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Topic: IT / Telecom Procurement Best Practices and Common Misconceptions
Speaker: Dennis Thankachan,, CEO / Founder, Lightyear
Presentation:
- How do most enterprises buy IT / telecom services today?
- Pros and cons of various approaches to procurement
- "Value add" procurement steps that often end up detracting value
- Headline cost savings does not equal cost savings
- Recommendations and best practices in procurement and vendor management
- Leverage automation to optimize procurement
Speaker's Bio:
Dennis Thankachan is the CEO and Founder of Lightyear, a software platform that automates enterprise telecom procurement and management and has raised over $22M in venture capital from top investors. Some of Lightyear's customers include Google, Louis Vuitton, Palo Alto Networks, and other large enterprises. Dennis started his career as an Investment Banker at Goldman Sachs, and was then an Investment Professional for PointState Capital, a $10B hedge fund, where he invested in public technology companies prior to starting Lightyear. Dennis is also an active angel investor in several high-growth, early stage SaaS and marketplace companies. Dennis holds Bachelor's degrees with honors in Computer Science and Finance from The University of Texas at Austin.
https://lightyear.ai
www.linkedin.com/in/thankachan/