CPQ Podcast

In this episode you hear from Kuldip Hillyer, Founder & CEO of Kugamon. Kuldip has 20+ years of business experience and Kugamon is providing a CPQ and Subscription Billing application for Salesforce-Lightning. Here he talks about three key product capabilities they have focused on in the last 12 months incl. core cpq functions, new admin and eCommerce functions, their App Empathy Design Philosophy, the importance of design and much more

• linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/kuldip/
• website www.kugamon.com

This is a special episode with Rick Hassman, who was previously also the CIO of Pella. Our discussion is centered around 2 blog posts that talk about acquisitions of Software Vendors. Here the link to my blog post and here the link to Rick's blog post

Hear what Rick's thoughts and concerns are for the Fenestration Industry and what he suggests customers should do now that Paradigm was acquired by Builders FirstSource.

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickhassman/

email [email protected]

In this episode you hear from Chris Shutts, Co-Founder & CEO at Logik.io. Here Chris talks about the growth of Logik.io, Dreamforce '22, Commerce Logic Engine, their customer KeySight Technologies, their new Oracle Migration Program, a study called "State of B2B e-commerce for manufacturers", the importance and impact of a headless architecture, the future of CPQ, their Partner Program and much more

• web www.logik.io
• email [email protected]
• LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-shutts-0622237/

In this episode you hear from Sven Krause who has 20+ years of business and technology experience and recently joined In Mind Cloud (specialized manufacturing CPQ Vendor) as a board member and advisor. For the last 2 years, Sven served as the CIO of Hillrom, a $3B MedTech company based in Chicago (now part of Baxter). Prior to that, he was with E&Y and Arthur Andersen for over 17 years serving manufacturers in Germany and the US. Today, Sven talks about his experience with CPQ from a customer and CIO perspective, what results he has seen with CPQ at Hillrom, how they selected their CPQ Solution, what critical capabilities they needed, and much more.

In this episode you hear from Ziliant's new CEO Pascal Yammine. Pascal was previously the GM and SVP of Salesforce Revenue Cloud and joined Zilliant in August 2022. He lives with his family in Chicago. Here he talks about his recent move from Salesforce to Zilliant, the opportunities he sees for Zilliant, agreement management and quoting, Zilliant's Partnerships, first impressions from customer discussions and much more

email [email protected]

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascalyammine/

In this episode you hear from Calvin Chow and Karl Hinderks of Slalom Consulting. Both have worked for 15+ years in Quote-to-Cash and CPQ. Calvin lives in Dallas/Ft Worth and Karl in Vancouver, Canada. Here they talk about their service offerings, what topics are most interesting for their customers, top business requirements, current demand and much more

• email [email protected] [email protected]
• LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvin-chow-3179425/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/khinderks/

In this episode you hear from Boaz Meridor, Co-Founder & Board Member at Uptima (a System Integrator) Boaz is an entrepreneur at heart and has 25 years of business experience and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Here he talks about Salesforce Revenue Cloud, Manufacturing Cloud, a recent investment they received from Salesforce and DocuSign, current demand for CPQ, their "Everything to Revenue" approach and much more

• email [email protected]
• LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/meridor/
• website uptima.com

In this episode you hear from Mark Sloan Managing Director Asaph Advisors. Mark has ~ 30 years of business experience with companies like Accenture & Convergys and is based in Washington D.C.. Here he talks about how (tech) companies that sell Hardware and Software products or pure consulting companies should sell professional services (incl. educational, managed), the RARE methodology and much more.

• email [email protected]
• Phone 703-507-9788
• LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-sloan-70500b3/

In this episode you hear from Chris Hergesell Managing Director NA B2B Sales & Commerce Lead and Global B2B Sales & Commerce Product Lead at Accenture. Chris has 25+ years of business experience and is based in Houston, TX. Here he talks about Accenture's CPQ professional services, triple citizenship, current demand for CPQ solutions, why he sees CPQ as a critical enabler of commercial excellence, cpQ, visual & virtual capabilities, AI/ML, Metaverse and more

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/hergesell/

In this episode you hear from Eyal Orgil, CRO at dealhub.io. Dealhub offers a solution with CPQ, CLM and more capabilities. Eyal lives with his family near Tel Aviv in Israel and has 25+ years of business experience. Here he talks about the latest investment rounds Dealhub received, some key capabilities their solution offers, their global expansion plans, their collaboration with Hubspot, upcoming Industry Analyst Reports and much more.

• web: dealhub.io
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eyalorgil/