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370: A CFO’s Strategic Instinct | Kurt Abkemeier, CFO, Fidelis Cybersecurity

Join us when career CFO Kurt Abkemeier reveals the past experiences that helped to shape his CFO mind-set and the opportunity that led him to join industry's everyday battle for network security as CFO of Fidelis Cybersecurity. “The biggest priority is making sure that the company is on the right trajectory that we want moving…
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368: Making Management an Open Book

More finance leaders are discovering how greater numeric transparency across the organization can have a positive impact on employee engagement and morale. However, just which numbers should be shared and how they should be shared is what may distinguish one CFO's brand of leadership from another's. Featuring CFO Thought Leaders Few names are better known…
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366: Adopting a Subscription Model | John Orlando, CFO, Centage

The Journey to the Cloud “At first, your P&L will very likely take a hit because when you operate as an on-premises software business, what you sell becomes recognized as net sales immediately—as opposed to when you're selling a three-year contract or a four- or five-year deal, when the revenue is going to be recognized…
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365: A Purveyor of Eminent Domains | David Rostov, CFO, Donuts, Inc.

Join us when career CFO David Rostov explains the unique opportunity that at first glance escaped his view but later led him to join domains heavyweight Donuts, Inc. of Kirkland Washington. Learn what lessons David believes the dot-com implosion offers business leaders today and how a turn as a CEO informed his finance leadership. “Probably…
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364: Taking Your Customer’s Pulse | Todd Seiffer, CFO, Businessolver

Join us when Todd Seiffer, CFO of Businessolver, a SaaS-based benefits technology company, retraces his path to the CFO office and explains how the customer experience is reshaping his finance leader priorities. Guest: Todd Seiffer Company: Businessolver Headquarters: West Des Moines, IA Contact: www.businessolver.com     @businessolver  
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360: Higher Education’s New Bottom Line | Laurie Leo, CFO, Roberts Wesleyan College

It's no secret that families across the United States are feeling the pinch of high college tuition costs. Nonetheless, the nation's colleges and universities have been experiencing a hypercompetitive environment that few commercial businesses would envy. Join us when Laurie Leo, CFO of Roberts Wesleyan College of Rochester, New York, explains the competitive dynamics that are leading…
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358: One Year After the IPO | Kim Drapkin, CFO, Jounce Therapeutics

Join us when CFO Kim Drapkin explains how she prioritizes the different aspects of her finance leadership role inside the biotech sector and reveals the different experiences that helped to prepare her to lead inside the entrepreneurial world of a mission-driven company. 2018 Milestones “We have our first clinical data coming out this year. So our…
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356: The Power of Optimal Capital Allocation | Sean Quinn, CFO, Cimpress

When Sean Quinn stepped into the CFO office for the first time, he knew exactly what to expect—discomfort, a residual feeling that most executives experience after advancing into a role that tests their skills, experience, and willingness to learn. For Sean, the discomfort was proof that he was where he needed to be. Join us…
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348: It Takes More Than Hard Work—Part 2: Roy Austin, CFO (emeritus), D. J. Powers Company

Join us for Part 2 of our interview with Roy Austin, CFO (emeritus), of  D. J. Powers Company and learn how Roy acquired new coaching skills as his interest in helping small businesses continued to grow. Great Expectations "When I got there, I discovered that the controller they had hired when they bought this plant had…
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347: When Opportunity Knocked—Part 1 | Roy Austin, CFO (emeritus), D. J. Powers Company

After nearly three decades inside Eastman Chemical Company, Roy Austin thought that perhaps he was becoming burned out. As a senior accountant, he was a valued team member, but a number of key opportunities for career advancement had failed to come his way. Who was to blame? Roy decided that he could hold only himself accountable.…
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346: Making Data Connections | Darrell Cox, CFO, Vena Solutions

Join us when Darrell Cox, CFO of Vena Solutions, explains his priorities when it comes to advancing Vena's customer offerings, scaling the organization, and identifying and aligning sources of data that can empower the company to look beyond the next quarter. "Basically, I need to prepare Vena for scale. I need to help us drive efficient growth,…
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344: The Ironclad Solution | Tom Walsh, CFO, Art Iron

Thirty-four years ago, Tom Walsh opted to forgo a job offer with a large multinational company to become a senior accountant with a small steel fabrication company that had set down deep Midwestern roots under four generations of family ownership. Join us when Tom recalls some of the early career logic that influenced the fateful decision that…
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