CPQ Podcast

Josh Nelson has worked as a Product Owner for Lexmark International and as a CPQ Consultant before he became the CPQ Practice Lead at Traction on Demand. In this Interview he talks about why they are so big on educating their customers about CPQ, how they educate customers, their unique company culture, why he considers AI and Billing the most beneficial CPQ capabilities and much more

Web www.tractionondemand.com

Email [email protected]

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

Kevin Geraghty & Ron Giuntini are co-founders of Blueprint AMS a Servitization & AfterMarket Solution that works with any CPQ Tool. In this Interview they talk about why companies transition from build & sell to outcome-based pricing, how to transition quick and safe, how big the market opportunity is and much more

Web www.blueprintams.com

Conference https://www.advancedservicesgroup.co.uk/ssc2020

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevingeraghty1/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rongiuntini/

Jordan has been a Research Analyst with IDC since 2015 and is covering commerce, CPQ, ERP, PIM order management and payment solutions. In this Interview he talks about his data obsession for restaurant and flights, how he is changing the upcoming CPQ Marketscape report, why commerce and CPQ need each other, headless commerce, why customers and CPQ Vendors should follow an API first approach, micro-services and much more

Website: https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US41156617

email [email protected]

Daniel has been working in Product Configuration and CPQ for the last 20 year and co-founded ConfigAir in 2011. In this interview he shares what drove him to first start eSpline and then ConfigAir, why ConfigAir focuses on SAP and visualization, why he recommends the CWG Group, what visualization capabilities he considers still maturing, why he thinks companies should put their best people on CPQ and much more

• LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/danielnaus/
• Website www.configair.com
• Email [email protected]

Frank Holland is a Microsoft veteran executive who joined Apttus as CEO in January 2019. In this Interview he talks about how he supports his wife who is breeding horses, his time as the leader of the Microsoft Dynamics business, who he considers thought leaders in CPQ, the Apttus company culture, leadership changes, Glassdoor reviews, their partner restructuring, Max (Apttus' AI-based virtual assistant), the on-going collaboration with Salesforce and Microsoft, their future CPQ focus and much more

Website: apttus.com

Tuomas Koskiniemi (CEO) and Mikko Peltola (CTO) are with Klaro CPQ which is based in Helsinki, Finland. Klaro CPQ, is the first startup that offers an Open Source CPQ Solution. In this interview they share why it took them 10+ years to found Klaro CPQ, why they offer an Open Source CPQ Solution, what they currently work on, what capabilities their solution offers, their plans for 2020 and much more.

• LinkedIn Tuomas https://www.linkedin.com/in/tuomas-koskiniemi/
• Website https://www.klarocpq.fi/en/

Sean Joyce has 20 years of Product Configuration and CPQ experience, he had his own company for a number of years and was with Zuora, Apttus and Salesforce CPQ & Billing before he joined Navint in 2019. In this Interview he talks about how they help connecting Sales and Finance, the Statera acquisition, challenging their customers, why CPQ can't stand alone, how subscriptions change CPQ and ERP systems and much more

• Thought Leader mentioned: Richard Hare
• Website www.navint.com
• Email [email protected]

Amy is the CPQ practice lead at Canidium. Before joining Canidium, Amy was with BigMachines/Oracle CPQ Cloud. Amy is also a certified professional coach, and an energy leadership index master. In this interview she talks about how her coaching skills advance the CPQ practice, Canidium's massive growth in 2019, what SAP Implementation Packages they offer, what questions are most important to their customers and much more.

• LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/amygoldberg42/
• Website canidium.com

Joe Parlett is a Sales Professional and just recently joined Veloce from Apttus. He lives with his family in the San Francisco Bay Area. In this interview he talks about why he joined Veloce, some of the capabilities that he considers their key strengths, why they can work with customers of all sizes, their strategic Partnership with Salesforce, their integration to Siebel and much more

• LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-parlett-6292718/
• email [email protected]
• Website www.veloceapps.com

• LinkedIn Christian https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiancuske/
• LinkedIn Karan https://www.linkedin.com/in/karansood08/
• Website https://www.inmindcloud.com