Sustaining Audit Readiness at Scale with SAP and BlackLine

A former federal Senior Executive Service (SES) leader and a current senior Executive Advisor for Industry at SAP. With a distinguished career spanning government and industry, Brian has led large-scale transformation initiatives across complex organizations, with a focus on financial management, enterprise systems, and mission-driven modernization. Drawing on his experience in both federal leadership and enterprise technology, Brian helps agencies align financial operations with modernization priorities, improve operational efficiency, and strengthen financial accountability in highly regulated environments.

A Principal Solutions Consultant at BlackLine, where he focuses on helping organizations modernize financial operations and transform the financial close process. With a strong background in SAP and finance transformation, Russ works with enterprise customers to improve efficiency, enhance financial controls, and drive greater visibility across accounting processes. He is passionate about leveraging automation and emerging technologies to help finance teams reduce manual work and operate more strategically.

Director of Public Sector Solutions and Customers at BlackLine, specializing in financial modernization for federal organizations. He partners with agencies to extend SAP financial environments with automation capabilities that improve reconciliation processes, strengthen internal controls, and support continuous audit readiness. Bradley's experience working across public sector customers enables him to help finance leaders drive efficiency, reduce risk, and achieve greater transparency in highly regulated environments.