1117: Building a Unicorn with a Finance Blueprint | Konstantin Dzhengozov, CFO, Payhawk
When Konstantin Dzhengozov turned down a corporate development role in the U.S., he wasn’t walking away from opportunity—he was running toward a different kind of growth. Having helped lead the FP&A f...
30 Jul 202542min
1116: The CFO Who Thinks in Full Color | Dan Zhang, CFO, ClickUp
When Dan Zhang joined ClickUp in 2021, she stepped into a company intent on unifying how the world works. Two years later, she entered the CFO office—just as ClickUp’s strategic bet on AI was beginnin...
27 Jul 202556min
Why Finance Teams Must Learn Faster Than Ever | Tim Vipond, Co-Founder, CEO of CFI
When Tim Vipond was asked to help rebuild Newmont Goldcorp’s corporate model, the scale was daunting: “20 tabs across… each tab being many hundred rows deep,” he tells us. The model had to account for...
23 Jul 202535min
1115: The Evolution of a Leader—One CFO Chapter at a Time | Lisa Cummins Dulchinos, CFO, Ayar Labs
When Lisa Cummins Dulchinos joined Ayar Labs, she knew translating deep tech into a business story would be central to her role. At a company where 85% of the nearly 200 employees hold PhDs, Dulchinos...
22 Jul 202554min
1114: Building a Smarter Funnel at Speed | Kevin Wall, CFO, Stax Payments
When Kevin Wall first stepped into industry from public accounting, it wasn’t by accident—it was through a client he already knew well. The company, in the midst of an ERP conversion and preparing to ...
16 Jul 202544min
1113: The Strategic Leap from Finance Partner to Business Architect: Josh Schauer, CFO, insightsoftware
When Josh Schauer joined Longview, a Toronto-based software company, he had no idea that a transformative chapter of his career was just a few years away. In 2020, Longview was acquired by insightsoft...
13 Jul 202551min
1112: The Value of Seeing Finance from the Front Lines | Nathan Winters, CFO, Zebra Technologies
When Nathan Winters led a supply chain team earlier in his career, he noticed something that would shape his leadership style: “The credibility you get by the operating leaders when they see you out i...
9 Jul 202537min
1111: Inside the M&A Playbook: Why People Come First | James Redfern, CFO Reltio
Nearly a year into his CFO role at Reltio, James Redfern still feels like he’s catching up. “I’ve made some progress, but I’m definitely not where I… need to get,” he tells us. That steep learning cur...
6 Jul 202556min
