Our Presenters

Chris E. Ortega is the CEO and fractional CFO at Fresh FP&A, a company he founded in 2022 after 20 years of executive finance experience in various industries and roles. As a CFO expert, he helps small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) navigate financial complexities, improve financial predictability, and achieve strategic growth.

PayEm is the global spend management and procurement platform that automates the entire Request to Reconciliation process for finance and procurement teams. The PayEm platform is pre-integrated into your ERP, organically developed, and designed to meet your needs. Whether pre-approval, post-approval, or no-approval, PayEm helps to create a “culture of accountability” by putting the necessary controls in place that optimize all methods in which employees spend money. Whether you are replacing manual processes or consolidating legacy point solutions, PayEm gives finance and procurement teams complete visibility and control that drive process efficiencies, reduce risk, and lower operating costs that contribute to business growth. ‍ We automate tedious tasks, reduce frictions and frustration, giving finance teams precious time to focus on the big picture while giving them real-time visibility by department, team, employee, subsidiary, or vendor in reporting and automation.