427: Leverage Technology to Automate Supplier Data Validation and Mitigate Risk, with Relish

Today I’m joined by innovative software brand, Relish. They’ve done the development, so you don’t have to; and they’re asking you to say ‘no’ to expensive middleware, because they’ve got the connection ready to go!

Relish apps strategically extend enterprise applications to maximize investment. With an understanding of enterprise software gaps and challenges, Relish is obsessed with building a scalable solution to remedy them, to simplify the complex and bridge those gaps.

Today, Jeremy Reeves, Senior VP of Product at Relish, and Matt Montgomery, Senior Director of Product Marketing at SAP, join me to talk all about how technology can automate supplier data validation and mitigate risk. We’ll be diving into what our supplier data end game should be, and how we get there; the role of technology and AI in the future of this space; allowing suppliers to be active participants in the conversations around supplier risk; and exactly how SAP and Relish are successfully automating supplier data validation.

Guest bios:

Jeremy Reeves, Senior VP of Product at Relish. With over 20 years’ experience, Jeremy leads product teams in the B2B Enterprise space. He is passionate about identifying and solving problems, and loves to collaborate with departments across the globe in order to build great software solutions. During his time at TradingDynamics, a start-up building e-auction technology for the fast growing e-marketplace space, Jeremy launched the first Ariba On-Demand application and saw revenues grow from $7M to $41M. More recently, he launched Relish’s direct spend solution for sourcing and retail for direct spend, resulting in more than $300M in annual revenue. Jeremy has also led more than 5 different software application mergers from different companies, and developed a product management on-boarding program for all new hires.

Matt Montgomery, Senior Director – Product Marketing, FedRamp, Supplier Lifecycle & Third Party Risk Management at SAP. An experienced and dynamic global leader in Procure to Pay (P2P) management and operations, Matt has significant experience establishing global shared service center organizations for Procure to Pay operations. He is regularly asked to speak at industry conferences and webinars on topics such as managing shared service center operations, procure to pay maturity models, best practice metrics/analytics, and process automation based on six sigma and lean principles. Matt is recognized for his ability to align cross-functional organizations to streamline business processes and technology. In his current role as a senior solution consultant for SAP Ariba, he works with customers to implement best practices of technology and process.