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Episode Synopsis
Gabriela Ariana Campoverde sits down with Howard Katzenberg, CEO and Founder of Glean, an accounts payable solution that combines smart automation with spend intelligence to drive material savings.
Glean supercharges vendor decision making. This platform automatically detects duplicate invoices and overcharges; receives alerts on billing errors, anomalous spend activity, and available vendor savings; and leverages vendor benchmarking to see what other companies are paying.
In this episode, you will learn about how:
- Howard’s CFO experience inspired Glean
- Glean impacts on client’s profit lines
- Fintechs can disrupt the enterprise software industry
- Howard took his own company from 0 to 1
- And so much more!
About Howard Katzenberg
Howard Katzenberg is CEO and Founder of Glean. Formerly, Howard served as CFO of OnDeck and Better Mortgage. He earned his MBA degree from The Wharton School, and studied Business while earning his Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University.
About Glean
Glean unlocks the powerful data detailed in vendor invoices/receipts to surface relevant spend insights and drive spend accountability. To learn more about Glean, visit glean.ai.
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Gabriela’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gcampoverde
Glean supercharges vendor decision making. This platform automatically detects duplicate invoices and overcharges; receives alerts on billing errors, anomalous spend activity, and available vendor savings; and leverages vendor benchmarking to see what other companies are paying.
In this episode, you will learn about how:
- Howard’s CFO experience inspired Glean
- Glean impacts on client’s profit lines
- Fintechs can disrupt the enterprise software industry
- Howard took his own company from 0 to 1
- And so much more!
About Howard Katzenberg
Howard Katzenberg is CEO and Founder of Glean. Formerly, Howard served as CFO of OnDeck and Better Mortgage. He earned his MBA degree from The Wharton School, and studied Business while earning his Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University.
About Glean
Glean unlocks the powerful data detailed in vendor invoices/receipts to surface relevant spend insights and drive spend accountability. To learn more about Glean, visit glean.ai.
For more FinTech insights, follow us below:
Medium: medium.com/wharton-fintech
WFT Twitter: twitter.com/whartonfintech
Gabriela’s Twitter: twitter.com/byGabyC
Gabriela’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gcampoverde
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