1097: The Mutual Advantage in a Cyclical Market | Kevin Ingram, CFO, FM
For nearly ten years, Kevin Ingram knocked on S&P’s door, arguing that FM’s A‑plus rating undervalued its balance sheet. Other agencies, such as Fitch, already had the mutual insurer at AA. Each visit...
14 Maj 202542min
1096: Why Usage Beats Revenue in Video SaaS | Gillian Munson, CFO, Vimeo
When Gillian Munson pictures a Vimeo customer, she doesn’t start with a filmmaker, she imagines an insurance company or a corner grocery store owner uploading a training clip into Vimeo’s ever thirst...
11 Maj 202550min
Built for Turbulence: Finance Planning in Motion - A Planning Aces Episode
This Planning Aces episode explores how finance leaders navigate volatility without drifting into political cross‑currents like tariffs. Prologis CFO Tim Arndt explains why e‑commerce triples warehous...
9 Maj 202542min
1095: Turning Volatility into Cross‑Border Opportunity | Bea Ordonez, CFO, Payoneer
Bea Ordonez still recalls the whirlwind of her first CFO post: a raw fintech start‑up where, in two short years, she recruited “over a hundred people,” built the processes they would follow and decide...
7 Maj 202548min
1094: Mapping Revenue Levers for Next‑Gen Data Businesses | Dilip Upmanyu, CFO, Cloudera
Back in the 1990s, Dilip Upmanyu sat in a room filled with servers as he pieced together a homegrown database of costs and SKUs. His employer at the time couldn’t tell which products paid the bills; b...
4 Maj 202542min
1093: Anime Economics: Serving Fans, Driving Returns | Travis Page, CFO, Crunchyroll
A little more than decade ago, Travis Page was hauling gear off a tour bus, criss-crossing the country with indie bands. One late night, sweat-soaked and exhausted, he noticed fans waiting in the rain...
30 Apr 202536min
1092: Balancing Mission, Margin, and Market Share | Steven Miller, CFO, Warby Parker
It was Friday the 13th in March of 2020, and Steven Miller was staring at a suddenly irrelevant budget. Hours earlier Warby Parker had shuttered every one of its 280 stores to protect employees and cu...
27 Apr 202548min
1091: Making Finance the Force Multiplier | Chris Greiner, CFO, Zeta Global
It was a morning commute Chris Greiner had made hundreds of times before. Living in old Shanghai and working in the city’s sleek business district, Greiner’s daily drive to the Jin Mao Tower often str...
23 Apr 202539min
