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1160: Disciplined Bets in an Expensive-Capital World | Burt Chao, CFO, Nintex
As he nears the end of his first 100 days at Nintex, Burt Chao is doing something many new CFOs resist: listening more than talking. Understanding th…
2 months ago
1159: Decision Velocity: The Hidden Advantage of Top-Performing Organizations | Dean Neese, CFO, Placer.ai
The lesson arrived abruptly in a boardroom in Battle Creek. After months of analysis, charts, and market data, the president of Kellogg’s cereal divi…
2 months, 1 week ago
CFO EQ: How Leadership Takes Shape
This special episode of CFO Thought Leader explores how finance leaders develop not through authority or technical brilliance, but through moments th…
2 months, 1 week ago
1158: What Changes After the Easy Wins Are Gone | Razzak Jallow, CFO, FloQast
The accounting team at Looker showed up every day knowing their jobs might disappear within a year. The company was in limbo—acquired by Google but s…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
1157: From Deal Advisory to Operator: Learning the Hard Parts | Toby Driver, CFO, Ideagen
At 18, while many of his peers were heading off to university, Toby Driver made a different choice. He joined an accounting practice through an appre…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
1156: From Turnaround CFO to Enterprise-Scale Strategist | Kevin Rubin, CFO, Zscaler
When Kevin Rubin arrived at Zscaler in May 2025, he joined an established organization following the retirement of the company’s longtime CFO, taking…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
1155: Scaling Growth Without Sacrificing Outcomes | Bruce Schuman, CFO, Universal Interactive Institute
At Intel, Bruce Schuman remembers walking into a meeting as a controller, proud of a product change his team had worked on “for months.” Then CFO And…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
1154: When Finance Becomes the Company’s Storyteller | Drew Laxton, CFO, Outreach
When Drew Laxton looks back on the past year at Outreach, one moment stands out—not a transaction, but a plan. The company set its annual targets, ex…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
The New FP&A Feedback Loop - A Planning Aces Episode
In this Planning Aces special episode, CFO Thought Leader brings together three finance executives operating in very different industries—but facing …
3 months ago
1153: From Big-Company Discipline to Private-Equity Speed | Jorge Pliego, CFO, Improving
In his late 20s, Jorge Pliego found himself financing a major expansion in Mexico—not by calling corporate for cash, but by rethinking the entire str…
3 months ago