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Day 1 – Tuesday, June 14

Main Stage

Welcome to Billtrust Insight 2022

Billtrust CEO Flint Lane and PYMNTS.com‘s Karen Webster discuss the state of B2B payments and how your AR team can win in today’s world.

Speakers:

  • Flint Lane, CEO & Founder, Billtrust
  • Karen Webster, CEO, PYMNTS.com

Main Stage

Unleashing the Potential of AR Automation with IDC

IDC’s Kevin Permenter and Steve Pinado examine the potential of modernized AR and how that can unlock cash flow and operational agility.

Speakers:

  • Steve Pinado, President, Billtrust
  • Kevin Permenter, Research Director, IDC

Sessions

Scale Cash Application and Drive Digital Payments

AR teams are burdened with manual cash application. Learn about AR technology trends with Forrester and how to digitize cash application.

Speakers:

  • Nathan Schlaffer, Product Marketing, Billtrust
  • Matt Thomas, Sr Solution Consultant, Billtrust
  • Sherie Quella, Cash Application Product Owner, Billtrust
  • Liz Herbert, VP & Principal Analyst, Forrester

Sessions

The Surcharging Solution

Billtrust surcharging mitigates the cost of credit cards, while ensuring compliance with ever-evolving state and card brand regulations.

Speakers:

  • Justin Main, VP of Payments SBU, Billtrust
  • Nagendra Jayanty, CEO, InterPayments
  • Nathan Baker, Director of Payments Product Marketing, Billtrust

Sessions

Expanding automation across the AR cycle

Vulcan Materials is accelerating order-to-cash with solutions for credit, invoicing, payments and cash application.

Speakers:

  • Teresa Davis, Supervisor, Accounts Receivable Services, Vulcan Materials Company
  • Gene Marks, Columnist and Author

Sessions

Managing Exempt Sales in a World of Economic Nexus

Curious how automating exemption certificate management helps your business? Join us to learn how to solve the top compliance challenges.

Speakers:

  • Maria Trinagli, Senior Solutions Consultant, Avalara
  • Katie Moran, Partner Manager, Billtrust

Sessions

Paving the Path to On-Time Payments

Avoid late payments with smart credit decisions, optimized invoices and fast dispute management.

Speakers:

  • John Floyd, Senior Business Consultant, Billtrust
  • Jeff Stangle, Product Marketing Manager, Billtrust

Sessions

Team Up and Change the Game: B2B Transactions

Connecting your AR processes with the B2B ecosystem is a game changer for all parties. Hear industry leaders sound off on the benefits.

Speakers:

  • Murray Sharp, VP, BPN, Billtrust
  • Georg Roesch, VP Product Management, Jaggaer
  • R.J. Ancona, VP/GM, B2B Product, Partnerships & Client Management, American Express
  • Justin Corum, Senior Director, Partnerships, Bottomline Paymode X

Sessions

Five Ways to Enhance Your Buyers’ Invoicing Experience

Learn five best practices to get paid faster, go paperless, and reach global buyers with Billtrust.

Speakers:

  • Elizabeth Koestner, Invoicing Product Owner, Billtrust
  • Kim Kerry-Tyerman, Vice President, Corporate Responsibiliity, Billtrust
  • Nathan Schlaffer, Product Marketing Manager, Billtrust

Sessions

Simplify doing business with Palmer-Donavin

A deeper look at how Palmer-Donavin provides their customers with efficient processes for ordering, invoicing and paying.

Speakers:

  • Cindy Vollmer, Controller, Palmer-Donavin
  • Gene Marks, Columnist and Author
  • Teri Carpenter, Credit Manager, Palmer-Donavin

Sessions

Put Your Data to Work

How we surface relevant insights in our customers’ AR environment to define clear improvements with industry and ERP benchmarks.

Speakers:

  • Dani Rowley, Team Lead, Business Consulting, Billtrust
  • Sam Scheidt, Senior Business Consultant, Billtrust
  • Nathan Schlaffer, Product Marketing, Billtrust

Sessions

Sustainability in the Spotlight

Sustainability takes center stage as the climate crisis grows. Learn how adopting digital processes reduces environmental impact.

Speakers:

  • Kim Kerry-Tyerman, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Billtrust
  • Sandy Eapen, Sr. Director, ESG & Sustainability, Coupa Software
  • Amanda Lucas-White, VP of Procurement, Vulcan Materials
  • Jeff Stangle, Product Marketing, Billtrust

Sessions

Operationalizing the Benefits of Commercial Card Acceptance

Discussion on the reality of B2B card acceptance and how buyer and supplier payment strategies and surcharging impact the industry.

Speakers:

  • Shawn M Thomas, Senior Director, Strategic Merchant Services, Visa Business Solutions – Global B2B Acceptance
  • Roger McNamara, Director, Strategic Merchant Services, Visa Business Solutions – Global B2B Acceptance
  • Katie Moran, Partner Marketing Manager, Billtrust

Sessions

Finding smarter solutions for outdated processes

Learn how Nebraska Machinery Company utilized machine learning to drive cash application accuracy and time savings.

Speakers:

  • William Harley, Manager of Credit & Customer Finance, Nebraska Machinery
  • Gene Marks, Columnist and Author

Sessions

Best Practices for AP Portal Invoicing

Learn how to leverage new features to increase successful submissions and monitor the status of open invoices.

Speakers:

  • Tom Scott, VP, Supplier Solutions, BPN, Billtrust
  • Dean DePue, Senior Solutions Executive, BPN, Billtrust
  • Ramit Farwaha, Sr Commercial Product Owner, BPN, Billtrust
  • Lissa Andrews, Director of Product Marketing, Billtrust

Sessions

Uncheck Paper Billing and Payments

Are your customers checked out? Are you struggling to go paperless? Billtrust can move them to digital billing and payments.

Speakers:

  • Kristie Matheson, Vice President, Managed Solutions & Consulting, Billtrust

Panel:

  • Michael Chavez, Accounts Receivable and Pre-Legal Manager, Ossur
  • Katherine Varela – eSolutions Manager, Billtrust
  • Nooshy Irani – eSolutions Manager, Billtrust
  • Laura Chen – eSolutions Manager, Billtrust
  • Jeff Stangle, Product Marketing, Billtrust

Sessions

Change Management: The Art of Balancing

Planning a software implementation, business transformation or growing your team? Successfully manage change within your company.

Speakers:

  • Christy Green, Sr. Vice President Professional Services, Billtrust
  • Terri Maske, Sr Director Customer Education, Billtrust

Sessions

Driving success with AR automation across multiple businesses

Hear from Scott Campbell at WORLDPAC about why he has championed Billtrust solutions.

Speakers:

  • Scott Campbell, Director, Financial Services, WORLDPAC
  • Gene Marks, Columnist and Author

Sessions

Drive AR best practices with automation

Learn how Transportation leaders are automating AR and best practices to improve customer satisfaction and decrease DSO.

Speakers:

  • Kerry Depew – Director of Sales
  • Scott Jonas – National Account Manager, Transportation
  • Avron Cohen – Director, Corporate Finance, Daylight Transportation
  • Matthew Seal – Director of Software Development, Total Quality Logistics
  • Adam Muretisch – Transformation Leader, Transport Investments
  • Jeff Stangle, Product Marketing Manager, Billtrust

Day 2 – Wednesday, June 15

Main Stage

Billtrust Global Expansion and Capabilities

Learn how new Billtrust acquisitions iController and Order2Cash offer exciting opportunities for European AR teams to maximize cash flow.

Speakers:

  • Steve Pinado, President, Billtrust
  • Marco Eeman, Managing Director, Europe, Billtrust
  • Greg Hanson, Chief Product Officer, Billtrust
  • Nick Babinsky, SVP and GM, Business Payments Network Billtrust

Main Stage

Secrets of Success: A Billtrust Customer Roundtable

An all-star group of Billtrust customers offer you the wisdom they’ve gained and how you can emulate their success.

Speakers:

  • Steve Pinado, President, Billtrust
  • Cindy Vollmer, Controller, Palmer-Donavin
  • Dave Moggio, Sr Director of Accounts Receivables, Herc Rentals

Main Stage

The Epic Mehta-verse of Creating Joyous Customers

The Customer Success Economy author Nick Mehta shows you strategies to make your whole team work together in total service to the customer.

Speakers:

  • Flint Lane, CEO & Founder, Billtrust
  • Nick Mehta, CEO, Gainsight & Author of The Customer Success Story

Main Stage

Predictions and Prognostications: The Future of B2B Payments

Peerless prognosticators Nick Babinsky and Justin Main offer their B2B payments predictions for the next five years and beyond.

Speakers:

  • Nick Babinsky, SVP and GM, Business Payments Network, Billtrust
  • Justin Main, VP, Integrated Payments, Billtrust
  • Brad Bialas, Head of Operations, Moov
  • Tim Ural, Vice President, VP, Head of Large & Mid Market Products & Solutions, Visa
  • Christina Wagner, Head of Global Product, Omnichannel, FIS

Sessions

eCommerce matters in Order-to-Cash

eCommerce offers timely customer-specific information, personalized experiences, and an acceleration of the order-to-cash process.

Speakers:

  • Tim Sarazen, VP of Product, Billtrust
  • Jeff Meeter, Product Marketing Manager, Billtrust

Sessions

Are Virtual Cards & Decoupled ACH Crushing Your Team?

Learn how BPN can process those payments and remittances for you, freeing up your team to manage the rest of the AR process.

Speakers:

  • Nick Babinsky, SVP and GM of BPN, Billtrust
  • Tom Scott, VP of Product, Billtrust
  • Lissa Andrews, Product Marketing, Billtrust

Sessions

The value of growth partnering with Billtrust

White Cap continues to drive order-to-cash success through a strategic partnership with Billtrust.

Speakers:

  • Stacie Ganganna, Manager, Accounts Receivable & Tax, White Cap
  • Gene Marks, Columnist and Author

Sessions

Extend the old boundaries of the Credit Application process

Help us formulate a pre-credit/sales validation process and the ongoing line of credit line re-evaluation activity.

Speakers:

  • Shane Norman, Senior Solutions Consultant
  • Katie Ryder, Senior Commercial Product Owner, Billtrust
  • Muralidar Sundara, Lead Developer, Billtrust
  • Staci Cima, Director of Credit, Huttig Building Products

Sessions

The DNA of Future CFOs: Research Insights

Paradoxes Research shares the skills CFOs of the future must have and key findings from a survey of over 500 finance leaders.

Speakers:

  • Steve Reynolds, Vice President of Research, Paradoxes
  • Mitch Rose, SVP Corporate Segment, Billtrust
  • Nathan Schlaffer, Product Marketing, Billtrust

Sessions

Re-imagine your company culture with Diversity and Inclusion

We have a great culture of inclusion, but can do better. Our team will share initiatives to support workforce and supplier diversity.

Speakers:

  • Steve Lindeman, Chief Customer Officer, Billtrust
  • Kim Kerry-Tyerman, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Billtrust
  • Jeff Stangle, Product Marketing Manager, Billtrust

Panel:

  • Sarah Siggelakis, Sr Manager BPN, Billtrust
  • Clarice Doctor, Business Analyst, Billtrust
  • Bree Pedersen, Sr. Talent Acquisition, Billtrust
  • Jesse Gutierrez, UBC Manager, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, Upwork
  • Susan Tran, Payments & Regulatory Counsel, UBC Development Lead for Asian Professionals for Excellence (APEX), Upwork

Sessions

The Billtrust Payments Vision

Billtrust is building the most revolutionary B2B payments platform in the industry. See where we’re heading next on our payments roadmap.

Speakers:

  • Justin Main VP Integrated Payments, Billtrust
  • Mike Passifione Director of Payment Sales, Billtrust

Sessions

A Tour of the Cash Application Workspace

Learn how to automate manual cash application and handle exceptions easily with an overview of Billtrust Cash Application.

Speakers:

  • Lilia Miller, Corporate Trainer, Billtrust
  • Nathan Schlaffer, Product Marketing, Billtrust

Sessions

AP Portal Fatigue Anyone?

Billtrust customers saw a 34% increase in invoices delivered to AP portals last year. Learn how to leverage the BPN to help you.

Speakers:

  • Tom Scott, VP of Product, Billtrust
  • Dean DePue, Sr. Solutions Sales Executive, Billtrust
  • Eddy Harless, Finance Manager, Malin
  • Lissa Andrews, Director of Product Marketing, Billtrust

Sessions

Make the Most of your Payments through BPN

Learn five advanced payments features that will show you how the power of the BPN can help you.

Speakers:

  • Tom Scott, VP of Product, Billtrust
  • Sarah Siggelakis, Sr. Manager, Strategic Programs, Billtrust
  • Evan Lerch, Commercial Product Manager, BPN, Billtrust
  • Lissa Andrews, Director of Product Marketing, Billtrust

Sessions

Can’t Find It, Can’t Buy It: Get Better eCom Search Tools

Learn to deploy the search optimization tools available in every Billtrust eCommerce webstore.

Speakers:

  • Emily McMillan, Corporate Trainer, Billtrust

Sessions

Train Your Team to Accelerate Debt Collection

Focus your team on customer-centric collections. Learn how to reach more customers at the right time and collect debt with less effort.

Speakers:

  • John Floyd, Senior Business Consultant, Billtrust

Sessions

Get Results Before, During and After Go-Live

Billtrust Professional Services uses technology to solve business problems. Learn how we’ll partner with you to transform business processes.

Speakers:

  • Christy Green, Sr. Vice President Professional Services, Billtrust
  • Cheryl DiLouie, Engagement Director, Professional Services, Billtrust
  • Jeff Stangle, Product Marketing Manager, Billtrust

Sessions

How Staffing Firms Overcome VMS challenges

Revolutionize your staffing firm’s cash application integration with VMS portals. Learn how to apply payments regardless of how they are sent.

Speakers:

  • Jim Ackerman – Sr. Sales Executive
  • Sherie Quella – Product Owner
  • Nathan Schlaffer, Product Marketing Manager, Billtrust

Sessions

Providing digital AR plans for Medical Suppliers

Hear from Billtrust and Medical Supply experts how to overcome the biggest hurdles in B2B payments chain.

Speakers:

  • Sue Dammers – Director of Sales
  • Kim Ford – Sr. Sales Executive
  • Megan Mercer | Global Shared Services SME, IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
  • Anastasiya Mahon, Manager, Cash Applications, Olympus Business Services Americas
  • Jeff Stangle, Product Marketing Manager, Billtrust

Sessions

Fuel your CAT Dealership with faster AR

CAT dealers need reliable AR solutions. Learn how dealers leverage AR best practices to exceed customer expectations, reduce cost, and drive growth.

Sessions

Toyota Raymond Partners profit from AR best practices

Take your AR best practices to the next level, learning insights from experts at Billtrust, Toyota Raymond, and material handling companies.

Sessions

Understanding the value of the Karmak partnership and Best Practices for implementations

Karmak and Billtrust work together to streamline the Billtrust implementation process. Hear from Karmak why they chose to partner with Billtrust. Learn how the Billtrust solutions make it easier for your customer to do business with you. Learn from a recently live Kamak customer how to prepare to go live with a customer portal.

Day 3 – Thursday, June 16

Main Stage

The Ecosystem Economy

Join Rik and learn how to be ready to cope with randomness and unexpected events in a world where traditional boundaries have disappeared.

Speakers:

  • Rik Vera, Author of The Guide to the Ecosystem Economy

Main Stage

Disrupting the Disruptions: The CFO Panel

Hear CFOs reveal how the next generation needs to be equipped, and check out their reaction to Billtrust’s new CFO research findings.

Speakers:

  • Jay Johnson, Chief Sales Officer, Billtrust
  • Mark Shifke, Chief Financial Officer, Billtrust
  • Adam Shearer, Chief Financial Officer, Steam Logistics
  • Mike Bevilacqua, Senior Director of Credit and Collections, Pepsico
  • Scott Pressler, Chief Financial Officer, Billows