John Barber is the Senior Manager of Solutions Engineering at Zip, where he leads the EMEA pre-sales engineering team to help enterprises transform and simplify their procurement operations through AI-first intake and orchestration. With over 20 years of experience in technical pre-sales, solution architecture, and customer engineering, John specializes in translating complex technical capabilities into compelling, value-driven narratives for enterprise stakeholders.
Prior to joining Zip, John spent over six years at Pendo.io, leading the EMEA Sales Engineering function, and nearly six years at Box as Lead Sales Engineer. He holds a degree from the University of Leeds and is an expert in building high-performing pre-sales organizations, scaling solutions engineering across international markets, and deploying next-generation AI workflows in SaaS environments.
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ProcureTEX 2026 will take place in Circa in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on November 3rd, 2026.
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