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Thursday, February 26, 2026
9:45 AM EST
Vena HQ, Toronto, ON + Virtual Access
We’re entering a new era where finance doesn’t just plan, it orchestrates how decisions flow across the entire enterprise. Join us at Partner Day 2026 as we come together to shape what’s ahead, strengthen our ecosystem, and unlock new opportunities to modernize your customers’ operating models and drive smarter, faster, more resilient growth in the year ahead.
Whether you’re joining us in Toronto or tuning in virtually, you’ll leave energized, aligned, and equipped to lead finance transformation in 2026 and beyond.
Join us at Vena’s headquarters for the full Partner Day experience, including interactive sessions, live discussions, and networking. Can’t make it to Toronto? Participate in key sessions virtually with real-time Q&A during designated sessions.
Hear directly from Vena’s executive, product, ecosystem and sales leadership teams as they share how innovations through Microsoft Fabric and Copilot, new GTM messaging and more, are unlocking new opportunities for partners to expand services, deepen customer value and accelerate business growth.
Learn how to take planning orchestration to market with confidence. We’ll share updated positioning, sales plays, Copilot narratives, GTM assets and the latest partner-enabled pathways to drive pipeline, accelerate cycles and expand your footprint inside customer accounts.
Hear directly from Vena’s Professional Services leaders and solution experts to learn best practices in implementation, expansion, and operationalization of AI-powered planning. You’ll walk away with practical guidance and partner-ready tools to deepen customer maturity and create value faster.
Engage with Vena executives, partner leaders and peers. Our hybrid format ensures that every partner — whether onsite or virtual — can ask questions and engage in the conversation.
We’re preparing a packed agenda of panels, interactive discussions, live Q&A, and community activation and networking opportunities. You'll hear from Venanites, partners and practitioners about:
We’re starting Partner Day by listening. In these small-group advisory roundtables, partners will engage directly with Vena leaders to share candid feedback on strategy, programs, resourcing, and more. The goal is simple: ensure the way we invest in and support our ecosystem reflects what matters most to all of us in FY27.
Partner Day 2026 opens with a clear signal of where Vena is headed and how our partners fit into what comes next. Led by Vena’s CEO, Hunter Madeley, this session will reflect on the momentum we built together in FY26 and outline the growth priorities, bets, and ecosystem focus shaping FY27. This is about setting direction, aligning on where we’re investing, and grounding the day in the shared opportunity ahead — for Vena, for our partners, and for the customers we serve together.
Hunter Madeley
CEO
Join Vena’s VP for the Microsoft Ecosystem, alongside our VP of Product, in an engaging fireside chat to unpack how Microsoft’s AI and data strategy, including Copilot and Fabric, is accelerating Vena’s product roadmap and unlocking new opportunities for partners. The conversation will explore what Microsoft’s recent announcements mean in practice for Vena Copilot, Fabric integration, and data flexibility, and why now is the moment for partners to begin activating against these innovations. Partners will leave with a clear understanding of how these advancements create new ways to drive customer value, expand use cases, and engage opportunities regardless of customer tech stack.
Brian Kobleur
Vice President, Microsoft Ecosystem
Andrew Stanbridge
Senior Vice President, Product
Get an early look at Vena’s FY27 product roadmap and the innovations shaping the future of orchestrated finance. In this session, Vena’s product leaders will share where we’re investing next including AI-driven capabilities, Copilot innovation, and platform advancements designed to scale insight, agility, and enterprise adoption. Partners will leave with a clear view of how these investments translate into new services opportunities, account expansion, and customer value in the year ahead.
Vin Rao
Senior Director, Product Management
Partners have different goals, growth paths, and ways of working with Vena. In this panel discussion, Vena’s Director of Partner Development sits down with partners at varying stages of maturity to share how they’re leveraging their partnership with Vena to grow their businesses. The conversation will explore why partners are leaning into certain sales and marketing motions, how they’re using Vena programs and resources to support their goals, and how they’re thinking about market opportunity heading into FY27. Expect honest perspectives, practical examples, and insight into what’s possible when partners decide where and how to invest.
Jon Steele
Director, Partner Development
Shaun Jansen
SVP, North American Sales
As Vena continues to expand upmarket, partners play a critical role in bringing Vena into larger and more complex opportunities. In this session, Vena Sales leaders and Column5 will walk through real enterprise and replacement deals, sharing how they positioned Vena in broader transformation conversations, aligned across teams, and collaborated to win. The discussion will explore how to insert Vena beyond SMB, and what it takes to compete and close in complex environments. Partners will leave with practical insights and a clearer playbook for pursuing bigger opportunities in FY27.
Shaun Jansen
SVP, North American Sales
Alex Perry
Director, Enterprise Sales
Engaging customers with confidence early in the sales cycle helps partners create momentum, earn trust, and accelerate deals. In this session, Vena’s Director of Solutions Development will walk through a practical enablement framework designed to help partners accelerate sales and increase sourced opportunities. The session will cover key components including, high-impact storytelling, a look ahead at how the demo certification path is evolving to better support partners earlier in the sales cycle, and POC enablement and learning modules that help partners build credibility, move deals forward, and prepare for successful implementations. Partners will leave with a clear understanding of how to leverage these tools to sell more effectively and close with confidence.
Nincy Mangaroo
Director, Solutions Development
Delivering customer success at scale requires more than great technology — it demands strong delivery practices, clear escalation paths, and continuous partner enablement. In this session, Vena’s Professional Services leaders will walk through program enhancements designed to help partners upskill faster, improve delivery consistency, and accelerate customer value. Partners will gain practical insight into Vena’s delivery methodology, best practices, and how to access early support when challenges arise, along with clear next steps for continued training and certification.
Justin Chiu
VP, Solution Services
Faisal Uddin
Partner Solutions Advisor
In FY27, we’re focused on helping partners more effectively activate our co-marketing programs and resources to drive pipeline and customer impact. This session begins with an overview of investments, programs, and opportunities partners can plug into throughout the year, before shifting to the core experience: AMA-style marketing roundtables hosted by Vena’s senior marketing leaders. Partners will be able to join the discussions most relevant to their goals, ask candid questions, and walk away with practical tactics and examples they can apply directly to their go-to-market efforts.
Danelle Fash
Director, Ecosystem & Partner Marketing