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Thank you for joining us at Zip Forward for an inspiring day of innovation, networking with over 700 finance and procurement leaders, and 40 content sessions designed to explore forging paths to sustainable success.
Session replays
Agents of change: Redefining the future of procurement with AI
Zip co-founders & product leaders
Ann Fleishell, OpenAI
Tigran Avakian, Gap
Mithun Sharma, Block
Building AI-first procurement at OpenAI
Ann Fleishell, OpenAI
State of Spend 2026: What spending trends reveal about the future of AI
Nick Heinzmann, Zip
A skeptic’s look at AI in procurement
Joël Collin-Demers, Pure Procurement
T-Mobile's bold playbook for procurement transformation
Mike Simpson, T-Mobile
Felix Meng, Zip
Inside Datadog’s P2P transformation
Michelle Vita, Datadog
Leading the change: Procurement's new operating model
Chris Sawchuk, The Hackett Group
Humans and Agents: The new procurement power couple
Dr. Elouise Epstein, Kearney
Procurement vs. The World: Bridging the gap between procurement, finance, and every team
Art Levy, Brex
Jessica Baker, Podium
Cameron Davis, Podium
Dolli Player, Podium
Redesigning procurement: People, power, and purpose in the AI era
Ignacio Cabrera, Cloudflare
Katie Streu, Anthropic
Mithun Sharma, Block
Lu Cheng, Zip
One year in: Perspectives on Zip
Kris Akseter, Dollar Tree
Sean Park, Arm
Brad Pittman, Dollar Tree
Tyson Knight, Zip
Zip Community Awards 2025
Community Builder Award
For members who go above and beyond to support peers and shape community culture.
Wendy Scheidegger, Checkr
Emily Zhang, Pinterest
Natasha Liso, Grafana Labs
Rising Star Award
For emerging practitioners already making an impact and sharing what works.
Ashley Kashmer, InvoiceCloud
Gabrielle Toof, Circle
Innovation in Procurement Award
Honors someone who completely reshaped procurement within their org.
Brad Pittman, Dollar Tree
Thank you to our sponsors
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