Early in his tenure at BNI Global, Andrew Bender found himself preparing the company’s financial package for the board. Something didn’t feel right. There were plenty of KPIs.But the connection between those metrics and financial performance was unclear. So he paused and asked a question many finance leaders hesitate to voice: Now Watch Our Complete […]
1169: Thinking Bigger on the Road to the CFO Role | Andrew Bender, CFO, BNI Global
Andrew Bender still remembers a moment from high school football practice when a coach challenged him with a simple question: “Do you want to be all conference or all state?” The comment surprised him. At the time, Bender tells us he wasn’t even sure he had the potential to reach the lower bar. Yet the…
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From Data Roots to an AI Playbook | Zane Rowe, CFO, Workday
Rowe’s strategic moment came when he recognized Workday needed to lean harder into AI—both organically and through acquisitions. Instead of defaulting to cost cuts, he shifted focus to targeted investment, partnering across teams to identify the highest-return opportunities. The result: a smarter, faster AI strategy designed to outpace competitors and deliver long-term shareholder value. [ssp-player] […]
When Simplification Drives Scale | Erik Rothschild, CFO, Cin7
While at Sovrn Holdings, Erik Rothschild uncovered a hidden data source during a disruptive tech shift and partnered with engineering to build an internal analytics tool. NOW WATCH Now watch our complete episode featuring CFO Erik Rothschild of Cin7 CFO Erik Rothschild of Cin7 shares how an investor’s mindset, forged during the 2008 financial crisis, […]
1085: The Strategic Power of Curiosity | Erik Rothschild, CFO, Cin7
Fresh out of a hedge fund analyst role, Erik Rothschild walked into an interview at a Chicago-based trading firm and did something unexpected—he pitched actual trade ideas to the portfolio manager across the table. That bold move earned him a spot on the team, and eventually, a portfolio of his own. “That whole experience taught…
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Optimizing Cloud Spend: The Future of Consumption-Based Pricing
In this episode of The Mentoring Round, former Tableau CFO and Caliper CEO Damon Fletcher shares insights on the challenges of customer acquisition as a startup and the growing trend of consumption-based pricing in software. He discusses how Snowflake’s billing model can lead to escalating costs and how Caliper’s analytics-driven approach helps businesses identify inefficiencies, […]