AppZen, Inc. CEO and leadership

AppZen is the leader in AI software for finance teams. Over 1800 global enterprises use AppZen to automate manual finance processes, reduce expenditures, and gain real-time insights into their business spend trends. Our patented software technology delivers AI deep learning, semantic analysis and Star Match™, the only automated spend validation that processes intelligence from thousands of data sources, documents and images to understand financial transactions and make decisions based on finance policies. From Amazon to Salesforce to Charles Schwab, AppZen is the platform of choice for today’s digital CFO and their teams.

Kunal Verma is a Co-Founder & CTO at AppZen.AppZen has developed the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) solution for back office automation. Kunal is an expert in Semantic Technologies, having published over 50 papers and been granted 7 patents. He's developed tools that have been deployed at hundreds of Fortune 500 Companies and led global R&D teams of Ph.Ds and engineers.

Naresh Bansal is a Chief Financial Officer at AppZen and is based in San Jose, California. He has worked as Vice President, Finance at Zscaler; Sr. Manager, Audit at Public Accounting Firm; and VP Finance and Corporate Controller at Accpac International Inc.. Naresh attended HCP Inc between 1995 and 1995, Top Ca in Jaipur, and Panjab University.

Richard is a recognized technology leader who is passionate about building and growing businesses, with exceptional results. He has successfully developed and executed strategies that have driven the rapid growth of companies including Salesforce, SuccessFactors and Zuora. During his career, he has held senior positions in General Management, Sales and Business Development. Over the past 10 years, he has been integral in building Zuora from $3M to $300M. Most recently he ran North America and APAC, a $200M ARR business across 5 second-line managers. He is passionate about developing sales leaders, helping them to instill process and discipline into their business to drive execution and scale. Richard's leadership attributes include his ability to envision and plan for the future of a sales organization while delivering on organizational objectives. He has experience taking startups through IPO, and scaling to $300M+ revenue streams, including both Salesforce and Zuora.

Richard graduated as a Civil Engineer from the University of California at Davis and has an MBA from the University of San Francisco. He was born in South Africa, is an Irish Citizen, and has lived around the world. He is a rugby fanatic and played for the United States Rugby team while in college. He lives in Burlingame, Ca with his wife, two daughters, and son. On the weekends when not watching his kids play sports, he can be found surfing San Francisco's Ocean Beach.

Specialties: Strategic Planning • Global Business & Revenue Development • Market Penetration & Expansion

Leadership • Multi-Tiered Sales & Marketing • Best Practices • Multinational Forecasting • Pricing

Negotiations • Worldwide Pipeline Development • Team Building & Mentoring • Networking • P&L

Kunal Verna is a Chief Technology Officer/Co-Founder at AppZen.

AppZen is the leader in AI software for finance teams. Over 1800 global enterprises use AppZen to automate manual finance processes, reduce expenditures, and gain real-time insights into their business spend trends. Our patented software technology delivers AI deep learning, semantic analysis and Star Match™, the only automated spend validation that processes intelligence from thousands of data sources, documents and images to understand financial transactions and make decisions based on finance policies. From Amazon to Salesforce to Charles Schwab, AppZen is the platform of choice for today’s digital CFO and their teams.

Kunal Verma is a Co-Founder & CTO at AppZen.AppZen has developed the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) solution for back office automation. Kunal is an expert in Semantic Technologies, having published over 50 papers and been granted 7 patents. He's developed tools that have been deployed at hundreds of Fortune 500 Companies and led global R&D teams of Ph.Ds and engineers.

Naresh Bansal is a Chief Financial Officer at AppZen and is based in San Jose, California. He has worked as Vice President, Finance at Zscaler; Sr. Manager, Audit at Public Accounting Firm; and VP Finance and Corporate Controller at Accpac International Inc.. Naresh attended HCP Inc between 1995 and 1995, Top Ca in Jaipur, and Panjab University.

Richard is a recognized technology leader who is passionate about building and growing businesses, with exceptional results. He has successfully developed and executed strategies that have driven the rapid growth of companies including Salesforce, SuccessFactors and Zuora. During his career, he has held senior positions in General Management, Sales and Business Development. Over the past 10 years, he has been integral in building Zuora from $3M to $300M. Most recently he ran North America and APAC, a $200M ARR business across 5 second-line managers. He is passionate about developing sales leaders, helping them to instill process and discipline into their business to drive execution and scale. Richard's leadership attributes include his ability to envision and plan for the future of a sales organization while delivering on organizational objectives. He has experience taking startups through IPO, and scaling to $300M+ revenue streams, including both Salesforce and Zuora.

Richard graduated as a Civil Engineer from the University of California at Davis and has an MBA from the University of San Francisco. He was born in South Africa, is an Irish Citizen, and has lived around the world. He is a rugby fanatic and played for the United States Rugby team while in college. He lives in Burlingame, Ca with his wife, two daughters, and son. On the weekends when not watching his kids play sports, he can be found surfing San Francisco's Ocean Beach.

Specialties: Strategic Planning • Global Business & Revenue Development • Market Penetration & Expansion

Leadership • Multi-Tiered Sales & Marketing • Best Practices • Multinational Forecasting • Pricing

Negotiations • Worldwide Pipeline Development • Team Building & Mentoring • Networking • P&L

Kunal Verna is a Chief Technology Officer/Co-Founder at AppZen.

AppZen is the leader in AI software for finance teams. Over 1800 global enterprises use AppZen to automate manual finance processes, reduce expenditures, and gain real-time insights into their business spend trends. Our patented software technology delivers AI deep learning, semantic analysis and Star Match™, the only automated spend validation that processes intelligence from thousands of data sources, documents and images to understand financial transactions and make decisions based on finance policies. From Amazon to Salesforce to Charles Schwab, AppZen is the platform of choice for today’s digital CFO and their teams.

Kunal Verma is a Co-Founder & CTO at AppZen.AppZen has developed the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) solution for back office automation. Kunal is an expert in Semantic Technologies, having published over 50 papers and been granted 7 patents. He's developed tools that have been deployed at hundreds of Fortune 500 Companies and led global R&D teams of Ph.Ds and engineers.