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It’s a story that Verizon CFO Matt Ellis seems to enjoy telling and one that he has undoubtedly related more than once before. One evening while in high school, Ellis was working at the fish …
Continue Reading about 609: Minding Your Financial Ps and Qs | Matt Ellis, CFO, Verizon →
When the Sarbanes–Oxley Act was enacted 18 years ago, it required the Securities and Exchange Commission to create regulations to define how companies should comply with it—a mandate that would …
Continue Reading about 608: Opening Your Acquisition Chapter | Jody Cire, CFO, AllCloud →
When a new CEO is recruited to lead a company, it’s not uncommon for the incumbent CFO to be replaced.However, there are certain network-savvy CFOs who are able to muster enough influence with their …
Years from now, when Will Costolnick thinks back to the start of his CFO career, he will likely count the 12 months that preceded his appointment as CFO of Hire Dynamics as part of the same chapter, …
Continue Reading about 606: Leveraging the Value of Culture | Will Costolnick, CFO, Hire Dynamics →
Unlike the music artists and instructors recruited by School of Rock to provide music lessons at its 270 locations around the globe, John Cappadona was first hired by the firm to provide a crash …
Continue Reading about 605: When Finance Sings a New Tune | John Cappadona, CFO, School of Rock →
In the late 1980s, when Gordon Stuart exited a 4-year stint as an auditor with Price Waterhouse, he bid accounting farewell—or at least he did until he stepped into a CFO role roughly a dozen years …
Continue Reading about 604: When It’s Time for a Fire Drill | Gordon Stuart, CFO, Unit4 →
