TK Kong
Head of Ramp Procurement, Ramp
TK is the Head of Ramp Procurement. He previously co-founded Venue, a procurement startup backed by Sequoia Capital and later acquired by Ramp in 2023. Prior to founding Venue, he was employee #20 and the product lead for spend management at Ramp. He graduated from Cornell with a BS in Information Science, Systems and Technology.
Articles by TK Kong
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What is a purchasing card (P-card) and how does it work?
A purchasing card (P-card) is a company-issued card that lets employees buy work-related goods without the traditional purchase-request and approval process.
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Direct procurement: A complete guide for 2026
Direct procurement is buying the raw materials and components that go into your final product. Learn the process, types, strategies, and key metrics.
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Direct vs. indirect procurement: Key differences explained
Direct procurement sources materials for your finished product. Indirect procurement covers the goods and services that keep your business running.
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Unlock new cost savings in 2025 with Ramp Procurement
Ramp Procurement helps you capture unmanaged spend with intuitive workflows that make it easy for employees to follow your policies, keep everyone coordinated, and enable earlier spend visibility. Here’s how we’ve redesigned business purchasing from the ground up.
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5 signs your procurement process needs an overhaul
Software and Tech spend is often one of the five largest spend categories (behind line items like Cloud, Advertising, and Payroll), with an estimated 11% growth in worldwide business spending. Here are the five inflection points every business leader must know.
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Introducing three-way match, intake with AI, and more procurement upgrades
Announcing four core upgrades to our Procurement platform that provide significantly more benefits to our customers at every stage of the intake-to-pay process.