Sunny Manivannan

General Manager, Coupa Expenses
Coupa

Sunny Manivannan is the General Manager of Coupa Expenses at Coupa Software. In this role, he is responsible for ensuring the success and growth of Coupa's expense management business. Sunny joined Coupa in 2015 through the acquisition of ZenPurchase. Prior to founding ZenPurchase, Sunny was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. Sunny started his career at General Electric, where he focused on R&D for aircraft engines. Sunny holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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DAY 1 - Mon. May 8th: Vision of Travel and Meetings Procurement

Wednesday, July 12th, 2017

12:25 Keynote Presentation: Travel & Expenses: Hold The Expenses

Many of us, including most attendees at this conference, suffer from the thousand small indignities of modern business travel. This session provides a lighthearted look at the history of business travel, including some recent events, and dives deep into how Coupa eliminates one of the larger issues associated with business travel - the dreaded expense report.

17:00 Interactive Roundtables

These interactive round table sessions take a deep dive into the specific areas you came to learn about. Sit and learn in an intimate format from the speakers who have had an impact on their company and industry. Take control of your own event experience and don’t be shy! Ask questions (or answer them!) alongside other conference attendees who are dealing with the same challenges as you network with industry peers with very similar challenges, interests and responsibilities. Don’t miss out on the discussions you want to participate in—you’ll get to select a new topic after 30 minutes.

Roundtable 1: Sharing Economy

Drew Mitchell, North America Travel Lead; Cognizant Technology Solutions

Roundtable 2: Expense Management Software

Sunny Manivannan, General Manager, Coupa Expenses

Roundtable 3: Breaking the Travel Program Sourcing Cycle: Out-of-the-box techniques to monitor your travel program spending all year long
Changes in the corporate travel industry are constant. When the market changes, but your program stays the same, you leave money on the table. Dynamic Performance Management – which calls for ongoing program monitoring and adjustment – keeps you ahead of the constantly shifting market. In this round table we will discuss the metrics you should be consistently reviewing, and trends in the market that make constant program analysis vital – like the ever growing sharing economy for example.

Marwan Batrouni, Senior Director, Practice Area Leader, Advito

Roundtable 4: Small Meetings & Events: Reigning in this Rogue Spend Category
Two thirds of all meetings and events worldwide are under 100 participants and often fragmented, de-centralized, and miscategorized as general travel and entertainment expense. This roundtable will discuss challenges and solutions for managing this large and rapidly growing segment of corporate spend.

Ron Shah, CEO Bizly

Roundtable 5: Globalization of Your Travel Program

TBD

Jason Cammorata Director, Strategic Sourcing, MDC Partners Inc.

Roundtable 6: Managing High Risk Travel

TBD

Roundtable 7: Corporate Mobility Vendor Management

TBD