COUPA - Key Persons


Alicia Allen - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Accounting Officer
  • FINANCE

Alison Barrett

Job Titles:
  • VP, Global ADR

Ameet Prabhu Salgaonkar

Job Titles:
  • SVP, Financial Planning & Analysis / STRATEGY & INNOVATION

Amy Sweeney - CIO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Information Officer
  • FINANCE

Anil Kona

Job Titles:
  • VP, Development

Arjun Ramaratnam - EVP, SVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Development Officer
  • EVP
  • Senior Vice President
Arjun is the Senior Vice President at Coupa Software, overseeing software development in key areas such as Mobile, Analytics, Supply Chain Design & Planning, Suppliers, Risk, Travel & Expenses, both in core and power applications for the Coupa enterprise cloud platform. He is a proven technology leader with over 20 years of experience, specializing in the execution of high-value Enterprise and Consumer technology programs. Arjun possesses expertise in scaling technology and building global software teams. Previously, he was with WalmartLabs, where he led the architecture and development of Walmart.com's search, cart, checkout, grocery, payment, tax, and customer account platforms.

Arne Andersson

Job Titles:
  • VP, Development

Brett Powell

Job Titles:
  • VP, Education Services

Caroline Fahey

Job Titles:
  • VP, People Team, EMEA & APAC

Chris Bartolo

Job Titles:
  • VP, Global Talent Acquisition

Daniel Harper

Job Titles:
  • VP, Operations / FINANCE

Denise Jack

Job Titles:
  • VP, Field & Account - Based Marketing / FINANCE

Donna Wilczek

Job Titles:
  • EVP, Strategy & Innovation
  • Senior Vice President of Product Strategy and Innovation
Donna is the Senior Vice President of Product Strategy and Innovation at Coupa. She leads the development of the overall product strategy. She is a recognized industry expert that is passionate about business spend management and ensuring customer success. Donna has over two decades experience in the business software industry. In her 10 years at Coupa, Wilczek has helped the company scale from a young startup to a successful public company. She has supported the development of many new applications and the unification of acquired companies while collaborating closely with customers and partners - with a core belief that "none of us is as smart as all of us." Over the last decade at Coupa, Donna has held leadership roles in product strategy and marketing, customer experience, and professional services. Prior to Coupa, Donna led shared services for TriNet (NYSE: TNET), a cloud-based professional employer organization for small and medium-sized businesses, and led professional services at Ketera (acquired by Rearden Commerce), a cloud spend management provider. She is also a board member and a technology innovator who has been awarded twelve software patents. What is the most interesting item or service you have seen sourced through Coupa?

Fang Chang - EVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Product Officer
  • Executive Vice President
Fang is the Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer at Coupa Software, driving product strategy and roadmap for various products across the portfolio, including Procurement, Contracts, and Expenses. With over 25 years of experience in the software industry, Fang has held leadership roles at Intuit, Macromedia, and Adobe, building products that incorporate human-centered design and bring consumer-like experiences to enterprises. Prior to Coupa, he served as the Vice President of Product Marketing & Management at Syncplicity, acknowledged as a leader for enterprise file synchronization & sharing in Gartner MQ evaluations. In this role, he directed product strategy, roadmap, and outbound product marketing. Fang is a graduate of UC San Diego and holds Master of Business Administration and Master of Engineering Management degrees from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. What is the most interesting item or service you have seen sourced through Coupa?

Fran Oliver

Job Titles:
  • VP, Value Services Operations

Gina Tesla

Job Titles:
  • VP, Environment, Social, Governance ( ESG )
Gina leads Coupa's Environmental, Social, and Governance team, spanning sustainability, social impact and diversity, equity and inclusion. She is passionate about the intersection of business and society, creating innovative partnerships, and building strong, diverse teams. She is also the Executive Chair of Empower, an employee resource group focused on working smarter together to unleash the power of women, and their allies to #breakthebias and build a more inclusive world. Prior to Coupa, Gina was at Microsoft, where she conceptualized the Sustainability Service Line for Microsoft Consulting Services. Additionally, as a leader at IBM in Corporate Responsibility for 10 years, Gina's portfolio spanned multi-million-dollar investments driving social impact across education and skills, health, gender equity, and community resiliency. She also led global sustainability, covering employee engagement, environment, human resources, public policy, supply chain, and governance. Gina also spearheaded IBM's employee volunteerism initiatives, overseeing the acclaimed Corporate Service Corps. Under her leadership, the program engaged 4,000 employees from 60 countries in executing 1,500 social impact projects spanning 40 countries. Gina holds an MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. She also served as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Panama. Her successful career began in advertising, including roles at Young and Rubicam, Ogilvy and Mather, and McCann Erickson.

Gregory Mark

Job Titles:
  • SVP of Global Enterprise Customer Value Management
  • SVP, Customer Value Management
Gregory Mark, SVP of Global Enterprise Customer Value Management, supports a team of Value Directors tasked with helping Coupa customers achieve increased realization of value through their existing entitlements. Greg has over 25 years experience in the BSM space having held the positions of Chief Executive Officer at Hubwoo, Chief Revenue Officer at Perfect Commerce, Chief Customer Officer at Zycus, and and VP Marketplace Strategy at Commerce One. Greg is based in both Kansas City and Philadelphia.

JJ Freitag

Job Titles:
  • SVP, Corporate Development
JJ is Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and the Managing Director of Coupa Ventures. JJ has led the strategic investment and M&A efforts at Coupa since 2014 and led the launch of Coupa Ventures in 2021. Prior to joining Coupa, JJ was the COO at SlideRocket and led that company through its acquisition by VMWare. Previously, JJ was a Vice President at Azure Capital, an early stage venture fund based in San Francisco focused on investing in innovative software, payment, and collaboration solutions. JJ started his career at Oracle on their finance team and spent a decade in product management and sales for analytics companies, including SQRIBE Software, Brio Software, and Hyperion Solutions.

John Callan

Job Titles:
  • VP, Product Marketing / MARKETING

Jonathan Fear

Job Titles:
  • SVP, Coupa University / SALES

Keaton Miller

Job Titles:
  • SVP of Global Mid - Market Customer Value Management
  • SVP, Customer Value Management
Keaton Miller, SVP of Global Mid-Market Customer Value Management, supports a team of Value Managers tasked with helping Coupa customers achieve increased realization of value through their existing entitlements. Keaton has over two decades of experience in the Supply Chain and Procurement space across management consulting, industry, and technology. Keaton spent the first four years of his Coupa tenure in the Asia Pacific region supporting our early customers to adopt and realize value from Coupa. Keaton received an MBA from the University of Texas and a BA degree from Stanford University. Keaton is based in Dallas, Texas.

Ken Ricketts

Job Titles:
  • Chief Information Security Officer
Ken is Chief Information Security Officer, supporting Coupa's security and compliance mission. He has spent the last 25 years in the Silicon Valley leading teams and helping them scale and innovate. Ken has a passion for security, quality, and operational excellence. Ken has worked in a variety of roles throughout his time in large enterprise organizations aand also at start-ups. His experience in large enterprises honed his skills in building customer-centric organizations driven by results. His time innovating in start-ups, taught him the importance of hiring high performers and being laser focused on achieving the most impactful outcomes for customers. Prior to joining Coupa, Ken built a world class Security, Quality, and Infrastructure Engineering function to support SurveyMonkey's rapidly expanding consumer data business. Ken is passionate about giving back to others and is an executive sponsor for the Coupa Cares organization. Ken Ricketts holds a BS degree from the University of California at Riverside and currently resides in the Bay Area. What is the most interesting item or service you have seen sourced through Coupa?

Kevin Burns - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • FINANCE

Kevin Iaquinto - CMO, EVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Marketing Officer
  • EVP
Kevin Iaquinto has a 25+ year proven track record of success in transforming and scaling leading private and public SaaS software companies as a four-time CMO at category leaders including Blue Yonder, CommerceHub, Software AG, and Deltek. Kevin is a metrics-driven, award-winning marketing and culture leader who has built high-performing teams and created leading brands, enabling these companies to achieve significant growth, IPOs, and strategic acquisitions. As Chief Marketing Officer, Kevin is responsible for the company's brand awareness and recognition through integrated advertising, public relations, analyst relations, social media, content marketing and events. He is also responsible for building demand and sales pipeline through effective performance and account-based marketing, product marketing, customer marketing, and partner marketing. Kevin and his teams have won multiple industry awards and he was recently named Marketing Executive of the Year by PR World News. He is a previous Board member of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from Franklin and Marshall College.

Kieran Brady

Job Titles:
  • SVP, Global Customer Support

Kim Hopman

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Professional Services & Customer Value Management
  • SVP, Professional Services
Kim Hopman is the Senior Vice President, Professional Services & Customer Value Management at Coupa Software where she works with companies to ensure they receive the value they expect from the business spend software they purchased. With more than 30 years of experience, Kim has proven how to drive success through partnering with customers and SI partners to focus on the measurable goals of the project while maintaining laser focus on value to retain a customer for life. Previously, Kim worked as the Vice President, Professional Services for various software startups during a period of rapid revenue growth and was part of a team that led Indus International, Commerce One and Coupa through its initial public offerings (IPO). Kim has won multiple sales awards and most recently the Coupa Leadership award voted on by those she supports. She enjoys seeing others grow personally and professionally and tries to impart lessons learned from her own journey. Kim holds a BS in quantitative business analysis and a minor in political science from Indiana University. What is the most interesting item or service you have seen sourced through Coupa?

Kira Letskina

Job Titles:
  • VP, User Experience Design

Leagh Turner - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Leader
  • President
  • Member of the Boards of Directors at Manulife
Leagh Turner is CEO of Coupa and a member of the company's Board of Directors. Leagh oversees the end-to-end operations and strong execution that are fundamental to Coupa's growth. Prior, Leagh served as co-CEO of Ceridian. Leagh has been a leader and innovator in the software industry for more than 20 years, previously serving in senior leadership roles at SAP and Oracle and has twice been recognized by the Women's Executive Network as one of Canada's 100 Most Powerful Women. Leagh is a member of the boards of directors at Manulife, a leading international financial services group, and Plan International Canada, a global not-for-profit that focuses on improving the lives of children around the world. She is a strong advocate for the advancement of women in leadership and a champion of diversity, equity, and inclusion within the workforce. Leagh is a graduate of Western University in London, Ontario.

Mark Morgan - Chief Commercial Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Commercial Officer
Mark Morgan joins Coupa with more than 23 years of experience with Global Go-To-Market and Customer Success Leadership roles, driving strategy, GTM reinvention, and leading sales organizations. At Blue Yonder, his most recent role was the interim CEO leading the global organization. Prior to this role, Mark served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer and was responsible for leading global sales and customer operations. He was with JDA for nearly 20 years, and held a variety of leadership roles including senior vice president of JDA's North American Sales organization. Prior to that, he was based in London and was responsible for the company's European business operations and field sales. In addition, Mark had a variety of presales, sales, and consulting roles at i2 Technologies from 1999 until the company's acquisition by JDA. Early in his career, he worked in consulting at Manugistics (eventually acquired by JDA) and had material planning and purchasing roles within the supply chain arena at Ford Motor Company. Morgan holds a bachelor of science degree in supply chain management from Michigan State University and an MBA from the University of Detroit Mercy. On the personal front, Mark and his wife, Julie, have three boys. And when he isn't working, he enjoys coaching his son's sports teams and is an avid tennis player & wake surfer.

Mark Riggs

Job Titles:
  • Chief Customer Officer
Mark is the Chief Customer Officer (CCO) at Coupa where he champions, orchestrates, and advances the customer experience across Coupa's ever-more-complex range of customer interactions. With more than 25 years of experience, Mark has a consistent track record of creating and scaling customer-facing teams across organizations while delivering optimal success to internal and external stakeholders. Prior to Coupa, Mark worked as the Chief Customer Officer and General Manager for Bazaarvoice during a period of rapid revenue growth and was also part of the team that led the company through its initial public offering (IPO). Previously, Mark was Senior Vice President of World-Wide Customer Success for Endeca Technologies where he helped grow the company from early stage through its acquisition by Oracle for $1.1 billion. Before Endeca, Riggs served as Vice President of Global Services for Business Objects where he helped grow the company from $400 million to $1.6 billion in annual revenue. Business Objects was acquired by SAP for $6.8 billion. Mark is an Advisory Board member for Conscia, the Toronto based Interactive Management Platform company. He earned a Bachelor's of Science degree in Computer Information Systems, Magna Cum Laude, from Northern Arizona University. Mark also took engineering classes of distinction at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). What is the most interesting item or service you have seen sourced through Coupa?

Mathias Radtke - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • FINANCE
  • General Counsel

Michael Schanker

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President of Strategic Insights
What is the most interesting item or service you have seen sourced through Coupa? Michael Schanker is Executive Vice President of Strategic Insights at Coupa, supporting Coupa's go-to-market strategy, product marketing, segment marketing, and customer marketing teams. He has spent more than 20 years in enterprise software across Marketing, Sales, and Services leadership roles after starting his career in Finance. Common threads across all his work experience are a passion for leading new market categories, and a focus on creating customer value by applying technology to hard problems. He received an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a BSBA degree from Washington University in St.

Michael Van Keulen - Chief Procurement Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Procurement Officer
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Myles Weinstein

Job Titles:
  • VP, Sales Strategy & Field Ops

Nicole Romoli

Job Titles:
  • SVP, Growth Marketing

Nigel Pegg

Job Titles:
  • VP & GM, CoupaLink / PRODUCT

Paul Maguire

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director, EMEA & APAC / SALES

Prashanth Ravishankar

Job Titles:
  • VP, Coupa Advantage / PRODUCT

Rajiv Ramachandran

Job Titles:
  • SVP, Product Management
  • the Product Executive
Rajiv Ramachandran is the product executive responsible for the overall strategy, management, and engineering of Coupa's B2B payment platform - Coupa Pay. With over 20+ years of experience in the enterprise software industry, Rajiv has deep knowledge and experience on SaaS solutions, Cloud and On-Premise based integrations of financial platforms, and streamlining B2B payment experiences and processes across the enterprise. Before joining Coupa, Rajiv held technology and business leadership roles at Prolifics, a premier IBM Business Partner managing business process management and enterprise integration lines of business. In 2013, Rajiv joined Coupa, leading the cloud integration strategy and technical services organization. Over the last four years, he has spearheaded the launch, growth, and adoption of Coupa Pay, marking one of Coupa's most successful product launches for all its customers. With an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Business, Rajiv is a constant innovator actively seeking to disrupt the B2B payments space, with multiple pending patents under his name. What is the most interesting item or service you have seen sourced through Coupa?

Renato Brisola

Job Titles:
  • VP, LATAM Enterprise Sales

Richard Slipec

Job Titles:
  • SVP, Midmarket Sales / SALES

Rick Arabian

Job Titles:
  • SVP, Cloud Operations

Ron Chang

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President of Global Sales Operations
  • SVP, Sales Operations
Ron is the Senior Vice President of Global Sales Operations at Coupa, supporting Coupa's Sales transformational initiatives, go-to-market strategy, performance management, and Sales process and productivity. Ron has more than 20 years of enterprise software industry experience across Finance, Sales, and Operations. Ron is passionate about Sales optimization, change management, unlocking big GTM opportunities and building teams and infrastructure to ensure Customer success. Prior to joining Coupa in 2022, Ron served as the Global Head of Sales Strategy and Analytics at Atlassian where he was responsible for scaling strategic Enterprise Sales growth that resulted in 400%+ growth in just under 4 years. He has also held various leadership roles at Adobe in Sales Operations, License management and FP&A. Ron received an MBA from USC Marshall School of Business and a BS Engineering degree from University of California, Irvine.

Ronan Kerouedan

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President of Global Value Solutions Consulting
  • VP, Global Value Solutions Consulting
Ronan Kerouedan is Senior Vice President of Global Value Solutions Consulting, leading all functional and technical presales resources globally at Coupa. The Value Solutions Consulting team is responsible for helping prospective clients understand how our technology can help them transform their organizations and generate sustainable value. Ronan has over two decades of experience in the software industry, starting initially with the implementation of SAP systems in the discrete manufacturing industry in the UK before moving to presales roles at early e-procurement pioneers Commerce One and Ariba. Ronan has a real passion for the environment, launching in 2007 a Carbon Management cloud-based software startup, Hubsphere, raising venture capital, and developing the business across key markets in Europe. After successfully helping thousands of schools and businesses mitigate their environmental impact, Ronan joined Coupa in 2012 to help kickstart its operations across EMEA. Ronan is a keen believer in mixing technology innovation with a rigorous KPI-based value framework to help businesses generate sustainable value. He works relentlessly with the global sales team to optimize how organizations of all sizes are joining our ever-growing community and adopting our Value as a Service solutions. What is the most interesting item or service you have seen sourced through Coupa?

Ryan Manning

Job Titles:
  • VP, Product Strategy & Innovation / PRODUCT

Sal Alswafta

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Revenue Accounting
Sal is Vice President of Revenue Accounting at Coupa and is responsible for managing order-to-cash cycle, which includes billing, collections, revenue accounting, contract negotiation support, and revenue related SOX. Sal Joined Coupa in 2015 and led the process of establishing revenue processes and procedures and building a strong revenue team. During his tenure, Sal has helped in the Company's IPO, managed the adoption of ASC 606, and supported numerous M&A transactions. Sal has more than 20 years of finance and accounting experience with a focus on revenue recognition for the last 15 years. Sal oversees the Company's revenue recognition policy, revenue operation, revenue system, processes and procedures, research, and evaluation of revenue recognition treatment and interpretation of accounting guidance. Prior to Coupa, Sal held various revenue management positions at NetSuite, Nanometrics, and Taleo. Sal holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from University of Jordan and dual MBA degrees in finance and accounting from California State University. Also, he holds CMA and CFM certifications and is a California CPA.

Sameer Areff

Job Titles:
  • Chief Transformation Officer
Sameer Areff is Coupa's Chief Transformation Officer. He brings the organization more than a decade of experience leading business transformations and operations. His diverse leadership roles include time as the chief of staff to the co-CEO and senior vice president of global transformation and growth initiatives at Ceridian. He's also held operational executive roles at SAP and Accenture. Sameer holds a master's degree (cum laude) in international relations from the University of Stellenbosch and a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Witwatersrand majoring in law, political science, and international relations.

Sandeep Kulkarni

Job Titles:
  • SVP & GM, India / DEVELOPMENT

Saverio Ferme

Job Titles:
  • SVP, Value Services Operations

Shane Lim

Job Titles:
  • VP, Information Technology / FINANCE

Stephen Knipe

Job Titles:
  • COO, Revenue Operations / MARKETING

Stéphane Pelchat

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Platform Engineering
Prior to Coupa, Stéphane held technical and leadership roles at several consumer and enterprise companies. Stéphane holds a Bachelors of Engineering from the UQAC in Canada, where he studied Computer, Electronics, and Information Engineering. What is the most interesting item or service you have seen sourced through Coupa? Stephane, Vice President of Platform Engineering, joined Coupa in 2011 and is supporting common business objects, application frameworks, pipelines, and services leveraged across Coupa's entire suite. He also leads the Application Security, Integration and Performance programs within the engineering organization.

Susan Tohyama - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Human Resources Officer
Susan Tohyama is Chief Human Resources officer at Coupa. Susan is responsible for designing and driving the global people and culture strategy, including talent development, recruiting, diversity, compensation, benefits, and employee engagement. Susan has more than 20+ years of HR leadership experience. Prior to joining Coupa in 2023, Susan held leadership roles at some of the world's best-known multinational-brands across six continents, including Ceridian HCM, Vice Media, Starbucks, the NBA, and Disney. Susan has built a reputation as a trusted advisor and strategic business partner who champions a people-centric culture built on diversity, equality, and opportunity. She is most passionate about building collaborative, innovative organizations that are rewarding places to work. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science from the Western University, in London, Ontario.

Takashi Ozeki

Job Titles:
  • Director & Country Manager, Japan

Tom Gavin

Job Titles:
  • SVP, Corporate Marketing
Tom Gavin leads Coupa's Corporate Marketing, with teams focused on brand, creative design, content, and corporate communications. He brings extensive experience in strategic communications and marketing in the technology, innovation, and public sectors, working at each opportunity to translate storytelling into action. Gavin joined Coupa after 8+ years at Salesforce, where he most recently shaped executive communications for global leaders across that Fortune 150 company. He led global communications and engagement efforts for the Information Technology Industry Council, the premier global advocate for technology, representing the world's most innovative companies. Tom served more than three years at the White House, working as a Special Assistant to President Barack Obama, leading Cabinet communications and the Office of Media Affairs. That followed nearly 15 years of senior media and communications roles in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Gavin worked as senior director of U.S. Communications for ONE, a global movement co-founded by Bono and other activists campaigning to end extreme poverty and preventable disease by 2030. Tom has a Master's degree in Public Affairs Reporting from the University of Illinois at Springfield, and a Bachelor's degree from Northern Illinois University. He and his family live in Washington, D.C.

Vilas Madapurmath

Job Titles:
  • SVP, Engineering
As the Senior Vice President of Engineering, Vilas Madapurmath supports the engineering teams responsible for the CWM product, global quality, and PMO. Vilas has 30+ years of enterprise software development experience, blending hands-on software development expertise with customer-facing skills. Prior to joining Coupa, Vilas held senior engineering leadership positions with Oracle, Portal Software, CA Technologies, and VeriFone, building software solutions spanning revenue management, payments, and applications monitoring. Vilas joined Coupa in 2014 and has been instrumental in establishing the engineering development practices for Coupa. Vilas earned a BS in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from BITS at Pilani, India, and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.

Vishvarup Mehta

Job Titles:
  • Director, HR / PEOPLE

Wolfgang Kalthoff

Job Titles:
  • VP, Engineering