Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2016 Winners Edition

www.finance-monthly.com Matthew Fish CFO of etouches Firm Profile etouches is a global end-to-end event management software solution based in Norwalk, Connecticut. Founded in 2008, etouches provides innovative technology solutions to streamline the event process and increase ROI. Since the company’s inception, etouches has continuously looked for ways to break the mold in the event SaaS technology space. Bringing on veteran software industry executive Oni Chukwu as CEO in late 2013, he started etouches down the path for exceptional customer growth, results-driven financial performance and execution for market-dominant global enterprise software. Striving on innovation, etouches mission is to assist event professionals in finding a better way to manage their events through automated processes and a completely integrated enterprise event management software. As a result, since 2015 etouches has made significant strides to grow the enterprise platform through organic development and strategic M&A. The knowledge and experience that comes with etouches executive team has allowed all the product developments and M&A to be fully vetted to ensure the positive impact that the new features will have on both the company from a financial and growth stand point and to the events industry as a whole. To-date, etouches offers enterprise clients a full service platform for managing events from registration and mobile apps to venue sourcing and ROI. Many of the key features and function that etouches has today are because of the influential M&A that were made. After raising $34 million in capital, in 2015 etouches acquired both Belgium mobile app platform TapCrowd and proprietary venue sourcing software Inevention; And in June 2016, etouches acquired award-winning venue sourcing and booking platform Zentila. These deals were integral in making etouches the full enterprise event software platform that it is today. The money raised by investors was also put towards the development of products such as Strategic Meetings Management (SMM) and an event ROI tool. Through the new products of venue sourcing and event ROI, etouches has become a platform that is focused on data and analytics. Both products offer the industry a way to better manage their event process through intelligent technology. Venue sourcing automates 100% of the request for proposal process, finding event planners the best locations based on their needs. The event ROI tool captures data and analytics arounds events and gives clients real-time insights to optimize their events to add greater value to their organization. All three companies were vetted by etouches finance team, under the direction of CFO Matthew Fish, to ensure through the diligent process that the company has, that they will add value to etouches bottom line. Within the next coming years, the venue sourcing platforms acquired will begin to represent 1/3 of the company’s revenue through a new business module. As an award-winning platform with five consecutive years on the Inc. 5000 list and named one of Deloitte’s Fast 500 of 2015, etouches growth is measured by the work that is put in by the entire team. By carefully measuring metrics such as LTV, etouches heavily invests in client support and products, giving unparalleled customer retention in the industry. All of this allows etouches to be the full service enterprise event management platform. USA Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2016 About Matthew Fish Matthew Fish is the Chief Financial Officer for etouches event management software. He is focused on leading and aligning the finance function to be in lock-step with the needs of the business. Matt oversees all aspects of financial activities including M&A, capital funding, financial planning and reporting, investor relations, taxes, treasury and risk management. Over the course of almost two years, Matt has been influential in helping etouches to grow into the enterprise position that it is in today. With three acquisitions taking place since coming on board, Matt helped to raise the $34M in capital needed to close those deals and to build out new key product features organically. With over 20 years of experience in the technology, financial services and business consulting industry, Matt brings to etouches a wealth of knowledge in helping to build an enterprise financial infrastructure. Matt holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management Information Systems from the University of Albany, SUNY. Contact Details Matthew Fish CFO of etouches Web: www.etouches.com Email: sales@etouches.com 42