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675: When Complexity Equals Waste | Jim Harper, CFO, Goodroot

According to Goodroot CFO Jim Harper, the best way to transform the current U.S. healthcare system is to replace its connective tissue. “It’s going to be a long slog, and it’s got to be done one system at a time,” explains Harper, who uses the word “system” when referring to the individual points of connection…
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673: Advancing Down the Transformation Path | Will Bondurant, CFO, Castlight Health

Years from now, when Castlight Health CFO Will Bondurant reflects back on the varied chapters of his finance career, he may title the current one "The Turnaround"—that is, if he and Castlight CEO Maeve O’Meara are able to achieve what the firm's previous management team had not been able to: a strategy transformation. Like his…
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670: Judgment: At the Heart of Every Decision | Gary Golden, CFO, Cherwell Software

If we were asked to boil down our discussion with CFO Gary Golden to a single word, our answer would be: “judgment.” It perhaps goes without saying that having good judgment is a prerequisite for every finance leader, and the quality frequently tops the list of reasons that CEOs give when asked to describe what…
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664: Good Judgment: Every CFO’s Star Attribute | Gary Swidler, CFO, Match Group

Back in 2015, when Gary Swidler was a candidate for a CFO position at Match Group, the seasoned banking executive recalls being told by company management: “On paper, you are definitely not the most qualified person for the job.” The gap on Swidler’s resume was due to the fact that he had never held a…
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663: Building a Better Product | Hoang Vuong, CFO, Amplitude

We have been speaking with Hoang Vuong for little more than a minute when he mentions the CFO mentor whom he credits with having influenced his early career decisions. “Hey, what do you really want to do when you grow up?” was the question that Vuong remembers being asked by the CFO, who had gotten…
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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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661: Finding Your Finance Port of Entry | Dan Stokely, CFO, Ampio Pharmaceuticals

Thinking back to his days as a charter boat captain off the coast of Point Loma, San Diego, Dan Stokely marvels at the responsibilities that he shouldered as a young adult. Serving a mix of customers, Stokely would routinely welcome on board groups of small business owners, executives, and doctors before setting off to sea on…
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660: A CFO Finds Her Career Cadence Inside PE-Backed Firms | Deborah Ricci, CFO, Guidehouse

Back in 2018—when Deb Ricci’s name topped the list of leading candidates to fill the CFO role at Guidehouse, a management consulting firm carve-out—three career distinctions likely set her apart from other candidates. First, Ricci was a veteran public sector executive whose finance resume included multiple chapters inside the government services sector, Guidehouse’s home turf.…
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633: Marching to Fintech’s New Beat | Matt Briers, CFO, TransferWise

Among the more transformative chapters of Matt Briers’s finance career was his 3-year stint monitoring and forecasting margin performance inside Google’s UK operations. “The core role was really to understand what was happening in the organization from a revenue and margin performance perspective and then help to operate the organization so that it could better…
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617: Finding Your Seat at the M&A Table | Dennis McGrath, CFO, PAVmed

Dennis McGrath was only recently married and a new home owner when he was invited to a Phillies game by the CFO of AC Manufacturing. At the time, McGrath was working for Andersen as an auditor of a roster of growing companies, among which AC—a maker of industrial air-conditioning units—was perhaps not the most glamorous.…
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616: Predictability and the Pipeline | Ashim Gupta, CFO, UiPath

When asked to share a few of the experiences that he feels prepared him for a CFO role, Ashim Gupta recalls what he characterizes as a significant accounting problem. However, it was not the nature of the accounting snag that Gupta wants us to know about but instead how his initial response to the problem…
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