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CPQ Podcast

306 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratings

This Podcast is 100% focused on Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ) Tools and Processes and will provide you useful insights into this topic. We conduct interviews with many different CPQ leaders and contribute to increase CPQ knowledge in the Market space.

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Interview with John Lehrkind & Tiffany Devlin-Drye from Pierce Washington

April 14, 2024 12:30 - 33 minutes - 46.3 MB

Join us for an interview with Tiffany Devlin-Drye (Principal Consultant) and John Lehrkind (Salesforce Practice Leader) from Pierce Washington! About Pierce Washington System integrator specializing in Salesforce, Logik.io, and Oracle CPQ Backed by private equity investors Team of approximately 100 consultants Locations: Bay Area, USA and London, UK Podcast Discussion: This episode dives into the world of CPQ with insights from Pierce Washington's experts. We'll cover: Salesforc...

Interview with Bill Butler, Global Solution Owner for SAP CPQ

April 07, 2024 13:00 - 31 minutes - 44.1 MB

Join me as I speak with Bill Butler, Global Solution Owner for SAP CPQ at SAP. Bill brings over 25 years of CPQ experience across various vendors like FPX, PROS, and CallidusCloud (now SAP CPQ). He also has leadership experience with system integrator and visual vendor companies. In this episode, Bill dives into key topics including: Integrating CPQ solutions with other systems Legal considerations surrounding AI use in CPQ The cost of customization and AI implementation Challenges ...

Interview with John Bruno, VP Strategy at PROS

March 31, 2024 13:00 - 32 minutes - 45 MB

Learn more about the future of sales with AI! This episode features John Bruno, VP of Strategy at PROS, who dives deep into the world of AI-powered CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote). John, a CPQ expert (formerly Forrester Analyst), discusses: How AI is revolutionizing CPQ, boosting margins, and raising conversion rates. Machine Learning and generative AI. Why John values collaboration with System Integrators. PROS' cutting-edge "smart CPQ" solution with real-time quoting. The power of n...

Interview with Jan Brolsma, Founder & CEO of elfsquad

March 24, 2024 13:00 - 28 minutes - 40.1 MB

This episode features Jan Brolsma, founder and CEO of Elfsquad, a Dutch CPQ vendor focused on small and medium-sized manufacturing companies (mostly up to $200 million annual revenue, and some beyond that) since 2016. Brolsma discusses: The impact of app development on the CPQ space. How Elfsquad's easy-to-use solution minimizes the need for professional services and custom coding. Their "API-first" approach and its benefits for Elfsquad and its customers. Elfsquad's expansion plans i...

Interview with Scott Green, Founder & CEO of Profit Drivers

March 17, 2024 13:30 - 32 minutes - 45 MB

Join us for a conversation with Scott Green, a seasoned business leader with over 30 years of international experience. Scott is the Founder & CEO of Profit Drivers, a company specializing in System Integration and pricing strategy services for solutions like Pricefx. They also offer their own proprietary software to help businesses tackle their pricing challenges. In this episode, Scott dives deep into: The benefits of diverse industry experience in navigating the complexities of pricin...

Interview with Puneet Gupta, CEO and Founder of amberflo

March 10, 2024 13:30 - 31 minutes - 43.1 MB

Puneet, a seasoned leader with over 25 years of experience at Oracle, Amazon, and other industry giants, has a passion for innovation. Living in Saratoga with his family, he's been obsessed with metering, billing, and CPQ/Quoting solutions for over a decade. This passion led him to launch his second startup in 2020, driven by the belief that usage-based pricing is critical for his target customers. In this episode, Puneet delves into the exciting journey of his startup. He'll share: The m...

Interview with Sarika Garg, Co-Founder & CEO of cacheflow

March 03, 2024 13:30 - 30 minutes - 42.9 MB

Sarika brings over 20 years of experience from companies like SAP and Ariba, along with startup insights, to discuss cacheflow's "deal closing platform." This platform offers CPQ capabilities specifically designed for SaaS businesses, along with features like deal room, subscription management, and billing. Despite being just 3 years old, cacheflow has already secured an investment from Google Ventures. In this episode, Sarika dives deep into: Consultative selling and how cacheflow approach...

Interview with Dipesh Biswas, WisKey LLC Founder & Book Author

February 25, 2024 13:30 - 32 minutes - 45.5 MB

Join us on this episode as we explore the dynamic world of subscriptions, AI, and CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) alongside Dipesh Biswas, founder of WisKey LLC and author of an upcoming book. With over 30 years of consulting experience for firms like PwC, Deloitte, Cognizant, and Wipro, Dipesh brings a wealth of knowledge to the table. In this episode, you'll discover: The challenges of managing multiple subscription models: You'll learn why keeping up with multiple subscription models can...

Welcome to the 300th episode of the CPQ Podcast!

February 18, 2024 13:30 - 35 minutes - 49.6 MB

To mark this milestone, we've prepared something special. We're thrilled to present excerpts from our recent webinar titled "Thought Leader Summit Series - Unleashing the Power of Visuals in CPQ." Featuring prominent figures from the CPQ and visual realms such as CDS Visual (a Dover company), Elfsquad, Engineering Intent, Epicor, Threekit, Walpole Partnership, Zaelab, and Super Radiator Coils, this discussion offers diverse perspectives. Our podcast delivers a wealth of information, compelli...

Interview with Josh Nelson, Co-Founder & CEO of High Tide Consulting (Salesforce Revenue Cloud)

February 11, 2024 13:00 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MB

In this episode we dive into the world of Salesforce Revenue Cloud with Josh Nelson, Founder & CEO of High Tide Consulting. Josh packs a decade of CPQ experience gained through diverse roles. He started as a CPQ customer at Lexmark, tackling the implementation of Oracle CPQ. Then, at Traction on Demand (later acquired by Salesforce), he transformed a failing CPQ practice into a thriving success story as the CPQ Practice Lead. In this interview, Josh pulls back the curtain on: Consulting pit...

Interview with Walter Wijnands, CEO of Sposea

February 04, 2024 13:30 - 31 minutes - 44 MB

Get ready to hear from Walter Wijnands,CEO of Sposea, a Pricing Solution Provider with headquarters in the Netherlands. Walter has 30+ years of business expertise. In this episode he talks about starting Sposea in 2016 changing from an on-prem solution to a cloud solution in 2018 his wife as a professional musician BrightPrice Suite capabilities being a strategic OEM Partner for SAP being an Industry Cloud Partner for the Chemical Industry Rebate Management Don't miss this insi...

Interview with Ryan Lott, Founder & CEO of Neocol

January 28, 2024 11:00 - 30 minutes - 42.2 MB

Get ready to hear from Ryan Lott, Founder & CEO of Neocol, a Salesforce Revenue Cloud system integrator experiencing explosive growth! In just 3 years, Neocol has quadrupled its team, driven by Ryan's 20+ years of business expertise. He's based in Las Vegas and Nashville, and in this episode, he'll take us on a deep dive into: Their journey from IBM to Salesforce Revenue Cloud: Discover why they made the switch and what benefits they've reaped. Unveiling their service offerings: Learn abo...

Interview with Nishit Rawat, Founder & CEO of Bluvium

January 21, 2024 11:00 - 30 minutes - 42.6 MB

In this episode you hear from Nishit Rawat, Founder & CEO of Bluvium. Nishit has 20+ years of business experience and founded Bluvium in 2015. Here he talks about the services his Salesforce Revenue Cloud focused lead-to-cash Consulting business offers, proprietary products they offers to simplify Salesforce Revenue Cloud implementations, the top business requirements they hear about from their High Tech Customers, subscriptions, AI and much more website www.bluvium.com LinkedIn https://w...

Interview with Mike Bristol, Director Product Management at Infor CPQ

December 17, 2023 13:00 - 34 minutes - 47.6 MB

In this episode you hear from Mike Bristol, Director Product Management at Infor, about their recent Infor CPQ Connect 2023 event in Columbus, OH. Mike has 30+ years of business experience and lives with his family in Longmont, CO. Here he talks about the purpose of this event, the roadmap that he shared at this event, the key capabilities that the Infor CPQ team is focused on, the Infor User Group, how they planned the event, if and when there will be a next Infor Connect event, lessons lea...

Interview with Daniel DeRosa (Chief Product Officer) and Kiana Mostajabian (Director Product Management) of Revalize Software

December 10, 2023 13:00 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MB

In this episode you hear from Daniel DeRosa (Chief Customer Officer) and Kiana Mostajabian (Director Product Management) of Revalize Software. Daniel has 30+ years of executive leadership experience and recently joined Revalize and Kiana has worked with Configure One CPQ since before the acquisition of Configure One by Revalize. Here they talk about the various Revalize brands like Configure One and AutoQuotes, the last Configure One Cloud release that also offers an integration with Axonom ...

Interview with Chris DiEllo, VP of Business Development at Engineering Intent

December 03, 2023 13:00 - 32 minutes - 44.9 MB

In this episode, Chris DiEllo, Vice President of Business Development at Engineering Intent, shares his insights on the company's CPQ solution called KBridge (short for Knowledge Bridge). With well over 30 years of business experience, Chris, who resides in Florida, spent 20 years with Configure One (now part of Revalize) and is very familiar with the manufacturing industry. Here, he discusses why he views their configuration- and engineering-focused platform as unique. He also touches upon ...

Interview with Tim Fraser, CCO at Forsys

November 27, 2023 16:09 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MB

Tim Fraser, Chief Customer Officer at Forsys, shares his insights on the company's CPQ solutions, proprietary products, and the role of data in sales success. With over 35 years of experience in the industry, Tim Fraser has a wealth of knowledge to share about CPQ solutions and how they can help businesses achieve their sales goals. In this episode, he discusses Forsys' support for Conga CPQ and Salesforce CPQ, along with the company's three proprietary products: Flo Data, Ayara, and Rise. H...

Interview with John Banks (CEO and Founder) and Sean Joyce (Head of Go-To-Market) of Continuous Technologies

November 19, 2023 11:00 - 32 minutes - 45.3 MB

In this episode you hear from John Banks (CEO & Founder) and Sean Joyce (Head of Go-To-Market) of Continuous Technologies which have a combined 45+ years of business experience. Here they talk about usage consumption pricing models, their relationship with Salesforce, credit burndown, scaling their solution, enhancing their solution, clicks-not code, integrations/enhancements with billing systems, AI/ML and much more John Banks - Contact Info LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/banks/ ...

Interview with Charles Bensoussan, Visiativ CPQ Advisor & former President & CEO of Techform

November 12, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes - 41.3 MB

In this episode you hear from Charles Bensoussan, President & CEO of Techform, a company he founded in 2000 and sold to Visiativ in 2023. Charles has 25+ year of business experience and is based near Toulouse, France. Here he talks about the former Techform (now Visiativ CPQ) solution, results his customers experienced, AI/ML, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, subscriptions, the importance of visual capabilities, customer satisfaction and much more   website www.techform.fr/techform...

Interview with Parag Jagdale, Co-Founder & CEO of Unific

November 05, 2023 10:00 - 30 minutes - 42.8 MB

In this episode you hear from Parag Jagdale, Co-Founder & CEO of Unific. His company just released a new CPQ Solution called Quotific CPQ. Parag has 20+ years of business experience and is based in Akron, OH. Here he talks about their new CPQ Solution, the investment they raised in 2016, their HubSpot Partnership and their Customer Experience Manage Platform (called Unific) for eCommerce businesses using Shopify, Magento, Big Commerce, Woo Commerce with HubSpot, their focus on B2B customers ...

Interview with Meredith Schmidt (EVP, GM) & Brion Schweers (SVP) of Salesforce

October 29, 2023 10:00 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MB

In this episode you hear from Meredith Schmidt (EVP & GM) and Brion Schweers (SVP) of Salesforce which have a combined 55+ years of business experience! Here they talk about the latest Salesforce Revenue Cloud release as well as upcoming releases that are expected to bring big changes, Dreamforce 2023, Salesforce layoffs from earlier this year, "re-platforming" of their solution, Salesforce price increases, artificial intelligence and much more LinkedIn Meredith https://www.linkedin.com/in/...

Interview with Sri Nagavarapu, Sr. Director of Business Applications at Crowdstrike

October 22, 2023 10:00 - 31 minutes - 44.2 MB

In this episode you hear from Sri Nagavarapu, Sr. Director of Business Applications at Crowdstrike. Sri has 20+ years of business experience and was with companies like PwC, Splunk, Brocade and Tech Mahindra before he joined Crowdstrike in 2022. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his family. Here he talks about Salesforce CPQ, Dreamforce 2023, hypergrowth for SaaS customers, eCommerce, AI, his experience as CPQ customer and CPQ consultant, customer satisfaction with CPQ Solutions, d...

Regularly learn more about CPQ with two new event types

October 15, 2023 10:00 - 13 minutes - 19.4 MB

We are excited to announce two new events we will start soon: CPQ Solution Deep Dives CPQ Thought Leader Summits CPQ Solution Deep Dives: Provide information about a typical customer journey with a specific CPQ Solution from selecting a solution to implementing that solution to the experience with that CPQ Solution in a production environment. Here a CPQ Vendor, a customer (and if needed, a CPQ System Implementer) will participate. CPQ Thought Leader Summits: Are educational, relations...

Interview with Giacinto Mozzetta, VP Product Marketing at Bit2Win

October 08, 2023 10:00 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MB

In this episode you hear from VP Product Marketing Giacinto Mozzetta. Giacinto is based in Rome, Italy and has 20+ years of business experience and joined Bit2Win in 2015. Here he talks about the bit2win suite of products, their multi-cloud solution, integration with Microsoft Dynamics, a new Engineer-to-Order (ETO) capability for manufacturing companies, subscriptions, artificial intelligence and much more web www.bit2win.com email [email protected] LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/...

Interview with Kyle Kolich, VP & GM of Product at Zuora

October 01, 2023 12:00 - 32 minutes - 45.6 MB

In this episode you hear from Zuora VP & GM of Product Kyle Kolich. Kyle has 20+ years of experience and was with companies like Accenture, Deloitte and Salesforce before he joined Zuora in 2011. He lives with his family in New York City, NY. Here he talks about Zuora CPQ, integrations with eCommerce solutions, AI, headless, open API and much more Subscribed Connect London - https://www.zuora.com/resources/events/subscribed-connect-london/ Kyle's Product Manager Podcast - https://plus.zuo...

Interview with John Major, GM of CDS Visual (a Dover Company)

September 24, 2023 10:00 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MB

In this episode you hear from CDS Visual (a Dover Company) General Manager John Major. John is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and has 30+ year of business experience. He sold CDS Visual to Dover in 2021. Here he talks about the time since and after the acquisition by Dover, their visualization platform solution and new products, their relationship to multiple CPQ Vendors, use of AI in visual CPQ, adoption of AR and much more web: cdsvisual.com email: [email protected]  LinkedIn:...

Interview with Omar Bendada, Founder & CEO of Ben Consulting Services

September 17, 2023 12:00 - 30 minutes - 42 MB

In this episode you hear from Omar Bendada, Founder & CEO of Ben Consulting Services (BCS). BCS is a System Integrator (SI) that works with multiple CPQ Vendors like Salesforce, Oracle, Epicor CPQ, PROS, Logik.io, Zilliant & Techform and other SI's like Walpole Partnership. Here Omar talks about their general CPQ methodology, their Partnerships, AI, subscriptions, eCommerce and much more LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarbendada/ email [email protected] phone +3...

Interview with Mark Walker, CEO at nue.io

September 10, 2023 10:00 - 31 minutes - 44.2 MB

In this episode you hear from nue.io CEO Mark Walker who lives in Toronto, Canada. Mark has 30+ years of business experience and held a number of executive leadership positions before joined nue.io. Here he talks about this Revenue Operations and (C)PQ Solution, their land & expand approach, their recent seed extension, the top business requirements they see, integrations they support, Dreamforce, OpsStars and much more  LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/in/markwalker/ OpsStars https://w...

Interview with Tim Baynes, CEO and Founder of Compatio AI

September 03, 2023 10:00 - 35 minutes - 49.3 MB

In this episode you hear from Compatio AI CEO & Founder Tim Baynes who lives in Springfield, MO. Tim has 30+ years of business experience with companies like Oracle, Gartner and Configit before he founded Compatio AI in 2018. Here he talks about their recent rebranding from compat.io to Compatio AI, their cross-selling platform solution, the difference of regular configurators and configurators with AI, social commerce, funding rounds and much more LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/in/timo...

Summer Break 2023 Announcements

July 30, 2023 10:00 - 4 minutes - 6.65 MB

We wish everyone a great summer and want to let you know that we will be back on September 3 with a great lineup of interesting CPQ guests. Please let us know if you know of any CPQ Thought Leaders which have not been on the CPQ Podcast yet. If you do send an email to [email protected] so we can talk to them. Here some more interesting information Teams looking at more CPQ Information before they select a CPQ Solution may want to look at our CPQ Buyers 101 Course. This is a 2 hour fre...

Interview with Allison Auclair, Group VP of Product Management at Oracle NetSuite

July 23, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes - 41.2 MB

In this episode you hear from Oracle NetSuite Group Vice President Allison Auclair. Allison has over 25 years of business experience with companies like SAP and IBM before she joined Oracle NetSuite in 2013. She lives with her family in Amesbury, MA. Here she talks about the acquisition and integration of Verenia CPQ into NetSuite, ecommerce, visualization, subscriptions, headless and much more  LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonauclair/  web https://www.netsuite.com/portal/pro...

Sustainability Regulations that impact CPQ Solutions - Excerpts from Webinar "Sustainability: The next frontier for CPQ?"

July 16, 2023 10:00 - 17 minutes - 24.1 MB

In this episode you learn a little more about regulatory requirements that impact CPQ Solutions. For example you hear about Scope 1-3 emissions, California Senate Bill 261, Cap & Trade Systems, the difficult environment for current solutions because regulations are available on federal, state and city level, sourcing requirements, CSRE, CSRDDD and much more. If you need to learn more about these regulations checkout "Reuters Events" paper called "Legislation Directory: Insights on all major ...

Interview with Jeremy Finley, Co-Founder & Partner at Renaissance Tech

July 09, 2023 10:00 - 31 minutes - 43.5 MB

In this episode you hear from Renaissance Tech Co-Founder & Partner Jeremy Finley. He founded this Infor CPQ focused system integrator in 2013 after 5 years with TDCI. He lives with his family near Columbus, OH. Here he talks about their services offerings, top business requirements they see, challenges their customers experience, AI/ML, IoT, subscriptions and much more web renaissancetech.com  LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/renaissancetech/ See them @ "Infor CPQ Connect" Nov 6-8, 20...

Highlights from our June 2023 Webinar "Sustainability: The next Frontier for CPQ?"

July 02, 2023 10:00 - 33 minutes - 46.4 MB

These are excerpts from our recent webinar with Ron Giuntini (G35 Software), Kiana Mostajabian + Eric Brockway (Revalize), Greg Bretz (Grundfos), Madeleine Bergrahm (Tacton), Alexis de Kerchove (Xylem), Patrick Johnston (Yagna iQ) and Bryan Holloway (Slalom). Here they talk about their understanding of sustainability and how it fits into a CPQ Solution. 

Interview with Jagadish Bandhole, CEO of mobileforce software

June 25, 2023 10:00 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MB

In this episode you hear from mobileforce founder & CEO Jagadish Bandhole. He is a successful entrepreneur with 25+ years of business experience and already sold a startup to Veritas before he founded mobileforce in 2013. He lives with his family in the Silicon Valley. Here he talks about their Q2C/CPQ Solution including their user-centric approach, the 3 C's they address, AI/NLP and much more web mobileforcesoftware.com mail [email protected] LinkedIn https://www.linked...

Interview with Garret Tornquist, Sr. Product Manager at Epicor

June 18, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MB

In this episode you hear from Epicor Sr. Product Manager Garret Tornquist. He has been with Epicor since 2021 and has experience in the Medical Device, Ed Tech and manufacturing industry. He lives in Minneapolis, MN. Here he talks about Epicor's CPQ Solution (formerly KBMax), SNAP, their visualization capabilities, CAD integrations, the relationship with Salesforce Revenue Cloud, Analyst Reports, and much more LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/garret-tornquist-92813161/  email garret.t...

Interview with Robert Muñoz, VP, Principal Analyst at Forrester

June 11, 2023 10:00 - 31 minutes - 43.4 MB

In this episode you hear from Forrester Analyst Robert Muñoz. Robert has 30 years of business experience with companies like HP, Avaya, Lucent and AT&T before he joined Forrester in 2019. He lives with his family in Miami, Florida. Here he talks about Forrester's CPQ related research, reports and services, Revenue Management, Price Optimization, Rebate Management, Visualization, Subscriptions, the CPQ Market over the next 12 months and much more LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertmu...

Choosing the Right CPQ Solution: Insights and Considerations

June 04, 2023 10:00 - 21 minutes - 29.6 MB

In this episode Frank provides some insights and considerations regarding the CPQ Market and about selecting a CPQ Solution. It provides basic info about Product Configurators (rule -based vs constraint-based solutions), Pricing and Quoting as well as some outlook regarding additional capabilities like AI/ML, visualization and so on.  It also shows some homework that customers have to do to increase the likelihood of a successful project. If you have any follow up questions contact Frank a...

Interview with Bernard Kang, Partner at EY

May 28, 2023 10:00 - 31 minutes - 43.1 MB

In this episode you hear from Bernard Kang, Global Pricing & Commercial Analytics Leader at EY. Bernard has 20+ years of business experience and lives with his family in Los Angeles, CA. Here he talks about the EY Service Offering and approach in the CPQ and Pricing area, why he looks where value is created, Price Optimization, differences between Rev. Mgmt and CPQ, Top Customer requirements and much more web https://www.ey.com/en_us/people/bernard-kang LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/...

Interview with Anthony Mirante & Mark Keenan from Technicon

May 21, 2023 10:00 - 32 minutes - 44.6 MB

In this episode you hear from Anthony Mirante (President) and Mark Keenan (Partner) of Technicon. Tony has 30+ years and Mark has 25+ years of business experience working with discrete manufacturers. They both live in the San Francisco Bay Area and have spent the last couple of decades working with CPQ Solutions. Here they talk about common CPQ Implementation challenges, why they think implementers need 5 years of experience and much more web www.technicon.com  LinkedIn https://www.linke...

Interview with Ali Najefi, Founder of CogentShift

May 14, 2023 10:00 - 30 minutes - 42 MB

In this episode you hear from Ali Najefi, Founder of CogentShift. Ali has 15+ years of business experience and lives with his family near Oxford, UK. Here he talks about his Salesforce native CPQ Solution CogentShift, their integration with CDS Visual and DocuSign, their "API friendly" solution architecture, why he sees integrations to other solutions as the biggest growth opportunity going forward and much more web cogentshift.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/alinajefi/ email a...

Some thoughts about how generative AI may be used in CPQ going forward

May 07, 2023 10:00 - 15 minutes - 20.8 MB

In this episode I share some thoughts about how (generative) AI may be used in CPQ going forward. There are also some thoughts about how users may use it and some thoughts on how CPQ administrators may use it. I'm very interested to hear what you think about this topic and how important it is for your company / use case.  Send feedback to [email protected] 

Google Bard talks about CPQ

April 30, 2023 10:00 - 27 minutes - 37.8 MB

In this episode I talk to Google's Bard about CPQ topics to learn if and how Bard can be used for anyone that is interested in CPQ. At the end of each question there is a short note from me about the quality of the answer. Take a listen and try it yourself as well. Anyone interested to follow up on this go to https://bard.google.com and try it yourself.

Interview with Dmitri Leichik, Founder & CEO of Sculptor CPQ

April 23, 2023 10:00 - 31 minutes - 43 MB

In this episode you hear from Dmitri Leichik, Founder & CEO Sculptor CPQ. Dmitri has 20+ years of business and is also a co-Owner of Twistellar Group, a Salesforce Consulting company. Here he talks about Sculptor CPQ, why they build the solution on the Salesforce platform, why they have a free version and what the limitations are, the pricing capabilities they offer,  their interactive quoting capabilities and much more web https://sculptor.cloud LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmitr...

Interview with Tim Beck, CEO and Founder of SaaSteps

April 16, 2023 10:00 - 31 minutes - 43.4 MB

In this episode you hear from Tim Beck, CEO & Founder of SaaSteps and Ron Costa, Co-Founder of SaaSteps. Tim has 20+ years of business experience with companies like Conga, FPX and BigMachines and lives in Denver, CO. Ron has 10+ years of business experience with companies like Embraer and lives near Sao Paolo in Brazil. Here they talk about their product incl. ecommerce, payment processing, CPQ, subscriptions, Billing, Renewals and more.  LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/saasteps/  ...

Interview with Vinay Toomu, Founder & CEO of ScaleFluidly

April 09, 2023 10:00 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MB

In this episode you hear from Vinay Toomu, Founder & CEO of ScaleFluidly. Vinay has 20+ years of business experience and lives with his family in Cary, NC. Here he talks about ScaleFluidly's Quote CX solution, why that solution is built for start-ups and SMB customers, reduced total cost of ownership, collaboration features, integrations to Salesforce, SAP and more,  a roadmap published on their website, free software trial and much more Web scalefluidly.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin....

Interview with Alexander Franck, CPQ Practice Lead at Fluido

April 02, 2023 10:00 - 30 minutes - 42.2 MB

In this episode you hear from Alexander Franck, CPQ Practice Lead at Fluido. Alexander has 10+ years of business experience with CPQ Solutions and lives with his family in Helsinki, Finland. Here he talks about Salesforce Revenue Cloud, Salesforce Industries, Epicor CPQ, Logik.io and Tacton, top CPQ customer requirements, expectations on modern CPQ Solutions from manufacturers, headless CPQ architecture and much more web www.fluidogroup.com email [email protected] LinkedI...

Interview with Mitchell Lee, VP Product Marketing at Vendavo

March 26, 2023 10:00 - 31 minutes - 43.1 MB

In this episode you hear from Mitchell Lee, VP or Product Marketing at Vendavo. Mitch has 30+ years of business experience with companies like BASF and Orica and lives in Norfolk, Virgina. Here he talks about Vendavo's Revenue Optimization Platform (Pricing+CPQ) for manufacturers and distributors, the Market Medium acquisition in 2022, Gartner's MQ Report, managed services, omni-channel usage, ChatGPT and much more web www.vendavo.com email [email protected] LinkedIn https://www.linkedi...

Interview with Jens Ellebaek, Consulting Offerings Manager

March 19, 2023 11:00 - 31 minutes - 44.1 MB

In this episode you hear from Jens Ellebaek, Consulting Offerings Manager at Configit. Jens has 15+ years of business experience and lives with his family in Copenhagen, Denmark. Here he talks about Configit's CPQ Solution, Aftermarket Services, Visual Configuration, Business Intelligence & Analytics, Pricing, customer experience and more web configit.com email [email protected]   LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jens-ellebæk-5249285/   SmartCon www.smart-variant.de CLM Summit htt...

ChatGPT talks about CPQ

March 12, 2023 11:00 - 26 minutes - 36.6 MB

In this episode I talk to ChatGPT about CPQ topics to learn if and how ChatGPT can be used for anyone that is interested in CPQ. At the end of each question there is a short note about the answer. Take a listen and try it yourself as well. Anyone interested to follow up on this go to https://chat.openai.com/chat and try it yourself.

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