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740: Illuminating the Home of the Future with a Brand from the Past | Roy Simmons, CFO, GE Lighting

"Think about the long term. Think about the 5-year initiatives and not just what might need to be tweaked or adjusted. Not that there aren't items that will fall into that bucket, but give yourself the free rein as CFO to practice a bit of white space thinking for the long-term horizon." –Roy Simmons, CFO,…
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739: The Rules of Play | Craig Abrahams, CFO & President, Playtika

"Being self-aware of your strengths and weaknesses and building a team to support you is what will determine your success in the role. Think like an investor thinks, it will help you spot trends before they become issues." - Playtika CFO & President Craig Abrahams It was after he had worked 3 years as an…
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738: Using Digital Insight to Unlock Business Value | Sameer Ralhan, CFO, The Chemours Company

Unlike many of the up-and-comers who populate the corridors of The Chemours Company, CFO Sameer Ralhan spent the balance of his career-building years with the company inside its manufacturing plants. It was there where Ralhan says that he observed everyday executives making decisions that routinely impacted the business, and it was there where his M&A…
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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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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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723: When the Crisis Is a Catalyst | Gregg Clevenger, CFO, LiveVox

"Remember that no one arrives in the CFO seat fully prepared for everything that will be expected of them. Surround yourself with people who know more than you and don’t be afraid to seek their advice and counsel. Ask questions, listen to what you hear, and then lead." –CFO Gregg Clevenger of LiveVox The Asian…
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722: Forming the CEO–CFO Nucleus | Joe Euteneuer, CFO Emeritus, Mattel, Sprint, Qwest, Comcast

"You must own the numbers and be the source of truth about the details. You must work with operations on execution, in addition to strategic direction, to ensure success. Last, you must be a voice of reason when communicating both internally and externally." –Joe Euteneuer Lovers of tortilla chips will swear that the only true…
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719: Achieving New Finance IT Synergies | Madhu Ranganathan, CFO, OpenText

“The aspiration to become a CFO was always there,” says Madhu Ranganathan, executive vice president and chief financial officer of OpenText, a leader in information management based in Waterloo, Ontario. “I just didn't know what the journey would look like." Along the way, Ranganathan says, she learned that while technical acumen remains critical to a successful career, collaboration…
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717: Minding Your Workflows | Nathan Winters, CFO, Zebra Technologies

Looking back, Nathan Winters says that his appointment as CFO of GE Healthcare’s global supply chain was in every way a milestone in his career—a high-calorie leadership stint that would ultimately propel him into the CFO office at Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ: ZBRA), a publicly traded provider of digital workflow and tracking solutions. Says Winters: “It…
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714: A Career Beneath the Headlines | Christian Lee, CFO, Transfix

In March of 2009, when the economy was still in the clutches of the global financial crisis, Time Warner spun out its subsidiary Time Warner Cable into an independent company. “As we spun off, we paid a massive dividend to the parent of $18 billion, and our central thought became: ‘How do we survive? How…
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710: Supply, Demand, and Oil in the Gears | Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah, CFO, Analog Devices, Inc.

It was nightly business conversations at his parents' dinner table that first led Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah to consider alternatives to business when it came to building a career. "As most small business owners do, my parents worked all the time—and as with most small businesses, things could at times be financially challenging," explains Mahendra-Rajah, who vividly…
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