The Data Minded CFO
Seven CFOs Share Their Data-Driven Strategic Visions
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523: When Your Customer Is Fortune One | Judy Bjornaas, CFO, ManTech
When Judy Bjornaas first arrived at ManTech International eight years ago, the company relied on a variety of processes and policies that were widely accepted across its various parts—not because they were efficient or cost-effective, but because they were widely accepted. Not unlike many companies that have enjoyed a steady diet of success, ManTech had,…
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522: Advancing Your Operational View | Marty Meyer, CFO, GAN Integrity
There are finance leaders who boast of having always been entrepreneurs in their hearts, who can quickly serve up a story or two about a start-up with which they at one time became involved—and then there’s CFO Marty Meyer. Of the 10 start-ups where Meyer has served as CFO, six of the companies achieved positive…
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521: Resolve and Realization: A CFO’s Life Sciences Journey | Marc Schegerin, CFO, ArQule
Marc Schegerin’s arrival inside the CFO office at ArQule is either a fortunate accident or a feat of singular career-building precision, for there is little question that ArQule has entered a unique place in time along the arc of its existence—which Schegerin has been trying to reach for more than two decades. It’s a place…
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520: Inside the Arena Makeover | Kevin Lind, CFO, Arena Pharmaceuticals
Up until about three years ago, Kevin Lind would likely have been identified as just another gifted private equity executive capable of issuing business remedies from the tip of his tongue. Or at least this may have been true in the minds of his CFO peers, who are accustomed to listening to PE pundits routinely…
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519: Understanding Your Talent Investment | Bernard Huger, CFO, OneLogin
“You want to be a CFO.” The second the words reached his ears, Bernard Huger experienced a moment of clarity that ultimately lifted a stubborn fog from the future path of his finance career. While this was not the first occasion when such a thought had entered his head, this time the words were delivered…
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518: Illuminating the Product Development Path | Pete Tantillo, CFO, RapidRatings
Pete Tantillo recalls being somewhat surprised when he discovered that his career path could be leading to the CFO office. "I'm sort of an accidental CFO," explains Tantillo, who first arrived inside the finance function in the mid-1990s, when his employer tasked him with making a promising new ERP application meet the needs of finance.…
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517: Empowering Your Team to Teach Others | Pete D’Arrigo, CFO, Envestnet
When Pete D'Arrigo is asked to identify the business growth milestones that punctuate his 13-year CFO tenure at Envestnet, he pays passing homage to the company's 2010 IPO--before drawing our attention to a convertible debt offering made in late 2014: "This was an offering that put us in a different swim lane. It was the…
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516: Illuminating the Science for All to See | Usama Malik, CFO, Immunomedics
“It’s the economics, the finance,” says CFO Usama Malik, who quickly adds the words “and the accounting” to his short list of finance leader action items. Malik begins where most CFOs end--with the economics behind the business model. Everything else follows, he explains. “This role is about applying a broader lens to an entire…
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515: Owning Your Firm’s Destiny | Nathan Feather, CFO, PrimeRevenue
A little more than 13 years ago, when Nathan Feather joined PrimeRevenue--an upstart supplier of supply chain financial services--the 20-member enterprise was just signing up its first direct customers. "We were a complete finance function spanning a person and a half," explains Feather, who says that despite its sparse resources, finance was from time to…
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514: Building a Better Dashboard | Perry Wiggins, CFO, APQC
As CFO Perry Wiggins recounts the different door-opening opportunities that allowed him to advance to the CFO office, APQC's finance leader doesn't hesitate to expose the seldom-mentioned sensation that frequently accompanies new responsibility--the feeling of being overwhelmed. According to Wiggins, the sense of being overwhelmed by new responsibilities is an experience that finance career-builders should…
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