Agenda of Radiance 2025: Largest Conference for Finance Professionals

Agenda

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Just Win, Baby meets Vegas, Baby! Making the Raiders a Financial MVP

Sandra Douglass Morgan,

President

Michael Crome,

CFO

    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 turned disruption into dominance. Behind every bold move, there’s a story.

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

Andrew Fastow,

Ex CFO & Financial Ethics Speaker

    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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Going Toe to Toe with Big-Box Retailers

Jacob Whetstone,

Director Invoice to Cash

    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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Unlocking $30 Million in Cash Flow Through F&A Transformation

Glisson Inguito,

Director - Corporate Treasury

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

Stacie Sodolak,

Asst. Director, Financial Management

    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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How Red Bull Moved 10,000 Stores to Digital Payments

Tony Hiatt,

Director of Finance

    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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Dec 22nd. The Day Systems Went Dark. How We Fought Back

Dan Fischer,

CFO

    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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How A Metallica Playlist Got BSN Past Dues Down 50%

Jeremy Oswald,

Director of Financial Services

    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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CFOs Are the New Sales Chiefs: Winning the Revenue Game

Kevin Permenter,

Research Director

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

Roxane Gray,

VP, Digital & Financial Operations

    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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A Survivor’s Guide to Post-M&A Success

Scott Evans,

Vice President of Credit

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

Kasia Dziubinska,

Finance Evolution Consultant

    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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From 4 Hours to 14 Minute Forecasts

Gabriela Flores,

Treasury Manager

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

Chris Kuehl,

Managing Director and Co-Founder

    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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2025 Deductions Playbook to Recover Vanishing Margins

Jessica Butler,

Founder

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

Grant Willard,

VP Financial Reporting

    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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10 Acquisitions. 3x Cash Conversion. Same Headcount

Joseph Grass,

Director of Credit & A/R

Chason Dancer,

Credit Manager

Kelly Gutierrez,

Cash Applications Manager

    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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Hidden Figures: 60 Signals to Decode Credit and Collections

James Wallace,

Director Credit and Collections

Stacey Moore,

Sr. Credit & Collections Mgr

Stephen Wang,

Sr. Business Systems Analyst

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

Jorge Turruellas,

VP Treasurer

    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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Taming A/R Chaos During an ERP Apocalypse

Joseph Thomas,

Credit Manager

    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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ZIRP Is Over, ZERP Is Better! Building A/R with Zero ERP Reliance

Darryl Gordesky,

Director, Global AR Applications

    30+ ERPs. Disjointed collections. Data chaos. Instead of waiting for ERP migration, Sherwin-Williams is building a unified A/R platform today. By automating collections, leveraging bolt-on cloud solutions, and aligning Finance-IT teams, they’re moving toward zero ERP reliance and creating a single source of truth for Credit and Collections —no waiting, no delays, just results.

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

Angie Vanek,

Sr. International Credit Manager

David Boucher,

Sr. Credit Manager

    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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Stop Talking About AI. Do it!

Kevin Permenter,

Research Director

    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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Money Heist: Steal Back Money & Time with Continuous Close

Holly Ferreira,

Director Group Controllership & Process Excellence

    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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5 Yikes! Collection Managers Don't Like!

Dan Grenemyer,

National Account Manager

    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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Labor Cost Arbitrage is Dead. Long Live Business Outcomes!

Bridget Bilodeau,

Vice President, Global Business Services

    When labor cost savings plateau and SLAs hide the cracks, what’s next? Integra LifeSciences shifted gears with automation, cutting manual tasks by 50% and scaling faster globally. If you’ve ever wondered what lies beyond green metrics, this session has the answers.

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Credit Masterclass: Zero Bad Debt for 4 Years Running

Don Giallanza,

Commercial Credit Manager

    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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No Blip: Transform A/R Without Missing a Dollar

Christine Vaccaro,

Executive - Global OTC Process

    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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What We Found Hiding in Our Month-End Close

Eva Forberger,

Controller

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

Suzy Rhodes,

Director Order to Cash

    $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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Reducing Deductions Backlog by 75% in 6 Months

David Meininger,

Sr Director of Customer Operations

    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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Scaling Cash Application for $2M Daily Payments

Estefani Ashbrook,

Treasury & AR Supervisor

Tracy Rosenbach,

Financial Services Manager

Nicole DeRosa,

Credit Manager

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

Jamie Garbis,

VP Treasury, Credit, & Collections

    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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How Kellanova Stopped Deductions From Eating into Margins

Christy Goins,

Director Global Invoice to Cash Transformation & Network Strategy

    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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Untangling 20,000 Invoices Daily With Touchless Cash App

Deana Grant,

VP of Accounting Strategy & Operations

    Handling 20,000 invoices and 8,500 customers used to take all day at Southwire. Now, with 90% straight-through processing, exceptions are resolved faster, and disputes are no longer a bottleneck. The team finally has time for that second cup of coffee—before lunch.

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7x More Collections, 30% Faster

John DiMarco,

Director of Global Cash Management

    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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AI and a Murmuration of Starlings: Cutting Through Hype, Dollar by Dollar

Indy Chakrabarti,

Chief Marketing Officer

    $19.1 billion spent on AI in finance, but only 30% of projects show ROI. This session cuts through the hype, showing finance pros how AI can truly impact P&L, improve forecasting, and deliver on the promises of digital transformation.

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Don’t Let Your Vendor’s Crisis Be Yours

Urvish Vashi,

Chief Operating Officer

    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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Onboarding your Customers and Managing Credit Risk with HighRadius Credit

Rajesh Krishnan,

AVP Product Management

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

Yashwant Divakar,

Director, Solution Engineering

    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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Save Millions in your Payment Processing Costs Now!

Yashwant Divakar,

Director, Solution Engineering

    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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Stop Dialing for Dollars: Collect More, Collect Faster

Sunil Nandam,

VP - Product

    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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A One-Stop Solution for your Cash App Department?

M Hashwanth,

AVP - Product Management

    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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Simplifying Deductions: Stop Erosion of your Bottomline

Sandesh Chidanand,

VP - Product

    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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Manage Cash, Assets, and Liquidity Like a Pro!

Juan Saudino,

VP, Professional Services Treasury

    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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Bid Farewell to Siloed Accounting Practices - Embrace Seamless Financial Integration

May Ma,

Vice President, R2R Products

    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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60% Faster Consolidation with Automated Mapping

May Ma,

Vice President, R2R Products

    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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Streamline your Payables with Touchless Invoice Processing

Danish Shaikh,

Senior Director - Product Management

    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.

[Coming Soon] Love Story (Treasurer's Version): The New Romance between Forecasting & AI

[Coming Soon] The Past, Present, and Future of Accounting Automation

[Coming Soon] Manufacturing Firm's Blueprint for Automated Invoice Capture

[Coming Soon] AP Automation Checklist: Are You Ready for Implementation?

[Coming Soon] Cosmetics Giant Recovered Millions by Clearing Deduction Backlogs

[Coming Soon] Fortune 100 Oil & Gas Company's AR Journey towards Tangible Value Creation

[Coming Soon] Fireside Chat with Cforia Customer: What's Next on the Transformation Roadmap?

[Coming Soon] Two Minute Mystery: How This CPG Company Fixed Trade Promotions at Scale

[Coming Soon] Major CPG Company Stopped Deductions from Eating into Their Margins

[Coming Soon] Tech Enterprises's Hidden Figures: 60 Signals to Decode Credit and Collections

[Coming Soon] Cash App, Deductions, and Collections Case Study: Thank a Robot for Your Next Promotion

[Coming Soon] Automating $2 Million in Daily Payments: Cash Application That Scales

Meet the Speakers

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Andrew Fastow

Ex CFO & Financial Ethics Speaker

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Bridget Bilodeau

Vice President, Global Business Services

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Chason Dancer

Credit Manager

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Chris Kuehl

Chief Economist

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Deana Grant

VP of Accounting Strategy and Operations

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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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