742: When a SPAC Unlocks Quantum Possibilities | Thomas Kramer, CFO, IonQ
When Thomas Kramer recalls his decision to leave his job with a prestigious consulting firm to start up a tech firm in the final hours of the dotcom boom, he doesn’t hesitate to underscore his decisio...
13 Okt 202137min
741: One Step Ahead | Kurt Shintaffer, CFO, Apptio
In the wake of an economic downturn, a company’s door of opportunity swings open to a finance up-and-comer. This is a familiar early career chapter for many finance leaders, and few have revealed to u...
10 Okt 202142min
740: Illuminating the Home of the Future with a Brand from the Past | Roy Simmons, CFO, GE Lighting, a Savant company
Twenty years ago, when Roy Simmons first joined General Electric Company as a rookie financial analyst, it likely would have been difficult to imagine that he would someday occupy the CFO office of GE...
6 Okt 202154min
739: The Rules of Play | Craig Abrahams, CFO, Playtika
It was after he had worked 3 years as an investment analyst with Bear Stearns and spent more than 2 years inside the corporate strategy bullpen of The Walt Disney Company that Craig Abrahams decided t...
3 Okt 202142min
738: Using Digital Insight to Unlock Business Value | Sameer Ralhan, CFO, The Chemours Company
Unlike many of the up-and-comers who populate the corridors of The Chemours Company, CFO Sameer Ralhan spent the balance of his career building years with the company inside its manufacturing plants. ...
29 Sep 202150min
737: The Future Before Us | Chris Kuehn, CFO, Trane Technologies
It was a complicated transaction that Ingersoll Rand’s then-CEO Mike Lamach challenged his finance and operations people to address by “turning over every rock in the company” to nullify the possibili...
26 Sep 202142min
736: Inside the Growth Cauldron | Pramod Iyengar, CFO, Veem
When Pramod Iyengar returned to school after working for several years as a manufacturing engineer with United Technologies, he was ready to change careers. The young engineer headed back to the Unive...
22 Sep 202150min
735: Recognizing Windows of Opportunity | Akash Palkhiwala, CFO, Qualcomm
Back in 2014, when Akash Palkhiwala was first approached to serve as treasurer of wireless technology company Qualcomm, the company’s future CFO was uncertain as to what the role of a treasurer might ...
19 Sep 202139min
