The Best Practice

Join host & Master Anaplanner Zack Fennessy and Jon Ferneau as they explore high level Connected Planning concepts.

We feature guests that span multiple industries such as Retail, Finance, Supply Chain, Sales, as well as bringing in pioneers in advanced data modeling and data integrations!

The goal of "The Best Practice" is to provide free knowledge, value, and insights into the Connected Planning Ecosystem!

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Featured Episode

S4 E1: Chad Pyke - CoThryve

Season 4 is here! To kick things off we host Chad Pyke from “The EPM Show” and CoThryve. In Chad's day-to-day, he strives to help companies build winning teams by connecting them with the right talent in the EPM Space as a Talent Partner at CoThryve. In this episode, Chad gives us insight into how to market yourself vertically in your career, what characteristics hiring decision makers look for, and much more! However, don't let first impressions deceive you. Once his daily work at CoThryve is done, Chad and his business partner Blake put on their super suits and host “The EPM Show” with the goal of giving Anaplan and EPM professionals an unfair career advantage. Don't miss the insights they have there either, as our discussion is just the tip of the iceberg!

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Latest Episodes

S3 E1: Luke Komiskey - DataDrive

Season 3 of "The Best Practice" podcast is finally HERE!!! We kick this season off with an amazing guest by the name of Luke Komiskey. Luke is the CEO and Founder of DataDrive, an organization dedicated to helping companies gain their ‘data advantage’ of actionable insights - without the hassle of managing data teams & tech. In this episode, Luke discusses: - Data Strategy and when to get one - The different data tools that can assist in your data journey - His adventure around the world with his wife prior to starting DataDrive - And much more about Data! Join in to learn more about Luke, Data, and how you can elevate your company with new insights!

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S2 E10 - Zack Fennessy Employee Spotlight

Welcome back to "The Best Practice" podcast for Season 2, Episode 10! This week, we go behind the scenes with the podcast host, Zack Fennessy to hear his journey to Master Anaplanner and what this new title means to him in the greater Anaplan ecosystem. Tune in to hear a little bit about Zack's personal side as we continue the "Behind the Brand" series with FSF Consulting Group!

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S2 E9 - Jerry Wu

What does it mean being a Master Anaplanner in one of the most innovate companies today? Meet Jerry Wu, Product Manager at Snap Inc. Tune into hear Jerry’s journey across the Anaplan Ecosystem, from customer; to partner, to customer!

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S2 E8 - Jess Medrano

Are you a new Anaplanner? We’ve got a great guest for you today! Welcome Jessica Medrano! Jessica is a Teaching Assistant with the Correlation One program. She also recently started her career in the Anaplan Ecosystem as an Anaplan Consultant at Vuealta. Tune in to learn about Jessica’s story from Correlation One, to getting her first Anaplan job, to now being an Anaplan Consultant.

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S2 E7 - Clarissa Hassfurder

Our guest this week is a current Master Anaplanner, she is a former Anaplan COE Lead with American Airlines and Docusign - and has particular expertise within the Sales Performance Management use case. Recently, she launched her new independent consulting company Double10 Consulting. Meet Clarissa Hassfurder! Tune in to learn more about Clarissa’s background, her road to Anaplan, her time in consulting and as a customer, her view on the Sales Performance use case, and her return back to consulting!

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S2 E6 - Greg Nishihira and Nusreth Baig

What’s better than 1 guest on the “Best Practice” podcast? 2 guests! We are excited to share our conversation with Nusreth Baig and Greg Nishihira. Nusreth and Greg are both Majors Account Executives at Anaplan. Hear from them about their backgrounds, their journey to Anaplan, learn about what the Anaplan sales process is like, the value proposition of Anaplan, and managing Customer relationships post-sale.

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