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When Drew Vollero arrived in the CFO office of Snap (formerly Snapchat) in 2015, the executives occupying the tech world’s traditional IPO talent bench no doubt raised a few eyebrows.Having spent the …
Continue Reading about 654: The Path to Being IPO-Ready | Drew Vollero, CFO, Allied Universal →
Of all of the business discussions that Chad Cohen has had over the years, few are likely as memorable as the 20-second conversation he had with Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff about midway into his 9-year …
In 2016, when Jeff Nichols had been a senior member of Glassdoor’s FP&A team for 2 years, he and other members of the finance team were confronting the nagging truth that the firm’s path to going …
Continue Reading about 652: Exposing Gross Margin’s Hidden Levers | Jeff Nichols, CFO, UJET →
Ross Tennenbaum remembers that back in 2018, when he was a managing director at Goldman Sachs, he had conversations with a number of senior executives from Slack Technologies, Inc.At the time, the …
Continue Reading about 651: Remedying Your Metrics Disconnect | Ross Tennenbaum, CFO, Avalara →
In 2008, as the economic downturn threatened to upend IBM Corp.’s financial well-being, the company’s leadership was considering different candidates to lead a corporatewide restructuring when Kieran …
Continue Reading about 650: When Opportunity Comes Your Way | Kieran McGrath, CFO, Avaya →
Had Martin Nolan studied engineering instead of accounting, his career path would likely never have entered the worlds of Marilyn Monroe, John Lennon, and Michael Jackson.Still, Irish-born Nolan is …
Continue Reading about 649: Entering the Auction Room | Martin Nolan, CFO, Julien’s Auctions →
