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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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818: Breaking Finance’s “Glass Wall” | David Bedell, CFO, Lendio

Looking back at the early years of his finance career, David Bedell recalls being frustrated when a business unit leader remained leery about the merits of a potential deal. “I had done all of the analysis and was convinced that it would make a lot of money for the company, but I just couldn’t figure…
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718: An Appetite for Impact | Sean Mulloy, CFO, Level Ex, Inc.

"Whenever you face setbacks and failures, view these as what they are—an opportunity to learn and grow. While talent and skill are certainly important, the most important skill is resiliency." –CFO Sean Mulloy When asked when he knew that he wanted to become a chief financial officer, Sean Mulloy tells us that he knew from…
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707: Light from a Distant Star | Ian Charles, CFO, Flexe

Of course, every finance leader needs to understand the mechanics of accounting and know how to identify the financial implications of management’s decisions. Their preparation should also include learning from their experiences—and this includes mistakes, says Ian Charles, chief financial officer with Flexe, an on-demand warehousing solution. In particular, identifying the optimal candidate for a…
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706: A Career of Build-and-Scale Moments | Trent York, CFO, Restore Hyper Wellness

Nearly 20 years later, CFO Trent York tells us that he can still hear the finance executive’s exact words. “Trent, I don’t need you to tell me how not to do something—I need you to help me to figure out how to work through the issue and what needs to be addressed in order for…
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353: The Expressive CFO | Kelly Steckelberg, CFO, Zoom Video Communications

Turn back the clock, and you'll see that Kelly Steckelberg's CFO career took a surprise turn when she advanced into the CEO office for a number of years. Back inside the finance realm as CFO of a fast-growing video conferencing company, Kelly now credits her CEO turn as helping to better illuminate the path of a strategy-minded…
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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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232: Roll Up Your Sleeves: A CFO’s Entrepreneurial Itch, Paul Auvil, CFO, Proofpoint

Join us when Paul Auvil explains why large enterprise finance lacks the luster of early enterprise as he peers through his finance lens and explores the milestones of his varied finance career. Paul's SITE
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