Technology & Innovation

James leads clients in finding user-centric solutions to contracting challenges. He supports clients in evaluating technologies, building actionable roadmaps, and designing realistic approaches to CLM implementations.

Ankit Narang is a Data Science Manager at Coupa’s AI-Centre of Excellence. He has worked on a wide range of AI problems spanning from Fraud Detection, Graph Analytics to Text classification and Similarity learning. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Mark Newman has been working in the integration arena since 2001 and has been involved in numerous integration projects on all levels from Developer to Integration Architect. His understanding of integration requirements from Business Processes was fundamental and key to the inspiration and idea behind the design, build, and continuous improvement of the MATRIX Coupa IPaaS solution. Mark continues to develop his knowledge to keep up with ever-changing technologies including the evolution of the Coupa product suite.

Roger Goulart, EVP of Business Development and Alliances, is responsible for extending Coupa Software’s value through partnerships with technology and distribution partners. He brings more than twenty years of sales, alliance, business development, support and professional services management experience to Coupa.

Meg is an experienced product marketer with a passion for sustainability and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance). With 7 years in product marketing and 12 years in general marketing, she has a proven track record of success in product marketing, sales enablement, and go-to-market strategy. She leverages this experience to help companies identify how they can use their existing budgets for the most impact.

Meg is an expert in creating and executing sales enablement and sales communication programs, as well as designing powerful sales presentations and customer stories. She is also highly skilled in deriving, delivering, and presenting on key data insights. Meg is committed to sustainability and ESG, and is always looking for ways to incorporate these values into her work.

Lokesh Gulechha, a Lead Performance Engineer based out of Pune, India, has worked at Coupa since 2020. He consistently develops and implements innovative ideas which transform business operations, enable dramatic quality improvement, increase productivity and reduce operational costs. He believes in using disruptive innovation and transformation in the technology space to enhance enterprise business. Lokesh is the author of several publications and frequently speaks at conferences and training sessions to aid others in using tech to transform business operations.

Lokesh Gulechha, a Lead Performance Engineer based out of Pune, India, has worked at Coupa since 2020. He consistently develops and implements innovative ideas which transform business operations, enable dramatic quality improvement, increase productivity and reduce operational costs. He believes in using disruptive innovation and transformation in the technology space to enhance enterprise business. Lokesh is the author of several publications and frequently speaks at conferences and training sessions to aid others in using tech to transform business operations.

Alice leads channel marketing for Coupa’s technology partners. With over 10 years of marketing experience, Alice is focused on bringing her knowledge, curiosity, and passion in helping customers enhance their experience and realize more value.

By developing a streamlined SSDLC, Daniel Yang collaborates with development teams to secure applications and their data. Daniel's experience with application security spans pen testing, security researching and building some security automation tools. He has found some vulnerabilities in a number of the most well-known web applications, including Joomla, PHPBB, Moodle and others.

Mark Reed is a Director of Technology at Coupa. He is passionate about search, machine learning, and technology that helps people find what they need more effectively. He has previously worked in several startups and has been with Coupa for four years. Mark holds a Computer Engineering degree from Case Western Reserve University and currently resides in the Cincinnati area in the United States.

Anthony Tate is Director, Product Marketing, EMEA at Coupa. He is passionate about tech, in particular the role of people, process and technology in organisational strategy and how to successfully drive digital transformation. Anthony holds an M.A. (Dist) in Marketing Communications and a B.A.(Hons) in Commercial Studies from the University of Westminster, and he current resides in London, England.

Since graduating from Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, India in 2013, the ethos of my career has always been "Never Stop Building".

The six years I spent with my first employer was a crazy rollercoaster ride, building several products all in different domains:  consumer e-commerce, private label furniture, social media application, and a SAAS product to help companies run crypto-backed token economies.

In early 2020, I joined Coupa, a leader in the Business Spend Management community, and over the last two years with them as they’ve grown from under 1000 to nearly 3500 employees overall, I have transitioned from an individual contributor role to an Engineering Manager role.

Hari Murakonda is currently Principal of AI Centre of Excellence at Coupa and leads AI driven classification projects at Coupa. Hari comes with a background in data science with over 10 years of experience. Prior to Coupa, Hari was a Solution Architect at LLamasoft, and Opex Analytics where he led several ML driven solutions to problems in Supply chain and Operations across several fortune 500 Retail, Consumer products, and Airline companies. Hari was an early employee at Opex Analytics and played key role scaling the company, followed by acquisitions to LLamasoft and then Coupa. Hari holds Master’s degree in Analytics at Northwestern University and Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from BITS-Pilani.

Alex Rich is the VP of Alliances at SecurityScorecard. He has been with the organization for over four years, having previously held leadership roles in Customer Success and Inside Sales. Prior to SecurityScorecard, Alex was a Senior Customer Success Manager at Sisense, where he was responsible for OEM and Strategic Accounts. Alex began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst in CitiGroup's healthcare division, was a co-founder of a NY-based startup (Atmospheir), and also served as a Strategic Program Manager at Booker Software.