We’re pleased to hear that a number of our CFO Thought Leaders will be participating in the Annual CFO Rising East Summit, taking place in Miami on March 11 & 12. Counted among this year’s CFO Rising presenters are CFOTL’s recent guests CFO Vince Burchianti of Firehouse Subs (Episode 72) and CFO Mathew Novick of Place […]
113: The Return of the Small IPO, Doug Jamison, Chairman and CEO, Harris & Harris
Ever wonder how otherwise guarded investors are drawn to the high-risk frontier of scientific discovery? Join us as Doug Jamison, Chairman & CEO of Harris & Harris, takes us on a wild ride down an impressive portfolio of early stage opportunities far removed from the main stream of VC investment. Sponsor BlackLine Does your finance department…
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112: Adopting a Rolling Forecast, Ethan Carlson, CEO, Carlson Management Consulting
Is your rolling forecast delivering all of what it promised? 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…
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111: Inside the Marijuana Business Model, Mike James, CFO, Terra Tech
It’s been compared to the end of America's prohibition era — a $50 billion industry that will someday soon be legalized. Join us as Mike James, CFO of Terra Tech, shares his CFO mind-set and reveals how the legalization of cannabis, commonly known as marijuana, has given rise to a robust new business model hungry for…
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110: How an ERP Project Fueled a CFO’s Strategic Ambitions, Moazam Ali Shah, CFO, Gulf Union Foods Company, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
What types of opportunities can ERP implementations offer aspiring finance leaders? Join us as Moazam shares his CFO mind-set and reveals how a global ERP project undertaken by the Gulf Union Foods Company of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, offered finance the opportunity to build relationships across the enterprise. Sponsor BlackLine Does your finance department remain bogged…
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109: On Aligning Strategy & Forecasting, Ethan Carlson, CEO, Carlson Management Consulting
Why do so many organizations struggle to achieve an optimal alignment between strategy and forecasting? Join us as Ethan Carlson, CEO of Carlson Management Consulting, kicks off ASK ETHAN, our weekly podcast designed to supply answers to your most daunting questions as we explore the strategies and best practices that are now empowering finance to drive…
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108: A CFO’s Mission: To Inspire Others to Achieve Greatness, Deborah Herrera, CFO, Schwan’s Consumer Brands
How do sound values and good judgment become part of a CFO's rite of passage? Join us as Deborah shares her CFO mind-set and details how her principles and powers of discernment led her to advance inside a variety of top finance organizations. Sponsor BlackLine Does your finance department remain bogged down in the trenches…
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106: Revved Up for High Growth, Matt Novick, CFO, PlaceIQ
How does knowledge of the sales function influence a start-up CFO's decision making? Join us as Matt shares his CFO mind-set and explains how his past experience in sales operations is now helping him architect the finance function of a high-growth firm. Sponsors BlackLine Systems Financial Close Suite helps finance executives rapidly reconcile millions of transactions…
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105: When Optimizing Working Capital Becomes a Business Opportunity, John Kill, CFO, C2FO
What's it like to be CFO of a firm that likes to boast of having facilitated more than $10 billion in early cash flow to the supplier community. Join us as John shares his CFO mind-set and the innovative offerings that allows companies to optimize their working capital positions by deploying an eBay like exchange to release capital.…
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104: Consulting and Employment: The Blurred Line, Karl Hardesty, CEO, Hardesty LLC
Where does consulting end and employment begin inside the burgeoning world of interim CFOs? Join us as Karl Hardesty CEO and co-founder of “CFO-for-hire” upstart Hardesty, LLC helps us to chart the blurring line that is quickly altering the C-suite's management dynamics. Sponsor BlackLine Financial Close Suite helps finance executives rapidly reconcile millions of transactions per…
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103: Cloudy with a Chance of Added Margin: CFO Renée Hornbaker Arms Stream Energy With a Dynamic Monthly Forecast
What's it like to be CFO of a $7 billion energy firm that's grown largely by word of mouth? Join us as Renée shares her CFO mind-set and quickly advances a 21st Century finance function inside a fast-growing energy upstart. Sponsors BlackLine Systems Financial Close Suite helps finance executives rapidly reconcile millions of transactions per minute. View…
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