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843: Making Finance Part of the Business’s Operating Fabric | Adil Syed, CFO, Rippling

If, as the old maxim suggests, "life" is what happens to us while we are busy making other plans, Adil Syed’s other plans most likely did not include Snap Inc—or at least they didn’t when he first headed east to attend business school. Having spent the previous 3 years at Redpoint Ventures helping to raise…
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Ep 22: Hires, Fires and a Stable Economy

Brett & Jack discuss how hiring challenges have led certain organizations to be more tolerant of poor employee behaviors – a development that could be putting growing numbers of businesses at risk. Meanwhile, Brett points out that new hires continue to fetch bigger salaries creating an imbalance with existing employee salaries. Also, performance is not […]

839: Landing on Both Feet | JJ Pace, CFO, Service Pros Installation Group

When JJ Pace tells us that he was hired in 2002 to build and eventually lead a finance team that would create and implement monthly budgets for a four-location building materials company, the sense of accomplishment that he exudes never falters even when he eventually confides: “In the end, I was the last employee there.”…
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Ep 15: Let the Data do the Talking

Steve and Jack discuss the data tsunami that many organizations are now facing and what steps finance executives can take to replace their historical, backward-looking, “batch mode” thinking with more proactive approaches that will allow finance teams to achieve more predictive outcomes. This episode’s distinguished Planning Aces reveal the leadership mindsets and approaches now driving […]

837: The Hand in the Air | Rob Young, CFO, National Geographic Society

Rob Young remembers that back in 2001, when he joined the incoming class of newbie accountants at KPMG’s Short Hills, New Jersey, office, there was a 5- to 6-year age difference between his KPMG classmates and himself. “It was a situation where a 23-year-old was telling me what to do, but at the same time,…
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835: Understanding Your Business | Andrew Gehrlein, CFO, Park Place Technologies

When Andrew Gehrlein is asked about experiences that prepared him for a finance leadership role, one week from his 25-year career climb quickly comes to mind.   Back in 2008, Gehrlein was a controller with ERICO International Corp., a manufacturer of specialized electrical components engineered to better foster a building’s safety. “Construction companies used us…
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834: Where Paths Converge and Leaders Emerge | Tracy Curley, CFO, iSpecimen, Inc.

We are nearly at the end of our talk with CFO Tracy Curley when she mentions her two adult children. “I’m really blessed that they knew how important my career was to me when I was raising them,” remarks Curley, who recalls that during their younger years, it was not unusual for the children to…
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833: Keeping the House in Order | Aaron Hartwig, CFO, Edgewood Companies

Turn back the clock to the mid-1990s, and Aaron Hartwig is standing behind the front desk of a Las Vegas hotel, checking in guests and welcoming them to the always spirited city. “I always loved hospitality—I love the idea of having people come to your property to enjoy themselves,” reports Hartwig, who first landed in…
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