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127: How One CFO Career Spans Seven Startups, Dan Atler, CFO, MapR

What's it like to have served as a CFO inside seven different technology start-ups? Join us as finance leader Dan Atler shares his CFO mind-set and reveals the path that led him to big-data start-up MapR. Sponsor BlackLine  Does your finance department remain bogged down in the trenches using spreadsheets to accomplish complex accounting and…
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126: Leveraging the CFO’s “Pan-Corporate” View, Peter Kyviakidis, CFO, Squarespace

Ever wonder what it's like to be part of a company responsible for shaping the online identities of thousands of small and medium businesses? Join us as finance leader Peter Kyviakidis shares his CFO mind-set and reveals the competitive dynamics inside the realm of website building and hosting services. Sponsor BlackLine  Does your finance department…
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125: ASK ETHAN: Embracing the Shift to Real-Time Scenario Planning

Is your organization assessing uncertainty using scenario planning? Join us as Ethan Carlson, CEO of Carlson Management Consulting, once more tackles our questions to supply you with answers and a new mindset designed to help empower your finance organization to look ahead. Sponsor BlackLine  Does your finance department remain bogged down in the trenches using…
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124: Riding the Cloud-to-Cloud Integration Wave, Barry Zwarenstein, CFO, Five9

Ever wonder what it's like to be part of a business where recurring revenues make up 97 percent of total revenues? Join us as CFO Barry Zwarenstein shares his CFO mind-set and reveals the competitive dynamics inside the realm of contact center software and cloud computing. Sponsor BlackLine  Does your finance department remain bogged down…
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123: Decrypting the Pursuit of Happiness, Bill Maw, CFO, Liquidnet

Ever wonder why so few companies have truly happy employees? Join us as Bill shares his CFO mind-set and reveals what led him to write a book about worklife challenges and the values that set apart happy successful people. Sponsor BlackLine  Does your finance department remain bogged down in the trenches using spreadsheets to accomplish…
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122: Beware the Dining Industry Disrupter, Robert Cornog, CFO, Seasoned Development

Ever wonder what it would be like to execute a new concept inside the always competitive restaurant management industry? Join us as Rob shares his CFO mind-set and reveals how his firm is busy disrupting the traditional dining entertainment segment. Sponsor BlackLine  Does your finance department remain bogged down in the trenches using spreadsheets to…
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121: Gaining Competitive Advantage With Analytics, Mike Picchi, CFO, Allconnect

Is your organization prepared to leverage business analytics? Join us as Mike shares his CFO mind-set and reveals how his firm is determined to uncover new competitive advantages using analytics. Analytics Moves From IT to Finance Mike's Site  
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Why Finance Executives Must Own Their Own Narratives

“Yet while he was universally admired throughout the company, and known as a truly wise person, most managers wanted as little to do with him as possible. They simply could not understand a word he was saying. He was dependent on the CEO to translate him.”1 It was with these words and others like them […]

120: How Workforce Training is Getting Its Groove Back, Jason Shore, CFO, True Office

Ever wonder how game mechanics are changing the rules of workforce training . Join us as Jason shares his CFO mind-set and reveals how his career as a start-up CFO has placed him inside the vanguard of a workforce training movement. Sponsor BlackLine  Does your finance department remain bogged down in the trenches using spreadsheets…
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119: At Ingredion, Food Ingredients Became a Recipe For Global Growth

What types of financial approaches and processes are required to generate more than $6 billion in food ingredient sales annually? Join us as Jack Fortnum, CFO, Ingredion shares his CFO mind-set and reveals a world of innovation behind the food industry's ingredients label. Sponsor BlackLine Does your finance department remain bogged down in the trenches…
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The Management Narrative Makes Room for Finance

In an earlier column titled “The Drucker Curse,” I argued that Peter Drucker, the much acclaimed 20th-century management thinker, could be found guilty of drawing an “iron curtain” across the corporation, a barrier designed to segregate a fledgling but maturing management narrative from a robust and authoritative finance function. I wrote that his influential writings […]

117: The Data-Empowered CFO, Bhadresh Sutaria, CFO, Arcserve

What's it like to be a data-centric CFO? Join us as Bhadresh shares his CFO mind-set and reveals how access to data along with a keen understanding of how it can impact performance shaped his mission as a CFO. Sponsor BlackLine  Does your finance department remain bogged down in the trenches using spreadsheets to accomplish…
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