Sameer is a qualified Chartered Accountant from India (CA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA -USA) and a Cost & Works Accountant from India (CWA) and current works as a Director : Finance at Agilent Technologies. Agilent Technologies is US listed life sciences and chemical analysis company. His areas of expertise lies in record to report (R2R), financial planning and analysis (FP&A) and quote to cash (Q2C). He has worked in many countries as a controller/CFO, is a big advocate of leveraging technology for “real time on demand” business reporting/insights and feels in today’s disruptive business environment, benchmarking helps drive strategy and gain market share. He regularly speaks at various seminars and has written many articles in leading magazines on the changing landscape of finance, new age skills for finance professionals as well how a company benefits by training employees irrespective of their function on basics of finance and treat them as an “extended finance” employee. Prior to the ~ 16 years with Agilent, he has worked with GE and PwC