® Copyright Vena Solutions Inc. 1 VENA WEBINAR BETTER ENTERPRISE BUDGETING WITH MICROSOFT EXCEL® Presented by Steve Welsh Director, Solutions Engineering ® Copyright Vena TM

® Copyright Vena Solutions Inc. STEVE WELSH Steve began his career in finance, quickly embracing state of the art technology to internally deliver solutions to Operations and the Office of Finance. Subsequently, Steve held senior roles in consulting, and now solutions engineering where he is responsible for delivering targeted solutions to meet unique business challenges. 2 Director, Solutions Engineering

® Copyright Vena Solutions Inc. AGENDA 3 Vena Solutions Introduction Excel Pains! What Are Our Options? Benefits of an Automated Excel Platform Vena Technology Overview Product Demonstration

® Copyright Vena Solutions Inc. VENA. THE WAY YOU THINK. 4 Created to make businesses work smarter, Vena uses a surprisingly convenient approach to simplify complex business processes.

® Copyright Vena Solutions Inc. MARKET LANDSCAPE 5 Pros: Flexible Strong modeling Powerful calculations Rich presentation High user adoption Cons: Data integrity issues No source system integration Manual consolidations Lack of audit-ability No process management Spreadsheet Environment Pros: Controlled environment High data integrity Database centric Workflow management Auditable Cons: Takes you away from spreadsheets Rigid, lack of flexibility IT/consulting intensive High cost of ownership Budgeting Applications Financial Close Applications Reporting Applications Consolidation Applications “Excel-like Look & Feel” “Excel-like Functionality” Flexible “Replace Excel” Application Environment Controlled

® Copyright Vena Solutions Inc. MARKET LANDSCAPE 6 Pros: Flexible Strong modeling Powerful calculations Rich presentation High user adoption Cons: Data integrity issues No source system integration Manual consolidations Lack of audit-ability No process management Spreadsheet Environment Pros: Controlled environment High data integrity Database centric Workflow management Auditable Cons: Takes you away from spreadsheets Rigid, lack of flexibility IT/consulting intensive High cost of ownership Budgeting Applications Financial Close Applications Reporting Applications Consolidation Applications “Excel-like Look & Feel” “Excel-like Functionality” Flexible “Replace Excel” Application Environment Controlled 81% of companies that have a performance management solution…supplement it with spreadsheets. Pulse Survey

® Copyright Vena Solutions Inc. THE PROBLEM WE ADDRESS 7 THE VENA APPROACH

® Copyright Vena Solutions Inc. THE VENA APPROACH 8 Flexible MS-Excel Environment Controlled Application Environment EASY TO START MS-Excel for input, modeling & reporting Controlled & dynamically connected to a central database EASY TO SCALE Functionality built to automate and provide visibility for: Planning & Forecasting Financial Close & Report Other MS-Excel Processes EASY TO USE Intuitive graphical user interface to manage the process, data and business rules Managed by the finance user Keeps users in a familiar environment High adoption rate Quick template/report build Powerful process manager Enhanced Excel High performing in-memory database Automate any spreadsheet- based process “Ultimate Starter Kit”

® Copyright Vena Solutions Inc. CUSTOMERS OF ALL SIZES ACROSS INDUSTRIES 9

® Copyright Vena Solutions Inc. 10 COMMUNICATION DATA COLLECTION & VALIDATION CONSOLIDATION REVIEW & APPROVAL REPORTING & ANALYSIS Long Term Planning BUDGETING FORECASTING Management Reporting Regulatory Reporting Disclosure Note Collection Account Reconciliation Financial Consolidation Tax Provisioning Balance Sheet Flux Regulatory Reporting External Reporting Any Excel-intensive process BUSINESS PROCESSES Repeated & interrelated processes OPERATIONAL TASKS

® Copyright Vena Solutions Inc. BRIEF PRODUCT DEMO COLLABORATIVE BUDGET INPUT WORKFLOW FOR REVIEW & APPROVAL REPORTING & ANALYTICS 11

® Copyright Vena Solutions Inc. THANK YOU! 12