Speakers & Panelists

“When every morning’s headlines rewrite rules of global markets, every business needs to be managed with that big picture in mind: a picture that’s fast-motion video, not still life.”

Strategic partnership is one of the most casually overused buzz phrases in our industry. Many companies proudly describe and list their long rosters of strategic partners on their websites. Yet the true value derived from the minority of alliances that really deserve to be labeled strategic is much harder to achieve.

Kronos is a leading provider of workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions. Kronos industry-centric workforce applications are purpose-built for businesses, healthcare providers, educational institutions, and government agencies of all sizes.

Jo joined Tquila ANZ in January 2016, bringing over 20 years of local and international experience in senior roles in the IT industry. Immediately prior, Jo spent five years at Object Consulting in roles including Professional Services Manager, General Manager, and more recently Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Pascal Yammine is Senior Vice President & General Manager of Salesforce CPQ & Billing. In his role, Pascal leads the product direction, marketing, GTM, and operations for Salesforce CPQ & Billing.

Suzanne Swanson is the Global Vice President of Sponsors at Conga, a Salesforce Platinum ISV Partner and developer of the Conga Suite, the #1 document generation and reporting applications for Salesforce. She has been with Conga since April 2017.

Theresa Dirker joined IBM in 1982. She has held several customer and sales support, supply chain management and executive positions. She has led global operations, large-scale initiatives, global consolidations, supply chain and Quote-to-Cash business transformation.

Michael is Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Advanced Technology Group and has over 20 years of corporate business experience serving clients in communications, financial services, healthcare, as well as other industries.

Shawn Draper is the Vice President of IT Service Fulfillment and Engineering Systems at CenturyLink, the second largest U.S. communications provider to global enterprise customers.

“Our unofficial team moto is ‘figure it out’. At the end of the day, our job is to solve problems no matter how big or small. It doesn’t matter if it’s a technical, process or organizational problem, we analyze the issue and look for creative solutions. It’s the problem solving that keeps things interesting.“

Tom has been in the Q2C consulting space so long that, in his early days, Quote to Cash was known as Quote to Pelts. Born and raised in Missoula, Tom is perhaps best known for his buffalo hunting skills, his many recipes involving maize, and for being the guy that gave Lewis & Clark directions to Oregon.

“Partnering with business stakeholders and senior executives to understand their challenges and upcoming strategic initiatives, and to be able to provide solutions to solve those problems or drive those initiatives forward, is very rewarding.“

Ted has nearly 30 years of technology development, consulting and executive leadership experience culled from diverse domestic and international assignments. He has championed numerous Enterprise Platform Transformation programs and has built operating entities from inception.

Greg Stivers, Senior Vice President of Sales at Avalara, brings over 20 years of sales and leadership experience to Avalara, where he is responsible for driving new business sales growth.

As the Senior Director at Rentpath, Dan Morris has over 16 years of experience in Quote to Cash optimization and over 20 years of experience in information technology.

Rob is the Senior Vice President of Enterprise Systems at Integral Ad Science, a global technology and data company that empowers the advertising industry to effectively influence consumers everywhere, on every device.

As the Vice President of Enterprise Business at Conga, Ahmed has a proven track record of over 30 years leading teams and growing businesses for some of the top Enterprises in the globe.

Priya is an executive on the Advisory and Transformation team at ATG. She is a software engineer with 25 years of experience in enterprise strategy and governance, portfolio and product management, account management, program management, mergers and acquisitions, and Quote to Cash program delivery.

Nick Oboikovitz is a Strategic Alliance Manager at SpringCM, a secure document and contract management platform that enables customers like Uber, Spotify, & Facebook to build workflows and enable document collaboration across their organization.

Andy guides the strategy for B2B Commerce at Salesforce, including product and surrounding ecosystem, go-to-market alignment and thought leadership with customers and industry stakeholders.

Sonia is responsible for oversight on all Salesforce Billing projects as Salesforce Billing Practice Lead and manages the Salesforce Billing Essentials training practice which includes developing and delivering trainings around the world to clients and other SI’s.

Ryan, Director of Alliances at Conga, joined Conga’s partner team as a founding member in 2016. Since, Conga has made six acquisitions and Ryan has been integral in building out Conga’s key partnerships in the Salesforce ecosystem with a focus on QTC alliances.

Steve heads up ATG’s Transformation Services and is a business-focused technology consultant, executive, and entrepreneur with Fortune 500, Big 6, not-for-profit, and startup experience.

“Done right, appropriate monetization architectures are contributors to wonderful customer experience and value, distinct competitive advantage, and revenue growth – not just cost savings.”

“It is clear to me that some of my most substantial accomplishment occurred when I was working with a strong, collaborative team. It’s exciting to be part of team that is focused on a common goal and is committed to helping all members of the team become successful.“

Christina Quick Henderson is founding executive director of the Montana High Tech Business Alliance, a statewide association of more than 320 high tech and manufacturing firms and affiliates.

Kym is responsible for the Production Success Team, and oversees ATG’s Expert Services engagements and overall recruiting for the Missoula Solutions Center. As the Director of Production Success, Kym is responsible for ATG’s Deployment Specialists and all projects related to post-implementation support for Billing, CPQ, and CRM solutions.

Matt Eanes is the Head of Quote to Cash Partnership Revenue at Adobe, which has been a partner and leader in the Salesforce Ecosystem for 10+ years.

Austin is a passionate software engineer, solution architect, billing expert, and technology evangelist with deep expertise solving business problems with software solutions.

Stephen directs ATG’s Salesforce Quote to Cash Practice and teaches Salesforce’s partners how to implement Salesforce Quote to Cash.

Jorge is the Director of ATG’s Solution Engineering team and works out of our Missoula office. He has been with ATG since December 2011 and has worked in a number of capacities with a diverse set of clients.

Phil Bredeson is a Lead Solution Engineer at Salesforce, where he has been since 2016.

Jay is a star-struck seat filler for the Quote 2 Cast Summit, and will serve as eye candy for the Over-50 set, particularly those who like ’em short and pasty.