CFO GUEST: Paolo Poma of Lamborghini CFO Paolo Poma: [00:00] 80% of the time as to be dedicated to internal reporting Action Plan steering the company adjust 20% to external reporting. That is important because the added value comes from internal steering, which are the main KPIs, we check off course profitability, on p&l level […]
888: Accelerating in the Controlled-Growth Lane | Paolo Poma, CFO, Lamborghini
Paolo Poma is uncertain how many times he met with bankers and investors during the first 6 months of 2009. The steady string of phone calls and conference rooms that once demanded the management of Ducati Motors Holding’s rapt attention, Poma tells us, have now blurred into a single, heart-pumping conversation. “I had to go…
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Why the Journey Matters | Galit Yaakobovitz, CFO, AmyriAD
CFO GUEST: Galit Yaakobovitz of AmyriAD Yaakobovitz: I think it’s also a part of my personality. Uh, I like the journey, and I’ll tell you about my personal life later, but, uh, I, I like to enjoy the journey. And if I’m, uh, in a certain path and I enjoy it, I don’t really care […]
887: From Tech to Biotech: Enjoying Today’s Journey | Galit Yaakobovitz, CFO, AmyriAD
After Galit Yaakobovitz relocated from Israel to the United States back in the mid-2000s, there was little question that the move had given her career a boost. Still, it was the next relocation—the one that would move her and her husband from New Jersey to California—that ultimately allowed her to place both feet on a…
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Expanding Horizontally: The Key to Long-Term Business Growth | Alka Tandan, CFO, GainSight
CFO GUEST: Alka Tandan of Gainsight Tandan: I think, you know, one of the, the biggest one, um, you know, was essentially at Gainsight when we had to sort of make a decision where, you know, how were we gonna expand? Were we going to, you know, we’re mostly in the enterprise space and there […]
886: When SaaS Became the Destination | Alka Tandan, CFO, Gainsight
One key takeaway from Gainsight CFO Alka Tandan's career journey is the importance of being open to new opportunities and pivoting when necessary. Tandan started in investment banking, transitioned to media, and then vectored again to the SaaS industry. Looking back on the first move of her career, Tandan says that she “came to a…
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