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957: Mission-Centric Finance: MDA’s Transformation Story | Michael Kennedy, CFO, Muscular Dystrophy Association

When Michael Kennedy first stepped into the CFO office at the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) in 2018, he was surprised to learn that the association was spending $8 million annually on office space across the country. “Why were we in these offices?,” asks Kennedy, voicing the question that helped to kick off the first of…

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957: Mission-Centric Finance: MDA’s Transformation Story | Michael Kennedy, CFO, Muscular Dystrophy Association

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

The Mentoring Round | Rodrigo Brumana, CFO, Poshmark

CFO Rodrigo Brumana reflects on his initial days as a CFO, emphasizing the importance of team communication and organizational structure. He candidly admitted that he should have prioritized identifying and solving infrastructure issues, especially in finance and accounting.

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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950: Championing the Customer Transformation | Mark McCaffrey, CFO, GoDaddy

The Mentoring Round | Tony Boor, CFO, Blackbaud

While the leadership journeys of many of our CFO guests began on an upper floor of a glass-and-steel skyscraper affording a wide-angle view of a cosmopolitan metropolis, that of Blackbaud CFO Tony Boor started at street level in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on the edge of the Chihuahuan Desert. Less than an hour’s drive north […]

949: Achieving a Learning Mind-Set | Davinder Athwal, CFO, Phenom

Phenom CFO Davinder Athwal tells us that he has a personal connection to his company's mission. Near the beginning of our talk, he shares a touching story about his father, a highly skilled individual who struggled to find a job in the UK. This personal experience fuels his passion for Phenom's mission: to help a…

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949: Achieving a Learning Mind-Set | Davinder Athwal, CFO, Phenom

CFO Ana Chadwick’s Career Links Pitney Bowes’s 21st Century Ambitions With GE Capital’s Historic End Chapter

Back in 2020, the call that longtime General Electric veteran Ana Chadwick accepted from a recruiter would prove to be the one solicitation in a career’s worth of such outreaches that would ultimately result in an executive search fee. Still, while Chadwick would be a prize placement for any headhunter, it is clear that this […]

Ep 28: How Planning Aces Are Made

This episode features insights and commentary from three finance leaders: CFO Michael Linford of Affirm, CFO Ana Chadwick of Pitney Bowse, and CFO Jason Leet of Zylo. Planning Ace's Cohost Jack Sweeney points out that all three of this episode's finance leaders have noteworthy M&A backgrounds, including Michael Linford's role as the first CFO after…

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Roles & Responsibilities in Finance | Doug Lindroth, CFO, Tealium

943: Finding the Path Forward | Donald McClure, CFO, Identity Digital

Back in 2017, Donald McClure had only recently been appointed vice president of FP&A at Brinks Home Security when the company’s CFO at the time decided that it was the right time for retirement. Unbeknownst to McClure—and perhaps even to the firm’s subsequent new CFO hire—a transformative chapter was about to get under way at…

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943: Finding the Path Forward | Donald McClure, CFO, Identity Digital

How Workforce Connection Remedied A Crisis | Melissa Watson, CFO, Vena

940: All the Moving Parts | Michael Linford, CFO, Affirm

For those executives residing inside the private equity and investment banking realms who aspire to someday occupy the CFO office, it’s not uncommon to seek out an “operator’s role”—one that allows recruiters “to check the box” and confidently present a leadership candidate (operations credentials intact) to a company’s management team or board members. “Inspect your…

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940: All the Moving Parts | Michael Linford, CFO, Affirm