533: Grasping the Levers for Growth | Jeff Friedman, CFO, Savi Technology

CFO THOUGHT LEADER · Sep 22, 2019 · 43m

CFOTL: What comes to mind when we ask for a finance strategic moment?

Friedman: MCI itself, during the ’90s, was a great place. I was there for just a little bit more than nine years. The opportunity within that organization to have different roles and different responsibilities that were all progressive, or progressing, was really key for me. When I had my first real corporate finance job at MCI, I literally was a direct report to the CFO. While I wasn’t going to show up on an org chart, it was kind of heavy for somebody who’ was in his late 20s at the time—to be able to have one-on-one…