1111: Inside the M&A Playbook: Why People Come First | James Redfern, CFO Reltio

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 curve was exactly what drew him to the company.

Redfern didn’t find the Reltio opportunity through recruiters. Instead, it surfaced during a casual conversation with a mentor. “I was actually looking at something else,” he recalls. “And he said, ‘Oh, if you’re looking… I’m on the board of a company that’s looking for a CFO.’” That kind of personal connection—what Redfern calls “psychic safety”—has guided his last two career moves. It’s less about who you know casually, he tells us, and more about “people you actually have worked with.”

At Reltio, Redfern stepped out of his comfort zone. After years in application-layer software companies like Workday and PayScale, he shifted into deep IT infrastructure. Reltio’s platform ensures enterprise data is clean and consistent across systems—a need made more urgent by the rise of AI. “You need a reliable, unified view of your data,” he explains. “One customer equals one customer—not three different customers in three different systems.”

With 190 customers and $160 million in annual recurring revenue, Reltio works with some of the world’s largest enterprises. The company’s mission, Redfern tells us, is to replace legacy systems like Informatica and IBM with cloud-native data unification at scale.

For Redfern, the attraction wasn’t the title. It was the challenge. “This is the kind of journey I committed myself to,” he says.

Det här avsnittet är hämtat från ett öppet RSS-flöde och publiceras inte av Podme. Det kan innehålla reklam.

Avsnitt(1195)

Inside the IPO: Three CFOs, Three Perspectives

Inside the IPO: Three CFOs, Three Perspectives

Taking a Company Public: What CFOs KnowWhat does it really take to prepare a company for life as a public company?In this special CFO Thought Leader compilation, we revisit three conversations with fi...

1 Juli 59min

1196: Your Next Finance Hire Should Think Like a Founder | Martino Cadoni, CFO, DeepL

1196: Your Next Finance Hire Should Think Like a Founder | Martino Cadoni, CFO, DeepL

When Martino Cadoni joined DeepL, he arrived with an unusual perspective—he already knew the company’s product firsthand. Earlier in his career at Klarna, he had helped introduce DeepL as a translatio...

28 Juni 52min

1195: When Finance is at the Center of the AI Code Revolution | Jean Compeau, CFO, Sonar

1195: When Finance is at the Center of the AI Code Revolution | Jean Compeau, CFO, Sonar

When Jean Compeau joined Sonar as CFO in March 2025, AI coding was not yet dominating industry conversations. By the summer and fall that followed, however, the landscape had shifted dramatically. Tod...

24 Juni 47min

1194: Why Curiosity Creates Better Finance Leaders | Stacey Jenkins, CFO, Aerotek

1194: Why Curiosity Creates Better Finance Leaders | Stacey Jenkins, CFO, Aerotek

Each day, Stacey Jenkins watches a different set of indicators than the quarterly financial results that eventually appear on a report. Candidate applications, recruiter activity, and other throughput...

21 Juni 41min

1193: Building Finance Functions That Shape Outcomes | Jesse Waldron, CFO, Thyme Care

1193: Building Finance Functions That Shape Outcomes | Jesse Waldron, CFO, Thyme Care

When Jesse Waldron describes Thyme Care’s work, he begins with the patient experience. Cancer patients, he explains, are often thrust into a healthcare system that can feel overwhelming both financial...

17 Juni 49min

1192: Building Through Disruption | Christina Spade, CFO, Catalant

1192: Building Through Disruption | Christina Spade, CFO, Catalant

Five weeks into her role as CFO of Catalant, Christina Spade is helping guide a company that she believes is positioned for a different era of consulting.Catalant was founded out of Harvard Business S...

14 Juni 51min

1191: From Complexity to Clarity: Building Operational Maturity | David Forlizzi, CFO, Salsify

1191: From Complexity to Clarity: Building Operational Maturity | David Forlizzi, CFO, Salsify

When David Forlizzi describes Salsify, he begins with a simple observation: “We all use it every day.” Unlike some of the highly technical software businesses where he previously spent his career, Sal...

10 Juni 38min

1190: Fixing What Growth Tries to Hide | Jaylene Kunze, LegitScript

1190: Fixing What Growth Tries to Hide | Jaylene Kunze, LegitScript

When Jaylene Kunze was asked to help rebuild a struggling subsidiary in the United Kingdom, she packed up her family and moved overseas with her nine-month-old daughter. The assignment was one more ex...

7 Juni 49min

Populärt inom Business & ekonomi

badfluence
framgangspodden
varvet
rss-borsens-finest
uppgang-och-fall
svd-tech-brief
avanzapodden
rss-svart-marknad
bathina-en-podcast
fill-or-kill
lastbilspodden
borsmorgon
rss-dagen-med-di
24fragor
dynastin
tabberaset
rikatillsammans-om-privatekonomi-rikedom-i-livet
rss-inga-dumma-fragor-om-pengar
kapitalet-en-podd-om-ekonomi
rss-kort-lang-analyspodden-fran-di