Real talk about finance transformation, AI and the people making it work. Hosted by Ravit Gutman and Mike Jasper, with finance leaders and partners who’ve been in the trenches.
Ravit Gutman, Founder & CEO of Extropy Advisors, and Mike Jasper, VP of Extropy Advisors, recorded this one between sessions at Basware’s VIP and NextGen customer event in Dublin. Both...
Read show notesFor twenty years, shared services and BPO were built to scale people. Now AI can do much of the transactional work those models were designed around. So what happens next? Ravit Gutman,...
France's e-invoicing mandate went live on September 1, 2026, and it's just the first wave. Slovakia, Norway, Germany, Portugal, Spain, the UAE, and the UK all have mandates landing in 2027 and...
Somewhere right now, someone in finance is logging into their 14th vendor portal of the day, copying passwords out of a spreadsheet, downloading invoices one by one, and racing a shutoff deadline...
Extropy CEO Ravit Gutman and VP Mike Jasper hit pause at the midpoint of 2026 to grade what they got right (and wrong) back in January. Agents went from trade show demos...
Most strategies don't fail because they're wrong. They fail because organizations can't execute them. In this episode, Mike Jasper sits down with Extropy Project Manager Cecile Brown-Smith to unpack the systematic forces...
Growth is supposed to be a good thing, so why does it make everything harder? In this episode, Kevin Zirkle and Mike Jasper unpack the tension between speed and structure, and why...
Most SAP Cloud ERP migrations treat Accounts Payable as an afterthought. That's a mistake that costs organizations years of lost value, compliance fines, and a core that's anything but clean. In this...
In this episode, Kevin Zirkle sits down with Steve Ramirez, a senior manager at Extropy who lived these challenges firsthand on the client side before joining the team. Together, they dig into...
Most organizations don't know their systems are failing until something very visible and very costly goes wrong. In this episode of Extropy On AIr, Kevin Zirkle and Mike Jasper break down the...
In this preview episode, Ravit Gutman and Mike Jasper introduce the Extropy Think Tank, a members-only community built for finance transformation practitioners who are tired of vendor pitches and ready for real...
Before the official launch, Ravit Gutman and Mike Jasper sit down to pull back the curtain on the Extropy Think Tank, what it is, why Extropy is the right place to host...
Most enterprises believe digital transformation is a technology problem. They're wrong, and it's costing them millions. In this episode of Extropy on AIr, Kevin Zirkle sits down with Mike Jasper, Vice President...
AI is everywhere right now. But most organizations are still asking the same question: Where do we even start? In this episode of Extropy on Air, Mike Jasper sits down with Extropy's...
Most AI pilots never deliver real financial impact. In fact, research from MIT suggests that 95% of AI pilots fail to accelerate revenue. So what separates organizations experimenting with AI from the...
As part of our International Women’s Month series, we’re bringing this powerful conversation back into the spotlight. In this episode of Extropy on Air, Ravit Gutman sits down with Bo Senu Hodo...
Most digital transformations do not fail because the technology is wrong. They fail because entropy wins. In this episode of Extropy On Air, Kevin Zirkle and Mike Jasper explore the concept of...
What does it truly mean to lead in modern finance? It means rising higher, thinking deeper, and choosing to be more. In this episode of Extropy On Air, Extropy Founder and CEO...
Digital transformations rarely fail because of bad technology. They fail because the organization underneath the technology starts to break down. In this episode of Extropy on Air, Kevin Zirkle and Mike Jasper...
Digital transformation works when people are brought along, not pushed through. In this episode of Extropy On Air, Extropy's Director of Digital Transformation and Client Success, Mike Jasper, and Project Manager Maira...
Many finance teams believe their ERP system is “automation.” In reality, it often just digitizes manual work. In this episode of Extropy on Air, Kevin Zirkle sits down with Kevin Farrell, BD&A...
2026 is here, and the AI conversation is changing. In the first episode of the year, Ravit Gutman and Mike Jasper unpack what organizations learned from AI adoption in 2025 and what...
As 2025 comes to a close, Ravit Gutman and Mike Jasper sat down at Extropy's headquarters in Florida for an honest, forward-looking conversation about what this year taught us, and how those...
As finance leaders look ahead to 2026, one question keeps coming up: What resolutions will actually change how finance operates, not just how it talks? In this episode of Extropy On AIR,...
In this final episode of our Raindrop x Extropy series, host Kevin Zirkle sits down with Ward Karson, COO of Raindrop, for a forward-looking conversation about how AI is reshaping sourcing, procurement,...
In the final episode of our six-part Esker x Extropy series, host Kevin Zirkle sits down with Jim Dougherty to look beyond automation and into the future of intelligent finance operations. This...
In this episode of our Raindrop + Extropy on AIR series, host Kevin Zirkle sits down with Raindrop COO Ward Karson to explore how modern eProcurement transforms the Office of the CFO....
Accounts Payable is not always seen as strategic, but when it breaks, the consequences ripple across the entire business. In this episode of Extropy on AIR, Kevin Zirkle talks with Shelly-Ann Campbell...
In this episode of Extropy on AIR, host Kevin Zirkle of Extropy Advisors welcomes back Ward Karson, COO of Raindrop, to explore how AI is redefining strategic sourcing. From automating event creation...
It’s not your typical finance podcast. This special bonus episode takes you behind the scenes of IOFM 2025 in Las Vegas! Extropy CEO Ravit Gutman and Director of Digital Transformation & Client...
Source-to-Pay (S2P) isn’t just about procurement. It’s about empowering finance and operations teams with connected visibility and control. In this episode of Extropy on AIr, Extropy’s Kevin Zirkle and Esker's John Purcell...
Supplier management isn’t just about collecting tax IDs. It’s about protecting your business from risk, ensuring compliance, and building resilience. In this episode of Extropy on AIr, host Kevin Zirkle of Extropy...
In this episode of Extropy on AIr, host Kevin Zirkle sits down with Aaron LeHew from Esker to explore how automation can empower Accounts Receivable teams without losing the human touch. AR...
In this episode of Extropy on AIr, host Kevin Zirkle from Extropy Advisors sits down with Ward Karson, COO of Raindrop, to explore how Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) is reshaping the way...
In this special bonus episode of Extropy on Air, host Kevin Zirkle sits down with Ravit Gutman, CEO of Extropy Advisors, for an inside look at her upcoming sessions at the IOFM...
In this episode of Extropy on AIR: Strategic Partnerships Driving Financial Transformation, Kevin Zirkle from Extropy Advisors sits down with Nick Carpenter, Principal of Customer Services at Esker, to tackle one of...
In this episode of Extropy on AIR: Strategic Partnerships Driving Financial Transformation, Kevin Zirkle sits down with Ward Karson, COO of Raindrop, to explore how flexibility, modular design, and embedded AI are...
In this debut episode of Extropy on AIR’s Partner Series, Kevin Zirkle from Extropy Advisors sits down with Kyle Young of Esker to explore what makes automation truly human-centered. Together, they dive...
Welcome to Extropy on AIR This is the official podcast of Extropy Advisors, where transformation meets possibility. Join us as we explore the future of finance, technology, and leadership through candid conversations...
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Multi-part series with the technology partners behind our client work. Straight talk on AP, AR, procurement and what actually makes automation stick.
Conversations with Basware leaders on invoice lifecycle management, ERP migrations and where agentic AI is paying off in AP.
How people-first automation changes AP, AR, order management and source-to-pay, and why culture decides whether technology sticks.
A walk through modern procurement: sourcing, contracts, supplier management and eProcurement, with AI built in rather than bolted on.
Extropy On AIr is the podcast from Extropy Advisors about finance transformation. Episodes cover AP and AR automation, AI in finance, ERP and procure-to-pay change, and the people side of making new technology stick.
Extropy CEO Ravit Gutman and Mike Jasper, VP of Finance Transformation, host most episodes, joined by finance leaders, practitioners and technology partners.
Every episode plays right on this page. You can also follow the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Audible.
The partner series are multi-part conversations with the technology partners behind Extropy's client work, including Basware, Esker and Raindrop. They cover invoice lifecycle management, AR and order management, procurement and how AI is changing each one.
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