Podcast Episodes

2017: A Sharper Portfolio, A Clearer Capital Story | Brittany Cerwin, CFO, Middleby Corporation

For years, Middleby executives arriving at investor conferences faced a storytelling problem: 30 minutes wasn’t much time to explain three different …

1 day ago

People and Places: The Geography of a CFO Career

CFO careers are often described through titles, companies, and accomplishments. But another force can quietly shape the journey: place.

In this themed…

5 days, 11 hours ago

2016: Building the Operating System for Agentic Automation | Ryan Roccon, CFO, Zapier

At Zapier, the rise of AI is changing more than the automation products customers build. It is reshaping how the company organizes, invests, prices i…

1 week, 1 day ago

When AI Changes the EPM Decision | David Den Boer, CEO, Column5 Consulting

AI is rapidly changing not only what finance technology can do, but how CFOs should think about the technology stack itself.

In this bonus episode of …

1 week, 3 days ago

1215: Building Finance for the Long Game | Jassica Somers, CFO, Aledade

At Aledade, CFO Jessica Somers is helping finance navigate a business where investment decisions can take years to fully reveal their value.

The techn…

1 week, 5 days ago

1214: The CFO Checklist Keeps Growing | Jack Gordon, CFO, Harri

For Jack Gordon, the CFO role at Harri increasingly extends beyond finance—and into the mechanics of how an AI-powered business scales.

Harri, a workf…

2 weeks, 1 day ago

1213: When Constructive Tension Yields Sharper Decisions | Martin Uhrik, CFO, Third Bridge

When Martin Uhrik compared the margins of two visual-effects brands at Technicolor, one appeared far more profitable than the other. Uhrik tells us t…

2 weeks, 5 days ago

1212: When Working Capital Rewrites the CFO Agenda | Dan Barzily, CFO, Tipalti

Shortly after Dan Barzily became CFO of Tipalti, a go-to-market transformation altered the company’s working-capital profile. One quarter later, Barz…

3 weeks, 1 day ago

1211: Mission, Means, and the Will to Grow | Jonathan Ma, CFO, Sutter Health

Jonathan Ma recalls being at his parents’ home in Nebraska one Saturday when his Morgan Stanley boss called with advice: pursue an opportunity at Sut…

3 weeks, 5 days ago

1210: The Best Trade May Be the One You Don’t Make | Shive Verma, CFO, Robinhood

Six weeks before Lehman Brothers went under, Shiv Verma tells us, he joined a hedge fund as the world felt like it was falling apart. After building …

4 weeks, 1 day ago