GUEST CFO: Ross Muken of Sophia Genetics EPISODE: #842: Realizing the Potential of Data at Scale
Optimizing How R&D Dollars are Spent | Ross Muken, CFO, Sophia Genetics
842: Realizing the Potential of Data at Scale | Ross Muken, CFO, Sophia Genetics
It was after Ross Muken had been gainfully roaming the corridors of equity research for more than a dozen years that the acquisition of his firm administered a dose of operations insight that began to feed his aspirations to become a CFO. At the time, Muken was a top research analyst for ISI Group,…
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841: When Every Member Counts | Ilana Esterrich, CFO, American Coatings Association
Inside the world of trade associations, the 135-year-old American Coatings Association’s has never wavered in its dedication to answering the needs of professionals inside the paints and coatings industry. However, ACA members—like those of many associations these days—are becoming increasingly demanding when it comes to the value that they receive in exchange for their dues.…
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840: Putting a Spin on Your Talent Pinwheel | Bryan Morris, CFO, Demandbase
Among the recruitment milestones that populate Bryan Morris’s CFO resume, few can match the 6-month talent acquisition binge that he launched during the first quarter of 2015. “In terms of key hires, I never hired faster than I did then,” comments Morris, as he begins to lay out the circumstances that led to his need…
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Let’s Put an End to “Dumb Spend” | David Bedell, CFO, Lendio
CFO GUEST: David Bedell of Lendio EPISODE: #818: Breaking Finance’s “Glass Wall”
Why Data-Driven CFOs Lead Differently | Mike Taylor, CFO, Gusto
CFO Guest: Mike Taylor of Gusto Episode: #838 The Unseen Levers of Customer Impact
Ep 15: Let the Data do the Talking
Steve and Jack discuss the data tsunami that many organizations are now facing and what steps finance executives can take to replace their historical, backward-looking, “batch mode” thinking with more proactive approaches that will allow finance teams to achieve more predictive outcomes. This episode’s distinguished Planning Aces reveal the leadership mindsets and approaches now driving […]
837: The Hand in the Air | Rob Young, CFO, National Geographic Society
Rob Young remembers that back in 2001, when he joined the incoming class of newbie accountants at KPMG’s Short Hills, New Jersey, office, there was a 5- to 6-year age difference between his KPMG classmates and himself. “It was a situation where a 23-year-old was telling me what to do, but at the same time,…
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834: Where Paths Converge and Leaders Emerge | Tracy Curley, CFO, iSpecimen, Inc.
We are nearly at the end of our talk with CFO Tracy Curley when she mentions her two adult children. “I’m really blessed that they knew how important my career was to me when I was raising them,” remarks Curley, who recalls that during their younger years, it was not unusual for the children to…
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832: Achieving a Holistic View | Kate Bueker, CFO, HubSpot
When Kate Bueker first left the world of investment banking for a corporate finance role, she was ready to savor the fabled congruity that a business finance career often offers. “I felt that what would be more interesting and motivating to me would be more consistent,” recalls Bueker, who shortly after joining Akamai Technologies in…
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830: Riding the Winds of Technology Convergence | Sandra Rowland, CFO, Xylem
When Samsung acquired Stamford, Connecticut-based Harman International for $8 billion in cash in 2017, it was not the first time that the South Korean company’s appetite for convergence IP had intersected with the career path of Harman CFO Sandra Rowland. A little more than 7 years earlier, Samsung executives had sat across the table from…
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