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736: Inside the Growth Cauldron | Pramod lyengar, CFO, Veem

CFOTL: Tell us about Veem. What does this company do, and what are its offerings today? lyengar: The simple way to think about Veem is to understand that we automate payments for small and medium-size businesses globally. We provide ePAR services and a global network for businesses to basically handle all of their needs to…
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735: Recognizing Windows of Opportunity | Akash Palkhiwala, CFO, Qualcomm

Back in 2014, when Akash Palkhiwala was first approached to serve as treasurer of wireless technology company Qualcomm, the company’s future CFO was uncertain as to what the role of a treasurer might actually entail. “I’m not making this up: I did a Google search on what a treasurer does,” explains Palkhiwala, who recalls that…
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Ep 3: Making Your Next FP&A Hire

Steve & Jack talk FP&A hiring and the challenges related to connecting people spread across an organization. Featuring FP&A insights & commentary from Planning Aces: Ian Charles, CFO, Flexe, Beth Clymer, CFO, Job Case,  Mark Shifke, CFO, Billtrust, Mike Rasic, CFO, Synapse. Unedited Transcript Speaker 1:Hi, it’s Jack Sweeney, and I’m here with Steve player. […]

734: The X Factor: Being Approachable | Geoff Brannon, CFO, Oversight Systems

"Your experiences over the past 20 years have prepared you well for this role. But this doesn't mean that you'll have previously encountered all of the issues that you'll face as a CFO. Relying on your network to provide their thoughts and perspectives on certain issues will serve you well and help you to make…
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733: Eyes Wide Open | Laurence Capone, CFO, Pipedrive

"Strive to grow, learn, take risks, and make a positive impact." –CFO Laurence Capone Back in the early 1990s, Laurence Capone was a Paris-based public accountant serving a distinguished list of oil and gas industry clients when she heard about an audit assignment unlike any that she had taken on before. It turned out that…
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732: A Walk on the Creative Side | Matthias Tillmann, CFO, Trivago

It was little more than 6 months after Matthias Tillmann first joined Trivago—and shortly after the travel booking company’s December 2016 IPO—when the company’s future CFO decided to step away from his senior IR role in order to head up Trivago’s creative production function. However, the jump to the creative side was not triggered by…
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Ep 10: Where Corporate Culture Trumps Exec Comp

Brett and Jack discuss the highs and lows of executive compensation, and  why corporate culture may trump all.  Featuring the commentary and insights of workplace champions CFO Gregg Clevenger of LiveVox, CFO Charles Freund of  FLEETCOR and CFO Jill Klindt of Workiva. Unedited Transcript Speaker 1 (1m 43s): Hello I’m here with Brett Knowles. And […]

731: When It’s All Systems Go | Vicki Dudley, CFO, TTX Company

Having previously held a succession of finance leadership roles inside Chicago’s ever vibrant financial services sector, Vicki Dudley was perhaps more surprised than anyone to find herself accepting a CFO position with Yancey Bros. Co. of Atlanta, the oldest Caterpillar dealer in the country.   Nevertheless, the job hop drew Dudley into a world of opportunity…
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730: Facing Your Transformation Year | Charles Freund, CFO, FLEETCOR

"Don't sweat the small stuff ... AFTER confirming that it's small." –CFO Charles Freund When Charles Freund was named CFO of FLEETCOR in 2020 – his arrival in the c-suite became the latest chapter of a varied and lengthy career journey that paralleled the rise of the $2.6 billion fintech.   Accepting a position in…
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729: The Pivot Toward Growth | Jill Klindt, CFO, Workiva

Jill Klindt recalls that back in 2008, when she joined Workiva, the software start-up was somewhat removed from the career path that she had envisioned for herself. “It wasn’t that obvious to me at first, and it wasn’t what I was looking for,” explains Klindt, who says that at the time, the Ames, Iowa, company…
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728: The Courage of Your Convictions | Joe Wolk, CFO, Johnson & Johnson

Joe Wolk was about 5 years into his 23-year career with Johnson & Johnson when he was encouraged to take a manufacturing operations position at a newly acquired J&J company in Vacaville, California. One hot July day, Wolk recalls, he and his wife drove up to Vacaville to visit the plant, where he ended up…
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727: The Power of Patience | Greg Saunders, CFO, Ygrene Energy Fund

When Greg Saunders tells us that “having patience” was perhaps the quality that most contributed to his first appointment as a CFO back in the early 1990s, we wonder how many additional years a more impatient Saunders (then only 32) may have needed before stepping into the CFO office. Of course, then again, a railcar…
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