Ramp's webinar speakers

Adam has been building financial technology since graduating from Duke 10 years ago. He started his career as an Engineer, building payments APIs at an early-stage startup, and then moved into Product Management where he spent five years building subscription, billing, and accounting systems at Hulu. He founded a company in 2020 to help early-stage startups with billing and payments, went through YC in 2022, and today leads Ramp's international expansion efforts.

Brock Beyer is a CPA and Controller at Jump - Advisor AI, based in the Salt Lake City area. With a career built on financial rigor and integrity, Brock began his professional journey at KPMG in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he spent nearly three years developing deep expertise in auditing — progressing from Audit Associate to Senior Audit Associate.He then joined Taxbit, a leading crypto tax and compliance platform, where he rose through the ranks over three years from Accounting Manager to Assistant Controller. In July 2025, Brock joined Jump - Advisor AI as Controller, bringing his fintech and high-growth startup experience to bear in helping scale the company's financial operations.Brock holds a degree from the USC Marshall School of Business, one of the nation's premier business programs.

Christian Wattig is an accomplished FP&A expert with over a decade of leadership experience in multinational corporations and fast-growing tech start-ups. He spent eleven years at Procter & Gamble and Unilever, where he led FP&A and accounting teams. After earning his MBA from NYU Stern, Christian transitioned to the tech sector and played a pivotal role in taking Squarespace public as an FP&A leader. Now, Christian shares his expertise as the Director of the Wharton School's FP&A certificate program, through his own courses, and via LinkedIn where he has more than 100,000 followers.

Nicolas Boucher is a thought leader in AI for Finance, FP&A, and Controlling, sharing insights with over 1 million followers. As the founder of the AI Finance Club, he has trained more than 5,000 people on ChatGPT for finance. Nicolas works with global companies like Mercedes Benz, Chanel, and KPMG to deliver AI and finance training. With 15+ years of experience, including senior finance roles at Thales and PwC, he now focuses on helping finance teams adopt AI and automation to drive efficiency.

Oana Labes is a CPA, MBA, and one of the top finance educators in the US with over 410,000 followers and thousands of executives taught across hundreds of companies. With a background in commercial lending and decades of pattern recognition across industries and company sizes, she has built a reputation for translating complex financial concepts into decisions that actually move businesses forward. Oana's work sits at the intersection of strategy, capital, and execution. She helps leaders close the gap between the numbers they report and the decisions those numbers should be driving, with a particular focus on the financial risks that remain invisible until it is too late to act on them. She teaches through her on demand and live programs and implements strategic financial intelligence in just 7 days through her Financiario platform.

Patrick joined Ramp in 2020 as the second Business Operations hire; since then, he has switched to the Finance team and oversees Product Finance, FP&A, and Procurement. Prior to joining Ramp, Patrick was a tech investor at Warburg Pincus and a consultant at BCG.

Ryan currently leads the Capital Team at Ramp where he oversees capital markets, treasury and financial systems. Ryan has spent the last 8 years of his career in operator roles at various fintech platforms, most recently at Affirm where he led the company's capital markets strategy. Ryan started his career in fixed income trading, spending time at JPMorgan, Credit Suisse, and RBS.

Yashoda leads the Corporate Finance & Strategy pillar of Thrive's Portfolio Impact team. In her role, she supports portfolio companies across sectors and stages in navigating capital raises, formulating capital allocation strategies, assisting with M&A, and more. Prior to joining Thrive, she spent the majority of her career as an operator, most recently serving as the CFO of Ollie. She previously held finance leadership roles at Squarespace and Etsy.