What do you wish someone had told you at the start of your CFO career? “I don’t expect any sympathy for the following statement: It’s a lonely job. It actually is. And that’s why, I think, something like this that you’re doing here is a great forum because generally CFOs don’t get to talk to […]
301: More Scalable, More Profitable, More Valuable | Lynn Atchison, CFO, Spredfast
When asked to identify what attracted her to multiple finance leadership roles over the past 25 years, Lynn Atchison says that the attraction very often involved new business opportunities that were triggered by a change in consumer or business-to-business behavior. Join us when Lynn reveals how a mix of intuition, ambition, and networking savvy propelled her career…
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300: Internet TV & Streaming Finance | Terri Stevens, CFO, Mobi TV
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299: Own a Scoop of Our Company | Rob Bohorad, CFO, Yuengling’s Ice Cream
Guest: Rob Bohorad, CFO Company: Yuengling's Ice Cream Founded: 2014 Headquarters: Orwigsburg, PA Contacts: www.yuenglingsicecream.com @YuenglingsIC (Twitter)
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298: The Startup CFO: The Builder’s Journey
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Most Business Problems Wear Shoes | Larry Begley, CFO, CloudHealth Technologies
What do you wish someone had told you at the start of your CFO career? “One of my colleagues had a great expression. She used to always say ‘most business problems wear shoes.’ And what she meant by that is that most of the problems that you need to solve in business are people-related, so when […]
297: Charting Your Next CFO Chapter | Chris Capozzi, CFO, Freedom Financial Network
During his 17-year tenure at General Electric, Chris Capozzi played a key leadership role in a number of GE's most historic chapters, including helping to execute the company’s strategy to restructure GE Capital and divest more than $260 billion of assets. Join us when we ask Chris to look back on the career experiences that best…
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296: Managing Growth | John Sculley, Former CEO, Apple
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295: The M&A-Minded CFO | Jack Walsh, CFO, Aptean
Having completed 11 acquisitions in the past two-and-half years, Aptean—an enterprise software developer—is making M&A best practices the cornerstone of an aggressive growth strategy. Join us when Aptean CFO Jack Walsh explains how the realization of cost synergies rather than revenue synergies has become a central component of Aptean's M&A success formula. Guest: Jack Walsh, CFO…
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Don’t Limit Yourself | Steffen Parratt, CFO, KCG Holdings, Inc.
What do you wish someone had told you at the start of your CFO career? “It just seems to me that there’s so much opportunity in the world now. And what I mean by that is that technology has advanced so quickly. This is maybe a technology-centric view, but young people, and you know their names, […]
292: Empowering the Business | Steve Love, CFO, Dialpad
As an operations-oriented CFO, Steve Love has rapidly scaled both public and privately held SaaS/software and cloud-based technology companies. Join us when Steve traces his career from Ernst & Young (providing assurance and SEC services) to the CFO office, where he has raised funds from top-tier VCs and institutions, launched subsidiaries, and helped to target, negotiate, and…
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291: When Doubling the Company’s Size | Roberto Simon, CFO, WEX, Inc.
Having acquired Electronic Funds Source last summer as part of $1.1 billion deal, WEX, Inc., has made no secret of its appetite for growth. Join us when WEX CFO Roberto Simon shares his CFO mind-set and explains how M&A challenges are really doors of opportunity that allow organizations to optimize their operations and sharpen their competitive edge. Guest: Roberto Simon,…
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