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 accounting for 15 years. After coming up on the pu...
20 Feb 201956min
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 financial services company to work with middle...
18 Feb 201933min
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 generating extraordinary value from a career ...
13 Feb 201950min
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 to do with the drivers of strategic succe...
11 Feb 201959min
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 finance executive positions within some high...
7 Feb 201936min
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 really means it. As an undergraduate biol...
4 Feb 201939min
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, Autodesk, Salesforce.com, Pandora and Ye...
30 Jan 201950min
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 issuing sales commissions on a weekly basis...
28 Jan 201951min
