Early in his career, Damon Lee questioned why identical parts were sourced from different vendors across two plants. His analysis uncovered a $3M savings—20x larger than any other project. The lesson: finance’s curiosity and willingness to speak up can transform operations, not just report results. Now Watch the Complete Episode Featuring CFO Damon Lee of […]
1127: Lean Finance in a Volatile World | Damon Lee, CFO, C.H. Robinson
When Damon Lee reflects on his first conversations with C.H. Robinson’s CEO, he recalls how natural the alignment felt. “We spoke the same language. We were finishing each other’s sentences,” Lee tells us. For a finance leader whose ambition had long been to step into the CFO chair, the clarity of vision he encountered at…
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884: Understanding Your Business Thesis | Betsy Ward, CFO, MassMutual
Finance leader Betsy Ward wants you to know that she doesn’t have an itchy trigger finger—but she does have an inner trigger and knows when it's been set off. There's no doubt that few professional colleagues would ever think to associate the time-tested gunslinger trope with the mild-mannered Ward, who has led insurance giant MassMutual…
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391: The Future of Compensation | Featuring Chris Cabrera, CEO, Xactly, & Brett Knowles, PM2
What if your company had unique lines of sight into the compensation best practices and approaches of your customers, and what if those lines of sight annually generated reams of data that endowed your firm with a pool of strategic information that few firms—if any—could match? Join us when Xactly Corporation CEO Christopher Cabrera and performance…
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