Mark Bennett
Director of Partner Development at Solver
Toronto, Canada
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25 years of leadership, strategic business and partner development, marketing, and digital transformation solution development with Dynamics 365, Azure, PowerBI, Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive services, Machine Learning, Azure Synapse Analytics, Big Data/DW, eXtended Financial Planning & Analysis and Corporate Performance Management, IoT, blockchain, mixed reality and autonomous cyber-security for Solver, Microsoft, IBM, Great Plains, FRx and Oracle in Canada, U.S.A., UK, Australia, and Western Europe. My value is centered in building intellectual and emotional buy-in which inspires executives and teams to engage and collaborate in achieving beneficial Digital Transformation outcomes. My method is strongly grounded in sales process and sales motion best practices. I have success inspiring business leaders to recognize the value of Digital Transformation and engage in a program of change for Digital success.
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How Agile Budgeting Can Transform Your Organization
Tired of budgeting season chaos? Discover practical approaches that turn dreaded budget cycles into strategic planning opportunities. Join us for a focused session on modernizing your annual budgeting process to eliminate departmental silos and achieve greater financial agility through extended financial planning and analysis (xFP&A).
Learn how organizations across SaaS, construction, supply chain, nonprofit, senior living, healthcare, and retail sectors and other industries address have moved beyond time-consuming spreadsheets and disconnected processes. See how modern, cloud-based xFP&A creates unified, collaborative planning that extends your Microsoft Dynamics investment for strategic growth and establishes a single source of truth for all financial and operational data.
Anomalies, Trends, and Answers: AI Analysis for xFP&A
Dashboards show you what happened. AI tells you why—and what to do next. Join us for a live demonstration of an Analysis Agent built with Copilot, which goes beyond visualization to answer complex questions about your financial data. Learn how AI spots patterns you'd miss, performs root cause analysis on variances, and generates plain-language insights from data consolidated across your entire organization. Whether you're forecasting, budgeting, or analyzing performance, see how AI can help you accelerate intelligent decisions and transform the way your finance team works with data.
Technological Advancements in Extended FP&A
Extended financial planning and analysis (xFP&A) provides businesses of all sizes with indispensable insights into a company's health, especially through advanced technologies. In this course, understand how AI and machine learning will help you manage risk, enhance predictive analytics and financial modeling, and how adopting FP&A software and tools provides automated data collection and proven AI-driven insights. Review several case studies with practical applications, and walk away with a better understanding of how technology can improve your decision-making and achieve bottom-line goals.
Session Learning Objectives
- Understand the role AI and machine learning have on xFP&A
- Discover how the adoption and integration of advanced xFP&A software influences automated data collection and provides actionable insights
- Review case studies and real-world applications to see the impact on business performance and efficiency
Break Free from Excel: How Agile Budgeting Can Transform Your Organization
Is your budget stuck in the past, bogged down by static spreadsheets and rigid templates? It’s time to break free. Agile budgeting does more than speed up planning—it empowers your entire team to make smarter decisions, collaborate seamlessly, and adapt to changes in real time.
Join us to discover how moving beyond Excel can unify finance and operations, transforming your budget into a dynamic tool for growth. Whether you're aiming to simplify processes, reduce manual work, or drive strategic success, agile budgeting can get you there.
If you're ready to move past the spreadsheet grind, work smarter, and build a more flexible, future-proof budgeting process, this session is for you.
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