1128: Capital Discipline in a Usage-Based World | Ben Gammell, President & CFO, Brex
In 2018, Brex made a defining decision: rather than rely on middleware providers like Stripe or Marqeta, it built its own payments infrastructure from the ground up. That move, Ben Gammell tells us, g...
21 Sep 202547min
1127: Lean Finance in a Volatile World | Damon Lee, CFO, C.H. Robinson
When Damon Lee reflects on his first conversations with C.H. Robinson’s CEO, he recalls how natural the alignment felt. “We spoke the same language. We were finishing each other’s sentences,” Lee tell...
17 Sep 202552min
1126: Turning Signals into Strategy in Hypergrowth | Holly Grey, CFO Horizon3.ai
When Holly Grey first examined Horizon3.ai, she saw more than a cybersecurity startup. She saw a technology that could change the way companies safeguard themselves. Traditional pen tests, she tells u...
14 Sep 202557min
1125: Finance Lessons in the AI Era | Jay Peir, CFO, Pigment
At 30, Jay Peir stepped into the CFO role at SunPower, a high-efficiency solar cell manufacturer. The appointment came after leading M&A and venture investments at Cypress Semiconductor, where SunPowe...
10 Sep 202517min
1124: Rewiring the Marketplace for the AI Era | Craig Foster, CFO, Pax8
When Craig Foster talks about artificial intelligence, he begins with scale. Pax8, the enterprise marketplace where he serves as CFO, connects vendors like Microsoft and CrowdStrike with 43,000 manage...
7 Sep 202556min
1123: From Accounting Rigor to Strategic Leadership | Jim Rogers, CFO, Tempus AI
The pivot began when Jim Rogers raised his hand. Groupon was shifting from mobile daily deals to a goods business in Europe, and—still early in his career—he volunteered to help lead the finance work....
3 Sep 202538min
Finance Leaders Decode AI's Promise - A Planning Aces Episode
In this Planning Aces special, three finance leaders map how AI is moving FP&A from dashboards to decisions. Andrew Casey (Amplitude) shows agents automating analytics, experiments, and order-to-cash ...
31 Aug 202538min
1122: Capital Allocation as a CFO’s North Star | Chris Miorin, CFO, Apexanalytix
Chris Miorin’s path to the CFO office began in a crucible of leadership. At West Point, and later at Ranger School, he was forged in environments designed to test resolve. Commissioned shortly after 9...
27 Aug 202545min
