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The Afterpod | Mike Foley, CFO, Unity Technologies

When you entered the CFO office for the first time at Unity Technologies, what’s the one piece of advice you wish someone had given you? Foley: We started this conversation talking about the organization that I inherited and how I've had to change that. I would've put much more emphasis earlier on the systems capabilities…
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322: The Virtues of Radical Transparency | Mike Foley, CFO, Unity Technologies

Few names are better known in the realm of multiplatform games than Unity Technologies. The software developer's focus on "democratized game development" has primed the pump for independent game producers and led Unity to boast that its technology is already responsible for roughly 70 percent of virtual reality and augmented reality experiences. With few competitors…
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321: Life on Campus | Mel Sansom, CFO, Harding University

As the costs for the average American college education continue to rise,  academic institutions and their financial inner workings have attracted greater scrutiny and become the subject of a national debate. Perhaps, like never before, the academic world is turning to seasoned finance leaders to better translate the economic challenges and hefty investments that are part…
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320: When Your Customers Are Also Your Investors | Roop Lakkaraju, CFO, MAANA

Join us when Roop Lakkaraju, CFO of MAANA, explains how the opportunity to help an early-stage private company maneuver down an ambitious growth path led him to open a new CFO career chapter. Learn how Roop is busy connecting MAANA's broadening finance function with the different aspects of the innovative data firm's business. Quick Hits:…
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The Afterpod | Ralph Bender, CFO, Manship Media

“I think the one thing that I would like to have done that I didn’t in my career is, I wish I had taken the time at some point a little earlier in my career to get an MBA. I’d like to consider myself a recovering CPA, recovering accountant. The numbers are important, but use…
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319: The CFO as Driver of Efficiencies | Matt Monzo, CFO, The Tri-M Group

As the finance leader of an electrical solutions provider overseeing 3,000 active customer engagements per year, Matt Monzo knows that there are 3,000 ways to grow the business—or put the business at risk. Join us when Matt explains how collaboration and relationships have defined his leadership tenure at The Tri-M Group and how he views…
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318: The Merits of Lifetime Customer Value | Renée Hornbaker, CFO, Stream

Six years ago, when Renée Hornbaker entered the CFO office of Stream, in Dallas, Texas, her first order of business was making certain her team had the CPA bench strength required to routinely produce accurate reports. Next, she focused on adding the skills needed to produce a dynamic forecast. More recently, her focus has been…
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317: Data Automation & the Future of Finance | Steve Love, CFO, Dialpad, & Brett Knowles, Thought Leader

Join us when Steve Love, CFO, Dialpad, and performance thought leader Brett Knowles reveal how automation is reshaping corporate functions while making finance’s analytical rigor more accessible across the organization. Learn how CFOs are already marching in step with the robots as they evaluate and automate the processes that will allow their team to refocus on becoming exceptional…
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Get in Step with the Robots: Making RPA the Cornerstone of Next-Gen Finance

SUMMARY For finance leaders, reducing the time their team dedicates to mind-numbing transactional work is no longer an aspirational action item. Growing numbers of CFOs are already marching in step with the robots as they evaluate and automate the processes that will allow their team to refocus on becoming exceptional analysts and strategic advisors, rather […]

316: The Color of Money | Vincent Manier, CFO, Ecova

Over the next decade, Vincent Manier believes, growing numbers of finance leaders will adopt the dictums of "green finance," extending the influence of finance leadership well beyond its traditional role. Simply put, green finance characterizes the financing of investments that generate environmental benefits as part of a broader strategy to advance resilient and sustainable development.…
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315: Making Pricing a Priority | Eric Johnson, CFO, Nintex

Eric Johnson, CFO, Nintex, accepts our invitation to update us on the workflow automation firm's adoption of a subscription business model and its recent addition of an inside sales organization. Johnson explains how finance played a central role in developing the pricing model behind a new joint selling model involving both inside sales and established partners.…
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314: Back to the Future with ASC 606 | Joe Consul, CFO, Xactly

As the complexity behind new revenue recognition standard ASC 606 discharges a cloud of angst and consternation over many accounting departments, a growing number of SaaS technology firms have begun to help their customers address the burdensome standard and allow their finance teams to sharpen their customer focus. Perhaps few SaaS firms tout software offerings more…
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