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title: "A New Voice at the Table: Meet Salma Kaida"
description: here’s a new voice at the UnSage table. Salma Kaida, partner at nuvemXP, joins Doug and Matt from Edmonton to make the show officially international
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# A New Voice at the Table: Meet Salma Kaida

 by [Doug Lewis](https://blog.thinkvisionary.com/author/doug-lewis)  | Nov 5, 2026 | 

![A New Voice at the Table: Meet Salma Kaida](https://blog.thinkvisionary.com/hubfs/Sage%204.jpg)

There’s a new voice at the UnSage table. Salma Kaida, partner at nuvemXP, joins Doug and Matt from Edmonton to make the show officially international. A former controller who found her calling onboarding acquisitions onto Sage Intacct, Salma explains why 75% of implementation work is people, why she can’t stand the word ERP, and why finance teams should stop being married to their history. She also reveals what US companies can learn from Canada’s approach to recoverable tax.

 

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