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284: The Leadership Talent Continuum: Four CFOs Ponder The Roots of Leadership
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283: From Finance Leader to Chief Executive | Ken Østreng, CFO, Confirmit
As a CFO, Ken Østreng has been highly visible across his Nordic-based firm’s multinational operations. Whether he was identifying international acquisition targets or new incentives to help drive sales, he became one of Confirmit's "go-to" leaders, and in the minds of management the natural successor to Confirmit's CEO Henning Hansen. And, so when Henning recently…
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282: The Boomerang CFO | Larry Begley, CFO, CloudHealth Technologies
It was more than ten years ago when Larry Begley last exited the CFO office to dedicate his days to building an early stage venture capital firm. After four tours of duty as a finance leader, the finance leader's future career aspirations would be more than satisfied by building a successful VC firm. Or would…
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281: The Expat Life | Six CFOs Share Tales of Innocents Abroad
Very often the opportunity to work abroad arrives early in a finance professional's career, but not all executives are prepared to take the leap. Still, overseas assignments populate the resumes of many finance leaders, who often look back on their days abroad and ponder the sizeable influence they have had on their view on business…
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Dynamic Duos | Behind Successful CFO CEO Teams
Join us when we highlight the CEO CFO teamwork that punctuates the growth of three successful midsized firms.
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276: Growing Alongside Private Equity | Rich Antoneck, CFO, Veritext
What are the management practices that help forge strong relationships with private equity partners? Join us when finance leader Rich Antoneck explains how private equity partners have helped to guide his CFO career and fuel the growth of Veritext, a legal solutions provider that has closely collaborated with three different private equity partners. Guest: Rich Antoneck,…
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275: Building a Biotech Wonder | Sara Bonstein, CFO, Advaxis
While Sara Bonstein's finance career roots run deep inside a number of New Jersey's healthcare behemoths (Eli Lilly & Company, Johnson & Johnson), her goal was to someday build and lead a finance team inside one of the much smaller and more entrepreneurial biotech firms that today populate New Jersey's business topography. Join us when,…
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274: Adopting Finance’s New Talent Mind-set
It’s no secret that the mix of skills and experience demanded by successful finance teams is quickly evolving, and at no time has the need to attract, grow, and retain talent competencies inside the finance function been more critical to finance leaders. As all too many CFOs have learned, the quickest way to lose…
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270: Stocking a More Profitable Aisle | Rick Phegley, CFO, Smart & Final
The world of grocery chains has been weathering an industry-wide downturn in recent years. However for Smart & Final, 2016 was another year of expansion. The grocery chain added 39 new stores bringing its total to 305 in seven Western States. Join us when Rick Phegley, CFO, Smart & Final explains his CFO mind-set and explains how…
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267: When It Comes To Private Equity Partners | 3 CFOs Share Their Views
Three of our CFO Thought Leaders: Brian Giambagno, CFO, Action Environmental Group, Richard Antoneck, CFO, Veritext, Bill Elkin, CFO, Interflex spotlight for us the unique private equity relationships they support and leverage to grow their businesses. "When working in the private equity world, what you as a CFO need to understand is that there is always…
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265: Navigating a Newly Divested Firm | Ray Scheppach, CFO, iManage
When less than a year ago finance leader Ray Scheppach joined iManage, a workflow management software company, he had signed on to a management team in the midst of executing a buyout that inside of six months would divest iManage from technology giant HP. Join us when Ray shares his CFO mind-set and recalls one…
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263: When Presenting the Numbers | Randall Bolten, Author, Painting With Numbers
According to career CFO and author Randall Bolten, communicating numbers is a skill that requires knowledge of rules and grammar, a sense of narrative flow, and respect and compassion for your audience. Join us when Randall explains how many business leaders deserve poor marks when it comes to numeric communication and describes what steps they can…
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