This document provides an overview of top 20 emerging technology companies and their areas of focus. It discusses companies like Avalara which focuses on sales tax reporting and compliance. Automation Anywhere's focus is robotic process automation (RPA) which is growing. Oomnitza manages various assets for clients across industries through its flexible software. FinancialForce expects growth from new revenue recognition reporting standards. Sprinklr handles social media analytics for major brands. SecurityScorecard rates companies' cybersecurity defenses. Workiva's platform enables regulated reporting and compliance. Neo Technology created the graph database Neo4j which is used across industries.

1. Top 2o Tech
Companies –
Emerging Technology
Solutions
PAUL YOUNG CPA, CGA
APRIL 6, 2017

2. Author / Bio
September
9, 2014
• Paul Young, CPA, CGA
•SME – Financial Performance Management (TM1, Cognos Controller and
Cognos Disclosure Management, OpenPages, Algorithmics, Cognos Integrated
Server, Cognos Command Center and Datawatch)
•Industry Experience
•15+ years in Corporate Reporting, Budget & Forecasting, Costing,
Business Process Management, Internal Audit and Controls, Risk
Management, Financial Analysis, Costing
•11+ years in financial solutions (FOPM, FPM, Risk, Office of the Finance,
Risk Management)
•8+ years teaching Advance Finance, Advance Accounting, Public Finance
and Advance Management Information Systems
•Blogger in areas like Finance Analysis, Government policies, market
segment

3. Overview
• This presentation looks at top 20 technology companies with
emerging technology to solve problems facing business
• The presentation is based on article in CFO.com (April 6, 2017)
• http://ww2.cfo.com/technology/2017/04/20-tech-companies-
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4. Agenda
• Top 20 companies analysis

5. Avalara
• Source - http://ww2.cfo.com/technology/2017/04/20-tech-companies-watch/?utm_campaign=CFODailyAlert&utm_nooverride=1&utm_source=CFO-email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=CFODailyAlert_Thursday_2017-4-
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Area of Focus
• Sales Tax Reporting and Compliance
Market Growth
• More and more states are looking at sales tax collection on eCommerce
Transaction
• Supply Chain Management -
https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/supply-chain-
management-automation-solutions

6. Front and Back
• Source - http://ww2.cfo.com/technology/2017/04/20-tech-companies-watch/?utm_campaign=CFODailyAlert&utm_nooverride=1&utm_source=CFO-email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=CFODailyAlert_Thursday_2017-4-
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Area of Focus
There is such a company, and it has a lot more going for it than its name. Automation Anywhere is the
clear market leader in the burgeoning field of robotic process automation (RPA), and 2017 is shaping
up as a year when demand for RPA could explode.
Market Growth
• Robots continue to grow both with industrial and household application
• IOT - https://www.ibm.com/internet-of-things/

7. Oomnitza
• Source - http://ww2.cfo.com/technology/2017/04/20-tech-companies-watch/?utm_campaign=CFODailyAlert&utm_nooverride=1&utm_source=CFO-email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=CFODailyAlert_Thursday_2017-4-
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Area of Focus
One Oomnitza client, for example, provides geospatial information tools; Oomnitza manages its
lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) aerial mapping systems. Another customer offers turnkey
systems for out setting trade shows with equipment. Oomnitza also manages prototype self-driving
cars for an automaker, and Internet-powered information kiosks for a city government. It even works
with a major brewer that installs sensors in its kegs, taps, and refrigeration units.
How can a software program be that flexible? “A server, a self-driving car, and lidar equipment seem
very different from the outside,” says Oomnitza CEO Arthur Lozinski. “But when you think about
managing them they are quite similar, because they go through similar steps.”
Market Growth
• Asset Tracking is key area of monitoring for a business
• IOT - https://www.ibm.com/internet-of-things/

8. FinancialForce
• Source - http://ww2.cfo.com/technology/2017/04/20-tech-companies-watch/?utm_campaign=CFODailyAlert&utm_nooverride=1&utm_source=CFO-email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=CFODailyAlert_Thursday_2017-4-
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Area of Focus
Yet for other companies, new rules and standards aren’t such a bad thing—in fact, they might provide
ample fuel for growth. FinancialForce, an enterprise resource planning vendor with apps that
sprouted from the cloud-based platform of Salesforce, is a case in point.
FinancialForce expects a big sales boost from the new revenue recognition reporting standard that
will go into effect over the next few years. “From a business perspective, it’s frankly a boon to us,” says
CFO John Bonney.
Market Growth
• Accounting are looking for ways to managed changes to regulatory filing
requirements
• Close and Disclose -
https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/close-consolidate-and-
reporting-cfo-and-office-of-finance

9. Sprinklr
• Source - http://ww2.cfo.com/technology/2017/04/20-tech-companies-watch/?utm_campaign=CFODailyAlert&utm_nooverride=1&utm_source=CFO-email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=CFODailyAlert_Thursday_2017-4-
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Area of Focus
Sprinklr manages more than 4 billion social connections in 150 countries and mines some two dozen social
media channels for information about clients’ individual customers. Sprinklr incorporates that data directly
into a client’s existing CRM system. The company co-exists with industry Goliaths, like Salesforce and products
from Adobe and Oracle, and provides extra value for businesses that are looking to include social media in
their advertising and marketing campaigns.
With more than 1,300 employees in 14 officces worldwide, the six-year-old company now lists 9 of the world’s
10 most valuable global brands as clients, including the likes of Nike, McDonald’s, and Microsoft. Annualized
recurring revenue hit the $100 million mark in 2015, up 150% from the prior period.
Market Growth
• Social Media Analytics
• http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/social-media-
analytics-saas

10. SecurityScorecard
• Source - http://ww2.cfo.com/technology/2017/04/20-tech-companies-watch/?utm_campaign=CFODailyAlert&utm_nooverride=1&utm_source=CFO-email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=CFODailyAlert_Thursday_2017-4-
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Area of Focus
The spark for SecurityScorecard, a firmm that rates companies based on their cyber defenses, was kindled
when Aleksandr Yampolskiy suddenly realized that he could be fired.
That fact dawned on Yampolskiy when he was chief information security officer of Gilt Groupe. The shopping
website was considering doing business with a firm that analyzed e-commerce to unearth potential fraud.
Under the arrangement, Gilt Groupe would have had to share all of its customer data with the analytics firm.
Market Growth
• Cybesecurity
• https://www-03.ibm.com/security/cognitive/

11. Workiva
• Source - http://ww2.cfo.com/technology/2017/04/20-tech-companies-watch/?utm_campaign=CFODailyAlert&utm_nooverride=1&utm_source=CFO-email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=CFODailyAlert_Thursday_2017-4-
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Area of Focus
The company’s Wdesk cloud-based platform features proprietary word processing, spreadsheet, and
presentation applications built on top of a data management engine. But don’t mistake Wdesk for a desktop
application suite, because it’s in a whole other league. The platform offers synchronized data, controlled
collaboration, granular permissions, and a full audit trail. Companies trust it for reporting to
the Securities and Exchange Commission, managing audits, and complying with Sarbanes-Oxley.
Market Growth
• Risk Analytics and compliance area continues to grow in importance to a
business
• http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/category/risk-
management

12. Neo Technology
• Source - http://ww2.cfo.com/technology/2017/04/20-tech-companies-watch/?utm_campaign=CFODailyAlert&utm_nooverride=1&utm_source=CFO-email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=CFODailyAlert_Thursday_2017-4-
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Area of Focus
Many years later, Neo Technology is the creator of a leading open-source “graph” database, called Neo4j, that
has been adopted in Financial services, retail, government, and telecommunications. The product and its tools
are used for real-time pricing, online product and service recommendations, fraud detection, and enterprise
search.

13. Others

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