Nora Mutafchieva

About Nora Mutafchieva

I\'m a Business Architect with a background that doesn\'t follow a straight line - and that\'s kind of the point.In my almost 17 years at AvidXchange, I\'ve gone from managing financial processes, treasury operations and compliance programs to IT operations and now owning a few of our enterprise AI tools and productivity tool strategy. These days, I spend my time figuring out how AI actually gets adopted in practice: standing up Power Platform governance, building Copilot Studio agents that help teams work smarter, and leading an AI at Work Center of Excellence from the ground up.What I enjoy most is sitting at the intersection of the business and the technology - translating messy, ambiguous problems into roadmaps that real teams can actually execute on. I care a lot about the human side of tooling: whether people actually use it, whether it fits how they work, and whether it sticks.Coming from finance and ops gives me a lens that most tech strategists don\'t have - I think in terms of risk, process gaps, and what breaks under pressure. That background has been surprisingly useful when working with both skeptical business stakeholders and technical teams.Outside of my day job, I stay curious - exploring AI tools, building side projects, and occasionally helping others think through their own productivity and automation challenges.If any of this resonates, feel free to connect!

Experience

1. Business Architect

   AvidXchange, Inc.

   Feb 2024 — Present

   I work on the Business Applications team focused on productivity and AI tooling — owning tools at various stages of maturity and helping the organization figure out how to actually adopt them well- Own and evolve a portfolio of enterprise productivity tools including Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Power Automate, Moveworks, ServiceNow, Aha, and Azure DevOps- Leading Power Platform governance buildout - covering CoE Starter Kit setup, DLP policies, and environment strategy- Designing Copilot Studio agents to help Business Architects ideate with stakeholders, prepare roadmap and hand off to technical product owners- Contributing to an enterprise AI at Work Center of Excellence, with a focus on adoption, governance, and user experience- Translate business needs into roadmaps and architectural recommendations - bridging the gap between what stakeholders want and what technical teams can deliver

Education

• Columbia College (SC)

  BA, Business Administration and Accounting

  2004 — 2008

• University of North Carolina Wilmington

  MBA, International Business

  2019 — 2020

• FLS Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov

  HS Diploma, English, German

  1998 — 2003

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  Various Coursework, Economics

  2014 — 2015