1044: Driving Sustainable Growth: Aligning Business Goals with Profitability | Isabelle Winkles, CFO, Braze
In January 2020, most finance leaders saw ASC 606 as a closed chapter. However, for Braze’s newly appointed CFO, Isabelle Winkles, the revenue recognition standard became front and center. While ASC 6...
20 Okt 202453min
1043: Redefining Success: A Journey from Corporate to Startup Leadership
As Aira Pineda stared out from her new office at a seemingly endless rice field, a voice inside her asked, 'What are you doing here?" Only a year or two earlier, Pineda had been among the young urban ...
16 Okt 202447min
1,042: From the Diamond to the Boardroom: A CFO’s Journey | Max Krakowiak, CFO, Revvity
Max Krakowiak stood on the pitcher’s mound, ignoring the first drops of a Seattle rain. A shout from a less-than-faithful fan filled his ears as he prepared to throw his next pitch. In this moment, he...
13 Okt 202448min
Controllers Classified: Host Erik Zhou welcomes Matt Didden, Controller at NexHealth.
In the season two premiere of Controllers Classified, host Erik Zhou welcomes Matt Didden, Controller at NexHealth. The conversation begins with a recount of how Matt landed in accounting after gradua...
11 Okt 202446min
1,041: Rethinking Metrics to Align with Business Evolution | Josh Schwartz, CFO, Medidata
When Josh Schwartz arrived at Medidata, the life sciences innovation company was entering unfamiliar waters. Having just gone public, Medidata was shifting from a fast-growing startup to a more struct...
9 Okt 202450min
1,040: Leadership Partnership: How the CFO, CEO, and CIO Shape the Future | Mark Partin, CFO, Blackline
Twenty-seven years ago, while in his late twenties, Mark Partin arrived inside the C-suite largely unprepared for the flood of challenges that would quickly breach his desk. Or so Partin tells us as h...
6 Okt 20241h 2min
1,039: Driving Alignment Across Finance, Technology, and HR for Operational Success | Laura LaPeer, CFO, Plante Moran
It wasn’t long after Laura LaPeer left public accounting to climb the corporate career ladder that she encountered her first delicate challenge as a corporate controller. Just a year into her new role...
2 Okt 202449min
1038: Driving Financial Agility in a Global Tech Landscape | Joey Wong, CFO, Lenovo Asia Pacific (PCSD)
In the mid-2000s, the world’s attention increasingly turned toward Asia, driven by the region’s rapid economic growth – not to mention the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It was within this atmosphere of excit...
29 Sep 202455min
