leadership

How does a European startup inside the hypercompetitive arena of mobile telecom navigate the not-so-placid waters of mobile messaging? Join us when Xavier Sanso, former CFO of UppTalk, shares his journey as CFO of a venture-backed startup that was sold last year to a Spanish telecom operator. ¤

What role can finance play inside the client-facing realm known as customer service? Join us when Susheel shares her CFO mind-set and explains how finance now plays a more central role in LRES's client offerings. ¤

What is it like to be CFO of a firm that views finance leaders as a primary target customer? Join us when Bill shares his CFO mind-set and explains why he likes to view his business through the lens of the customer. ¤

What happens when an artisan chocolatier decides that it's time to enhance its finance function? Join us as Shiwali Varshney, CFO, Vosges Chocolate, reveals her CFO mind-set and explains her priorities when it comes to driving growth inside one of the premium chocolate world's most innovative chocolatiers. ¤

Does your resume include a big-data initiative that actually drives revenue? Join us as Samuel Dergel explains what sets one big-data initiative apart from the rest and how career-minded finance leaders are modifying their career narratives to include their big-data feats of distinction. ¤

What role does finance play inside a professional services firm where the customer serves as a cultural cornerstone? Join us when David Cathcart, CFO, North Highland, reveals his CFO mind-set and explains how an entire organization stays in step with its customers using Net Promoter Scores (NPS). ¤

Ever wonder how an organization's information systems would work differently if finance and IT together designed the data flows and functionality? Join Bob Scopinich, CFO, Goddard Systems, Inc., as he reveals his CFO mind-set and discusses the strategic collaboration that created the systems that help to run one of the largest preschool franchises in the country.…

It takes more than hard work to lead an organization. Join us when Kelly Smith, CFO, Replacements, Ltd. reveals his CFO mind-set and shares how clarity of purpose as a finance leader led him to focus on empowering others to better complete the tasks at hand. ¤

What role does finance play inside a firm that helps organizations to manage their digital assets? Join us as Bonnie-Jeanne Gerety of North Plains Systems reveals her CFO mind-set and shares her finance team's priorities when it comes to finance adding value across the enterprise. ¤

How can finance leaders alter their traditional roles and become more transformative leaders? Join us when John Sculley, the former CEO of Pepsi and Apple, explains how a customer plan must become a bona fide component of today's modern finance function as businesses experience the shift from "producer-in-control" to "customer-in-control." ¤

Acquired in 2010 by a joint venture between Thayer Lodging Group, a private equity firm, and Jin Jiang Hotels, a publicly-held Chinese hotel chain, Interstate Hotels & Resorts  is opening a new chapter of growth inside the ever more global arena of  hotel management. CFO Carrie McIntyre is determined to help drive results inside an enterprise…