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872: Opportunities Along the xP&A Frontier | Dan Fletcher, CFO, Planful
During the early years of his finance career Dan Fletcher was accustomed to being the executive from somewhere else. When he first joined the asset management team at Allstate Investments, he was “the auditor from Price Waterhouse”, and when he landed inside an interim management role as a private equity advisor he was the former…
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716: Building Your Operational Model | Chad Gold, CFO, SalesLoft
Back in 2008, Chad Gold was working for Home Depot as an FP&A professional when the economic downturn upended the home building market and summoned him to the retailer’s forecasting front lines. “Finance had to be ahead of the business as far as thinking through all the different scenarios went because the housing markets were…
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Ep 8: Building a More Inclusive Culture
Brett and Jack discuss different aspects of inclusive cultures and why certain companies stumble while attempting to build more inclusive cultures. Featuring the commentary and insights of workplace champions: Prahanth Mahendra-Rajah, CFO, Analog Devices, Maria Manrique, CFO, O’Reilly Media, Ian Charles, CFO, Flexe, Scott McFalane, CEO, Avalara. Unedited Transcript Hello everyone. I’m here with Brett […]
709: Investor, Advisor, Operator | Mark Shifke, CFO, Billtrust
Billtrust CFO Mark Shifke likes to label himself an “accidental CFO”—a tag that a number of our guests have appropriated from time to time when faced with explaining a past filled with less-than-traditional career experience. However, in the case of Shifke, the term arguably has little to do with career experience, for Billtrust’s CFO spent…
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533: Taking the Temperature of Your Business | Jeff Friedman, CFO, Savi Technology
When asked about which numbers have been top-of-mind since his arrival two years ago inside the CFO office at Savi Technology, Jeff Friedman quickly mentions accounts payable, receivables, and cash before taking a short pause and stating “the sales pipeline.” After 24 months as Savi’s finance chief, it’s clear that Friedman has lines of sight into…
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363: Achieving a Global Alignment | Alejandro Scannapieco, CFO, Globant
Join us when CFO Alejandro Scannapieco of Globant looks back on his firm’s IPO and recalls the priorities and challenges that helped to shape the technology services firm’s global growth path. On Metrics "An important metric that we watch closely is the number of 'releases'—these are people who are being released from projects. We need to quickly understand what…
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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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294: The Missing CFO | Making Room in the C-Suite
For most companies, the hiring of a finance leader represents a milestone in a company's growth trajectory. However, the question as to when a company should make a CFO hire appears to have as many answers as there are C-suites. Join us when we pop the question to two CEOs who have built impressive high-growth…
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The Power of the CFO Voice | James Tholen, CFO, Broadsoft
What do you wish someone had told you at the start of your CFO career? “When you take on a leadership role in finance, whether you’re controller or CFO, finding and utilizing your voice is very important. There is an authority built into the position and there’s an authority that you create out of your […]
241: Empowering Finance to Say “Yes” | Theresa McGlothlen, cfo, Calabrio
The path to greater collaboration begins with finance leaders supplying questions rather than answers, according to Theresa McGlothlen, CFO, Calabrio. Join us when Theresa shares her finance leader mind-set, and explains how she views fostering collaboration as a central mission for finance leadership. Theresa's Site
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216: Mastering the Application of Scale and Systems, Jim Stewart, CFO, True Ventures
When it comes to applying scale and systems to growing businesses, few professionals wield greater insight than those who reside inside the venture industry, and few finance leaders are more experienced with the application of "S&S" than those counted within the ranks of venture management. Join us when finance leader Jim Stewart shares the career milestones…
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