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944: Building Your Network | Ana M. Chadwick, CFO, Pitney Bowes

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…
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Tech Media Firms Kickstart Automation Journey With AI Business-Ready ERP

DOWNLOAD REPORT Exclusive Findings: Ninety-five percent (95%) of tech and media firms report better decision-making process after running AI-supported ERP. Sixty-three percent (63%) of tech and media firms are considered AI All-In or AI Intense as they develop more AI products, buy AI assets, and hire AI experts in droves. These are among the key […]

930: Where Leaders Are Made | 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…
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928: The Strategy Between the Slices | Steven Cirulis, CFO, Potbelly

Perhaps it would be fair to speculate that were it not for the changing dietary habits of Americans and surprise arrival of a global pandemic, Steven Cirulis would likely not be occupying the CFO office at Potbelly Sandwich Shop. The pursuit of new alternative proteins inside the land of agtech has in recent years led…
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927: A Phone Call from Someone Who Mattered | Matt Gustke, CFO, WooCommerce

No matter how many phone calls Matt Gustke receives during the span of his finance career, none will likely be more memorable or important than one he received nearly 22 years ago. At the time, Gustke, a research analyst for a major bank, was spending his days assessing the carnage piling up in the aftermath…
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The Role of the CFO in the Age of AI | Mike Ettling, CEO, Unit4

GUEST: Mike Ettling, CEO, UNIT4  CEO Mike Ettling explains how CFOs must guide their peers on the leadership team to focus on areas where AI can improve their company’s “outputs”. Unit4’s CEO emphasizes that the CFO’s role must be about identifying opportunities for improvement and guiding other leaders in the company on how AI can […]

Ep 14: Let RPA Lead Rather Than Replace

Steve and Jack discuss how the FP&A realm is becoming a world where data expertise and insights are as widely sought after as traditional budgeting and forecasting skills. Meanwhile, Steve urges finance professionals to take an enlightened view of robotic process automation (RPA). Rather than replace the work of humans, the adoption of RPA offers […]

273: A.I. & the Future of Finance | Brett Knowles, EPM Thought Leader

As A.I. technologies eliminate the functional silos that have long managed a company's bodies of knowledge, finance leadership must become more focused on the socialization of ideas and solutions across the company, according to Brett Knowles, a performance management thought leader and advisor.   Brett's Site Brett Knowles | Brett is a long-time thought leader in…
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