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647: Accruing Your Global Acumen | Adrian Talbot, CFO, Hotwire
When Adrian Talbot tells us that he parachuted into Thames Television in the early 1990s, the image of the London skyline—once used to brand the popu…
5 years, 2 months ago
Bonus Episode: The Networking Imperative | Robert Bendetti, CFO, Life Cycle Engineering
Bendetti: I'm trying to steal that great quote from Warren Buffet, "I'm trying to be greedy while others are fearful." And I'm trying to grow. And if…
5 years, 2 months ago
646: Making Finance a Workforce Whetstone | Michelle McComb, CFO, Bluecore
Just as Michelle McComb was imagining that she would shortly be joining another Silicon Valley start-up as a finance leader, the CFO of Lucent Techno…
5 years, 2 months ago
645: The Investor Came Knocking | Glenn Schiffman, CFO, IAC/InterActive
There’s little question that 2020 will long be remembered as a year of crisis for the casino industry.
Commercial gaming revenues in the U.S. were do…
5 years, 2 months ago
COVID Keeps People Top of Mind Among Business Leaders - A Workplace Champions Episode
More keenly aware of the competitive price of employee burnout and workforce attrition — many midsize companies are today busy rethinking how they at…
5 years, 2 months ago
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 dif…
5 years, 2 months ago
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 off…
5 years, 2 months ago
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 w…
5 years, 3 months ago
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 pr…
5 years, 3 months ago
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 …
5 years, 3 months ago