Ravi Narula, CFO, FinancialForce (Episode #869) | Tom Fennimore, CFO, Luminar Technologies (Episode: #868) | Don Alvarez, CFO, Cyngyn (Episode #867) | Steven Mitchell, CFO, Redgate Software (Episode #864) | David Quinn, CFO, BlueVine (Episode #861) |
Building the Storm Shelter | Tom Fennimore, CFO, Luminar Technologies
CFO GUEST: Tom Fennimore of Luminar Technologies EPISODE: #868: Armed and Sheltered From the Storm
868: Armed and Sheltered From the Storm | Tom Fennimore, CFO, Luminar Technologies
The Goldman Sachs “anti-raid” team was between conference calls with an embattled client company when word came that a senior member of the target company’s management team had unexpectedly died. Looking back, Tom Fennimore says that the next few months of his early career years at Goldman then became a transition point—or period of accelerated…
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Ep 19: Why FP&A Designs the Questions
It’s no secret, professionals from various departments must work together to correctly calculate Customer Lifetime Value (CLV), Customer acquisition cost (CAC) or Lead-to-customer ratios. This episode we explore how collaboration and communication is always essential to ensure these calculations and others take into account all relevant factors. “The way I think about it is that […]
A Pioneering CFO Takes a Look Back at His Dot Com Days | Don Alvarez, CFO, Cyngn
CFO GUEST: Donald Alvarez of Cyngn EPISODE: 867: Energizing Your Data Relations
867: Energizing Your Data Relations | Donald Alvarez, CFO, Cyngn
Back in 1993, Don Alvarez was an auditor with Deloitte’s San Francisco office when specialty retailer and coveted client company West Marine went public. For Alvarez, the day began with WM’s management explicating the novel steps behind pricing its offering, which was followed by the requisite trip to a Bay Area printer. The long day…
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