CFO GUEST: Anup Singh of Illumio EPISODE: #865: Achieving A Strategic Alignment
865: Achieving a Strategic Alignment | Anup Singh, CFO, Illumio
It’s perhaps no surprise that the late 1990s came to mind for Anup Singh when we asked him to share with us a finance career lesson or insight from his past. It seems that our CFO guests have become ever more reflective on the period of years preceding the dotcom implosion as they seek to…
Listen to the Episode Below (00:36:17)
864: Excelling Beyond Your Comfort Zone | Steve Mitchell, CFO, Redgate Software
Steve Mitchell had not been working for Irish telecom giant Eircom for even half a year before he decided that it was time to explore other opportunities. For the previous 4 months, the seasoned operations executive had been commuting weekly to Dublin, Ireland, from his home in the United Kingdom as he sought to nurture…
Listen to the Episode Below (01:00:17)
863: A Career’s Continental Span | Keith Stauffer, CFO, TerrAscend
When Keith Stauffer’s youngest son learned in grade school that his family would be moving to Singapore, he likely breathed a sigh of relief. After all, his older brothers had already lived in Spain and the United Kingdom, and it would have been only natural for the youngest Stauffer to feel that he had…
Listen to the Episode Below (00:48:03)
862: The Numbers Don’t Lie | Patrick McClymont, CFO, Hagerty
August is very likely Patrick McClymont’s preferred month when it comes to entering the CFO office. “September is great, but you may want to show up a little before in order to get your feet wet,” comments McClymont, who last September became CFO of Hagerty, a once–stand-alone insurance agency for classic automobiles that has now…
Listen to the Episode Below (00:59:49)
861: Putting Your Plan in Motion | David Quinn, CFO, Bluevine
Things were going downhill for David Quinn when he met his future wife—or such might be the familiar punchline to follow Quinn’s disclosure that he met his wife on a ski vacation. Still, Quinn lets us know that the timing of his match being made was in sync with the escalating financial crisis of the…
Listen to the Episode Below (00:48:56)
The Quarterly | Fall, 2022
FEATURING THE CFO THOUGHT LEADERS: Adam Swiecicki CFO, BREX | Michael Sumruld CFO, PARKER WELBORE | Peter Walker CFO, STERLING | Rajesh Gupta CFO, OAKNORTH BANK | Larry Angelilly CFO, MONEYGRAM | Mark George CFO, NORFOLK SOUTHERN | Manish Sarin CFO, SPRINKLR | Jeff Shepherd CFO, ADVANCE AUTO PARTs | Bona Allen | CFO, KPD […]
Ep 24: When Managers Admit to “Quiet Firing”
Brett & Jack discuss what might be a popular response to employees “quiet quitting” or what among managers has been dubbed “quiet firing” – the withdrawal of coaching, support and career development to an employee, which results in pushing the employee out of an organization. This episode’s featured Workplace Champions share their different perspectives on […]
860: Opportunities From Life’s Cauldron | Kevin Rubin, CFO, Alteryx
Back in the year 2000, as Arthur Andersen saw a stream of young accountants exit the firm to join dotcom start-ups, Kevin Rubin’s workload continued to escalate as the public accounting firm felt the pinch of a constricting workforce. Nevertheless, Rubin’s career ambitions remained in lockstep with the public accounting house. In fact, even today…
Listen to the Episode Below (00:54:08)
Why CFOs Must Find the Middle Ground | Brian Gladden, CFO, Zelis
CFO GUEST: Brian Gladden of Zelis EPISODE: #858 Machine Generated Transcript: CFOTL: When you look back on your career, can you share with our audience a moment of insight you experienced as a finance leader? Gladden: I’ll talk in general and then maybe offer a couple examples. I mean, I find as I’ve done this […]
Ep 17: Legibility & Levers
To grow efficiently businesses must have legibility across the organization, explains Airtable CFO Ambereen Toubassy, who tells us legibility can only be achieved by having everyone throughout the business using the same metrics. Along the way, Toubassy says finance leaders must ensure their organization’s data capture is being conducted correctly and consistently. It may sound easy, but […]
854: Expecting the Unexpected | Shana Veale, CFO, PharmChem
Shana Veale had been working in the Albuquerque, New Mexico, office of Arthur Andersen for only about 8 months when the 88-year-old stalwart accounting house collapsed. Being a recent college graduate at the time, Veale tells us, she really didn’t grasp all of what the news headlines attempted to convey as the turn of…
Listen to the Episode Below (00:26:48)