Business Spend Management Blog

Armando Urias, VP Coupa - Southwest, is a seasoned software sales executive with a passion for driving real results. He has spent the majority of his career working with various Oil & Gas companies to enable business transformation, and currently resides in Houston, TX.

Anja has a PhD in German Philology and trained in a business communications agency before gaining valuable creative and marketing experience in a number of advertising agencies. For five years, she was in charge of the communications department of a renowned, private financial service provider. Her last position before joining BELLIN’s Global Marketing & Communications team in November 2014 was with Freiburg University where Anja was responsible for the marketing efforts of the EXIST business start-up program.

Maria DeJong is a Coupa Contingent Workforce (CCW) Director, responsible for highlighting the differentiation and capabilities of CCW. Maria has enjoyed over 10 years in the contingent workforce management space and resides in Denver, CO.

Nikolai Diekert is a Director of Product Management at Coupa Treasury. A certified corporate treasurer,  he spent nearly five years at BELLIN in presales and then in product management before joining Coupa. He designs board games (Plutocracy and €uro Crisis) in his free time and holds a degree in mathematics.

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.

Ravi Thakur has more than 20 years of experience in Enterprise software, holding executive level positions from support, development, professional services, operations, pre-sales, and more.

Hung Nguyen is the Director, Sales North America at BELLIN. He has spent the past 20 plus years in corporate Treasury of Fortune 500 companies. He is a passionate solutions architect at heart and strives to deliver TMS solutions that position clients to be more agile and responsive in their business. He also serves as a mentor to graduate students at Beedie School of Business, and he has authored articles for the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, especially on standards for ISDA Collateral Settlement Timing Protocol.

Mat Calabro specializes in Coupa's CLM and S2C solutions. He lives in the Greater Boston area with his wife and son.