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Six Vendor Management and Procurement Conferences With PaymentWorks Speakers in 2023

Angela Sarno

Vice President, Marketing | Champion of Vendor Identity, Writer of Pithy Headlines

Six Vendor Management and Procurement Events With PaymentWorks Speakers

Not to toot our own horn, but 🎺 🎺. We’re speaking at six, count’ em, six(!) procurement events.

PaymentWorks will have featured speakers at multiple industry events in May and June, highlighting our depth of expertise around the strategic importance of the supplier file.

We’ll be heading around the country to talk all things vendor management and procurement at conferences in higher education, government, and banking.

Topic: Payments Fraud and Your Vendor Master

Event: New Hampshire Government Finance Officers Association

Date: Friday, May 5 at 10AM

Presented by: Dan Jurgens, Eastern Regional Sales Director, PaymentWorks

We love discussing fraud at procurement events! At this event, we’ll discuss social engineering scams and provide key ways your vendor onboarding will likely fail to detect one of these frauds.

Outsmarting fraudsters is getting harder to do, but we have tips to help you stay head of them.

Want immediate insight into the state of vendor fraud and how to secure your vendor management process? Read our recent blog, Business Payments Fraud in Times of Chaos.

Topic: Vendor Onboarding is the Key To Driving Organizational Change

Event: The Payments Academy

Date: Tuesday, May 9 at 2:45 PM

Presented by: Brittney Goad, Disbursement Manager, Stephen F. Austin State University, Angela Sarno, Vice President Marketing, PaymentWorks

Shoutout to our customer Stephen F. Austin State University speaking at procurement events!

The school will present their evaluation process on headcount vs. automation/digital transformation debate; the impact that automating their process with PaymentWorks had on the team and the university; their metrics for measuring the ROI of automating; and how it changed their organization for the better.

Want immediate insight? Check out the full case study: Stephen F. Austin State University and PaymentWorks.

Topic: Vendor Registration and Payment Consolidation System *Best Practices Award in Cost Savings*

Event: Florida Association of Public Procurement Officers

Presented by: Brian O’Connor, Procurement Manager, Town of Davie, FL, Alex Wong, Sales Manager, PaymentWorks

Date: Tuesday, May 23 at 7:30 AM

The Town of Davie will be recognized for their Best Practices in Cost Savings by showcasing how they automated  their vendor onboarding and management processes using PaymentWorks. Woohoo!

Topic: Vendor Onboarding is the Key to Driving Organizational Change

Event: Octane Conference

Presented by: Alison Hastings, Executive Director, Industry Executive, J.P. Morgan; John Ewing, Treasury Management Officer, J.P. Morgan; Taylor Nemeth, Vice President Product, PaymentWorks

Date: Wednesday, May 24 at: 2:00 PM

Untrustworthy, stale, or incomplete vendor data results in organizational friction, lack of business controls, and failure to execute a payables strategy.

JP Morgan and PaymentWorks will discuss how investing in a strong foundation of vendor master management solves for all three, and can transform a tactical function into a strategic juggernaut.

Want immediate insight? Read our Vendor Onboarding Predictions for 2023.

Topic: Payments Fraud and Your Supplier File: The Risk Inherent in Your Verification Process

Event: Windy City Summit 

Presented by: Christopher Arehart, Senior Vice President, Chubb, Angela Sarno, Vice President, Marketing, PaymentWorks

Date: Wednesday, May 24 at 9:00 AM

Among finance professionals, the problem of social engineering payments fraud scams is well known, but not well understood. Combating it, then, is difficult.

Chubb and PaymentWorks will discuss how to build the processes and invest in the tools so that organizations can protect themselves–especially important today when fraudulent claims are on the rise and insurance coverage is more difficult to secure.

Want immediate insight? Read Key Vendor Tips and Takeaways–From the Experts Themselves (and scroll to Takeaway #2 from one of our recent procurement events).

Event: CPI Mid Market Summit

Panelist: Thayer Stewart, CEO, PaymentWorks and Roundtable Host: Thayer Stewart

Date: Wednesday, June 7 at 12:15 PM and Thursday, June 8 at 2:00 PM

Our fearless leader Thayer Stewart will discuss all things supplier onboarding and then host a much-needed roundtable discussion on vendor fraud.

Want immediate insight? Read our blog, Fraud Never Sleeps.

Want More Insight from Our Other Procurement Events?

Check out these resources:

How the University of Tennessee AP Department Sleeps Better After Implementing PaymentWorks

A Fireside Chat for K-12 Procurement and Finance Teams

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