“We’ve always believed in meeting businesses where they are—inside the systems they already trust.” – Lacerte At SuiteWorld 2025 in Las Vegas, René Lacerte, founder and CEO of BILL, discussed how AI, automation, and embedded partnerships are transforming the financial operations landscape for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). Lacerte described AI’s evolution in finance as […]
1095: Turning Volatility into Cross‑Border Opportunity | Bea Ordonez, CFO, Payoneer
Bea Ordonez still recalls the whirlwind of her first CFO post: a raw fintech start‑up where, in two short years, she recruited “over a hundred people,” built the processes they would follow and decided what kind of culture would bind them, she tells us. Immersing herself in every workflow taught her that finance leadership begins on…
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1057: Building Strategic Value: Inside the Finance Engine Room | Georgy Egorov, CFO, ZeroAvia
“Maybe it was a little bit of beginner’s luck,” Georgy Egorov tells us, reflecting on his first CFO appointment at a biotech startup. Although the life sciences firm’s blend of knowledge-driven resources and AI placed it at the forefront of drug discovery innovation, Egorov identified a critical vulnerability: the company’s model depended too heavily on…
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