Meet our speakers

Alexander supports interested parties and customers in the area of cash visibility and payments solutions from Serrala. He has more than 20 years of practical experience in the treasury & finance environment and has worked with global players and medium-sized companies at banks, a treasury system provider and in treasury consulting (Big4 environment) during this time. Before joining Serrala, he has been working as a consultant in the treasury area with integration, digitalization and transformation topics. In addition, he actively set up and expanded a treasury function as a treasury manager in a company in the automotive sector and designed, implemented and actively executed the essential processes, including cash management, payment transactions, liquidity planning and control. 

Bart is responsible for the successful delivery of the request to pay and e-billing solutions for existing and new customers. Bart has a long history working in the financial sector in Amsterdam and Hong Kong at various leading financial institutions, including ABN AMRO, RBS and NIBC. Bart holds a BA from Middlebury College and an MBA from Cornell University.

Bart Parren verantwortet in der Rolle als Senior Vice President Solution Transformation die Entwicklung von Zukunftslösungen für Serrala. Er ist seit 2007 für Serrala tätig und hat vor seiner aktuellen Tätigkeit zunächst das Produktmanagement geleitet und war anschließend Geschäftsführer für Europa bei Serrala. Bart verfügt über mehr als 20 Jahre Erfahrungen im Treasury Management – vom Projektmanagement über Systemimplementierung, Entwicklung, Solution Architecture und Vermarktung von Treasury Management Systemen. Er verfügt über einen Abschluss in Ökonometrie von der University of Tilburg.

Camill is responsible for managing the development of our cloud-native solutions Serrala Alevate AP, which automates accounts payable processing,  and Corestone for Cloud, which supports document archiving and management across the other products in our Alevate suite. 

Previously, she worked as an Accounts Payable Analyst at an independent tire retailer where she was responsible for multiple vendor accounts, working closely with both management and vendors to improve the efficiency in AP processing. In this role, she served as the subject matter expert during the company's implementation of SAP, specifically in the LIV (Logistics Invoice Verification) process. Eventually, she transitioned into a role as an SAP FICO Functional Analyst within the organization.

Christian is responsible for the strategic success of Serrala AP Automation solutions for the global market.   

He has more than 15 years of experience Procure-to-Pay space, with his core focus on automation of business processes for organizations of all sizes and industries. He has deep knowledge of ECM in combination with SAP, especially in the field of image and data capture, process automation and image archiving. Prior to joining Serrala, Christian held positions with xSuite Group GmbH, where he was the Head of Product Management and Marketing. 

Daniel is heading Serrala's global Customer Success Management team, focused on helping customers to get the most value out of their Serrala products. Serrala Customer Success Managers keep engaged with existing customers after product installation and help customers to keep their software up to speed in constantly evolving environments. In addition, Success Managers work with Serrala customers on a mutual understanding and action plan for continuous improvement. Before joining Serrala, Daniel worked as Senior Consultant for Porsche Consulting and EU Program Manager at Amazon.

With 20 years of’ experience in the order-to-cash area, working for a number of tech giants during this period, Eva has developed a solid expertise in both credit risk and collection management. Eva fully supports the harmonization of the O2C cycle and believes automation is of essence to accomplish an entirely integrated O2C process. 

George is a Senior Solution Architect responsible for P2P Processes, AP and Payment Automation. In his role, he is responsible for delivering tailored product demonstrations, conducting business cases and proofs of concept with potential customers in area of Procure-to-Pay.

George started his career as an Accounts Payable accountant at a automotive parts manufacturer and soon transitioned into a role as an SAP FI consultant, workflow administrator and process expert for the financial accounting team. While at Serrala, George has been involved in many projects with global customers where he brings his deep knowledge of AP Automation, electronic payments, SAP & Cloud Solutions. 

Hans-Gerd looks supports prospects and customers in the area of treasury and cash visibility solutions from Serrala. He has more than 30 years of practical experience in the treasury area and has worked with and for numerous banks, medium-sized companies and global players during this time. Before joining Serrala, he worked in the areas of FX, interest rate management and investments. As treasury manager, he successfully introduced cash pools, credit line management and FX / IR risk management. Additionally, he designed and implemented in-house banks and payment factories for mid-sized and global corporates.

Julian is a Product Owner responsible for Corestone. In this role, he is responsible for the development, maintenance and continuous improvement of the corestone product suite.  

Julian has 11 years of experience in SAP and consulting for companies of all sizes and areas and has deep knowledge of data and document archiving in SAP, Software Logistics and customer based product development. Prior to joining Serrala Julian has held positions with KGS-Software (Covestro, BMW, Pepsi, Miele) and Frank Buchenberger Consulting (Postbank, Porsche, Rotkäppchen), where he was a senior SAP consultant.

Leonie has been working for Serrala for 5 years. Starting as Senior Consultant for FS² AutoBank, she moved into product management in March 2020. Together with Thorsten Baumann she is responsible for the continuous development of the cash application solutions of Serrala.

M’Part recently joined Serrala as a Solution Architect specializing in Credit Management. With over 15 years of international experience in various industries such as Distribution, IT / Telecoms, Air Transport, and Pharmaceutical he brings to Serrala his ground knowledge of credit management, collections, and dispute management. M’Part is passionate about debt reduction, customer centricity, and maximizing revenue.

Manuel is responsible for business process analyses and improving order-to-cash processes for organizations in all industry sectors. He started at Serrala as a consultant for order-to-cash projects five years ago and later moved to the Solution Architects team. With experience gained from workshops and projects with over 100 customers across the EMEA region as well as globally operating customers, he is considered an expert in the entire Order to Cash area. Manuel holds a BA in logistic & information management and an MA in business management. 

With over 10 years’ experience working in the order-to-cash field, Michael’s present and previous roles have given him unique insight into best practices in managing credit and compliance risks as well as collections operations for businesses of various sizes and industries. Michael has led and delivered a number of complex international solution implementation projects for global corporations around the world. In his current role with Serrala as a Solution Architect, Michael’s main focus is on analyzing organizations’ needs around credit risk, compliance, and collections management and translating them into software solutions that are both user-friendly and aligned with the trends in an ever-changing environment.

As the VP Product Payments, Cash Visibility & Treasury, Nancy is responsible for overseeing the strategy and the end-to-end delivery success of our Payments, Cash and Treasury solutions. She began her career at Serrala as a Senior Solution Architect specializing in cash visibility, treasury, and payments.

In her prior career, she has had the opportunity to work through the product delivery chain in treasury and payment solutions - taking on leadership roles in implementation consulting, project management and product management. She specializes in the corporate finance space, having led implementations for corporations in many industries. Nancy obtained her degree in Finance from the University of British Columbia and is a CFA® charterholder.

Nate became the FS2 Product Owner in 2022 and is responsible for managing the development of the SAP-embedded SAP solution. Previously, Nate worked as a business process consultant for Serrala where he assisted customers in tailoring the Serrala solutoin to their unique business needs. 

Prior to joining Serrala, Nate worked as an AP processor in both SAP and a competing AP Management software at a food solutions provider. He also worked as an SAP FICO and OpenText Vendor Invoice Management (VIM) consultant for various organizations in the Chiacago area. In his spare time he enjoys working on his car and computer.

As the Serrala SmartEye product owner, Nathan is responsible for the development of new features and enhancments to the SmartEye solution. In this role, he works closely with the Managed Automation and Consulting teams to help our customers to achieve the highest possible document capture rates.  

Nathan started at Serrala as a Senior Consultant in Imaging & Extraction​ where he shared his extensive knowledge of document capture formats and methods with our global AP customers. Prior to joining Serrala worked in document records and content management roles for organizations such as Weyerhaueser, IBM, Williams Oil, Wipro, GA Dept of Labor, Chevron, Pardee Homes, and Domtar​. Nathan spent most of his life in the Seattle/Tacoma metroplex and now lives in rural South West Virginia with his family. 

As VP of Product Cash Application Nils is responsible for ensuring the success of the order-to-cash solutions, particularly in the area of cash application. Before this position, he worked as Senior Solution Architect for Serrala. To date, he has supported over 100 customers and has implemented successful client projects across the entire EMEA region. He regularly writes articles for finance and treasury magazines and is an experienced speaker.

Since 2017, René Ratke is product manager responsible for the continuous development of the SAP-integrated solutions for payments and account statements Manager at Serrala since January 2017. He first joined Serrala in 2013 as a consultant for the payments solutions. Qualified as a banker he also holds a degree in business administration.  

As a Principal Solution Architect, Rob supports the sales process across North America with his product and process expertise for our accounts payable products and the Serrala data and document management solutions.  In his role, he is responsible for developing tailored demonstrations, conducting business cases, and proof of concepts for Serrala customers. 

Prior to joining Serrala, Rob was an Enterprise Architect for a Fortune 500 company. Rob has lead several finance process automation and digitization projects for captive Shared Service Centers in the US, EMEA, and Asia and deployed the Serrala solution suite world-wide.  Rob was also the founder and chairperson of the ASUG Information Lifecycle Management team for 15 years and was very involved in advancing the data archiving, decommissioning, and tax audit processes in the SAP space.

In his position, Thomas provides professional consulting services for organizations regarding process optimization within the areas of payments, bank communication and cash management. He has a proven track record in active support with business case analysis and return on investment (ROI) calculations. Prior to joining Serrala, Thomas worked as senior account director at SWIFT with responsibility for “SWIFT for Corporates” and as senior vice president at former Dresdner Bank in Frankfurt and New York with different responsibilities in the cash & payment management area. 

Ulrich is responsible for sales and key account management in the Nordics and the Middle East, where he builds long-lasting partnerships with enterprises. Ulrich focuses on problem-solving when it comes to customer pain points in order to deliver quality solutions that add value. He has a proven track record with more than 20 years in selling complex financial solutions/key account management in the FinTech industry plus 20 years of banking experience. Ulrich has held different management positions focusing on sales, key account management, and project management. Ulrich holds a bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Copenhagen Business School and has been an officer in the Danish Army.

Varun has more than 12 years of experience in product management specially in the financial services domain mainly in payments, cash liquidity and corporate banking. Before joining Serrala, he had worked with various global banks and FinTech companies in different regions. 
In his current position, as a product manager, Varun is guiding the teams working on cloud products in payments and cash management. He is highly engaged in developing new intuitive features of our cloud product: Alevate Cash Management, mainly reconciliation, cash pooling, etc.