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
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 platform for managing collaborative work an...
25 Jan 201943min
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 the leading provider of intellectual prope...
21 Jan 201938min
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 traditional, orderly manner. A closer insp...
16 Jan 201932min
