Technically Speaking Segment: A brief interview with Rob Bernsthteyn of Coupa Software about innovative cloud-based solutions the world should know about.
Co-authored by Natassia Nyholm.
“Coupa helps its customers maximize their spend under management, achieve significant cost savings and drive profitability.”
About the Interviewer:
Moira Alexander is a contributor and co-host of the “technically speaking” segment on the Price of Business Talk Radio (on the BizTalkRadio Network), whom you can learn more about at www.leadhershipgroup.com. She recently interviewed Rob Bernsthteyn of Coupa Software (as part of a series of interviews) to find out about innovative cloud-based solutions the world should know about.
About Coupa Software:
Coupa Software (NASDAQ: COUP) is the cloud platform for business spend. We deliver “value as a service” by helping our customers maximize their spend under management, achieve significant cost savings and drive profitability. Coupa provides a unified, cloud-based spend management platform that connects hundreds of organizations representing the Americas, EMEA, and APAC with millions of suppliers globally. The Coupa platform provides greater visibility into and control over how companies spend money. Customers – small, medium and large – have used the Coupa platform to bring billions of dollars in cumulative spend under management.
About the interviewee:
Rob Bernsthteyn’s is the Chief Executive Officer of Coupa and drives the company’s strategy and execution. Rob has over two decades experience in the business software industry. He came to Coupa from SuccessFactors, where he ran Global Product Marketing & Management, as a member of the executive management team, as the company scaled from an early start-up to a successful public company. Prior to that, Rob directed Product Management at Siebel Systems, where he helped build Siebel ERM into one of the company’s fastest-growing product lines. Rob also did a stint in management consulting at McKinsey & Company and spent four years at Accenture, where he focused on global SAP systems implementations.
Rob is a guest lecturer at Harvard and Stanford business schools, and a frequent contributor to Forbes and Fortune magazines. He can often be heard providing commentary on major news channels including Bloomberg and NPR. Rob earned a BS in Information Systems from the State University of New York at Albany and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Tell me about the key features of your product or service?
Rob: The Coupa platform provides greater visibility into and control over how companies spend money. As one of the only successful IPOs of 2016, Coupa seeks to do what Salesforce did to sales process automation, but on the expense side of the equation. As a cloud-based, automated spend management platform, Coupa provides companies with better ways to track, see and manage all facets of how a company and each employee spends money. The consumerized financial application (think Amazon-like interface) gives employees a digitized and easy way for travel and expense management, procurement and invoicing. Coupa delivers “value as a service” by helping customers maximize their spend under management, achieve significant cost savings and drive profitability. To date, Coupa has helped hundreds of customers across the globe bring over $15 billion in cumulative spend under smarter management.
What makes your product or service so innovative, and what are the hot button issues it addresses for companies?
Rob: The hot button issue Coupa addresses concerns profitability. Coupa helps companies spend money in smarter ways and save money in smarter ways. Companies purchase the same goods and services for LESS using Coupa. Companies process more invoices in real-time with no increase in headcount using Coupa. Companies buy more goods and services off negotiated contracts using Coupa. Companies reject and prevent unnecessary spend using Coupa.
To find out more about Coupa contact Rob below.
Rob Bernsthteyn, Founder, and CEO
Email: support@coupa.com
Phone: 1.650.931.3200
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More about the “Technically Speaking” segment co-host:
Moira Alexander is the founder & president of Lead-Her-Ship Group, a content strategy & creation company, and author of “LEAD or LAG.” Moira is a media recognized expert with 20+ years in business, IT, project management, content strategy and content creation. She is a project management and IT columnist for CIO and TechRepublic and creates high-value content for digital media companies, small to large businesses, and thought leaders around the world. Her company has also just launched a new PR service for small to mid-sized tech companies. To find out more about Moira or her company’s services, go to www.leadhershipgroup.com.
