How AP Automation is Helping Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Make Work from Home, Work Better

The operational disruption caused by shift to remote working has exposed and exacerbated the shortcomings of manual and semi-automated approaches to receiving, processing, posting, and paying supplier invoices.  The inefficiencies and risks of manual, outdated invoice processes became a serious liability overnight.  Long-term, AP departments will have to address these challenges if they hope to achieve sustainable improvements, no matter where staff work.  Join us for this webinar and learn how intelligent data capture and other AP automation technologies are helping Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and other AP departments make Work from Home, work better. 

What you will learn:

• The biggest concerns that AP leaders have about the way they are doing things these days
• The most important technologies for building the ultimate Work from Home tech stack
• How automation helped CHOP simplify its invoice process and navigate the pandemic
• A plan for automating and simplifying invoice processing, no matter where staff work

Mark Brousseau
President, Brousseau & Associates 

Over the past 26 years, Mark Brousseau has established himself as a thought leader on accounts payable, accounts receivable, payments and document automation.   A popular speaker at industry conferences and on webinars and podcasts, Brousseau advises prominent end-users and solutions and services providers on how to use automation to improve document- and payments-driven business processes.  Brousseau has chaired numerous educational conferences and has served on several industry committees and boards.  He resides in Center City Philadelphia with his wife and three sons.

Rosanna Chestnut
Director, AP Shared Services, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Rosanna Chestnut is the director of AP Shared Services Department at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.  She has been in AP healthcare for over twenty-five years and played an integral role in the design and transition from paper based invoice/expense report processing to best-in-class AP/expense report automation.   Her expertise includes Infor, Lawson and Workday ERPs, Hyland OnBase imaging, and SAP Concur travel/expense.

Greg Bartels
President & Chief Executive Officer, IPS

For the past 25 years, IPS Founder Greg Bartels has lead business transformation from manual business processes to digital and cloud computing. After receiving a BS in Finance from the University Of Connecticut School Of Business, Greg developed his career with several IT companies including NCR, Unisys, and Information Management Technologies before founding IPS in 1991. A pioneer in the field, Greg was the first to publish database matching technology, which has since become standard practice within the industry. He is a frequent contributor in developing standards for business process and EDI, currently working with the Federal Reserve (MN) sharing compliance for eInvoicing as well as a past board member and former President of the New Jersey Chapter of AIIM International. Outside of work, Greg enjoys music, coaching, and outdoor getaways spent Golfing, Fishing, or Skiing.

Brad Walsh
Product Manager, IPS

Brad Walsh has spent over 15 years working with each department at IPS. Brad has an immense knowledge of all IPS operational processes and customer solutions.  It is his responsibility that multiple departments at IPS remain in sync while the customer’s needs are being met. Based on market need, Brad oversees future product development, while maintaining existing solutions. Brad is a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt with education from Frostburg State University and Katharine Gibbs NY in Graphic Design & Digital Media. During his free time Brad enjoys traveling as well as barbequing and cooking.