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955: When It’s Time to Raise Your Hand | Lauren StClair, CFO, NerdWallet

It was back in 2016 when Lauren StClair realized that it was time to raise her hand. Online marketplace giant eBay had just completed a deal to acquire the Spanish online ticket platform Ticketbis, and StClair, a 9-year eBay veteran, was itching to get overseas. eBay had entered the online ticket business in 2007 with…
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954: The Job Became His for the Asking | Peter Benevides, CFO, Olo

When Peter Benevides joined Olo back in 2015, the provider of restaurant technology's CFO office was vacant—as it would remain for the next 4 years, until he ultimately got the position thanks to a nod from the firm's CEO and perhaps a sprinkling of magic dust from Olo board members and investors. Of course, things…
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953: Lessons From the Mobile Era | Rodrigo Brumana, CFO, Poshmark

CFO Rodrigo Brumana's career journey began with a position as a computer programmer in Brazil. He would move in his early career years to the United States, where he got his start in investment banking. Soon thereafter, he moved to Fairchild Semiconductor, where he advanced into an investor relations role. Next, Brumana delved into the realm…
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952: Solving the Almond World’s People Equation | Mark Lampe, CFO, Monte Vista Farming Co.

As California’s 2023 almond harvesting season nears its end, the management of Monte Vista Farming Company has begun to turn its attention from the almond producer’s seasonal flow of "almonds in" and "almonds out" to people and operations.       “After what we pay our growers for the almonds, our number one cost becomes labor,” explains…
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951: Tomorrow’s Lessons, Today | Frank Teruel, CFO, Arkose Labs

For a dozen years or more, Frank Teruel has been leading a double life professionally. When he stepped into the CFO slot at Arkose Labs last February, the position was just the latest in a succession of CFO stints that had required him to align C-suite duties with additional responsibilities in a Santa Clara University…
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950: Championing the Customer Transformation | Mark McCaffrey, CFO, GoDaddy

When 21-year PwC veteran Mark McCaffrey decided that it was time to open his post-PwC career, he briefed the firm’s U.S leadership about his plans, diligently outlined 24 months of departure prep, and set aside an extra helping of patience.   Two weeks later, he had a CFO job offer from publicly traded Internet domain…
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