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812: When Leadership Came Calling | Angela Pierce, CFO, Anaconda

Looking back on her career as a corporate finance executive, Angela Pierce says that the call of leadership arrived at a moment of unvarnished frustration. Sixteen years ago, when the management of Level 3 Communications was expressing a keen interest in acquiring Pierce’s then-company, Broadwing Corporation, it was not the first time that Pierce found…
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The Great Reassessment | eBook

As the rate of worker resignations continues to grab headlines, seven CFOs explain why they view the movement as more of an employee self-reassessment than a Great Resignation. Plus, they share a few workforce reassessments of their own. Download the eBook

809: Leading Inside a Remote World | Danielle Murcray, CFO, AttackIQ

Among the many strategic changes that finance leader Danielle Murcray has helped to put in motion during her multi-chapter CFO career, perhaps none better reveals her mantle as a strategic leader than the move by cybersecurity firm AttackIQ to adopt a 100 percent–remote U.S. workforce.   With the arrival of the pandemic, Murcray—like many of…
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The Quarterly | Summer, 2022

FEATURING THE CFO THOUGHT LEADERS: Emily Villatte CFO, ACAST |  Jonathan Sides CFO, FLEETIO |  Sarah Blanchard CFO, UDEMY |  Kent Kelley CFO, UNANET |  Chris Roling CFO, COINME | Adriana Carpenter CFO, EMBURSE |  Will Johnson CFO, ITERABLE | Anisha Sood CFO, FIRST CHOICE HEALTH |  Elaine Sun CFO, MAMMOTH BIOSCIENCES | Melinda Smith […]

806: Being Ready for the Unexpected | Marc Levine, CFO, Tanium

Among the many acquisitions with which Marc Levine became involved during his 25 years at Hewlett-Packard Co., it may surprise few of his former colleagues that he counts HP’s purchase of Compaq Computer as one of the tech giant’s most unusual marriages.     However, Levine doesn’t single out HP’s purchase of Compaq due to the…
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803: Sharing in a Moment That Mattered | Efrain Rivera, CFO, Paychex

Back in April of 2020, as the consequences of COVID’s arrival in the U.S. sent financial markets reeling, Paychex CFO Efrain Rivera had the temptation “to say nothing.” As the company’s quarterly earnings call with analysts quickly approached, Rivera explains, a number of management team members had gathered in conference to debate the idea of…
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802: Making an Industry Lane Change | Mike Catelani, CFO, Anixa Biosciences, Inc.

When Mike Catelani seeks to identify the objectives and career milestones that have helped to advance him into the ranks of Bay Area biotech CFOs, he mentions that although he had a deep interest in biology during his high school years, upon entering college he decided to swap out a biology curriculum for an accounting…
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Ep 18: The Hard Truth About Retention

Brett & Jack discuss how growing numbers of businesses are facing an employee retention crisis as they battle escalating workforce attrition and struggle to fill job vacancies. As the crisis grows in certain industries, more finance leaders are sounding the alarm on escalating business risk and dedicating more time to solving the current talent equation. […]

800: When the Road Rises to Meet You | John Herman, CFO, Movable Ink

Had the opportunity to work in the treasury department at American Express arrived 6 months earlier, there’s a chance that John Herman may never have landed in a CFO office. “Treasury was an area that I was fascinated by,” remembers Herman, who—after having spent a decade at American Express—was given a "package” in 2009 when…
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799: When Metrics Do the Talking | Adam Ante, CFO, Paycor

When Adam Ante first arrived at Paycor in 2017, the seasoned finance executive was tasked with prodding Paycor management to begin monitoring daily performance metrics. “At first, it was about building the relationship with the executive team so that they understood how important it was to understand how the company was performing on a daily…
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798: A CFO Links Past to Present | April Downing, CFO, Khoros

It was in the late 1990s when public accountant, savvy networker and future CFO April Downing decided that it was time to leave Dallas. “I had cultivated my network there really early—there was a group of friends from PwC whom I regularly attended a book club with, and later we would all go on to…
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797: Achieving a More Perfect Exit | Melinda Smith, CFO, ChaosSearch

Back in early 2014, the management of Paydiant, a 4-year-old mobile payments start-up, believed that it was still several years away from engaging with acquisition-minded bankers. Nevertheless, when PayPal came calling, the Paydiant team decided that they were worth a listen.        “Even though it was still an early stage for us to be in…
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