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185: Understanding How People (Not Metrics) Drive the Business, Bona Allen, CFO, Kajima Building & Design Group
It may seem like a trite idea - one designed to keep executives nodding in agreement. However, when a CFO says what matters most in business is people, we tend to ponder the thought all the more closely. Join us when Bona Allen explains why people (not metrics) must always be top of mind when it…
184: Envisioning a Dealer-Owned Captive Finance Company, Erik Day, CFO, Warren Henry Automotive Group
Few markets can consume luxury brands at a rate faster than Miami, Florida these days, a fact that has given rise to the Warren Henry Automotive Group, a $350 million firm consisting of seven luxury import dealerships as well as eight other businesses. Join us when CFO Erik Day shares his CFO mind-set and reveals…
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DocuSign CFO Mike Dinsdale on Integrating Finance and Strategy
Stanford Advances With a Forward-Looking Finance Function, Dave Connor, VP Finance, Stanford Health Care
Introducing the Beyond Budgeting Round Table (BBRT) Implementer Series with Steve Player. (Episode One) A Rolling Forecast Sharpens Stanford Healthcare's Lines of Sight Part II: Stanford Advances With a Forward-Looking Finance Function Stanford Health Care's VP of Finance Dave Connor recounts the priorities and challenges the respected health…
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A Rolling Forecast Sharpens Stanford’s Lines of Sight, Dave Connor, VP, Finance, Stanford Health Care
Introducing the Beyond Budgeting Round Table (BBRT) Implementer Series with Steve Player. (Episode One, P1) "A Rolling Forecast Sharpens Stanford Health Care's Lines of Sight" Stanford Health Care's VP of Finance Dave Connor recounts the priorities and challenges that the respected health care firm faced when adopting…
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182: Angels Find Path to Steady Growth as Cannabis Opportunity Ripens, Steve Berg, CFO, O.penVAPE
It's no secret that America's cannabis market opportunity is ready for takeoff. Learn what role finance played in the upstart industry's pioneering days of yore. Join us when Steve Berg, CFO, O.penVAPE, shares his CFO mind-set and reveals what today's legal-marijuana industry has in common with the early days of high tech. ¤
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181: Using a Collaborative Talent Model to Drive Growth, Jim Szakacs, CFO TayganPoint Consulting
What role does finance play when correctly incentivizing and retaining human assets is the primary measure of success? Join us when Jim Szakacs, CFO, TayganPoint Consulting, shares his CFO mind-set and explains how talent remains the primary driver of growth inside the business consulting and advisory space. ¤
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180: Keeping Corporate Governance Top-of-Mind, Renée Hornbaker, CFO, Stream
How can a CFO help to influence and develop the firm's corporate governance best practices? Join us when Renée Hornbaker, CFO, Stream, helps us to peer inside the corporate boardroom and understand how the application of responsible oversight helps companies to keep corporate governance top-of-mind. ¤
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Energy Firm CFO Touts the Virtues of Analytics
When it comes to commercial businesses and the weather, insurance firms and rock salt makers are known for keeping meteorology top-of-mind. However, when a firm counts 32 weather observation stations in the Northeast alone among its strategic partners — it’s a pretty good bet these days that the professional firm deals in kilowatts. And so […]
179: Recurring Revenue: The Must-Have Metric for Customer-Centric CFOs, Marty Ostermiller, CFO, HireVue
It's no secret that CFOs of SAAS software firms have perhaps the firmest grasp on the metric that finance leaders today broadly covet as a measure of customer satisfaction. Join us as Marty Ostermiller, CFO, Hirevue, discusses the virtues of recurring revenue and how such numeric lines of sight into customer accounts are helping finance to…
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178: Exposing the Path Between Employee Satisfaction and Growth, Matt Fortney, CFO, Group Delphi
It's no secret that employee engagement or lack of it has an enormous impact on customer relationships. In fact, managing productivity and employee engagement is one of the biggest challenges that business leaders face. Join us when Matt Fortner, CFO, Group Delphi, reveals his CFO mind-set and explains how measuring employee satisfaction has become a…
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