Cloud EPM Reporting and Analysis Update

Cloud EPM Reporting and Analysis Update
Oracle Cloud EPM offers a robust set of tools for Reporting & Analysis. Whether you want dashboards, infolets, MS office integration, pixel-perfect financial reporting, narrative reporting or integration with a full-fledged BI toolset, Oracle EPM Cloud has you covered. Attend this session to discuss all the options, targeted use cases, and how we will be transforming how users interact with EPM data.

Presenter: Shankar Viswanathan, Planning & Budgeting Cloud Service Director, Product Management, Oracle
Shankar Viswanathan is an accomplished product manager with more than 15 years of combined experience in corporate finance, B2B, EPM, and cloud software. Shankar has a strong customer-focused product strategy and management experience in finance, sales, and operational planning. He led the successful launch of Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS) and has been the backbone of Oracle's success in the Planning domain. Shankar currently leads the fast-paced innovations in Oracle's EPM Platform delivering on scale, modeling, visualization, automation and usability innovations for Oracle EPM Cloud - the one true EPM SaaS Platform built for autonomous unification of business processes.

Presenter: Al Marciante, Senior Director of Product Management, Oracle
Al Marciante began his career as a financial information technology professional for a leading electronics and communication company. He implemented applications focused on accounting and finance. He spearheaded a transformational project before the advent of the Enterprise Performance Management space. The goal was to produce consolidated
financials, fully burdened profit and loss analysis, and budget reporting based on Oracle Financials, custom Oracle development, and Arbor Essbase in order to achieve a one day financial close. Al eventually moved into a solution consultant role with Arbor/Hyperion, where he helped many customers in the southern U.S. achieve significant value by purchasing
and implementing OLAP and analytic applications. He then moved into a product management position, quickly progressing into a leadership role in the product management organization, participating in driving new solutions in the enterprise performance management space. Al has since led PM teams not only in the Essbase organization, but also in
Hyperion Planning, Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management, Smart View, financial reports, Crystal Ball, and Disclosure Management. He now leads new initiatives for Oracle EPM Cloud, including Narrative Reporting, emerging technologies, and EPM infrastructure while also driving go to market for the Hyperion EPM on-premises releases. Al has been a long-time public speaker, including at Arbor Dimensions, Hyperion Solutions, Oracle OpenWorld, OATUG, Kscope conferences to name a few, as well as local user group events and Oracle Customer Connect webinar sessions.