Join us for a day of innovation at Zip Forward 2024

the conference for procurement and finance leaders focused on the future.

Calling all women leaders in procurement and finance! Join us for an exclusive networking breakfast before Zip Forward for a morning of connection and conversation led by Amanda Prochaska, Founder & Chief Wonder Officer at Wonder Services. Amanda will lead a fireside chat with Cindy Yan, VP of Procure-to-Pay at Coinbase and Shradha Muktidoot, Director, Strategic Sourcing and Procurement at Lyft about their procurement career journeys followed by networking with your fellow attendees.

‍Please pre-register here. Note: this networking breakfast is only available to Zip Forward registrants.

‍Speakers:
‍Amanda Prochaska, Founder & Chief Wonder Officer at Wonder Services
Cindy Yan, VP of Source to Pay at Coinbase
Shradha Muktidoot, Director of Sourcing & Procurement at Lyft

In a constantly changing business landscape, the path that got you here won’t necessarily get you there. To sustain lasting success, businesses need to forge new paths that don’t just account for change, but embrace it as a key part of their strategy.

‍Speakers:
‍Rujul Zaparde, Chief Executive Officer at Zip
Lu Cheng, Chief Technology Officer at Zip
Oliver Gall, Chief Procurement Officer at Prudential
Sean Park, Vice President of Procurement and Transformation at Arm

Join Ali Rowghani, former CFO of Pixar and Twitter, and now Managing Director at Y Combinator, as he shares key finance leadership insights from his time at these iconic brands and discusses how the fast-changing technology landscape is shaping the future of finance for CFOs.

‍Speakers:
‍Ali Rowghani, former Chief Financial Officer at Pixar and Twitter

Finance leaders are being asked to do more with less, including on Procure to Pay platforms. With so many options on the market, what makes a P2P tool "world class" for real accounting, accounts payable, and controllership teams dealing with real challenges across the P2P cycle? In this session we'll discuss P2P features your peers love, and brainstorm a wishlist of future functionality for a next gen P2P system.

‍Speakers:
‍Matthew Hardin, Director of Solutions and Advisory at Zip
Shao Zhu, Senior Director of Advisory at Zip

Join Cindy Yan of Coinbase and Matthew Hatch from EY as they celebrate Coinbase's transformative procurement journey. Cindy Yan will highlight the key milestones of building a billion-dollar procurement function, scaling through IPO, and navigating market volatility. 

‍Speakers:
‍Cindy Yan, VP of Source to Pay at Coinbase
Matthew Hatch, Partner at EY

Companies that effectively harness AI to improve performance, increase productivity and reduce risk have distinct competitive advantages. At Zip, we already see fundamental transformations in how teams are using AI. Together we'll explore how AI is saving teams thousands of hours and surfacing strategic insights. We'll also push into the future to define what should come next for AI embedded into best-in-class source to pay technology.

‍Speakers:
‍Colin Glazier, Vice President of Procurement Solutions at Zip

Preparing for an IPO is a time of transformation, requiring meticulous planning and strategic alignment across all business functions. Join us for an insightful panel discussion featuring procurement leaders from Udemy and Toast, who know a thing or two about driving the process.

‍Speakers:
Lud Hrovat, Director of Procurement at Udemy
Gabrielle Toof, Director, Procure to Pay at Toast

In this round table style session, we will have facilitated conversations led by Zip customers to explore several creative use cases in Zip, including employee recognition, contingent workforce management, creator management, hardware requests, education credit requests, and more.

‍Speakers:
‍Charen Buyce, Senior Director of Procurement at Stitch Fix
Lavanya Ravi, Director of Sourcing & Procurement at Forter
Julianna Wahlmeier, Procurement at Hinge Health

The procurement organization of the future is not just digital — it's orchestrated. In this session Chris Sawchuk, principal at The Hackett Group, will share original research on how procurement orchestration and AI are reshaping procurement operating models to drive next-level performance.

‍Speakers:
‍Chris Sawchuk, Principal at The Hackett Group

Spend orchestration is poised to deliver transformational benefits to finance and procurement teams. But results can you expect, and how do you make the case for investment? Learn how to  structure a business case for spend orchestration and take away a set of validated metrics from IDC to benchmark your results.

‍Speakers:
‍Rudy Batts, Head of Global Spend at Canva
Patrick Reymann, Research Director at IDC

Join Brad Pittman, VP of Procurement at Dollar Tree as he shares insights into how the Fortune 150 company is overhauling its procurement model for better management of their $8 billion in spend through digital transformation and change management efforts.

Speaker:
Brad Pittman, VP of Procurement at Dollar Tree

P2P implementations hold the promise of streamlined, enhanced procurement processes. But when confusing interfaces and data issues lead employees to manual workarounds, much of that value is lost. Is Intake-to-Pay the solution?

Speakers:
Jen Beckert, Director of Financial Transformation at Shopify
Chris Kee, Vice President, Sourcing and Procurement at Northwestern Mutual

Join Oliver Gall, Chief Procurement Officer at Prudential, for a powerful keynote on how procurement is transforming into a strategic force within organizations. Learn how by embracing AI, automation, and data, procurement professionals are uniquely positioned to drive the future of business.
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Speakers:
Oliver Gall, Chief Procurement Officer at Prudential

In this session, Zip's solutions team will share how you can leverage Integration Platform to create new integrated experiences for cross-functional stakeholders and showcase real examples of integration use cases you can unlock to supercharge contract lifecycle management, e-signature processes, and even use cases beyond procurement.

Speakers:
Zachary Gay, Technical Solutions Consultant

Join us for our closing keynote, featuring the first ever Zip Community Awards recognizing the accomplishments of five customers, plus a special musical performance by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Booker T. Jones.