom-line especially in CPG, Manufacturing, and Technology sectors, affecting 10% of your revenue. Discover human-machine synergy to empower deduction teams, prevent revenue loss, and boost net recovery. Learn AI-driven strategies for early invalid deduction identification, dispute validity prediction, and automated matching, saving millions.

    Expand

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Kevin Permenter,

Research Director

Stop Talking About AI. Start Adding Millions to Your Bottomline.

    AI isn't just buzz—it can automate processes, cut costs by 30%, and forecast with 95% accuracy. The challenge? Turning hype into real cash. Here's how to make AI deliver results and silence the skeptics.

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Jeremy Oswald,

Director of Financial Services

How A Metallica Playlist Got BSN Past Dues Down 50%

    60,000 missed attempts and rising A/R balances had BSN Sports stuck—until they cranked up the Metallica. The result? 50% fewer past dues, a 30% lighter collector workload, and $500K saved in credit card fees. A/R automation is now driving their growth.

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Yashwant Divakar,

Director, Solution Engineering

Save Millions in your Payment Processing Costs Now!

    The industry shift towards digital payments challenges organizations to cut processing fees impacting profits. Join this session by HighRadius to learn about simplifying B2B transactions, enhancing consumer experience & eliminating ~100% of bank key-in fees. Explore cost-cutting through Level-III Data, convenience fees, and surcharge collections using human-machine synergy.

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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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Jamie Garbis,

VP Treasury, Credit, & Collections

Blitzscaling A/R: From 10 Acquisitions to 3x Growth

    Ten acquisitions, one A/R specialist. Addison Group automated cash application and collections, cutting DSO by six days and resolving $4 million in aged receivables. Scaling without adding headcount isn’t just possible – it’s proven.

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Chris Kuehl,

Managing Director and Co-Founder

Is Your Credit Strategy Ready for the Economy of the Future?

    Whether facing economic downturns or riding a recovery, your credit strategy needs to be ready. Dr. Chris Kuehl from Armada CI will share expert insights on what’s ahead and how to position your credit and collections for success, no matter the economic climate.

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May Ma,

Vice President, R2R Products

60% Faster Consolidation with Automated Mapping

    Say goodbye to data mismanagement, human errors, and accounting omissions. HighRadius' Financial Consolidation and Reporting software centralizes entity management and streamlines group consolidation. The result? A 60% faster consolidation and 30% reduction in Days to Reconcile.

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Juan Saudino,

VP, Professional Services Treasury

Manage Cash, Assets, and Liquidity Like a Pro!

    Autonomous Treasury minimizes manual work and errors by offering real-time global bank account access. Achieve 95% cash management automation and 90% prediction accuracy. Explore how this comprehensive solution streamlines financial operations, minimizes manual data entry, saves time, enhances accuracy, and optimizes financial processes in this session.

    Expand

11:40 AM - 12:10 PM

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Kasia Dziubinska,

Finance Evolution Consultant

Gen Alphas: Overpriced Job-Hoppers or the Smartest Yet?

    By 2030, Gen Alpha will be 11% of the workforce, demanding high salaries and switching jobs faster than ever. They're AI natives, but how do companies tap into their skills without blowing the budget?

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John DiMarco,

Director of Global Cash Management

7x More Collections, 30% Faster: Implementing Autonomous Collections

    Managing 4,000 customers, Supply Tech struggled with long-tail collections. With autonomous collections, they now handle 70 accounts daily—7x more than before. Past dues dropped by 50%, and DSO decreased by 5 days, all while freeing up time for collectors to grab that extra coffee.

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Rajesh Krishnan,

AVP Product Management

Onboarding your Customers and Managing Credit Risk

    Amid industry shifts and credit challenges, proactive risk mitigation is vital. HighRadius Credit offers reports from 35+ agencies, customizable to regions and industries. Discover how the Autonomous Credit solution ensures real-time visibility, proactive blocked order prediction, and global portfolio management in this session.

    Expand

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Danish Shaikh,

Senior Director - Product Management

Streamline your Payables with Touchless Invoice Processing

    Accounts Payable automation software enables teams to process every invoice exception in 3 minutes or less. Achieve 100% invoice capture using AI parsers, and see how AP Email Assistant classifies emails and auto-responds with AI-generated email drafts. Discover 360-degree reporting to see the status of compliance, efficiency, controls, and governance.

    Expand

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Yashwant Divakar,

Director, Solution Engineering

The World's Only 'Truly' End-to-End Invoice Automation Software

    Explore the rising demand for digital collaboration and self-service in today's era. Learn how to achieve seamless global billing and payments, reducing invoicing costs by 70% through auto-invoice delivery and self-serve payment portals. Discover additional benefits of integrated solutions for auto-cash posting and dunning activities in this session.

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Meet the Speakers

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Andrew Fastow

Ex CFO & Financial Ethics Speaker

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Chason Dancer

Credit Manager

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Chris Kuehl

Chief Economist

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Dan Fischer

CFO

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Darryl Gordesky

Director, Global AR Applications

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David Meininger

Sr Director of Customer Operations

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Don Giallanza

Commercial Credit Manager

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Gabriela Flores

Treasury Manager

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Glisson Inguito

Director - Corporate Treasury

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Grant Willard

VP Financial Reporting

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