SciQuest to Present with ROi at PayStream Summit 2012

CARY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Tuesday September 18 at 2:45 EDT, Jason Liner, product marketing director, SciQuest, will join Matthew Mentel, executive director, Technology & Business Solutions, ROi (Resource Optimization & Innovation), to present “Beyond ERP: Transforming Healthcare eProcurement in the Cloud” at the PayStream Summit 2012, taking place from September 14 -17 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The two speakers will discuss how organizations can gain more visibility into spending and strengthen contract compliance with an e-marketplace solution.

“Beyond ERP: Transforming Healthcare eProcurement in the Cloud”

Liner and Mentel will highlight how ROi, a leading healthcare supply chain organization – founded by Mercy, the nation’s 6^th largest Catholic healthcare system – that recently implemented the SciQuest e-Marketplace, has improved management and control over all purchases. Through real-world examples, the pair will explain how ROi has ensured that all supplier requirements and product and catalog details are always updated and synchronized to back office systems regardless of how many different market views are configured. In addition, the two speakers will discuss the evolution of bolt-on, cloud-based solutions that don’t require integration into existing ERP systems, drastically accelerating deployment times.

What: “Beyond ERP: Transforming Healthcare eProcurement in the Cloud”

Who: Jason Liner, product marketing director, SciQuest and Matthew Mentel, executive director, Technology & Business Solutions, ROi

When: Tuesday, September 18^th from 2:45-3:45 p.m. EDT

Where: Marriott Center City - Uptown Charlotte, NC
100 West Trade Street
Charlotte, NC 28202

The PayStream Summit is an educational-focused purchase-to-pay (P2P) conference for decision makers within accounts payable, finance, procurement and financial supply chain operations who are committed to automating and streamlining the purchase-to-pay process.

About the Speakers

Jason Liner is the market director for SciQuest's healthcare segment and has strategic responsibility for the SciQuest Supplier Network and the relationships with those suppliers. Jason has previously led the Supplier Network Services team, which is responsible for connecting SciQuest’s customers to their suppliers within the SciQuest procurement application. Jason has been with SciQuest since July 1999 and has held roles in the Finance, Product Development, Global Professional Services and Marketing organizations at SciQuest. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of North Carolina and an MBA from UNC’s Kenan-Flagler School of Business.

Matthew Mentel is currently the executive director for Technology and Business Solutions at ROi. In this role, Mentel is responsible for providing solutions to optimize ROi's supply chain functions by utilizing technology and process improvements. He also oversees all of ROi's technical functions, content services and customer business solutions, which involves working with ROi’s strategic business units to identify, develop and implement new and future tools to support the ongoing growth of ROi. Before becoming executive director, he was the director of account implementation for Mercy Health System.

About SciQuest

SciQuest (NASDAQ: SQI) provides organizations with a comprehensive suite of on-demand source-to-settle software solutions, driving cost and efficiency savings across the supply chain. By improving supplier management, negotiating more strategic contracts, generating an online marketplace for purchasing goods and services, and streamlining the accounts payable process, SciQuest customers turn spending into a source of savings.

With unmatched visibility into spending, combined with the Power of Q — the Company’s unique combination of products and support — SciQuest provides organizations with a strategic approach to procurement, improving bottom-line results.

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