Business Spend Management Blog

Nigel is the VP and General Manager of the CoupaLink Technology Ecosystem. With more than 20 years leading and delivering world-class software, he’s obsessed with all things platform, ecosystem, and partnerships.

Odemi Pessu is a Content & Storytelling Marketing Manager at Coupa. She is also an author, artist, and women’s rights advocate. Odemi earned her Master of Public Affairs at Brown University, where she also earned her bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Political Economy. Her book, Force of Nature, encourages African women to lean into their vulnerability for strength and to honor their divine feminine energy for spiritual liberation.

Uwe Reumuth is Vice President of Finance, EMEA, at Coupa Software. He holds a master’s degree in industrial engineering and has decades of experience in finance. Prior to joining Coupa, Uwe served as the CFO at BELLIN, Europe’s leading treasury management specialist and now part of Coupa.

Vincent Toesca is Senior Vice President, Products at Coupa Software. With his team, he looks after our Supplier and Risk Management, Supply Chain, Analytics, and Community.ai offerings.

Scott Harris is the Senior Director of Product Management at Coupa for Supplier Management, Risk, Diversity, and Experiences. He has over 15 years of product management and consulting experience. He has designed and rolled out Coupa's Sourcing module, Coupa's original mobile expenses app, a revised Supplier Portal and Supplier Actionable Notifications (SAN), Supplier Information Management, Coupa Risk Aware, Early Payment Discounts, as well as Supplier Diversity.

James is SVP Finance at Coupa Software and is involved throughout the financial strategy and operations including M&A diligence and integration, Coupa Ventures, internal controls, FP&A, investor relations, financial reporting, and sales operations. Before joining Coupa, James was a Partner at Deloitte and the US Technology Industry Software Leader for Deloitte & Touche LLP, where he served early-stage start-ups to Fortune 50 technology companies. While at Deloitte and Coupa, James has experience in advising his clients and leading debt and equity transactions totaling more than $50 billion through IPOs, secondary transactions, and debt offerings.

Sandy Eapen is Sr. Director, ESG & Sustainability at Coupa. She resides in Austin, TX and holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA and Master of International Affairs (MIA) from Columbia University.

Kiran Ratnapu, as Director, Data Science leads AI initiatives at Coupa’s AI COE where his team explores and builds AI products using the vast community data. He founded Deep Relevance, a startup that used AI to monitor occupational fraud prior to being acquired by Coupa. Kiran has over 20 years of experience in applying AI in multiple domains including Computational Genomics, Online Advertising, Finance & Business Spend Management. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.

Michael van Keulen (aka “MVK”), Coupa's Chief Procurement Officer, has been in finance and procurement for 20+ years at high growth global companies where he managed procurement transformations and digitized the procurement process, driving significant stakeholder value.  Michael is a procurement fanatic, passionate about elevating the role of procurement by applying best in class practices and enabling business spend management through the power of digitization.

J.J. is SVP and leader of Corporate Development at Coupa Software and the Managing Director of Coupa Ventures, Coupa's $50M strategic venture fund. He is also a strategic advisor for several independent software companies and has led them through strategic financing and acquisitions. Prior to his time at Coupa, he was COO at SlideRocket, an Azure Portfolio company, purchased by VMWare in April 2011 and then sold to ClearSlide in March 2013.