Six months into his CFO role, he led Brex’s rapid response to the 2023 SVB collapse—designing a payroll-bridge product, securing $1B in lending commitments, and rallying 1,000 employees. Customers ultimately regained access to funds, but the moment underscored finance’s power to protect ecosystems and deliver outsized impact in crisis. Now Watch the Complete Episode Featuring […]
1128: Capital Discipline in a Usage-Based World | Ben Gammell, President & CFO, Brex
In 2018, Brex made a defining decision: rather than rely on middleware providers like Stripe or Marqeta, it built its own payments infrastructure from the ground up. That move, Ben Gammell tells us, gave the company a direct integration with MasterCard and the ability to issue corporate cards in “over 50 plus local currencies.” The…
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Building Networks & Nurturing Talent: Key CFO Insights from Amy Butte
Inside The Mentoring Round, Navan CFO Amy Butte recalls the unexpected responsibilities she faced at the New York Stock Exchange, underscoring how the CFO role extends beyond accounting. She reveals the importance of connecting with people—whether on a trading floor or in a finance function—and highlights the power of vulnerability in leadership. Butte also stresses […]
1072: Numbers, Narratives, and Navigating Change | Amy Butte, CFO, Navan
It was a phone call Amy Butte tells us she will never forget. Lifting the receiver, she heard the familiar voice of her father—an accountant who had always championed her career. But this time, his words were tinged with a curious mixture of praise and amazement. He simply couldn’t fathom how his daughter, who had…
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How Mobileye’s CFO Strategically Manages R&D Investments and Cash Flow
Inside The Mentoring Round, CFO Moran Shamesh outlines three key areas of focus for the upcoming year: financial involvement in advanced product engagement, ensuring correct resource allocation between R&D units, and monitoring global market trends and regulatory changes to inform forecasts. Additionally, he emphasizes the importance of maintaining cash flow efficiencies through a detailed examination […]
851: The Day After Your Transaction | Tony Tiscornia, CFO, Coupa
Few finance leaders have better revealed to us the career-transforming powers of IPOs than CFO Tony Tiscornia. Turn back the clock to 2015, and Tiscornia is the accounting-minded VP of finance for spend management software company Coupa. “I was really a controller—a business controller, but still a controller,” explains Tiscornia, who notes that his world…
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736: Inside the Growth Cauldron | Pramod lyengar, CFO, Veem
When Pramod Iyengar returned to school after working for several years as a manufacturing engineer with United Technologies, he was ready to change careers. The young engineer headed back to the University of Michigan, where as an undergraduate he had earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering. However, this time he had a business degree in…
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662: A Thirst for Innovation | Dynshaw Italia, CFO, Soldo
When innovation is a topic for discussion, Dynshaw Italia can’t resist mentioning Cobra Beer—or, to be more specific, “the big bottle.” It was Cobra, of course, that first opted to forgo the UK’s standard 500–550 ml beer bottles and introduce an ever more generously proportioned 650 ml vessel. “Cobra was all about doing things differently…
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500: The Push to Drive Profitability | Katherine Edenbach, CFO, Certify
Years from now, when Katherine Edenbach looks back on her CFO career, 2019 might be remembered as a pendulum year--or a year when her priorities as a finance leader swung from growth to profitability. "Smaller companies are much more focused on revenue and revenue growth, which is very important, but we need to drive a…
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434: The Courage to Challenge Without Bias | Rick Young, CFO, Tangoe
"I have a personal mantra that is 'progress over perfection.' There's no such thing as perfection. To me, perfection means that the world is static, and the world isn't static. You always have to constantly change and do better and always look to do better. I believe that our company's most important value is courage.…
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