SAN MATEO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–September 18, 2014–
Coupa Software, the leading provider of cloud applications for finance, today announced that it has appointed Roger Siboni, former Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of KPMG, to its board of directors. Siboni is a recognized and widely respected business leader with more than 30 years of experience that has focused on executive level management in technology and finance.
Siboni spent more than 20 years at KPMG LLP, serving as Deputy Chairman, Chief Operating Officer and worldwide head of KPMG’s Technology Practice. While with KPMG, his operating experience helped the billion-dollar firm achieve triple-digit growth within its consulting and high technology practices. He then served as chairman and CEO of customer relationship management (CRM) vendor Epiphany, Inc.
Siboni’s experience also includes serving on the Board of Directors for several Silicon Valley companies such as Marketo, Postini, Macromedia, Infogroup, Active Software, ArcSight, IronPlanet, Cadence Design Systems and Dolby Laboratories. Siboni also served on the board of Mandiant Corporation, a key innovator in the area of IT security.
He served as chairman of the Haas Graduate School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley, and also served on the boards of the San Francisco Exploratorium and the Rhode Island School of Design. He has been a Certified Public Accountant in New York and California, and holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley.
“Roger is an exceptional business leader, and we know he will be a huge asset to our board of directors team,” said Rob Bernshteyn, CEO of Coupa. “He has a wealth of operating, board and audit committee expertise gained through his executive and advisory roles, and he is also very well-connected in our industry. He shares our vision of working relentlessly to make customers successful.”
“I am both proud and excited to be a part of the company’s board of directors. I can see that Coupa has fundamentally transformed the way global companies large and small can create success in their businesses through SaaS-delivered financial applications,” said Siboni. “Coupa has created a repeatable recipe for success that is driving more global brands to the Coupa platform and fueling its global expansion.”
The news comes in a year of many major accomplishments for Coupa. In March 2014, Coupa announced $40M in venture capital funding to accelerate development and corporate expansion. The company announced a 100 percent increase in revenue in Q2 2014 over Q2 2013. Coupa was also recognized as a leader in the “The Forrester Wave™: eProcurement Q2 2014″ report issued by Forrester Research Inc. in May 2014. More information on Coupa’s second quarter can be found in the company’s second quarter 2014 momentum press release.
Coupa now has approximately 270 employees and expects to grow to more than 300 employees by the end of the year. Coupa is actively recruiting for its engineering, product development, sales and marketing departments. Learn more about opportunities at Coupa on the company’s career page.
About Coupa Software
Coupa Software is the leading provider of cloud-based financial applications. More than 450 customers in over 40 countries use the Coupa suite of financial applications to support business agility and reduce costs. Only Coupa provides a suite of true cloud applications for finance, including accounts payable, sourcing, procurement and expense management that allows customers to realize a return on their investment within a few months and savings that continually impact the bottom line. Learn more at www.coupa.com. Read more at our company blog, Making Cents or follow @Coupa on Twitter.
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