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CFO THOUGHT LEADER
CFO THOUGHT LEADER is a podcast featuring firsthand accounts of finance leaders who are driving change within their organizations. We share the career journey of our spotlighted CFO guest: What do they struggle with? How do they persevere? What makes them successful CFOs? CFO THOUGHT LEADER is all about inspiring finance professionals to take a leadership leap. We know that by hearing about the successes — (and yes, also the failures) — of others, today’s CFOs can more confidently chart their…
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485: Finding a Cure for the IPO Blues | Mark Lee, CFO, Forge
Before joining Goldman Sachs back in the late 1980s, Mark Lee was a finance manager at Hewlett-Packard Co. Today, Lee fondly recalls being mentored by a senior…
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484: Milestones for a CFO Barn Raiser | Andrew Guggenhime, CFO, Dermira
When asked about his arrival at Dermira, CFO Andrew Guggenhime explains: "I was the 22nd employee, and today we have over 300." Along the way, the company…
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483: Making FP&A a Road Map for the Business | Glynis Bryan, CFO, Insight Enterprises, Inc.
There was a time when Glynis Bryan imagined herself someday retiring from Ryder System, Inc.—a company she entered as an intern and would later exit as a…
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482: When Opportunities Reveal Themselves | Wilco Groenhuysen, CFO, Novocure
Near the end of our discussion with CFO Wilco Groenhuysen, he recommends a book while confiding: "It's not a great book—but it has a big lesson."…
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481: Achieving a Milestone Transaction | Mike Myshrall, CFO, Cyren
Of all the finance milestones that CFO Mike Myshrall uses to illustrate Cyren's appetite for success, perhaps few are more enlightening than the one involving…
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480: Bringing a Metric to Life | Mark Patrick, CFO, Syngenta
Sometime in the next three to six months, Syngenta AG, a Swiss-based agribusiness company, is expecting to welcome a clan of ambitious offspring. Months, even…
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479: Keeping the Customer Top-of-Mind | Stefan Schulz, CFO, PROS Holdings, Inc.
Among the many flights that CFO Stefan Schulz has taken between Minneapolis and Houston over the years, few are etched in his memory better than a certain…
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478: Numbers: CFO Leadership's Lightning in a Bottle | Sebastien Martel, CFO, BRP
It was late for a workday (perhaps after 9:00 p.m.) when Seb Martel shared his team's candid findings with a collection of top managers tasked with assessing…
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477: A Blueprint for Corporate Finance Success | Ching Jaw, CFO, Cytokinetics
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476: Virtual Finance Leadership Is Her Reality | Jill Vogin, CFO, TrainingPros
TrainingPros CFO Jill Vogin describes her early-career public accounting experience as a “virtual master’s degree” in corporate finance and accounting. It was…
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475: Advancing Product to Enter the Next Stage of Development | Buck Phillips, CFO, G1 Therapeutics
G1 Therapeutics CFO Barclay “Buck” Phillips set his sights on the CFO position on day one of his very first job back in high school. After he hustled home to…
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474: Legacy of a Finance Leader | Corinne Hua, CFO, Traction on Demand
A Chief Story Officer’s Legacy Given that finance executives are the top number-crunchers in the organization, it’s fascinating to hear Traction on Demand CFO…
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473: Guidance for your C-Suite Ascent | Emma Reeve, CFO, Constellation Pharmaceuticals
Guidance for your C-Suite Ascent A global finance executive with a passion for healthcare, Constellation Pharmaceuticals CFO Emma Reeve offers straightforward…
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472: Finding True North in the Land of Fast Casual | Patrick Harkleroad, CFO, Chanticleer Holdings
Chanticleer Holdings CFO Patrick Harkleroad knows how to distinguish between signals and noise. That’s evident when he’s helping colleagues mine an expanding…
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471: When a Megatrend Came Knocking | William Acheson, CFO, GWG Holdings
From a career development standpoint, one of the best things William Acheson did to reach the CFO office was stepping away from corporate finance and…
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470: Rethinking Corporate Structures | Sean Cassidy, CFO, Arvinas
Arvinas CFO Sean Cassidy caught the high-growth bug early in his career. Shortly into his stint with Deloitte, Cassidy transitioned from a massive global…
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469: A Strategic Leader Gets His Bearings | Jim Peters, CFO, Whirlpool Corporation
When Whirlpool CFO Jim Peters joined the company at the director level 15 years ago, he was thrust into the thick of a pivotal M&A deal that also wound up…
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468: A Cross-Functional Black Belt | Justin Spencer, CFO, Vocera Communications
A Cross-Functional Black Belt Vocera Communications CFO Justin Spencer’s strategic-finance breakthrough had little to do with corporate finance and everything…
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467: The Exponential Value of Saying: Thank You | Elena Gomez, CFO, Zendesk
Choose Your Words Carefully Zendesk CFO Elena Gomez followed up a top-notch education (a degree from UC-Berkley’s Haas School of Business) with a series of…
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466: Energizing the Realm of Early Stage Pharma | Jeff Farrow, CFO, Global Blood Therapeutics
An Early Dose of Pharma Start-Up Experience When Global Blood Therapeutics CFO Jeffrey Farrow says he took the corporate-finance career path less traveled, he…
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465: Catching The Next Wave, Again and Again | Steve Cakebread, CFO, Yext
A Humble Take on a Hall-of-Fame Career Yext CFO Steve Cakebread’s resume is extraordinary given the preeminent companies he’s worked for (HP, Silicon Graphics…
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464: Shortening Your Customer's Time to Value | Gordy Brooks, CFO , FinancialForce
One of FinancialForce CFO Gordy Brooks’ most valuable early career-building experiences began by butting heads with his CEO. The chief executive insisted on…
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463: Determining Your Course of Action | Jennifer Ceran, CFO, SmartSheet
A regular on Treasury and Risk Management Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in Finance” list, Smartsheet CFO Jennifer Ceran joined the company, a SaaS…
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462: Understanding What Drives the Numbers | Justin Crotty, CFO, Anaqua
Props to Anaqua CFO and COO Justin Crotty for allowing us to first zero-in on his early career chapters when the economy showed no mercy. Crotty, who joined…
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461: Authoring Your Finance Career Adventure | Andrew Jackson, CFO, Ra Medical Systems
On first glance, Ra Medical Systems CFO Andrew Jackson’s 20 years as a finance executive in life sciences and technology companies seems have progressed in a…
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460: Advancing Down Your Growth Path | Chris Menard, CFO, BlueSnap
Of the three traditional paths to the finance chief’s seat, Bluesnap CFO Chris Menard took the approach less traveled, and it’s made quite a difference. Most…
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459: Savoring Your Risk Mitigation Opportunities | Rejji Hayes, CFO, CMS Energy
In a sector known for advancing leading-edge risk mitigation strategies, CFO Rejji Hayes offers a risk-minded response to those who ask why he steered his…
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458: Championing a Vision of What Change Looks Like | Tony Tripeny, CFO, Corning Inc.
Tony Tripeny’s remarkable career at Corning can be defined by some impressive numbers: 33 years of service in every aspect of corporate finance at the…
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457: Advancing Your Long-Term View | Sean Quinn, CFO, Cimpress
Cimpress CFO Sean Quinn likes to set increasingly difficult professional goals for himself. His commitment to continual personal growth hasn’t hurt his mass…
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456: Season Highlights | Part 2, Bruce Hartman, Ethan Carlson
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455: CFOs on the Spot |2018 Highlights from Our Roaming Reporter
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454: Making Your Employees Feel Valued | Ron Shah, CFO, Hodges Mace
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453: Getting a Read on Customer Patterns| Anitha Gopalan, CFO, Catalant Technologies
Serving as a corporate finance executive for an organization on the perilous journey from “small and private” to “large, publicly listed, and thriving” taught…
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452: When Being Mission-Driven Means Data-Driven| Pavan Makhija, CFO, Possible
The executives and staffers profiled on Possible’s web site are described by the non-profit integrated healthcare provider as “possibilists” – “people with the…
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451: Advancing When the Time is Right - But Not Before | Guy Melamed, CFO, Varonis Systems
Whenever he’s faced a difficult crossroads in life or business, Varnonis CFO Guy Melamed focused squarely on goals – sticking to them and scoring them. Despite…
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450: The Visual Thinker | Damon Fletcher, CFO, Tableau
Before joining Tableau four years ago and taking over the CFO seat last July, Damon Fletcher worked through a progression of experiences that could serve as a…
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449: How Data is Fueling a Not -For-Profit's Greater Mission | Kote Lomidze, CFO, World Learning
Cloud ERP + Time = Strategic Influence When Kote Lomidze became World Learning’s CFO four years ago, he immediately began enhancing the functionality of a…
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448: A Truly Transformative Chapter | Michael Hug, CFO, Wyndham Destinations
After starting his career in a Big 4 accounting firm and then steadily ascending through numerous (and varied) corporate finance roles over nearly two decades…
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447: Making Shareholders Top of Mind | Alex Garini, CFO, Sysmex America
Prior to joining Sysmex, a medical diagnostic testing equipment and information systems technology company, five years ago, spent his formative years in…
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446: The Pulse of Success | V. Suryanarayanan (Surya), CFO, Mphasis
Eagle-eyed vision may be Mphasis Executive Vice President and CFO V. Suryanarayanan’s most valuable leadership skill. His ability to zero in on crucial but…
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445: How Finance "The Connector" is Wiring Organizations | Michael Bayer, CFO, Wasabi
Wasabi CFO Michael Bayer’s career ah-ha moment struck early. He was a college math whiz in the early days of PCs when a professor enlisted Bayer to move all of…
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444: Blueprint for a Strategic Finance Chief | Raj Agrawal, CFO, Western Union
When he started his career, Western Union CFO Raj Argawal never expected to wind up leading a global finance function. That seems appropriate today considering…
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443: Trials by Fire & Fortune: Tales of a Transformational CFO | Tim Saunders, CFO, Canopy Growth Corporation
Tim Saunders seems like the kind of leader you’d absolutely follow into battle. He thrives in high-pressure situations, remains cool under pressure and truly…
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442: The Context Shifter| Naeem Ishaq, CFO, Circle
Circle CFO Naeem Ishaq’s Forrest Gumpian career trajectory has given him extraordinary exposure to most of Silicon Valley’s touchstone technologies – the…
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441: Identifying Your Pivotal Career Experiences | Kevin Durkin, CFO, Threat Stack
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440: The Serial Disrupter | Glenn Schiffman, CFO, IAC
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439: Keeping CROCI Top of Mind | Amit Singhi, CFO/COO, The Piston Group
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438: The Skills Development Path | Four CFOs Discuss Techniques for Acquiring Skills
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437: The Big World of Microfinance | Pamela Yanchik Connealy, CFO, Kiva
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436: Making "Try It & Track It" Your Finance Mindset | Bob Cruickshank, CFO, ezCater
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435: Team Design: Four CFOs Reveal Design Insights
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434: The Courage to Challenge Without Bias | Rick Young, CFO Tangoe
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433: It's Not What You Know - But Asking the Right Question| Karen O’Byrne, CFO, Modernizing Medicine
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432: Sizing Up Streaming with Steve Louden, CFO, Roku
While the viewing public watches TV – Roku CFO Steve Louden and his finance team are watching Roku’s data – a treasure trove of viewing tastes, habits and…
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431: Arriving at Your S-Curve's Inflection Point | Sian Wang, CFO, FastSpring
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430: Identifying Metrics That Drive Revenue | James Ciroli, CFO, Flagstar
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429: Three Dealmakers Inside & Out
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428: How do You Measure Your Business? | Marc Linden, CFO, Sage Intacct
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427: CFO Priorities Inside a Not For Profit | 3 CFOs: Julian Love, CFO, St. Hope, Bob Bloom, CFO, Heifer International
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426: Part II: The Age of Real Time Strategy Dashboards | CFO David Morris, Guardian Pharmacy & Brett Knowles
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