Congratulations to Planful’s 2025 Champions Club Inductees and Customer Award Winners

Perform25, our flagship financial performance management event, is in full swing, bringing together the brightest minds in finance, accounting, HR, and operations from around the globe.

As part of the festivities, we’re proud to celebrate this year’s newest Planful Champions Club members and the outstanding organizations honored as Planful Customer Award winners.

These individuals and teams exemplify what it means to drive excellence, collaboration, and innovation through financial performance management.

The Planful Champions Club honors standout contributors across our community—including customers, partners, and employees—who go above and beyond to share their expertise, support others, and advocate for the Planful platform.

Members of our Champions Club gain exclusive access to product previews, private events, and networking opportunities, along with well-deserved bragging rights and digital badges to showcase their achievements.

To be inducted, Champions must:

• Complete Planful Academy certifications
• Contribute meaningfully to the Planful community
• Demonstrate deep product expertise
• Share their knowledge publicly and generously

Join us in congratulating this year’s Champions Club inductees!

2025 Champions Club Members

• Adam Hoffer, FP&A Manager at Aceable
• Shelly Wong-Pinto, SVP, Finance & Chief Accounting Officer at ALX Oncology Holdings
• Chris Foley, Vice President of Finance at Box
• Diana Brinkman, Sr. Director of Accounting & Financial Reporting at Chugach Alaska Corporation
• Julia Rausch, Group Accountant at ESL Gaming
• Agata Rudzińska, Head of Financial Planning & Analysis at Huuuge Games
• Mike Avery, Vice President of Finance at Igloo Products Corp.
• Anitha Ramaraj, Manager FP&A at Igloo Products Corp.
• Abby Brown, Financial Analyst at Kimball Midwest
• Jillian Channell, Senior Financial Analyst at Kimball Midwest
• Kevin Washek, Director of FP&A at Kimball Midwest
• Dominic Hawkes, VP, Group FP&A at Valtech
• Anthony Marino, Senior Manager of FP&A at Klaviyo
• Cory Lauchmen, Senior Manager of Financial Reporting at Malwarebytes Corporation
• Brian Skelly, Director of Finance at Manhattan Associates, Inc.
• Daniel Rahm, VP, Financial Planning & Analysis at McLarens
• Michael Congdon, VP, Global FP&A at Prologis
• Mark Smith, Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Protective Industrial Products
• Ruby Tan, Planning and Reserving Manager at Safety National
• Matthew Bell, Director, Global Financial Planning & Reporting at Specialized Bicycle Components
• Nick James, Senior Financial Analyst at Specialized Dental Partners
• Darren Griffith, Director of Financial Planning & Analysis at Sycuan Casino Resort
• Jeff Goyer, Executive Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Sycuan Casino Resort
• Joey Villarino, Director of Accounting at Sycuan Casino Resort
• Tamer Assaad, Vice President, Digital Transformation & Financial Systems at Tokio Marine HCC
• Ross Sorensen, Sr. Financial Systems Specialist at Upwork
• Rong Mo, FP&A Director at Upwork

The Planful Customer Awards highlight organizations that use Planful in outstanding ways, transforming how they plan, collaborate, and drive performance across their businesses.

This year, we recognized excellence across five key categories:

• Innovation Award – For inventive and strategic use of the Planful platform
• Team Sport Award – For driving cross-functional collaboration
• Advocacy Award – For championing Planful’s impact publicly
• Global Trendsetter Award – For influencing the future of finance at a global level
• Rookie of the Year – For quick wins and rapid adoption in the first year

A round of applause for this year’s winners:

• Innovation: The Washington Post for transforming a manual, spreadsheet-driven workforce planning process into a streamlined solution with Planful, enabling accurate reporting, actionable dashboards, and a more efficient, collaborative approach to planning.
• Team Sport: WellMed Medical Management for collaborating across its business and sister entities to elevate financial performance management through leadership, advocacy, and shared solutions.
• Advocacy: StackAdapt for sharing its story of companywide planning, modernization, and scalability and the resulting impact at events, with third parties, and more.
• Global Trendsetter: Prologis for shaping the future of financial performance management by demonstrating excellence in streamlining complex planning in a large, multi-currency, global organization.
• Rookie of the Year: Sycuan Casino Resort for deploying and gaining value quickly with Planful across 80-plus departments and utilizing the breadth of Planful capabilities, from workforce planning and budgeting to Structured Planning and reporting.

We’re proud to celebrate these teams and their commitment to transforming financial performance across their organizations.

We’re always on the lookout for new Champions. Email championsclub@planful.com to learn more or ask questions.