ZYCUS - Key Persons
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- Chief Executive Officer
- Founder
Founder & CEO As the founder and CEO of Zycus, Aatish defines the vision and roadmap of all technology and innovation at Zycus. Aatish Dedhia started Zycus in 1998 with a vision to leverage technology to solve business problems.
He harnessed the power of Artificial Intelligence technology for practical business purposes to create a powerful suite of solutions for the fields of procurement and finance. Under his dynamic leadership, Zycus has emerged as the industry leader in its business space. He has been responsible for the company's success in the fiercely competitive international market. His astuteness and strategy has been the pillar of Zycus' success. Prior to Zycus, Aatish enjoyed a flourishing career at Intel Corporation in the United States and was part of the core design team on the Pentium-II processor. At Intel, Aatish also introduced Internet and Intranet technologies within the Pentium-II group for improving group work and knowledge management.
Aatish is a widely known professional in the IT industry and has been invited as a speaker at several international forums. He has a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India and a Master of Science (MS) in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, U.S.
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- Chief
- Founder
- Founder and Chief Wonder Officer
Amanda has built a career over the last 19 years focused on implementing innovative solutions to Procurement organizations and has a passion for leading organizations through large-scale transformations. In her former role at MGM, she was responsible for implementing and sustaining new, best-in-class sourcing programs and for leading the source-through-pay transformation. Before joining MGM, Amanda served as Associate Director at the Kraft-Heinz Company, where she led the simplification of processes, focusing on cost reduction strategies, supplier development, and technology enhancements. Prior to that, Amanda held various Procurement roles within the CPG industry. She also is the author of "Procurement Unstuck," a blog related to procurement and source-through-pay issues and has been published in Future of Sourcing, ProcuRising, Spend Matters, and Supply Management. She serves on the ISM Conference Leadership Board and is the Founding Chairman of the ISM Thought Leadership Council.
Amanda is currently the Founder and Chief Wonder Officer at Wonder Services, a radically different consulting firm for Procurement organizations who are on the journey of digital transformation. Wonder Services helps Procurement leaders change business operations & achieve sustainable change through properly applied technology solutions, while always having user experience and adoption at the forefront.
She is passionate about giving back to the Procurement community and has served the industry by starting the first-ever global women's organization for procurement - Global Women Procurement Professionals (GWPP).GWPP is the only global organization that comprising of men and women who seek to increase the value that procurement provides to stakeholders through empowering women in the profession.
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- Business Leader
- Chief Marketing Officer and Head Global
Amit is a seasoned business leader who brings to Zycus about 18 years of experience in strategic marketing and communications, business management, and strategy. As CMO and Head Global BD, he is responsible for all aspects of global marketing and demand generation.
He also leads other strategic functions like sales ops, bid desk and sales enablement. Before joining Zycus, Amit was based in London and served as Managing Director at OakNorth, a B2B SAAS unicorn and supported large enterprise engagements across the US, Europe, and Australasia.
Amit holds an MBA from IIM Mumbai and B.E from REC Surathkal (NIT Karnataka). He has also completed an executive program in strategic marketing from Stanford Graduate School of Business. He was recognized as 40under40 by Reputation Today in 2017, has been a Power Profile on LinkedIn in 2018 & 2016, and has served on the advisory board of S.P.Jain Institute of Management & Research and Fintech committee of FICCI.
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- Partner, Digital Transformation & Cost Optimization
Bill is a Partner at ISG, focusing on sustainable cost optimization through supplier ecosystem optimization, sourcing, technology innovation and improved operating models, processes and controls that bring transparency and improved collaboration. He has worked with over 100 leading corporations, helping them to achieve transformation and hundreds of millions in cost savings. Over his career, Bill has been an acknowledged thought leader in the world of sourcing, bringing a passion for innovation and execution, particularly in the realm of technology. Bill chair's ISG's annual SourceIT conference exploring the latest innovations in sourcing.
Bill previously led IBM's global strategic sourcing services, and served as Senior Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer and Outsourcing Governance for Wachovia Corp. when it was the third largest US Bank. Earlier in his career he held technology sourcing and VMO roles at American Express, GEC and United Technologies Corporation, where he was responsible for sourcing many of the technologies appearing in Tom Clancy novels.
Bill served for four years on the Board of Directors and was twice elected Chairman of the Board of the International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM), where he was instrumental in establishing numerous research and standards initiatives including the Contracting Capability Model, Commercial Contracting Best Practices and its regular academic symposium. Bill also served on the Board of Advisors for the Sourcing Interest Group (SIG) and as a member of the Society for Information Management (SIM) IT Procurement Working Group. Bill is a frequent invited speaker and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal and other leading publications.
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- Procurement Executive
- Vice President - Global Procurement / News Corp
Bob Andersen is a seasoned procurement executive with 25+ years of experience in global procurement and supply chain management. As Vice President, Global Procurement Strategy at News Corp, he excels in driving strategic sourcing initiatives and optimizing procurement processes. Previously, he held key roles at Honeywell and Mondelēz International, overseeing functional excellence and end-to-end external manufacturing operations.
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- Regional Vice President - EMEA
Chiranjib has been pivotal to Zycus' success and has led numerous transformations at Zycus on its cloud strategy and rapid value delivery. His responsibilities span across multiple functions of Professional Services, Technical Account Management, Customer Success Management, Cloud Operations & DevOps, Integration Platform Development, and AI-based delivery on its Big Data Spend Analytical Platform.
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- Principal & Global Procurement Advisory Practice Leader
- Principal, Global Practice Leader and Advisory Leadership Team Member With the Hackett Group
Mr. Sawchuk is a Principal, Global Practice Leader and advisory leadership team member with The Hackett Group, an intellectual property-based strategic consultancy to global companies.
He has over 20 years of experience successfully advising hundreds of Fortune 500 as well as midsized companies across all industries globally. Mr. Sawchuk has provided operational and transformational guidance in strategy and organizational change as well as process design and digital technology enablement to significantly improve the efficiency and effectiveness of these companies.
He is globally recognized (and won several awards) in his specialty of supply management including strategic sourcing and risk management. He is cited regularly in business publications, a frequent presenter at industry and academic events, author of numerous research papers and books, and a current and past member of the advisory boards of several developing companies as well as the supply chain degree program at the University of South Florida.
Mr. Sawchuk's background includes engineering, operations and sales roles with both United Technologies and IBM. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Union College and a Masters in Business Administration from Binghamton University (State University of New York). He is currently pursuing his Doctorate in Business Administration from the University of South Florida.
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- Director Procurement Enablement / the HEINEKEN Company
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- CEO and President / Sourcing Industry Group
- CEO and President of SIG, SIG University
Dawn Tiura, CEO and President of SIG, SIG University and Future of Sourcing digital publication, has more than 26 years of leadership experience, with the past 22 years focused on the sourcing and outsourcing industry. In 2007, Dawn joined SIG as CEO, but has been active in SIG as a speaker and trusted advisor since 1999, bringing the latest developments in sourcing and outsourcing to SIG members. Prior to joining SIG, Dawn held leadership positions as CEO of Denali Group and before that as a partner in a CPA firm.
Dawn is actively involved on a number of boards promoting civic, health and children's issues in the Asheville, North Carolina area. Dawn is a licensed CPA and has a BA from the University of Michigan and an MS in taxation from Golden Gate University. Dawn brings to SIG a culture of brainstorming and internal innovation.
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- Group Chief Procurement Officer
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- Chief Operating Officer / Nippon
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- Enterprise Sourcing & Procurement Analyst / Bank of Cyprus
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- Chief Procurement Officer & Sustainability Leader / the HEINEKEN Company
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- Head of Sales and Procurement Evangelist
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- VP Procurement and Strategic Sourcing
Ivan has over 20 years' experience in various operational and supply chain roles, predominantly in strategic global sourcing/procurement and supplier quality for direct and indirect material. He joined Deacero in August 2018 and is currently leading transformational efforts across all purchasing areas. Prior to joining Deacero, Ivan worked at General Electric for 14 years. His passion and focus is enabling culture change partnering with our supply chain leaders and specifically procurement/category management teams to drive awareness of fulfillment, cost control/reduction and risk mitigation strategies.
Ivan holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and completed master's degree curriculum in Manufacturing Systems with a major in Engineering Materials Science both from Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Campus Monterrey.
Job Titles:
- President
- President of Business Fierce
Jill Robbins is President of Business Fierce. In 2020, Jill took an extended leave from Elanco Animal Health; after 20 years working at Ingersoll Rand, Eli Lilly & Company and Elanco. While at Lilly, Jill held senior leadership positions within Global Procurement, Lean Six Sigma and Business Development.
Jill led a team responsible for implementing a global requisition tool to make buying goods and services from the right supplier at the right price easier than the out of box SAP shopping cart technology, while also implementing global dynamic discounting for suppliers improving cash position by > 2%. Jill was responsible for over $3 billion in annual spend, as the Global Director of General & Administrative Procurement, transforming the way categories were sourced in Finance, HR, Temp Labor, Legal and Consulting.
As a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, she transformed the supplier master data footprint at Lilly, delivering a single source of truth with supplier hierarchy to achieve improved category and supplier relationship management. While at Elanco, she built the Indirect Global Procurement team of over 40 strategic sourcing professionals around the world managing over $2 billion in global spend. She identified an opportunity to deliver an easy-to-use solution and Procurement branding program,Buy SMART; successfully launched and trained internal stakeholders guiding to leverage approved suppliers by region and country.
The Buy SMART database was built on salesforce.com, delivering savings increase from $40 million to over $95 million per year while consolidating suppliers by 25%. Jill led the M&A effort to separate suppliers and processes from Elanco's previous parent (Lilly), while implementing policies and governance to drive global operational efficiency.
As a successful business owner (serial entrepreneur), Jill is passionate about process improvement and value chain connectivity to maximize margins and drive growth. She has supported more than 70 countries around the world to optimize third party spend and find alternative near shore sources of supply.
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- Vice President, Professional Services
As Vice President, Professional Services, Kerry leads all implementation activities for customers in North America. He is also responsible for helping drive global process alignment and continuous improvement in Zycus' value driven services methodology and approach.
Kerry has spent the last 20+ years building and leading professional services organizations focused on the implementation of large, complex, global digital transformation projects across multiple SaaS software organizations in Supply Chain Management and Procure-to-Pay. Kerry has an M.B.A from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill as well as a Bachelor's Degree in Operations Management from Miami University.
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- Distinguished Executive
- Head of the Supply Chain Center of Excellence
Kishore Pejavara is a distinguished executive known for his expertise in delivering business and digital transformations. Serving as the Director of the Supply Chain Center of Excellence at Delta Air Lines, Kishore leads a global team focused on establishing procurement as a strategic organization that drives enterprise value.
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- SVP, Global Head of Finance Transformation & Digitalization / Swissport
Micky Keck is part of the team that advises application leaders on procurement and strategic sourcing applications. This includes helping define and identify technologies across the source-to-pay landscape and creating procurement technology strategy.
Mr. Keck helps clients understand the market landscape, prioritize investments, evaluate vendors and determine best-fit, negotiate contracts, and deploy best practices across a variety of market segments including Source-to-Contract (S2C) (spend analysis, supplier management, e-sourcing, and contract life cycle management) and Procure-to-Pay technologies. He also assesses and advises clients on the use of emerging technologies, such as AI, RPA, and advanced analytics, across sourcing and procurement.
Additionally, Mr. Keck has a special focus on AP Invoice Automation and Supplier Information Management.
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- Global Head of Procurement / Swissport
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- Managing Director - Supply Chain Management
- Managing Director of Supply Chain Management at Delta Air Lines
Niteen Suresh serves as the Managing Director of Supply Chain Management at Delta Air Lines. As a leader of the Supply Chain Management organization, he led the strategic transformation, driving process improvement and business strategies through a strong data-driven and metrics-oriented approach. Niteen champions work that has lasting impact to our shareholders, customers, partners, and community.
Niteen holds an Executive MBA in Strategy & Operations from the University of Notre Dame and a BS in Engineering, Electronics & Communication from the University of Madras. He holds certifications in CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management) from APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society) and Strategy & Execution from Harvard Business School's Leadership Development Program.
He is a believer in giving back to his local community. In his spare time, he is involved in local community events and volunteers in the education system with his wife. He loves traveling with his family and playing sports with his two sons
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- CEO & Chairman of the Board / Procurement and Supply Chain Management
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- Procurement Director / Nippon
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- Research Director, Procurement and Enterprise Applications
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- Global CIO / Tata Consumer Products Limited
A seasoned IT leader with 30 years of extensive experience across various industries such as Power, Capital, ITES, Office Automation, and Consumer Goods.
Pawan has conceptualized and implemented various large-scale transformational projects, taking wing-to-wing ownership from design, sourcing, implementation, and operation. He has successfully built Centers of Excellence delivering capabilities in Software Engineering, Process Automation, Data Platforms, Cyber Security, and Infrastructure. As a certified Six Sigma Black Belt professional, Pawan has driven several data-driven improvement initiatives impacting engagement and effectiveness metrics. He has implemented ITIL processes across various companies and played the role of a change agent.
A motivated achiever, Pawan leads his team from the front and enables them to deliver business impact within available resources using simple solutions.
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- Vice President, Corporate Development
- Vice President for Corporate Development
As Vice President for Corporate Development, Richard leads strategic initiatives in the areas of new product introduction, market development, thought leadership, analyst relations, and strategic partner development programs.
Richard has an extensive background in B2B eCommerce, going back to his early career at GE, where he helped launch GE's Trading Process Network (TPN), the first on-line marketplace for sourcing and procurement in the mid 1990's. He had been a co-founder of B2eMarkets, one of the first SaaS (Software as a Service) Sourcing Suite providers and later covered the Supply Management market as an industry analyst for the Aberdeen Group. Prior to joining Zycus, he helped bring to market new innovations in P2P (Procure-to-Pay), helping global clients achieve world-class P2P system adoption and performance. Richard has a B.A. from Wake Forest University and is a graduate of GE's Financial Management Program (FMP).
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- Managing Director, Procurement CIO
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- Vice President Customer Account Management, Customer Success & Operations
Sean leads the Customer Success, Technical Account Management and Operations organization for all Zycus customers in North America. In this role, he is responsible for driving product adoption and value realization for our customers, as well as creating a strong culture and methodology focused on Customer Support and Customer Success.
Sean brings more than 25 years of experience to Zycus, with a significant focus on the S2P software space. After starting his career at Accenture driving global ERP finance transformations, he has led the Customer Value, Customer Success and Professional Services organizations for multiple global software companies including Kofax, Tungsten Automation and Tradeshift. Sean thrives in bringing structure to high growth environments and takes a hands on approach, consultative approach in driving customer success. Sean has a Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame.
As President at Zycus Shekhar has been a pillar of Zycus' growth over the years. Under his leadership, Zycus has doubled its engineering strength, added multiple products in its portfolio including P2P suite and established Zycus brand leadership in Source to Pay.
He had led numerous transformations on the suite including complete UI refresh as part of Project Dew Drops. He has been driving force behind Zycus Artificial Intelligence offering, Merlin. He has also led inception and successful launch of Zycus AppStore and e-Signature solutions over last couple of years. He brings overall experience from a career spanning 37+ years in multiple startups & other high growth organizations.
He has a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
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- Group Chief
- Purchasing Officer
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- Associate Vice President - Product Management
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- Chief Executive Officer
- Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Supply Management
Tom Derry is Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®), with more than 30 years of experience in leadership and general management roles for public and private companies, and in the not-for profit sector. He has executed turn-arounds at the corporate and business-unit level through a variety of means, including acquisitions, divestitures, restructuring, and business process reengineering. As CEO of the Institute for Supply Management, Tom has a unique vantage point to observe major macroeconomic trends and the development of global supply chains through his daily contact with Fortune 500 chief procurement officers and chief supply chain officers, with government agencies and NGOs in the United States and abroad, and with leading academics. Tom has been interviewed on CNBC, Bloomberg Television, quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and dozens of other business publications. Tom has represented ISM in meetings with the White House Council of Economic Advisers, the National Security Council, the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors, and the U.S. Small Business Administration.
At ISM, Tom has overseen an increase in revenues, a reduction in costs, the introduction of new revenue streams, and the launch of new product lines. As Chief Operating Officer of the Association for Financial Professionals, Tom oversaw strategy development and execution. Tom completed two cross-border acquisitions, which became for-profit subsidiaries of AFP. He oversaw all AFP staff in London, UK and Bethesda, MD.
As General Manager of the Business Intelligence unit of LexisNexis, team led a 40-person acquisition integration team, which completed the integration ahead of plan and under budget. He also executed the strategic divestiture of another LexisNexis unit, and implemented new technologies, including webcrawling bots, to re-engineer data collection and quality processes for LexisNexis' business data unit. Tom is a 1986 graduate of Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service (B.S., Foreign Service).