Business Spend Management Blog

Syed Zakiuddin is a Data Scientist at Coupa's AI-Center of Excellence. He joined Coupa after completing his Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.

Shoan Jain is a Senior Data Scientist at Coupa's AI-Center of Excellence. She joined Coupa through acquisition of Deep Relevance, a startup that used AI to monitor occupational fraud. She holds a Masters degree in International and Development Economics from Yale University and a bachelor's degree in Economics from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

David is Senior Vice President for Coupa’s Alliances team. He is responsible for driving our partnerships and alliances across our EMEA region. Since joining Coupa in 2014 he has supported our strategic growth through alliances with some of the world's largest global partners and a host of regional systems integrators. In the past 7 years at Coupa he has played an instrumental role in our expansion across the region and has been a fundamental part of our EMEA leadership team. He has more than 20 years of experience in the enterprise software industry.

As Senior Vice President, America's Ecosystem & Alliances at Coupa, John leads Field Engagement and Ecosystem development for Coupa's largest Alliance network.  For the past 5 years John has led the growth of Coupa's strategic alliance model, which focuses on Coupa's core values of striving for excellence, focusing on resulting and ensuring customer success.

Avijit Mukherji is Head of CoupaLink Solution Consulting. He is passionate about Technology, Business Spend Management and making customers and partners successful.

Tamir Shafer is responsible for strategically growing this segment of Coupa’s business. Tamir holds a BSc in Finance from the University at Albany, SUNY, and resides in Boca Raton, Florida.

Mike Watson heads the AI COE at Coupa, he has a PhD in Industrial Engineering and 20+ years of experience leading global supply chain business teams. Mike co-founded Opex Analytics and grew the company to success in the AI market prior to integrating with LLamasoft and now Coupa.  He is also an adjunct professor at two masters programs at Northwestern University and the co-author of two books (Managerial Analytics and Supply Chain Network Design).

Shoan Jain is a Senior Data Scientist at Coupa's AI-Center of Excellence. She joined Coupa through acquisition of Deep Relevance, a startup that used AI to monitor occupational fraud. She holds a Masters degree in International and Development Economics from Yale University and a bachelor's degree in Economics from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

Avijit Mukherji is Head of CoupaLink Solution Consulting. He is passionate about Technology, Business Spend Management and making customers and partners successful.

Jake is a Product Marketing leader with extensive software experience including product strategy, customer needs, requirements, positioning, collateral, technical marketing, pricing, and field enablement.

Mike Watson heads the AI COE at Coupa, he has a PhD in Industrial Engineering and 20+ years of experience leading global supply chain business teams. Mike co-founded Opex Analytics and grew the company to success in the AI market prior to integrating with LLamasoft and now Coupa.  He is also an adjunct professor at two masters programs at Northwestern University and the co-author of two books (Managerial Analytics and Supply Chain Network Design).

Joe Henderson is a subject matter expert in the Supply Chain Design and Planning practice and consults with partner firms on unique ways to leverage emerging technology and process trends for value creation. Joe brings 15 years of Operations, Continuous Improvement, and Data Science experience to advancing the Supply Chain narrative.