KARTIK PISUPATI
San Ramon,CA
Summary
Travel and Expense specialist with expertise in optimizing processes and implementing systems that enhance efficiency. Successfully reduced audit times by up to 75% while managing a $28 million annual travel budget. Collaboration with cross-functional teams to develop training materials and policies ensures consistent operational excellence.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Travel & Transportation Lead / Program Manager, Zo
Zoox Inc.
Foster City, California
09.2025 - Current
- Executed comprehensive travel expense and transportation programs, ensuring accountability from inception.
- Launched Uber for Business as primary interoffice transportation solution.
- Managed TrackMyShuttle to optimize shuttle operations with Corinthian.
- Oversaw CommuteFi commuter benefits program, enhancing employee engagement.
- Revamped travel policies for full-time employees, interns, and contingent workers.
- Developed budgeting and spend tracking for travel and transportation for fiscal year 2026.
- Designed employee feedback surveys, analyzed results, and initiated continuous improvement initiatives.
- Led launch of expense audit platform AppZen, targeting implementation by Q3 2026.
Career Break
San Ramon, CA
07.2023 - Current
- First intentional leave to take care of personal health and focus on care giving for two children.
- Stayed professionally active by attending and acting as an advisor for clients on request from consulting firms.
Manage, Global Travel and Expense
Snowflake Inc
San Mateo, CA
11.2018 - 06.2023
- First Global Travel and Expense hire at Snowflake. Implemented the expense module, TMC, policies and procedures for over 25 Snowflake based countries. Single point of contact for all questions Travel and Expense globally
- Implemented Navan, Workday Expense & AppZen. Reduced expense audit time by 75% using AppZen. Part of the team to implement global card program with Snowflake Treasury and Citi Bank. Annual Travel spend $28 million
- Built a website and all training materials, lunch and learn sessions for easy access to all internal and new hires across all entities.
- Cloud Based data-warehousing
Accounting Operations Administrator II, Pharmacyclics
Am AbbVie Comany
Sunnyvale
11.2017 - 11.2018
- First T&E and P Card Hire at Pharmacyclics
- Served as single point of contact and subject matter expert for all P-Card (Bank of America) and T&E (American Express) queries and issues, ensuring timely resolution.
- Led transition of corporate travel and expense program from American Express to Bank of America, converting individual billed company paid to company billed company paid.
- Concur Super user & administrator for Pharmacyclics and AbbVie for all testing purposes.
- Implemented AppZe, reducing audit time by 45% through streamlined processes.
- World's fifth-largest biotech company by market cap (334.59 Billion)
WorldWide Concur and Travel Card Administrator (Contract)
Cloudera Inc
Palo Alto, CA
01.2017 - 11.2017
- First T&E Hire at Cloudera Single point of contact for 600 Bank of America corporate credit card holders in North America and EMEA
- Audited expense reports and followed up with employees who did not submit expense reports on time.
- World Wide Travel contact for all questions on Concur Expense report submissions and reporting.
- Leader in providing Apache Hadoop-based software, support and services
Education
Master of International Business -
Hult International Business School
San Francisco08-2013
Bachelor of Commerce -
Aurora Degree College, Osmania University
Hyderabad01-2009
Skills
- Travel management
- RFP
- Policy development
- Data analysis
- System implementation
- Global compliance
- Process optimization
- Project management
- Risk assessment
Timeline
Travel & Transportation Lead / Program Manager, Zo
Zoox Inc.
09.2025 - Current
Career Break
07.2023 - Current
Manage, Global Travel and Expense
Snowflake Inc
11.2018 - 06.2023
Accounting Operations Administrator II, Pharmacyclics
Am AbbVie Comany
11.2017 - 11.2018
WorldWide Concur and Travel Card Administrator (Contract)
Cloudera Inc
01.2017 - 11.2017
Master of International Business -
Hult International Business School
Bachelor of Commerce -
Aurora Degree College, Osmania University