When HR Becomes a Borderless Function - A Workplace Champions Episode
Brett and Jack discuss how the leadership narrative benefits hiring, and why department hiring budgets may someday soon be replaced. Featuring the commentary and insights of workplace champions CFO Ca...
28 Jan 202244min
770: When Founders Make a Difference | Nitesh Sharan, CFO, SoundHound, Inc.
When Nitesh Sharan exited Hewlett-Packard after 15 years of diligent career-building, he assumed—like many seasoned finance executives have done—that his finance skill set would be applicable to just ...
26 Jan 202255min
769: Beyond the Boardroom | Herald Chen, CFO, AppLovin
When Herald Chen was growing up in a town not far from Pittsburg, he dreamed of someday running the small town’s steel mill. Years later when he was graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, the...
23 Jan 202242min
Increasing the Velocity of Your Flywheel - A Planning Aces Episode
Steve and Jack are joined by friend of Planning Aces Bryan Lapidus, who is today director of FP&A for the Association for Financial Professionals. Bryan discusses 2022 planning priorities, while offer...
21 Jan 202258min
768: How Real-Time Data Is Changing the Performance Conversation | Michael High, CFO, Deep Water Gulf of Mexico, Shell
Back in 2012, when Michael High was heading up corporate planning across 30 countries for Shell, the energy company’s CFO made it known that it was time for Shell’s business leaders to reconsider thei...
19 Jan 202259min
767: On the Path to Being a $1 Billion Company | Bill Zerella, CFO, ACV Auctions
Bill Zerella’s path to the CFO office began at a company whose customers largely belonged to a bygone era. At the time, Simplicity Patterns was the largest pattern company in the world, and its most d...
16 Jan 202257min
766: Making Decisions with the Customer in Mind | Cassandra Hudson, CFO, EngageSmart
Back in 2008, Cassandra Hudson was interviewing for a senior accounting role at a small tech firm in Boston when the CFO casually shared some “insight” into the company’s future. “The CEO really wants...
12 Jan 202235min
765: Never Waste a Crisis | Jean Laviqueur, CFO, Coveo
Unlike many of his finance leader peers, Jean Lavigueur has little difficulty in identifying where and when his path to the CFO office began. It was back in the early to mid-1990s, he recalls, when—...
9 Jan 202246min
