The Path to Unlocking Gross Margin Points | Dayton Kellenberger, CFO, Vendavo
CFO GUEST: Dayton Kellenberger, CFO, Vendavo Kellenberger: I think there’s a couple that that come to mind. I mean, I think the first piece is overarchingly. We want to make sure that we’re focusing the business on the key metrics that matter. And so we shifted how we do our monthly business unit reviews. So […]
899: Democratizing Workforce Opportunities | Simone Nardi, CFO, Globalization Partners
When the Metrics Signal It’s Time to Derisk | Aneal Vallurupalli, CFO, Airbase
Watch as CFO Aneal Vallurupalli reflects on an earlier career chapter when he was tasked with prioritizing hiring and assessing the state of the business at a prior company. At the time team the company’s metrics were aligning well and Vallurupalli suggested to the co-founder that they should raise funds. Despite the co-founder’s initial reluctance, […]
The Enterprise Mindset: When Firm Trumps Function | Julie Swinney, CFO, Zendesk
CFO GUEST: Julie Swinney of Zendesk Julie Swinney, CFO, Zendesk reflects back on a career chapter at Intel Corp. when she stepped into a General Manager role after a GM departed the company. Swinney, a career finance executive, stresses the importance of an enterprise mindset, which involves putting the company’s interests first, instead of just […]
894: The Opportunity That Everyone Must See | Julie Swinney, CFO, Zendesk
Understanding Your Customer From the Inside Out | Jason Quinn, CFO, Vendr
CFO GUEST: Jason Quinn of Vendr
886: When SaaS Became the Destination | Alka Tandan, CFO, Gainsight
Ep 21: When Sales is at the Table
Bringing a Cross-Functional Approach to Scenario Analysis | Betsy Ward, CFO, MassMutual
Ward: I actually think it might be more unique given my background to talk about a Strategic Finance moment that related to a position I was in when I was in, in actually Investment Management, which relates to those scenarios I was talking about. So while I was working in mass, Mutual’s Investment Management subsidiary, […]