During the pandemic, Lisa Cummins Dulchinos realized that doing tasks herself wasn’t the best use of her time as CFO. Encouraged by a peer, she began delegating, gaining strategic clarity. The shift allowed her to better engage with executives, boards, and investors by focusing on the bigger picture rather than day-to-day execution. When Lisa Cummins […]
1115: The Evolution of a Leader—One CFO Chapter at a Time | Lisa Cummins Dulchinos, CFO, Ayar Labs
When Lisa Cummins Dulchinos joined Ayar Labs, she knew translating deep tech into a business story would be central to her role. At a company where 85% of the nearly 200 employees hold PhDs, Dulchinos found herself among experts fluent in micro-ring resonators and laser physics. To explain what Ayar Labs does, she took a…
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720: Build a Function That Drives | Beth Clymer, CFO, Jobcase, Inc.
"Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you and work hard to help them to grow and shine." – Beth Clymer, CFO, Jobcase, Inc. It was one of the last pieces of advice that CFO Beth Clymer left us with—an item that we snagged with one of our favorite questions: What advice do you…
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The Networking Imperative | Robert Bendetti, CFO, Life Cycle Engineering
Guest: Robert Bendetti Company: Life Cycle Engineering Connect: www.lce.com Connect: www.globalcfocouncil.com Headquarters: Charleston, SC CFOTL: So tell us about the CFO Council and its new virtual world. Bendetti: In the past, we've had folks participating who maybe only came once a year to meetings because they take their kids to school, or they've got a…
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For CFOS, It’s Only the Lonely | Alan Haughie, CFO, ServiceMaster
What do you wish someone had told you at the start of your CFO career? “I don’t expect any sympathy for the following statement: It’s a lonely job. It actually is. And that’s why, I think, something like this that you’re doing here is a great forum because generally CFOs don’t get to talk to […]
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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