CFO GUEST: Jim Young of Coalition, Inc. EPISODE: 876: Exposing Where Business Value Resides
876: Exposing Where Business Value Resides | Jim Young, CFO, Coalition
Looking back on their career-building years, few finance leaders ever forget the first time that they presented to a board of directors. For many, the stares of the individual directors around the table remain locked in time, forever evergreen. For Jim Young, the gazes that stay ever-present are some that were cast not from across…
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Reflections on an IPO Milestone | Eliran Glazer, CFO, Monday.com
CFO GUEST Eliran Glazer of Monday.com EPISODE: 875: Connecting People and Processes
875: Connecting People and Processes | Eliran Glazer, CFO, Monday.com
Eliran Glazer’s finance career journey began in the late 1990s at the Tel Aviv office of KPMG, where as a 20-something he spent 3 years auditing a portfolio of fast-growing software companies. As the year 2000 approached, Glazer was suddenly being recruited by an Israeli-American CFO who was seeking to fill a controller position—and…
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874: Completing Your Visibility to Predictability Framework | Wailun Chan, CFO, Grafana Labs
No matter how many chapters Wailun Chan’s finance career ultimately spans, the decade that he spent at LinkedIn will always stand out. It perhaps goes without saying that as a finance career investment, a 10-year resume stint is increasingly rare today, and it’s not uncommon for a “decade investor” looking back on his or her…
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Ep 26: The Year of HR Slogans
Brett and Jack discuss the social application Workplace by Meta, and how social media continues to play an important role in human capital communications. Meanwhile, the different finance leaders share their insights on talent recruitment, retention strategies, and the increasing use of AI in various industries. Knowles emphasizes the importance of clear communication and the […]
873: Pages from a Silver Lining Playbook | Michael Kopelman, CFO, Meow Wolf
Back in 2022, only three years after its acquisition of Warner Media, AT&T decided to leave the entertainment business and announced plans to relinquish its ownership of the giant media company. Just like many of his peers, Michael Kopelman has found that the business headlines of the past have everything and nothing to do with…
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Gearing Up with Predictive Analytics | Dan Fletcher, CFO, Planful
CFO GUEST: Dan Fletcher of Planful EPISODE: 872: Opportunities Along the xP&A Frontier
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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It’s the Story that Matters | Jared Poff, CFO, Designer Brands
CFO GUEST: Jared Poff of Designer Brands EPISODE: 871: Keeping in Stride in a High-Pressure Economy
871: Keeping in Stride in a High-Pressure Economy | Jared Poff, CFO, Designer Brands
One of the unspoken truths about interim CFO roles is that they sometimes don’t lead to an actual CFO role—a fact that has turned more than a few seasoned finance executives into chronic nail-biters. For Jared Poff, who ultimately cleared all hurdles as an interim chief to land inside the CFO office at Designer…
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Gleaning Insights Along Calendly’s Up Market Climb | John McCauley, CFO Calendly
CFO GUEST: John McCauley of Calendly EPISODE: #870: When Preparation Matters