Top 3 Ways Finance Teams Turn Document Work into Impact

Lisa Fraser

Content Strategist

Adobe

As a content strategist for enterprise digital events, Lisa shapes compelling narratives that help audiences understand and adopt Adobe’s innovations. She partners with product, marketing and customer teams to translate complex technologies into impactful digital event content. With a focus on storytelling and a background in instructional design, she crafts experiences that connect thought leadership to real-world use cases and inspire organisations to imagine what’s possible with Adobe. Lisa lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she spends her free time exploring the Rockies and pursuing creative work in the arts.

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Michael Slayday

Senior Director of Business Process Optimisation

Adobe

Senior Director of Business Process Optimisation at Adobe, supporting Corporate Accounting. In this role, I focus on improving how finance work gets done by streamlining processes, increasing consistency and reducing manual effort through automation and well‑designed workflows.

I work closely with finance teams to identify high‑impact opportunities where automation and standardisation can improve efficiency, accuracy and control across document‑intensive finance processes. My work emphasises practical application, strong governance and scalable solutions that support day‑to‑day finance operations.

With deep finance domain expertise and a hands‑on approach to process optimisation, I bring an operator’s perspective on how organisations can modernise finance workflows while maintaining rigour, compliance and trust.

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Lori DeFurio

Principal Solutions Technologist

Adobe

As a Principal Solutions Technologist at Adobe, Lori has responsibility for evangelising Acrobat & Adobe Express, in addition to ensuring our Creative Cloud and Document Cloud enterprise customers have the best-in-class materials hosted on Experience League.

She also leads the Adobe Creative Ambassador programme and frequently speaks at global marketing and technology conferences, drawing on her extensive experience in marketing, sales and training.

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Joe Santiago

Senior Acrobat Evangelist

Adobe

As a Senior Acrobat Evangelist at Adobe, Joe Santiago is on a mission to help you master your digital workflow in a way that's both practical and fun. He operates on a simple principle: technology should enhance the way you work and save you time. His background includes leadership experience in corporate IT and large-scale public sector technology, with a Master's degree in Instructional Technology. This experience gives him a deep understanding of real-world professional challenges and fuels his passion for workflows. He's known for his engaging, hands-on demos where he translates complex features into simple, time-saving solutions. Joe is a knowledgeable guide dedicated to helping every professional unlock the full potential of Adobe Acrobat.

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Milana Gilo

Senior Manager of Business Process Optimisation

Adobe

At a high level, my role is to lead the evolution of finance and accounting business processes to ensure that they are scalable as Adobe grows, compliant with accounting and regulatory requirements and efficient and well‑integrated across systems, teams and geographies—while identifying high‑impact opportunities for automation and standardisation to improve efficiency, accuracy and control across document‑intensive finance processes.

Our team operates at the intersection of:

• Finance & Accounting, guiding process design and structure, controls and operational rigour
• Transformation initiatives, including system implementations, transitions and automation
• Cross‑functional leadership, partnering with programme, operations and technology teams to drive end‑to‑end change

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