Leadership

David founded Ivalua more than 19 years ago, assembling an executive team to establish best-in class software design, continuous sales growth, and rigorous operations management. Today, Ivalua has emerged as a leader in providing integrated, rapid implementation of global spend management solutions to the world’s largest brands. Consistently recognized as an industry leader by top analysts, the company has grown to over 800 employees with offices spanning the globe. A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique with a Ph.D. in Mathematics, David began his career in tech as an SAP consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers, working on the architecture, design, and implementation of ERP for international accounts.

A graduate of one of the top European MBA schools, Dan spent 9 years as a Director with Cap Gemini Group. There, he specialized in supply chain management, leading global projects that required in-depth changes to processes, systems, and organizations. In 2000, he founded a company t o operate the first global marketplace dedicated to environmental industries. Joining Ivalua in 2002 as a marketing and business development executive, Dan relocated to the US in 2011 to support Ivalua’s expansion into North and South America.

Franck brings over 18 years’ experience driving growth at leading enterprise software companies, including 10 years of experience in Supply Chain software. At JDA Software, he held a range of sales leadership and general management positions, including his role as Senior Vice President – EMEA, and as a member of the JDA Executive Committee. Franck is a Supply Chain fellow, supporting Digital Transformation programs at Fortune 500 companies around the world. Earlier in his career, Franck was a member of the SAS France Management Team running the Retail & CG business units. He has also held executive positions with Soft Solution, where he joined during their early growth stage. Franck holds a Masters in Business, Management and Marketing from ESCC, a leading European Business school.

Suman brings almost 20 years of global experience with more than 10 years working in the enterprise software industry. He currently oversees all global finance and accounting activities for Ivalua. Prior to Ivalua, he was the CFO of Crownpeak Technologies, a B2B software leader focused on digital transformation of the marketing suite. In addition, Suman is also a veteran of the spend management industry, having spent nearly 8 years with SAP Ariba serving as its global CFO in his most recent role. Before that, he held various finance & operations leadership roles across multiple geographies including APAC & North America as well as managing corporate finance. Suman earned his MBA from The Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Auburn University. He is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant.

Pascal brings 23 years of experience leading product strategy and development at Enterprise SaaS companies and driving rapid growth by delivering innovative, highly-differentiated products and solutions. His solutions address high-scale and high-stakes enterprise challenges involving complex technology, big data, machine learning, and a large ecosystem of partners. A powerful advocate for the potential of technology to transform organizations, Bensoussan is a frequent keynote speaker and board member at several start-ups. He holds an M.S. in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford University, an M.S. in Economics from ENPC (France), and a B.S. in Mathematics from Ecole Polytechnique (France).

Alex has spent over 15 years of his career evangelizing Spend Management, shaping its evolution, and working closely with hundreds of customers to support their Digital Transformation journeys. As CMO at Ivalua, Alex leads the overall global marketing strategy and thought leadership programs. Alex also spent 12 years at Ariba, first building and running the spend analytics business as General Manager. He then built and led Ariba’s international marketing team until successful acquisition by SAP, transitioning to lead business network marketing globally. Alex was a founding member of Zeborg (acquired by Emptoris) where he developed vertical procurement applications. He began his career in the U.S. Cavalry, leading tank and scout platoons through 2 combat deployments. Alex holds a B.S. in Economics from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and an international M.B.A. from INSEAD.

A graduate of one of the top European schools for computer engineering, Arnaud has more than 15 years of experience with leading Internet technologies. He started his career as a developer, then worked as a project manager for a major IT services company and joined a Silicon Valley company in the area of object databases. He later joined Ivalua as CTO, building a scalable architecture and managing the company’s transition towards a SaaS model with multi-location, best-in-class hosting solutions as well as on premise software options.

Annie Lelievre serves as CHRO for Ivalua since September 2022. In this role, she is responsible for leading the overall human resources strategy and global talent acquisition. 

Prior to her appointment, she served Ivalua as Financial Controller of the Americas & APAC regions. In this capacity, she oversaw the accounting & payroll departments and was instrumental in building out the finance support capabilities. 

When she joined Ivalua in 2013, she led the Human Resources department for the Americas Region where she helped build the team, supported growth, and developed the company culture.

In her various roles at Ivalua she has developed strong relationships with leaders across the organization to support the delivery of various transformational projects. Her business acumen and strategic vision, combined with her deep understanding of the organization and its people, are instrumental to Ivalua’s success and to shaping its organizational culture.

Prior to joining Ivalua, Annie worked as a financial auditor for several auditing and consulting firms such as EY. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and holds an MBA in Finance and Financial planning and analysis from the French business school ESG Paris.

Ron Vaisbort is a serial general counsel to world-class software and services companies. Prior to Ivalua, Ron served as the chief legal officer to MemSQL, C3.ai, Good Technology and Trillium Digital Systems. A veteran of the technology, media, and entertainment industries, Ron has been at the forefront of numerous innovative business concepts—as both an attorney and business leader – for startups as well as Fortune 100 companies such as Intel and Toshiba. Ron’s expertise is building and leading global legal and business development teams, and spans IPO/M&A readiness, international IP creation, data privacy and protection, commercialization strategy, licensing, and technology alliances. In 2013, Ron was named Best Bay Area General Counsel. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and earned his J.D. at Loyola Law School, Order of the Coif.

Ari is an established leader within the spend management space with more than 20 years of experience providing oversight and strategic direction helping organizations define and achieve value-based outcomes. As the Global SVP of Value Engineering, Solution Consulting and Services at Ivalua, he leads the organization that’s primary focus is on helping customers answer the questions: Why, What and How. Prior to Ivalua, Ari spent 16 years at SAP Ariba where he was most recently the VP, Head of North America Services. In this role, he was responsible for leading a team of 28 supply chain professionals tasked with defining a customer’s strategy for success and a roadmap to fully recognize the value of their investments. He also provided executive sponsorship across multiple strategic engagements and led the Latin America Services team for several years. Earlier, Ari spent 9 years at KPMG and Accenture where he worked with customers to define and execute on their Source to Pay transformations. Ari holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Laurence has more than 10 years of experience leading major process and software implementations across multiple industries. She holds two MBAs in Business + Management, Finance — and is certified project manager both from PMI and U.C. Berkeley. At Ivalua, Laurence manages the Customer Services and Support Department, responsible for maintaining live applications and providing additional customer services for  spend analytics and supplier enablement.

A graduate of Telecom ParisTech, Olivier Buffiere has more than 20 years of experience in Customer Support for Software and Telecom companies. He began his career for Hewlett-Packard in software development and project management for international customers. He then took charge of B2B Operations in Siemens, Nokia and Altice/Sfr, where he was head of Technical Support and then B2B Customer Support. He joined IVALUA in 2018 as Head of Customer Support EMEA including Support, Maintenance and Customer Success.

A Supply Chain & Procurement graduate at EM Strasbourg Business School, Gabriel joined Ivalua bringing a mix of procurement expertise and project management skills. For over 10 years, he has delivered tailored SRM, Sourcing, and P2P solutions to Customers while managing multiple project teams. Gabriel spent one year in California to support the launch of Ivalua Inc., and drove multiple re-organizations of the Professional Services team to facicilitate continued growth. Viewing Alliances as a requirement for further scalable growth, he pushed and led the “100% Partner Strategy”globally, created  Channel Sales, and recruited the Alliance team in the  multiple regions.