An Interview with Bill Klein – Using technology to deliver amazing customer experiences – Season 1: Episode 1

Updated: September 14, 2021

In this episode, Bill Klein, the Co-founder and President of Consero, discusses the way they are changing the way business build and maintain the finance function with their innovative Finance-as-a-Service (FaaS) solution.

We talk about their technology strategy and their technology platform, appropriately named “SIMPL”, which is a brilliant unification platform that simplifies their customer’s lives. They are bringing meaningful tech to middle-market, high-growth businesses and investment management executives.

Instead of reinventing the wheel, Consero pursued a strategy of using a best-to-class solution stack that is already available but building their differentiator which is a unified delivery platform. This platform gives their clients access to a fully integrated finance & accounting software platform with role-based, self-service tools – allowing for more insight and control in the business. Think of it as ‘Mint’ for business.

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