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Black Diamond PodcastS1E20 | Keeping up with FP&A's Rapid EvolutionJoin Cameron Lackpour and Celvin Kattookaran as they sit down with Peter Fugere, Chief Solutions Officer at OneStream Software, to explore the rapid evolution of the FP&A platform ecosystem. From his early days as a Navy veteran discovering Hyperion Enterprise to becoming employee #9 at OneStream, Peter shares his unique perspective on building communities around complex financial software.
The conversation dives into OneStream's strategic approach to democratizing enterprise planning through CPM Express—a solution that brings sophisticated consolidation and planning capabilities to mid-market companies in just five days. Peter reveals how OneStream's publishing initiative and Architect Factory ar...2025-05-2225 minBlack Diamond PodcastS1E19 | The Art of Making Finance Tech Actually Make SenseJoin Cameron Lackpour and Celvin Kattookaran as they sit down with Jack Lacava, Product Enablement Manager at OneStream, to discuss the evolution of financial planning platforms and the critical role of community-driven learning. Jack shares his unique journey from web developer to EPM consultant to community moderator, offering insights into how OneStream's rapid pace of innovation—including hybrid cubes and AI capabilities—is reshaping FP&A workflows.
The conversation explores practical challenges facing finance teams today: managing feature adoption, establishing best practices for new tools, and bridging the knowledge gap between technical capabilities and business users. Jack prov...2025-05-1517 minBlack Diamond PodcastS1E1 | Unraveling Cross-Cultural Dynamics in Performance ManagementIn this episode of the Splash 2024 Black Diamond Advisory YouTube Podcast, hosts Cameron Lackpour and Celvin Kattookaran are joined by special guest David Blanco to explore the intricate dynamics of cross-cultural interactions in the realm of performance management. David shares his journey from Latin America to North America, highlighting the unique challenges and opportunities faced when working across different cultures.
The conversation veers into the comparison between business practices in Latin America and North America, delving into the varied approaches to customer relationships and the meticulous care required in planning amidst economic pressures. The trio also examines...2024-11-0718 min
EPM ConversationsEPM Conversations -- Episode 15. A Conversation with Cameron Lackpour and Celvin Kattookaran, a OneStream conference and a OneStream bookSelectively extrovertedCelvin and Yr. Obt. Svt. struggled over recording this podcast in two ways. Firstly, talking about ourselves: no matter what you might think about geeks with blogs, presentations, books, and yes, this podcast, talking about other things is pretty easy; talking about yourself is hard. Secondly, deciding to do so and then recording the podcast wasn’t particularly easy, even the technical bits (your author used the old podcast software that buggered us up completely a while back and then dropped three times during the recording). Ugh. So hard in fact that what you’re...2022-12-1449 min
The OneStream PodcastAuthor Series: Cameron Lackpour and Celvin KattookaranThis episode is part of the OneStream Press Author Series and focuses on the OneStream Press book: "OneStream Planning: The Why, How and When". Join Peter as he talks about this new book with the authors, Cameron Lackpour and Celvin Kattookaran. Together they discuss the new book, the inspiration, writing journey, and ideas for additional books. Peter, Cameron and Celvin provide highlights from the book and give real-world examples and situations to help the listener understand what the new book is all about.2022-08-0134 min
EPM ConversationsEPM Conversations — Episode No. 4, a conversation with John BoothWhat could be better than the Three EPM Conversations Cohosts?What whole number is greater than three? Four, totes obvs. And here we are, with Yr. Obt. Svt., Celvin Kattookaran, Tim German, and now John Booth.John and I did the very first EPM-in-the-cloud presentation at Kscope11: EPM 11.1.2.something-or-other running on AWS. John did all of the heavy lifting and I did…something. No matter, he still talks to me as you will gather below if you but listen.John has been a writer in the Developing Essbase Applications books, is an ACE Directo...2020-12-071h 10
EPM ConversationsEPM Conversations — Episode No. 1, Introduction with Tim German, Celvin Kattookaran, and Cameron LackpourIntroductionWe (Tim, Celvin, and Yr. Obt. Svt.) are thrilled to announce our new endeavor: EPM Conversations. If you’ve made it to this page you are about to experience the joy that is the three of us – and many more of our fellows in the EPM/CPM world.WhatWhat is EPM Conversations? It’s a forum for you to hear your peers as they discuss why, what, and how they exist and thrive in our little corner of the software world. You will hear opinion, advocacy, a fair amount of skeptici...2020-09-1827 min