644: Thwarting COVID By Rethinking Opportunities | Mike Brower, CFO, Office Evolution
Back in the late 1980s, Mike Brower’s list of audit clients included a roster of oil and gas companies as well a local university and a number of different state and local government entities. It was ...
21 Okt 202048min
643: The Rise of People-Centric Finance | Katie Rooney, CFO, Alight Solutions
Back in 2015, Katie Rooney was only 7 months into her first industry CFO role at Aon when her boss asked her to exit the office. “He came into my office on November 1 and said, ‘I’m retiring, and I wa...
18 Okt 202030min
642: The Virtues of Top Line Growth | Sachin Patel, CFO, Apixio
It’s not uncommon for career-building executives inside the finance realm to obtain an MBA in order to pivot their careers in a new direction. Such was the case for Sachin Patel, who after finding som...
14 Okt 202031min
641: The IPO Playbook & Creating Opportunity for Others | Steve Cakebread, CFO, Yext
“It’s not cheap to go public,” concedes CFO Steve Cakebread, echoing the oft-repeated refrain that founders and CFOs confront when considering the prospect of selling shares in their companies to the ...
11 Okt 202031min
640: Communicating Your Strategic Plan | James Samuels, CFO, EXUMA Biotech
Jamie Samuels still recalls some of the raised eyebrows that he saw after having completed in short order both the verbal and written portions of an exam that his future employer administered to job a...
7 Okt 202040min
639: Thriving at the Deep End | Catherine Birkett, CFO, GoCardless
Back in the early 2000s, Catherine Birkett found herself being pulled into confidential meetings where her company’s senior management was discussing restructuring plans with the company’s largest inv...
4 Okt 202039min
638: The Path to Being Cost Smart | Jim Gray, CFO, Ingredion
It's the type of business restructuring capable of striking envy in the hearts of many a company board member—and particularly those known to favor one oft-repeated bit of business wisdom: Never waste...
30 Sep 202047min
637: Experiencing the Market Economy Spirit | Tom Fencl, CFO, Pricefx
The son of two doctors, Tom Fencl recalls that while growing up in communist Czechoslovakia, to him a free market economy was more “an intellectual curiosity” than a possible career destination. “When...
27 Sep 202046min
